“Fragile Beauty”
Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach
(2022)
Fragile Beauty brings together the work of three Florida-based artists—Mira Lehr, Lauren Shapiro, and Beatriz Chachamovits—whose practices merge the visual language of nature with its ecological urgency. On view at the Jewish Museum of Florida during Miami Art Week, the exhibition explored the fragility and resilience of marine ecosystems through site-specific installations and sculptural works. Shapiro's contribution included light-based ceramic sculptures incorporating 3D scans of coral species endangered by climate change.
Together, the artists foreground themes of interdependence, loss, and hope in the face of environmental collapse. With a shared ecofeminist perspective, Fragile Beauty illuminates how artists can amplify scientific research and evoke emotional resonance around critical issues such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and coastal erosion: especially poignant in Miami, a city that sits at the intersection of natural beauty and environmental precarity.
Watch below for Shapiro and Chachamovits in conversation with Jewish Museum of Florida Curator Jacqueline Goldstein.
