International Art Neutre

Prague, Czech Republic / Francis BACON & Bohumil HRABAL

2012-05-14T10:03:00.001+01:00

GALERIE GATE &GALERIE VERNON
Francis BACON & Bohumil HRABAL
18.5. - 22.7. 2012

Galerie GATE
Husova 21, Prague 1
Czech Republic

http://www.francisbacon.cz
http://www.galeriegate.cz
http://www.galerievernon.com

Milano, Italy / Bill Owens, Suburbia 1972/2012

2012-05-12T13:56:00.000+01:00

A project by Gianmaria Conti

A NEW SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
AREA LINA OPENS WITH A SHOW OF ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

BILL OWENS
SUBURBIA 1972/2012
curated by Claudia Zanfi

Opening: Wednesday 30th May from 7pm – 9pm
Via Carmagnola 8, 20159 Milan

from 30th May to 30th June 2012 - Tuesday / Friday, 3.30 pm / 7.30 pm

in collaboration with:
Bill Owens Archive, Milan/USA – aMAZElab Cultural Organization, Milan
Ristorante Primo Posto, Milan – Pasticceria Dolce Sicilia, Milan

Our thanks go to:
Mauro Chinelli, Brescia – Fabio Curreri, Milan
Antonio Manca, Milan – Paola Samperi, Milan

Spring 1972, Bay Area, California: a young photographer is starting out on what was to become one of the photographic projects of greatest influence on the 20th-century collective imagination.

30th May 2012, Isola Neighbourhood, Milan: 40 years after that unforgettable experience, AREA LINA ovunqueartecontemporanea will dedicate its first monographic show to the SUBURBIA cycle of works by Bill Owens, one of the greatest post-war American photographers. This will be only the beginning of a series of celebrations commemorating this 40th anniversary, with a number of international exhibitions in various cities.

AREA LINA ovunqueartecontemporanea is a new mobile exhibition project, with no fixed place, directed by Gianmaria Conti, which will feature an annual programme of exhibitions on contemporary art and photography, to be hosted in an ever-changing range of spaces, both in Italy and abroad. Following the experience of other international exhibition practices, the chosen spaces are normally used for other purposes, or have fallen into disuse. In this specific case, it is an unused art&craft laboratory in the Isola neighbourhood of Milan. The area around the Garibaldi Railway Station, is in fact home to wide-ranging social and urban planning transformations; similar to that which took place in the San Francisco Bay Area between the end of World War II and the '80s, with the foundation of the famous 'Levitt Towns' described in Owens's images.

The exhibition will feature a selection of more than 50 images by the most relevant works from Suburbia. Those images which made Bill Owens the photographer of the American Way of Life in the '70s and '80s, of that lifestyle which was to become the symbolic and cultural benchmark for the rest of the world. Neighbours, friends, relatives, teachers, pupils and shopkeepers are just some of the characters in this new depiction of American society which the artist pieces together in his fresco.

Owens deploys a kind of 'visual anthropology' through the inescapable urgency of need. We must acknowledge a lot more to this artist than merely his photographs, for just like those on the Normandy Invasion by Robert Capa or those on the Great Depression of the '30s by Walker Evans, his are the conceptual tools, the visual references and panoramas through which we may imagine and get to know that particular universe of sense, that way of living and structuring society that typified the urbanization of the West Coast of the United States at that time.
Cinema, architecture, sociology and politics all owe some of their language to the topics and images of Bill Owens. Sofia Coppola, David Byrne and Martin Parr are but a few of the artists whose imagery is declaredly inspired by Owens's photography.

Bill Owens was born in 1938 in San Josè, California, and rose to fame in 1972 thanks to Suburbia and a number of other monographic publications on the customs of the American middle class. A collector of folk art and Pop memorabilia, he is keen on food, classic cars, and for many years he has been editor of American Brewer, a magazine dedicated to the brewing industry. Owens was one of the first photography artists to be awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. His works have been exhibited throughout the world.

His main exhibitions include those at the San Francisco MOMA; San Josè Museum of Art; Salon de la Photo, Paris; Centre Photographic de l'Ile de France; Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco; Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle; Howard Greenberg and Matthew Marks Galleries, New York; Eyestorm Gallery, London; Photo Espana, Madrid; International Center for Photography, New York; the Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; James Cohan Gallery, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

ovunqueartecontemporanea | info@arealina.com | +39 392 9892 625 | http://www.arealina.com

Gdansk, Poland / Stefano Cagol: Flower Fear - Sleep Terror

2012-05-10T10:02:00.002+01:00

Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art
Stefano Cagol: FLOWER FEAR – SLEEP TERROR

Curated by Kamila Wielebska

May 19 – June 30, 2012
Opening: May 19, h 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art
ul. Jaskolcza 1 80-767
Gdansk

http://www.laznia.pl/index.php?idDzial=35&idWpis=950

On the Night of Museums, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art presents FLOWER FEAR - SLEEP TERROR, the first intervention in Poland by the Italian artist Stefano Cagol.

