Out of the Ordinary Geometry by Lydia Azout

CHECKLIST OF THE EXHIBITION FUERZAS FEMENINAS FEMININE FORCES, 1997 STEEL WITH RUST PATINA 107 X 107 X 292 INCHES

ARBOL DE PENSAMIENTOS 1 TREE OF THOUGHTS 1, 2012 STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 116 X 54 X 34 1/2 INCHES

GUARDIAN SOLAR 3 SOLAR KEEPER 3, 2001 WEATHERING STEEL AND STEEL 107 X 106 X 32 INCHES

TEMPLO MAYOR MAJOR TEMPLE, 2006 WEATHERING STEEL, STEEL AND COPPER 34 X 380 X 242 INCHES

ARBOL DE PENSAMIENTOS 2 TREE OF THOUGHTS 2, 2012 STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 118 X 54 X 36 INCHES

MAPA ESPACIAL SPATIAL MAP STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 160 X 100 INCHES

GUARDIAN SOLAR 2 SOLAR KEEPER 2, 2001 WEATHERING STEEL AND STEEL 107 X 106 X 32 INCHES

IMAGEN: LANGUAJE DEL SILENCIO IMAGE: LANGUAGE OF SILENCE PROJECTION ON WALL

RED UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL GRID, 1999 STEEL WITH RUST PATINA 25 X 73 X 171 INCHES

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

Florida International University 10975 SW 17th St., Miami, FL 33199 t: 305.348.2890 | e: artinfo@fiu.edu | w: thefrost.fiu.edu Museum Hours: Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm / Sun: 12pm-5pm / Mon: Closed Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program

The Frost Art Museum receives ongoing support from the Steven and Dorothea Green Endowment; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners; The Miami Herald; Target; the Members & Friends of The Frost Art Museum.

SURROUNDING SOUND 44 minutes continuous

ON COVER: FUERZAS FEMENINAS FEMININE FORCES, 1997 STEEL WITH RUST PATINA 107 X 107 X 292 INCHES INSIDE LEFT: ARBOL DE PENSAMIENTOS 1 TREE OF THOUGHTS 1, 2012 STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 116 X 54 X 34 1/2 INCHES INSIDE RIGHT: TEMPLO MAYOR MAJOR TEMPLE, 2006 WEATHERING STEEL, STEEL AND COPPER 34 X 380 X 242 INCHES

LYDIA AZOUT OUT OF THE ORDINARY GEOMETRY September 12 – October 21, 2012 | The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Throughout her career as a sculptor, Lydia Azout has focused on the basic elements of form and shape as symbolic of the powers of nature, especially the feminine forces she regards as reflections of creativity, cosmic order and harmony. Often working with monumental structures which she makes out of wood, steel and other materials, this diminutive woman boldly faces the challenges of size and space as she explores the object’s potential to express something beyond its geometric references and delve into a world that acknowledges the spiritual through a contemporary aesthetic. Her installation for the Frost Art Museum calls for the viewer to momentarily suspend the demands of the everyday to interact on an emotional basis with the sculptural forms. The large-scale, site-specific work is multi-media and constructed out of different types of steel and projections to produce a confrontation with the materials, potentially extend the human experience beyond that of the merely functional or obvious, and enter into a relationship directed at perception and personal response. We hope the experience will be memorable and inspirational.

Carol Damian Director The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

WHAT IF When you submerge yourself underwater you suddenly find another dimension; another way of seeing, another way of existing.

What if… the real world is the world we do not see?

What if… the possibilities and imaginative solutions that exist, are far beyond our comprehension?

As a child, I used to watch "The Twilight Zone", an intriguing, imaginative, black and white television program that fired up my imagination.

"What if" became my constant question.

Today, "What if" continues to linger on my mind.

The "what if" opened up a huge amount of possibilities, and my perception of the ordinary was never ordinary again.

This exhibition is about the cosmos, Sacred Geometry, the unknown, the mysterious and the magical.

