Lady Liberty: A Bonnie Lautenberg Retrospective at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

Photography by Ruben Correa on November 20th, 2022 in Arts, Lifestyle

Bonnie Lautenberg

Miami Beach, FL – November 20, 2o22 – The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU kicks off Art Basel Season in Miami Beach with the premiere of the new exhibition Lady Liberty: A Bonnie Lautenberg Retrospective (November 16 through March 26). The solo museum show celebrates powerful images of women from two decades of art by Lautenberg. Spanning her multiple series of photography and conceptual art, the women in these works are admired by Lautenberg for their spirit of freedom and the exhibition includes her portrayals of the Statue of Liberty confronting some of today’s most challenging issues. One of her new works is about gun issues, it is titled Guns Kill, and benefits the Gabby Giffords Foundation to save lives from gun violence – https://giffords.org. Another new work is titled Tears of Roe, and confronts the recent overturning of Roe V. Wade.

Bonnie Lautenberg is an artist, photographer and writer based in New York and Palm Beach. Her works have been featured in gallery shows, museums and art fairs throughout the country. One of her Lady Liberty works from 2020 is currently on view at the New York Historical Society Museum’s Center for the Study of American Culture, in an exhibition about how New York artists found original ways to express their appreciation for health care workers during the pandemic.

“Our museum is thrilled to premiere this retrospective of Bonnie Lautenberg’s images of women shining a light on liberty,” says Susan Gladstone Pasternack, the Executive Director
of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. “In capturing the independent spark of these women through her art, Bonnie Lautenberg reminds us we should never take our freedoms for granted.”

“I am so honored to be selected by the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU during Miami Art Week and Art Basel Miami Beach, especially at this time when women’s issues are at the forefront,” says Bonnie Lautenberg. The Museum is located in South Beach at 301 Washington Avenue, in the historic Art Deco District and is the State of Florida’s official museum dedicated to telling the story of more than 250 years of Florida Jewish history, arts and culture.