This installation – specifically conceived for the site – connects all the floors of the centre in a reflection on personal fears and collective fears. Visitors of the institution are involved in experiencing the ascending/descending spiral as a metaphor of actual chronic behaviors and reactions influenced by the media, public opinion, politics, economy, and prejudices. By physical and mental borders.

"People manipulated by TV news, politics, market, etc. are like people who are asleep because they trust in what they hear. And this happens mechanically because we just need to trust somebody; the question 'who
should we trust' sounds banal." – Kamila Wielebska

Stefano Cagol's installation is realized on the occasion of the presentation at Laznia CCA of his monograph in which Kamila Wielebska – among more-than-twenty art professionals – is part of an extended conversation
with the artist. The monograph titled PUBLIC OPINION is edited by Andrea Viliani (2011, CHARTA, Milan, 232 pages, paperback, 30 x 23 cm, ISBN 978-88-8158-820-6).

Kamila Wielebska is an art critic and curator, and an editor-in-chief of Intertekst published by Laznia CCA:

Stefano Cagol – who realized the solo show CONCILIO at San Gallo Church as a part of the 2011 Venice Biennale – is opening the Media Façade Program 2012 of MUSEION – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bolzano, May 16, 23, 24, 30, 10:00 pm –12:00 am, curated by Frida Carazzato;
http://www.abitare.it/en/art-2/the-artist-stefano-cagol-will/

– and is part of ALPENREPUBLIK at Kunstraum Innsbruck, June 1 – August 4, curated by Veit Loers.

http://www.kunstraum-innsbruck.at/index.php?id=ausstellungen&no_cache=1&tx_mhzevents_pi1[viewmode]=VIEWSINGLE&tx_mhzevents_pi1[event_uid]=1098

Media Contact:
Katarzyna Stenczyk, PR coordinator
Tel.: + 48 50 910 19 82
k.stenczyk@laznia.pl

Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art
ul. Jaskolcza 1 80-767 Gdansk
Tue – Sun, 12:00 – 6:00 pm
Tel.: + 48 58 305 40 50
office@laznia.pl
http://www.laznia.pl

Barcelona, Catalonia / Antoni Tàpies. The Collection, # 3

2012-05-09T13:25:00.000+01:00

28 April – 10 June 2012

Antoni Tàpies. The Collection, # 3
Fundació Antoni Tàpies

The Fundació presents a new selection of works by Antoni Tàpies belonging to the Collection. The show, displayed on this occasion in Spaces A and B, includes different moments in the artist's creative career from the 1940s to the present, and illustrates the evolution of his typologies, techniques and materials.

The visit begins with a selection of earlier works in which two opposing procedures can be seen: on the one hand, the interest in extra-pictorial materials and the density of matter, noticeable in the works of 1946 and 1947 such as Zoom (1964) and Newspaper Cross (1946-7); on the other, the tendency towards surrealism, which in the case of Tàpies suggests influences of Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Max Ernst, visible in works such as Parafaragamus (1949) or the series of drawings Natural History Series (1950-1951). Tàpies reaches the stage of maturity in the biennium 1954-1955 with works that recover the initial interest in matter and its stages of formation and deformation, the so called matter paintings, works such as Large Matter with Lateral Papers (1963) and Grey, Orange and Pink (1967), among others. The exhibition also features works from the end of the 1960s and 1970s, in which, on the one hand, the artist incorporates the object - appreciable in works such as Chair and Clothes (1970) and Wood and Windows (1976) -, and, on the other, expresses its political vocation, visible on a canvas of 1976 created in memory of the activist Oriol Solé i Sugranyes, killed by the Guardia Civil after he fled the prison in Segovia in April of that year (Composition with Numbers). The exhibition continues with works from the 1980s, characterized by the general use of varnish (Evil Painters, 1988, a work that refers to the writer, philosopher, mystic and theologian of the thirteenth century Majorcan Ramon Llull; Diptych in Varnish, 1984) and the use of refractory clay (Trainer, 1986; Block with signs, 1988; Heap of Earth, 1989), and closes with a sample of recent pieces which confirms the interest of Tàpies in the images of everyday environment (Two Chairs, 2009) and by the nature of art (Land of Shadow I, 1988).

The visit ends with the screening of the documentary Tàpies (1969), by Clovis Prévost, produced by Maeght, Paris, projected in the Auditorium of the Fundació (Space C).

List of works

Level 1

Zoom, 1946
Parafaragamus, 1949
Creu de paper de diari, 1946-1947
Dibuix, 1948
Carbó i tinta, 1948
Gran matèria amb papers laterals, 1963
Taula capgirada, 1970
Sèrie Història Natural, 1950-1951
Gris, taronja i rosa, 1967
Verd-blau i palla, 1968
Cadira i roba, 1970
Fusta i finestres, 1976
Composició amb números, 1976
Fusta i tela metàl·lica, 1971
Pintura sobre isorel i collage blanc, 1964
Arc de terra, 1978

Level -1

Sabatilla, 1986
Parla, parla, 1992
Pintors malvats, 1988
Dues formes, 1999
Bloc amb signes, 1988
Díptic de vernís, 1984
Cartó amb T negra, 2000
Dues cadires, 2009
Amuntegament de terra, 1989
Terra d'ombra I, 1998
Other activities of Current

http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/spip.php?rubrique1107

Berlin, Germany / KW Institute for Contemporary Art, YOU KILLED ME FIRST

2012-04-03T09:49:00.003+01:00

Die Ausstellung YOU KILLED ME FIRST ist noch bis Montag, den 9. April 2012 in den KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin zu sehen. Die Ausstellung ist an allen Osterfeiertagen inklusive Karfreitag und Ostermontag von 12 bis 19 Uhr geöffnet. Wir möchten auch auf die Veranstaltung CAMP/ANTI-CAMP – A QUEER GUIDE TO EVERYDAY LIFE von 19. bis 21. April 2012 im HAU 2 hinweisen.

The exhibition YOU KILLED ME FIRST is on view at KW Institute for Contemporary Art until Monday, April 9, 2012. The exhibition will be open during the Easter Holidays including Good Friday and Easter Monday from 12 to 7 pm. We are glad to highlight the event CAMP/ANTI-CAMP – A QUEER GUIDE TO EVERYDAY LIFE taking place at HAU 2 from April 19 to 21, 2012.

KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststr. 69
D-10117 Berlin
http://www.kw-berlin.de
http://www.facebook.com/KWInstituteforContemporaryArt

Marseille, France / Frédéric Clavère - Tintin à Auschwitz

2012-03-28T09:32:00.001+01:00

Frédéric Clavère : Tintin à Auschwitz
Exposition du 02 au 14 avril 2012
Vernissage le lundi 02 à partir de 18h30

Cher Bernard,

Je me souviens quand je t'ai connu, tu tenais un stand de tir tout à côté d'un marchand de piano. Je venais d'exécuter trois pipes en plâtre et deux ballons de baudruche fripés, tu m'avais récompensé d'un verre à trou de mémoire, d'un authentique tableau de Max Ernst en plastique et d'une touffe de moustache porte bonheur. Quand soudain l'idée te saisit d'exposer aux yeux de tous et aux plus offrants les lots artistiques réservés habituellement aux experts en balistique ou aux astigmates bordés de nouilles qui fréquentaient ta baraque.

Saisi par tant d'imagination, je te proposais rapidement successivement et régulièrement, pratiquement tout les trois ans depuis vingt ans quelques faux tableaux, un grand incendie tantrique et une messe noire pour un temps présent. Eh bien cette fois, très prochainement, je te livrerai les prémices d'un concerto polonais qui débuta au siècle précédent et dont on ne se remettra pas, aussi vacillante soit la mémoire.

Frédéric

http://www.galeriedutableau.org

Galerie du Tableau

37, rue Sylvabelle. 13006 Marseille
Téléphone : 04 91 57 05 34. Fax : 09 58 63 05 34
e-mail : galeriedutableau@galeriedutableau.org
http://www.galeriedutableau.org
Heures d'ouverture de la galerie :
de lundi au vendredi de 10h à 12h et de 15h à 19h.
Le samedi de 10h à 12h et de 15h à 18h

Barcelona, Catalonia / Swab 2012

2012-03-12T16:25:00.001Z

Swab Barcelona will gather around 60 galleries from around the world between May 23th and May 26th of 2012 in Barcelona. SWAB was founded in 2006 by Joaquin Diez-Cascón, Marina Diez-Cascón and Fernando Rial from Barcelona and with the support of renowned national and International galleries. This great cultural event also has the support of the City of Barcelona and the Generalitat de Catalunya.

