Absence of
Place: Reader's Views.
By
Jennifer Jenkins. As buildings
vanish, so does history.
By
Paul George. Published by The
Miami Herald on Sunday, June 4, 2006,
Pages 1L, 2L and 6L (Miami, FL)
PDF FORMAT:
Xavier Cortada's work Absence of Place
can also be seen in conjunction with the Miami
Herald. Readers of the paper have been invited
to share their own memories on a special website
dedicated to the project:
Absence of Place: Views from Readers .
Xavier Cortada was born in Albany, New York and was raised
and lives in Miami. The Cuban-American artist holds three degrees
from the University of Miami. His work has been shown across four
continents and is in the permanent collection of The World Bank.
Cortada has been commissioned to create art for government agencies
(the White House, Miami City Hall), cultural institutions (Miami Art
Museum, Museum of Florida History) and corporations (Nike,
Heineken). Major collaborative art projects include International
AIDS murals in Switzerland and South Africa, peace murals in
Northern Ireland and Cyprus and child welfare murals in Bolivia and
Panama. For more information, please visit
www.cortada.com.
