FROST ART MUSEUM
MIAMI, FL

In 2008, Xavier Cortada created four digital tapestries for the Frost Art Museuem titled after the Greek classical elements: Aer, Ignis, Aqua, and Terra. In Greek philosophy, science, and medicine, these four elements represent “the realms of the cosmos where in all things exist and where of all things consist.”

LOCATION

Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL

COMMISSIONING AGENCY

State of Florida Art in State Buildings

YEAR

2008

FEATURED WORKS

 
Four Elements: Aer, Ignis, Aqua and Terra

Xavier Cortada, “Four Elements: Aer, Ignis, Aqua, and Terra,” sublimation dye on fabric, 40′ x 10′, Frost Art Museum, (State of Florida Art in State Buildings), Miami, FL, 2008.