SWAB was conceived out of the collections' desire to affect positive cultural change through Contemporary Art. The four day Art Fair and it's satellite events fulfil a number of social objectives with a programme that creates a cultural bridge between Catalunya and the rest of the world.

Swab brings together a carefully curated selection of participating international galleries, chosen because they focus on presenting works by younger, emerging, contemporary art stars – most of who were born after the 1970′s. Swab is a highly respected Art platform, built to give this new generation of artists the opportunity to have their work seen by members of the public, and the global art community, including: leading art collectors, dealers, press and curators. In return, Swab ensures that everyone is given the chance to enjoy these wonderful pieces, works that normally would not be accessible. It also presents the breadth of contemporary art available and hopes to inspire new collectors by offering top quality art at affordable prices.

Swab was first held in 2007, with the participation of 42 galleries from 13 different countries and had over 6,000 visitors, contributing in this way to Barcelona's cultural scene, with a new Contemporary Art Fair.

In 2008, Swab consolidated its position in the international art fair scene, bringing together 38 emerging galleries from 11 different countries and this time getting over 8,000 visitors.
In 2010, after a necessary pause, Swab reaffirmed its place as the International Contemporary Art Fair of Barcelona with the participation of 32 galleries from 11 countries and was well received by the public in Barcelona, Spanish and International, receiving this time more 13,000 visitors. In 2011 Swab took a step forward and grew up to 48 galleries from 15 different countries and was hold in a bigger venue, with more art spaces and presenting for the first time the Swab Off activities' program, with a great success in Barcelona.

Swab returns to Barcelona for it's fifth year, once again growing in scale and reputation, with around 60 galleries from around the world signed up to participate, making Swab Barcelona 2012 bigger and better than ever before. Through collaboration with other International Art Fairs, such as Preview Berlin: The Emerging Art Fair, Swab Barcelona ensures every year the presence of some selected galleries from Germany or Italy, but also from the United Kingdom and the United States. For this fifth edition, Swab Barcelona will also present a selection of Art Project spaces, curated by renowned Independent Insitut of Criticism and Contemporary Art in the world of Catalan culture, A-Desk.

Swab Barcelona 2012 will also see the launch of many new initiatives; the fair will be hold in the same venue of last year, but moving its entrance to plaza Universo, a multidisciplinary space with several activities that Swab visitors will be able to enjoy during the days of the Fair.

After its great success, Swab Barcelona 2012 will again be running a parallel programme of cultural activities under the SwabOFF including several fund-raising enterprises for Barcelona based charities. We will very soon announce these activities at this website and at our Blog, as well as at our facebook and twitter pages!

Become a Swabber!

More info: http://swab.es/

Barcelona, Catalonia / 2nd Congress of Design and Innovation in Catalonia

2012-03-08T00:03:00.000Z

-- Announcement of the 2nd International Awards for Design Innovation under the 2nd Congress of Design and Innovation in Catalonia Contest Rules

Escola Superior de Disseny ESDi and FUNDIT, organizers of the 2nd Congress of Design and Innovation in Catalonia, with the collaboration and support of different organizations of business in Catalonia, call for any specialty designers, to send their nominations to the 2nd edition of the International Design Award for Innovation.

After the success of 1st edition, the 2nd Congress of Design and Innovation in Catalonia (CIDIC) pretends the promotion of the design with scientific rigor, at the same time,) has the purpose to link designers with companies. International Design Awards for Innovation, an honorary, aim to highlight the results of product design and innovation services involving business and consistent with the accessibility to any type of person and respect for environmental sustainability.

-- The objectives of this call are:

 Enhance the designs that seek user satisfaction and environmental respect.
 To promote closer relations between designers and companies.
 Emphasize the importance of design in the process of innovation and contribution
to the revival business.
 To publicize the initiatives over the past two years have made a contribution to
innovation through design.

-- Scope of Applications

Candidates applai

It is addressed to both businesses and designers, they need to work in designing
products or in a productivity plan. (It is open to designers of any specialty, and in any economic sector, documenting a creative project that has been their responsibility, if is published or already on market.

It is possible to participate also for companies that have innovated their products or
services through the design from 1st January 2008 to 1st January 2010. Run of their
acquiescence of the designers involved.

-- Processing of applications.

Should be sent to the email address premi@esdi.es a dossier in pdf format,
containing the following sections:

1. Title of the project.
2. Full name of the / candidates.
3. Registered office of the bid.
4. Project summary (maximum 10 lines).
5. Objectives of the project.
6. Description of service or product developed.
7. Methodology.
8. Description of the results.

