Opening exhibition: Jennifer Steinkamp – That’s So Tampa

Come see the newest exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. Opening 8/8/24, Jennifer Steinkamp: Madame Curie, a multi-channel video installation, nods to the accomplishments and life of scientist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie. Eve Curie, the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, wrote the definitive biography of the scientist and noted that her mother had a passion for gardening. Steinkamp, ​​a pioneer in video art and animation, depicts more than 40 flowers and plants described in Curie’s biography in Madame Curie. In this room-sized installation, tangled and interwoven flora appear to swirl and sway as the branches and flowers slowly move across the projection. Animations of apple blossoms, daisies, eucalyptus, passion flower, periwinkle and wisteria are among the flowers featured in Madame Curie. Madame Curie was originally commissioned in 2011 by the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and will be presented as a site-specific installation in the new Bronson Thayer Gallery at the Tampa Museum of Art.