'Jack Pierson: The Miami Years' at The Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL, United States
12 September 2025
From 24 September 2025 – 16 August 2026, The Bass Museum of Art presents 'Jack Pierson: The Miami Years'. Jack Pierson—born and raised in New England in the 1960s—is a distinctly American artist whose work explores universal themes of desire, memory, loss, and the passage of time. His photography, sculpture, drawing, painting, films, books, and installations express emotional narratives and ways of being in the world. Often associated with a generation of photographers who challenged the boundaries of the medium—Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, and Mark Morrisroe, among others—Pierson likewise came to prominence in the early 1990s with his intimate portrayals of everyday queer life and bohemian culture in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Provincetown, and Miami Beach.
'Jack Pierson: The Miami Years' is the first exhibition devoted to exploring the city’s transformative impact on Pierson’s life and work. The artist’s initial excursion from New York City to Miami Beach in the winter of 1984 instigated many return visits over the years. That first six-month chapter was an incubator of professional experimentation and personal growth. South Beach’s sun-soaked landscape and queer nightlife offered a spirited reprieve from the pressures of New York City, with the freedom of inexpensive apartments and thrift-store finds helping fuel the undercurrent of wanderlust and escapism brewing in Pierson’s art.
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Image: © Jack Pierson; Courtesy of the artist and Lisson Gallery.