 The extension of the Dossier must not exceed 7 pages, including images and
graphics.

 If you think that your proposal fits the requirements, sent by mail or messenger
illustrative posters, copies of manuscripts, finished products or other materials
that create endorsing his candidacy. These materials will be retuned to you at the
end of the congress (you need to pay all expenses).

-- Presentation and project exhibition:

The 10 designer finalists will be allowed to 20 minutes presentation of their projects
and 10 minutes to answer their questions to the listeners , (Projects can be presented
as a prototyping object or with electronic support).

-- Awards

The jury will given two honorary awards for the best projects joining creativity and
innovation:

 Category 1: international area.

Because both the ESDI as FUNDIT were born in Sabadell, and one of its most important
impact areas are the regions of Vallès, a special award will be given for the best
candidate that has it social base in the Vallès area..
The jury reserves the right to not award the prizes.

-- Jury

We will present two different jury:

 The professional Jury will be chaired by the Chairman of the Congress and is
comprised to recognized professionals in the design and innovation among
whom there will be a representative of the FUNDIT, a professor of ESDI (Ramon
Llull University) and representatives of business organizations collaborating.

 Popular jury, people attending the meeting will be able to give their vote.
Will be released later in order to protect their impartiality.
Evaluation criteria

 Quality of design: The design excellence, including the use of images, fonts, new
materials, new technologies and more.

 Innovation: Providing new solutions that differentiate your product or service of
others.

 Effectiveness: Adequacy of design with specific purposes of the order.

-- Deadlines

The contestants project dossiers should be sent before 24:00 hours on March 19
th, 2012.

Should be sent to the e-mail indicating premi@esdi.es SUBJECT: Application Design
Award for Innovation. In case you should send a prototype you can submit it with same
subject to: C/ Marquès de Comilles, 81-83, 08202 Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
On March 30 th of 2012 we will inform who the contest winners are.

The award presentation will be evolve at 2nd Congress of Design and Innovation in
Catalonia closing ceremony on 27th of April of 2012. At the same time we will inform
about winners by website: www.esdi.es/cidic/ also is going to have repercussion on
mass media

-- Acceptance of these conditions and copyrights

Participation in the competition implies acceptance of these rules. When congress will
finish all contestant can pick up their prototype for competition at ESDi reception. The
organization will not return the dossiers and will keep the rights of reproduction in the
mind of Congress, the website, or any appropriate medium to disseminate objective of
the Awards. Under this circumstance, the organization is committed to publishing the
names of the authors. It also reserves the right to record videos and take pictures of
the Awards. Any circumstances not covered by these rules will be resolved by the
organization.

-- More info:

http://www.esdi.es/index.php?llengua=3

http://www.esdi.es/congres/call_for_papers.pdf

New York, USA / Murray Guy at Independent

2012-03-05T09:42:00.000Z

MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM
ALEJANDRO CESARCO
MOYRA DAVEY
LUCY SKAER

Independent
8 — 11 March 2012
548 W 22nd Street / New York, NY
http://www.independentnewyork.com/
http://murrayguy.com

ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY:

LUCY SKAER
Harlequin Is As Harlequin Does
18 February — 24 March

AND ELSEWHERE IN NEW YORK:

MOYRA DAVEY
2012 Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Museum of American Art
1 March — 27 May

LUCY SKAER & DAVID MALJKOVIC
Scene, Hold, Ballast
Sculpture Center, New York
17 January — 18 March

NASHASHIBI / SKAER
Flash in the Metopolitan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
8 February — 28 August

Marseille, France / Katia Kameli at Vidéochroniques

2012-03-01T10:04:00.002Z

DUTY FREE, Katia Kameli

Vernissage le jeudi 15 mars 2012 15h-21h
Exposition du 16 mars au 28 avril 2012
Ouverture du mardi au samedi de 14 à 18 heures
Entrée libre - Accueil de groupes sur rdv

L'expression anglo-saxonne "Duty Free" désigne les boutiques hors taxes
situées au sein des zones internationales des aéroports. Espaces
intermédiaires traversés quotidiennement par une multitude d'individus de
nationalités diverses, les "Duty Free" sont le paradigme du transit, de
l'entre-deux géographique, de la consommation et du frottement culturel,
aussi éphémère soit-il.