Lydia Azout 02/12/2012

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Throughout her career as a sculptor, Lydia Azout has focused on the basic elements of form and shape as symbolic of the powers of nature, especially the feminine forces she regards as reflections of creativity, cosmic order and harmony. Often working with monumental structures which she makes out of wood, steel and other materials, this diminutive woman boldly faces the challenges of size and space as she explores the object’s potential to express something beyond its geometric references and delve into a world that acknowledges the spiritual through a contemporary aesthetic. Her installation for the Frost Art Museum calls for the viewer to momentarily suspend the demands of the everyday to interact on an emotional basis with the sculptural forms. The large-scale, site-specific work is multi-media and constructed out of different types of steel and projections to produce a confrontation with the materials, potentially extend the human experience beyond that of the merely functional or obvious, and enter into a relationship directed at perception and personal response. We hope the experience will be memorable and inspirational.

Carol Damian Director The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

WHAT IF When you submerge yourself underwater you suddenly find another dimension; another way of seeing, another way of existing.

What if… the real world is the world we do not see?

What if… the possibilities and imaginative solutions that exist, are far beyond our comprehension?

As a child, I used to watch "The Twilight Zone", an intriguing, imaginative, black and white television program that fired up my imagination.

"What if" became my constant question.

Today, "What if" continues to linger on my mind.

The "what if" opened up a huge amount of possibilities, and my perception of the ordinary was never ordinary again.

This exhibition is about the cosmos, Sacred Geometry, the unknown, the mysterious and the magical.

Lydia Azout 02/12/2012

CHECKLIST OF THE EXHIBITION FUERZAS FEMENINAS FEMININE FORCES, 1997 STEEL WITH RUST PATINA 107 X 107 X 292 INCHES

ARBOL DE PENSAMIENTOS 1 TREE OF THOUGHTS 1, 2012 STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 116 X 54 X 34 1/2 INCHES

GUARDIAN SOLAR 3 SOLAR KEEPER 3, 2001 WEATHERING STEEL AND STEEL 107 X 106 X 32 INCHES

TEMPLO MAYOR MAJOR TEMPLE, 2006 WEATHERING STEEL, STEEL AND COPPER 34 X 380 X 242 INCHES

ARBOL DE PENSAMIENTOS 2 TREE OF THOUGHTS 2, 2012 STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 118 X 54 X 36 INCHES

MAPA ESPACIAL SPATIAL MAP STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 160 X 100 INCHES

GUARDIAN SOLAR 2 SOLAR KEEPER 2, 2001 WEATHERING STEEL AND STEEL 107 X 106 X 32 INCHES

IMAGEN: LANGUAJE DEL SILENCIO IMAGE: LANGUAGE OF SILENCE PROJECTION ON WALL

RED UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL GRID, 1999 STEEL WITH RUST PATINA 25 X 73 X 171 INCHES

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

Florida International University 10975 SW 17th St., Miami, FL 33199 t: 305.348.2890 | e: artinfo@fiu.edu | w: thefrost.fiu.edu Museum Hours: Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm / Sun: 12pm-5pm / Mon: Closed Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program

The Frost Art Museum receives ongoing support from the Steven and Dorothea Green Endowment; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners; The Miami Herald; Target; the Members & Friends of The Frost Art Museum.

SURROUNDING SOUND 44 minutes continuous

ON COVER: FUERZAS FEMENINAS FEMININE FORCES, 1997 STEEL WITH RUST PATINA 107 X 107 X 292 INCHES INSIDE LEFT: ARBOL DE PENSAMIENTOS 1 TREE OF THOUGHTS 1, 2012 STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND COPPER 116 X 54 X 34 1/2 INCHES INSIDE RIGHT: TEMPLO MAYOR MAJOR TEMPLE, 2006 WEATHERING STEEL, STEEL AND COPPER 34 X 380 X 242 INCHES

LYDIA AZOUT OUT OF THE ORDINARY GEOMETRY September 12 – October 21, 2012 | The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum