Dec. 5 Breakfast in the Park at the Frost celebrates Art Basel Miami Beach

Every December, in celebration of Art Basel Miami Beach, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum hosts an official Art Basel-sponsored event, Breakfast in the Park, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus.

Enrique Martinez Celaya, “Quiet Night (Permanence),” 2001. Bronze, 25 x 34 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

The event draws hundreds of art enthusiasts, patrons, collectors, gallery owners and artists from around the world, many of whom are in the Magic City for Art Basel.

Each year, a noted sculptor is invited to speak. Now in its eighth year, the 2010 Breakfast in the Park will feature an informal lecture by Enrique Martínez Celaya, whose works consists of paintings, sculpture, photography, poetry and prose.

Martínez Celaya’s work directly reflects his personal experience with a diversity of fields. His work – which has been shown across the United States, Germany’s Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and now, the Frost –  is often characterized by solitary and autobiographical figures seemingly displaced in surreal and symbolic landscapes. Through his background in science, Martínez Celaya investigates the interaction between modern science and the subconscious is his work.

Guests attending the Breakfast in the Park Sunday, Dec. 5, from 9:30 a.m.-noon, will enjoy a complimentary outdoor breakfast, Martínez Celaya’s lecture and guided tours of MMC’s Sculpture Park and the exhibitions currently on view at the Frost.