Courtesy Pan American Art Projects. © Yucef Merhi
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is expanding its exploration of American identity, politics and cultural memory with This Is America x PAMMTV, a new presentation of video and time-based works from the museum’s permanent collection.
Opening July 9, 2026, and running through July 7, 2027, the exhibition will be presented in PAMM’s auditorium and online through PAMMTV. The project serves as a digital extension of This Is America: Selections from PAMM’s Collection, which examines the United States through the perspectives of artists responding to the country’s political and social history.
The exhibition features works by Howardena Pindell, Martine Syms, Carrie Mae Weems, Rashid Johnson and Yucef Merhi, highlighting the ways artists use moving images, performance and technology to address issues surrounding race, representation, politics and national identity.
Pindell, Syms and Weems explore aspects of the Black American experience, including the ongoing struggle over representation in history, media and the art world. Their works demonstrate how video can serve as both a creative medium and a tool for confronting narratives that have historically marginalized Black voices.
Johnson’s work reflects on the collective anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic while also addressing racial injustice during a period of profound social upheaval.
Merhi’s Color Bars, a 2024 two-channel video work running for 60 minutes on a loop, examines repetitive systems and the exhaustion associated with waiting for change. His work provides a contemporary perspective on cycles of anticipation and uncertainty.
The exhibition also includes Alfredo Jaar’s A Logo for America, an original animation on loan from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The work will be displayed on PAMM’s East Portico waterfront screen from 6 to 10 p.m., beginning July 9.
Originally presented in New York City’s Times Square in 1987, Jaar’s work challenges conventional ideas about American identity and who is represented by the word “America.” Its presentation on PAMM’s waterfront screen gives Miami audiences an opportunity to encounter the work in a public setting after sunset.
The project connects PAMM’s physical galleries with its digital programming, reflecting the museum’s growing use of technology to expand access to contemporary art.
PAMMTV, the museum’s streaming platform for video art and time-based media, is available online for free and features works from PAMM’s collection as well as programming connected to South Florida, Latin America, the Caribbean and the African Diaspora.
This Is America x PAMMTV is organized by Naomi Bitton, curatorial administrative assistant, and Maritza M. Lacayo, associate curator, with PAMMTV production led by Lauren Monzón, program manager for new media.
Through the exhibition, PAMM invites audiences to consider how artists can use moving images to question history, challenge political narratives and examine what it means to be American.