Au sens propre, "Duty Free" signifie : "sans devoir", le terme pouvant à la
fois être entendu comme libre de toute contrainte, dépourvu(e) de morale
(pensons à la figure de Lafcadio, de Gide) ou manquant à des responsabilités
citoyennes. Ce glissement sémantique met en question la notion même de
liberté, qui s'appréhende alors sous conditions : la liberté en tant que
dégagement d'obligations venant se heurter à sa mise en application sociale.

Première exposition personnelle de Katia Kameli, "Duty Free" rassemble un
corpus d'oeuvres pour la plupart jamais présentées au public, comme
l'importante installation multicanal Seven Acts of Love in Seven Days of
Boredom réalisée au cours de la résidence de l'artiste à Location One à New
York en 2008 ou Untitled vidéo tournée en Algérie en 2011, réponse spontanée
aux événements secouant actuellement le monde arabe.

D'immersions iconiques en dérives psychogéographiques consacrées par des
images fixes et en mouvement,"Duty Free"explore des territoires incertains
vus au filtre d'identités plurielles et mouvantes. Le travail de Kameli
dresse le portrait d'un monde à la fois étrange(r) et familier, où les
sujets se dévoilent en signes, traces, et indices nous mettant sur la piste
d'un possible devenir commun. Traductions, appropriations, interprétations,
médiations : autant de processus en jeu dans cette exposition qui s'inscrit
à une époque où les identités sont repensées au prisme de la mobilité et de
la fragmentation et où la notion de liberté est plus que jamais convoquée.
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Sevilla, Spain / Fernando Ruiz Monedero at Galería Félix Gómez

2012-02-26T18:28:00.002Z

Exposición / ORIENTE y OCCIDENTE
.
FERNANDO RUIZ MONEDERO

Inauguración:Viernes 2 de Marzo 2012 - 20'30 horas

Galería Félix Gómez
C/ Morería 6
41004 SEVILLA
http://www.galeriafelixgomez.es/

Barcelona, Catalonia / 'Retrospective' by Xavier Le Roy at Fundació Antoni Tàpies

2012-02-25T12:20:00.000Z

Retrospective by Xavier Le Roy / Fundació Antoni Tàpies / Barcelona, Catalonia

"Retrospective" by Xavier Le Roy is an exhibition conceived as a choreography of actions that will be carried out by performers for the duration of the exhibition. These actions will compose situations that inquire into various experiences about how we use, consume or produce time.

This exhibition employs retrospective as a mode of production rather than aiming to show the development of an artist's work over a period of time. It seeks to recast the material from the solo choreographies in situations with live actions where the apparatuses of the theater performance and the museum exhibition intersect. Based on solo works by Xavier Le Roy created between 1994 and 2010, the work unfolds in three time axes: the duration of the visit composed by each visitor, the daily basis of labor time of 16 performers and the time of the growth of a new composition during the length of the exhibition.

With 6 to 7 performers alternating with each other: Idurre Azkue, Quim Bigas, Cristina Blanco, Pere Faura, Sergi Faustino, Núria Gregori, Mizar Martínez, Guillem Mont de Palol, Elena Murcia, Mariona Naudin, Cristina Nuñez, Aimar Pérez, Karolina Rychlik, Clara Tena, Carme Torrent, Javier Vaquero

Xavier Le Roy

Xavier Le Roy holds a doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Montpellier, France, and has worked as a dancer and choreographer since 1991. He has performed with diverse companies and choreographers. From 1996 to 2003, he was artist-in-residence at Podewil, Berlin. In 2007-2008 he was "Associated Artist"at Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier, France. In 2010 Le Roy is an Artist in Residence fellow at the MIT Program in Art Culture and Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Through his solo works such as Self Unfinished (1998) and Product of Circumstances (1999), he has opened new perspectives in the field of choreographic art. His latest works are the solos Le Sacre du Printemps (2007) and Product of Other Circumstances (2009), the group piece low pieces (2011), and "production" created together with Mårten Spångberg for the exhibition Move: Choreographing You. In 2012 he will premiere a piece for exhibition spaces, "Retrospective" by Xavier Le Roy at the Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona.

Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Aragó 255
08007 Barcelona
(t) +34 934 870 315
(f) +34 934 870 009
http://fundaciotapies.org

New York, USA / Bankrupt Banks at Peter Blum Gallery

2012-02-24T16:03:00.001Z

Bankrupt Banks at Peter Blum in Chelsea, New York.

March 1st - April 14
Opening on March 1st, from 6 to 8 p.m

Bankrupt Banks is a new series of work that portray and explore the
international financial crisis since 2008.

The work are banners painted with logos of banks that were declared bankrupt
and were acquired by other banks, governments or private entities.
Originally designed to convey strength, authority and confidence, these now
defunct symbols become portraits of failed power structures.

