Kim Anderson, “Alone Together”, 2021

Stereoscope for viewing the above painting

Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration, is the second iteration of a joint exhibition across four institutions that highlights contemporary art created in the Central Florida region. Artists selected by a jury are from five counties- Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, and Sarasota. The exhibitions are an excellent sampling of the work being made in the Tampa Bay area.

The works shown in this post are from the exhibition at the Tampa Museum of Art. The museum has a video playlist on YouTube that includes all of the artists in the exhibition discussing their work. The links below are to the artists’ websites or those videos.

• Jaime Alaventhura and Amanda Sieradzki – Hillsborough

• Kim Anderson – Sarasota

• Wendy Babcox – Hillsborough

• Janet Folsom – Pinellas

• Samson Huang – Hillsborough

• Jason Lazarus – Hillsborough

• Kirk Ke Wang – Hillsborough

• Cassia Kite – Sarasota

• Jenn Miller – Hillsborough

• Sarah O’Donoghue – Sarasota

• Herion Park – Sarasota

• Anat Pollack – Hillsborough

• Libbi Ponce – Hillsborough

• Selina Román – Hillsborough

• John Sims – Sarasota

• Mike Solomon – Sarasota

• Jill Taffett – Sarasota

Selina Román “XS” 2019

For Selina Román’s XS series, she created abstract self portraits that examine standards of beauty in relation to expectations of weight and body. The title XS references an extra small size and alludes to the word excess.

This exhibition closes 10/10/21.