Bas Fisher Invitational is an artist-run presenting organization dedicated to creativity, experimentation, and discourse in contemporary art. Bas Fisher Invitational creates a bridge between Miami and the international art world by curating programs featuring both local and global artists at sites throughout Miami-Dade County, and in collaboration with national and international partnering organizations. Bas Fisher Invitational fosters community by offering support for artist projects, through WATERPROOF MIAMI a site-specific curatorial platform through which we present exhibitions and public programming that directly address environmental issues facing South Florida; and WEIRD MIAMI a series of artist-led tours that show locals and visitors Miami through artists’ eyes.
Bas Fisher Invitational
“Left Futures,” Joshua Citarella, January 28th - February 28th, 2021, BFI and Bridge Initiative in the Miami Design District, Miami FL
“Dear Miami,” Orlando Estrada, September 29th - November 15th, 2020. Billboard installation in Miami Springs, BFI and Bridge Initiative for WATERPROOF MIAMI.
“Coral City Camera,” Coral Morphologic, February 6th, 2020, BFI and Bridge Initiative at PAMM, Miami FL
“Rune Collection,” Michael Assiff, Pretty Days: MIA, Curated by Harry Gould Harvey IV and Gregory Kalliche, November 11-12, 2017, BFI at the Scott Rakow Youth Center Ice Skating Rink, Miami Beach FL
“Percolate Anything You Want to Call It,” Natalia Arias, Audrey Gair, and Marines Montalvo, July 22nd, 2018, BFI at Mangos Tropical Cafe, Miami Beach FL
1964
Philip Johnson commissioned Warhol to make a large-scale work for the exterior for his pavilion for the New York World’s Fair, along with other artists. Warhol’s provocative response, a multiple portrait of ‘Most Wanted Men’ was installed a few days before the opening but was deemed too inflammatory and contrary to the upbeat image of the World’s Fair and the work was taken down.