Beginning with the acquisition of the British mortgage lender, Alliance and
Leicester by Grupo Santander on July 14, 2008, the series acts as a sort of
timeline, charting the collapse and subsequent reconfiguration of major
international financial markets. While all of the works are unique, the
series will grow as more banking institutions face either failure or
reorganisation.

Bankrupt Banks will continue to illuminate the failures and irregularities
of a global financial system.

Peter Blum Chelsea
526 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212 244 6055
Fax: 212 244 6054
http://www.peterblumgallery.com

Gallery Hours are:
Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 6pm
Saturday, 11 am - 6pm

More info:
http://superflex.net/tools/bankrupt_banks

SUPERFLEX
Blaagaardsgade 11b
DK-2200
Denmark
Tel. +45 35343462
Email: superflex@superflex.net
Web: http://superflex.net

London, England / The Right to Silence II

2012-02-18T10:45:00.000Z

THE RIGHT TO SILENCE II
A Seminar with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Patrick Hanafin, Anne Karpf and Susan Schuppli

Saturday 25 February, 4.30pm
The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PQ
Free, all welcome

The Right to Silence II expands on the research and polemics at the core of Lawrence Abu Hamdan's 'Aural Contract' project, focusing on the politics of listening and the role of the voice in law. The day brings together a series of talks and discussions by scholars, artists and writers who will reflect on speech and what it reveals about us as legal subjects.

The Right to Silence II opens with an introduction by Abu Hamdan to his 'Aural Contract Audio Archive', a compilation of forensic listening content developed by the artist, followed by presentations by Patrick Hanafin, Professor of law and Director of the Centre for Law and the Humanities at Birkbeck and Susan Schuppli, artist and Senior Research Fellow at Goldsmiths. The day, which includes talks and an open discussion will be moderated by sociologist, writer and broadcaster Anne Karpf.

About the Talks:

Patrick Hanafin, 'From Confession to Contestation: The Right to Unexpected Speech'
During the seminar Patrick Hanafin will turn to the question of extorting speech as a mode of control, looking in particular at the work of Maurice Blanchot. In his contribution, 'From Confession to Contestation: The Right to Unexpected Speech', Hanafin will explore the voice and speech in this context by asking, 'why does law want us to speak and to what end?', 'how does law make us speak?' and 'how can we resist and refuse to speak?'.

Susan Schuppli, 'Some Sinister Force'
In her contribution, Susan Schuppli focuses upon the 18 - 1/2 minute tape-gap in Watergate Tape 342, which was believed to be an act of clumsy erasure by Nixon in 1972. It was the presumed retraction of evidence - the recorded voice on tape and its subsequent removal - that transformed this tape into evidence, which in turn produced a new legal forum around the tape-gap, one that brought forensic science and expert witnesses (audio technologists) into the trial. Once the existence of the Whitehouse tapes was known, Nixon's human testimony (his refusal to speak on the grounds that such testimony might be incriminatory) became largely irrelevant as the subpoenaed material witnesses - the tapes - could now speak in his stead. The absent recording, which mapped precisely onto the timeline of the break-in at Democratic National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, had converted non-evidence into such compelling and incriminatory material evidence, that it in part activated the moves towards Presidential impeachment.

About the Speakers:

Lawrence Abu Hamdan British/Lebanese artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan is based in London, his projects include Aural Contract, Homeworks 5 Beirut (2010) and WYSPA IS Gdansk (2011), Model Court, CCA Glasgow (2008) and Chisenhale Gallery London (2011). His hybridized practice means that he has written for Cabinet Magazine and the 10th Sharjah Biennial and is now developing a radio documentary trilogy produced by The Showroom London, Casco Utrecht and as part of a Phd at the Centre for Research Architecture Goldsmiths College. Abu Hamdan is part of the group running the arts spaces Batroun Projects, Lebanon and 113 Dalston Lane in London.

Patrick Hanafin is Professor of Law at Birkbeck Law School, University of London, where he also directs the Law School's Centre for Law and the Humanities. His research engages with questions of law and the biopolitical, law and literature, human rights and citizenship, and the construction of community and identity. He has been a Visiting Professor at the School of Law at the University of Porto, Portugal and at the Law Faculty at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He has held research fellowships at the European University Institute in Florence and at the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. His books include: Deleuze and Law: Forensic Futures (with Rosi Braidiotti and Claire Colebrook) (2009); Conceiving Life: Reproductive Politics and the Law in Contemporary Italy (2007); Law and Literature (with Joseph Brooker and Adam Gearey) (2004); Constituting Identity: Political Identity Formation and the Constitution in Post-Independence Ireland (2001), Identity, Rights and Constitutional Transformation, (With Melissa Williams) (1999), and Last Rights: Death, Dying and the Law in Ireland (1997).

