Russell Crotty, Artist

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"The hovering globes-created between 2000 and 2004- are suspended from the ceiling and resemble a small galaxy of spheres that invert our notion of scale. The globes are installed at eye-level so that visitors can admire in detail the thousands of pen strokes and gossamer lines, as well as Crotty's haiku-like, hand-written notes on celestial activities and issues of ecological concern. In conjunction with the exhibition, MAM has commissioned Crotty to create a new globe of the night skies over the Everglades. When completed, this new work by the artist will stand as a lasting tribute to Florida's most unique natural resource. Crotty's creative process is singular. His methodical work embodies both the Renaissance ideal of virtuosity, and the romance of 19th-century astronomy. Awed and intrigued by the mysteries of the universe, Crotty observes the night sky from his telescope in his home-made observatory in the hills of Malibu, California. The artist painstakingly records the movements of stars and planets and laterreinterprets his observations in books or on paper-covered acrylic spheres like those shown at MAM. "  text source is Miami Art Museum.  Link here.