ART BASEL 

Artist

Leandro Erlich

Curated by Ximena Caminos in collaboration with Brandi Reddick

Commissioned by the City of Miami Beach to coincide with the 2019 Miami Art Week.

Leandro Erlich takes over part of Miami's South Beach during Art Week  with a life-size sculptural installation of 66 cars and trucks, created from compacted sand. Titled 'The Order of Importance', the installation raises awareness of the climate change crisis. The massive project (Erlich’s largest to date) covers roughly two-thirds the length of a football field, a stretch of road with traffic queuing in both directions, many of the vehicles are partially buried, essentially 'sinking' into the sand; a reference to rising sea levels caused by global warming.