Aerial Vision

The Wolfsonian–FIU host “Aerial Vision”, an exhibition about progress, promise, and perspective, drawing largely from its renowned collection of art and design.

The show will shed light on seismic changes brought in the early 20th century by new inventions—airplanes, skyscrapers, elevators, and beyond—and probe considerations of power and privilege that come with the expanded ability to gaze up, look down, and move with speed.

Aerial Vision includes more than 100 works ranging from large-scale paintings to prints, drawings, and magazine covers, an array of media that captures the connection between these shifts in perception and an emerging modern ethos. The exhibition will also home in on Miami’s significance as a travel hub, in which a rapidly developing aviation industry profoundly shaped the city’s growth.

The materials on view reflect the wide range of awe-inducing experiences that suddenly became possible in the early 20th century, as well as the emotional responses they provoked: reverence, anxiety, and even fear.