Anne Karpf is a writer, former radio critic of The Guardian and award-winning journalist. A regular broadcaster, her books include The Human Voice (Bloomsbury). She is Reader in Professional Writing and Cultural Inquiry at London Metropolitan University.

Susan Schuppli is a media artist and cultural theorist who is a Senior Research Fellow in Forensic Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London where she also received her doctorate in 2009. Previously she participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program and completed her MFA at the University of California San Diego. Her creative projects have been exhibited at The Kitchen in New York, the Brussels Biennal, Belgium, Artspace, Australia, and most recently at Museum London in Canada (2012). She is on the editorial board of the journals SITE (Stockholm) and Second Nature (Melbourne) and is a member of the Photo-Lexic Research Group based in Tel Aviv. Recent projects and essays have appeared in Cabinet, Photoworks, Architectural Design, Borderlands, Cosmos and History, Memory Studies, and Academia Press.

The Right to Silence is realised as a collaboration between Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Electra and The Showroom. The Right to Silence accompanies Abu Hamdan's exhibition at The Showroom, Aural Contract: The Freedom of Speech Itself (1 February - 17 March). The exhibition includes The Freedom of Speech Itself, an audio documentary directed by the artist, looking at the history and contemporary application of forensic speech analysis and voice-prints, focusing on the UK's controversial use of voice analysis to determine the origins and authenticity of asylum seekers' accents. The exhibition is open Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6pm further information

Upcoming:

Right To Silence III
Wednesday 7 March, 7pm
Electra, 3rd Floor Shacklewell Studios, 18 Shacklewell Lane, London E8 2EZ UK
Free event, for bookings: bookings@electra-productions.com

Documentary double bill, including Jean-Pierre Gorin's 1979 film Poto and Cabengo, and The Right to Remain Silent, a This American Life documentary about the recordings of New York police officer Adrian Schoolcraft.

Electra / Third Floor, Shacklewell Studios, 18 Shacklewell Lane, London E8 2EZ, UK
http://www.electra-productions.com

Roma, Italy / Gianluca Malgeri "God Bless you"

2012-02-18T10:10:00.000Z

Magazzino is pleased to announce the new solo exhibition "God Bless You" by Gianluca Malgeri
at Galeri Artist, Istanbul, opening on February 16th until March 4th, 2012

Magazzino
via dei prefetti 17 - 00186 Roma
tel 066875951
info@magazzinoartemoderna.com
http://www.magazzinoartemoderna.com

Roma, Italy / Ouattara Watts at Magazzino

2012-02-04T09:11:00.001Z

Magazzino segnala: Ouattara Watts - Vertigo | opening 7 February 6pm | 560 Washington St. Door 37E
Magazzino is pleased to annouce the upcoming solo exhibition by Ouattara Watts

'Vertigo'

February 8th - 19th
560 Washington Street door 37E

Magazzino
via dei prefetti 17 - 00186 Roma
tel 066875951
info@magazzinoartemoderna.com
http://magazzinoartemoderna.com

Cologne, Germany / 'Groupshow' at Galerie Christian Lethert

2012-01-31T22:44:00.001Z

GROUPSHOW
27.01. – 17.03.2012

We are pleased to announce our sixth group show including works by all artists of the gallery taking place during the Cologne Contemporaries weekend. For the first time in the gallery we present works by New York based artist Joe Fyfe (*1952) and London based artist Rana Begum (*1977). Both will open their first solo exhibitions in the gallery later this year.

Installation view, Groupshow;

Kai Richter, m, 2012, DOKA timbers, steel, 330 x 30 x 20 cm;
Max Sudhues, Trigger Copy, 2011, photo prints, 33 x 33 cm;
Rana Begum, No. 269, 2011, varnish on aluminum, 106 x 147 x 5 cm;
Jill Baroff, Conforming Pairs, 2001, graphite on Japanese Gampi paper, 41 x 41 cm.

In the entrance Düsseldorf based artist Kai Richter (*1969) clamps his installation m of yellow DOKA timbers between the gallery's ceiling and floor. The usually horizontally used building material in this work is used in a vertically, site-specific way.

On the right-hand side of the first room we present a three-part photo work by German artist Katharina Sieverding (*1944) of the series Sonne, die Erde imprägnierend (Sun impregnating the earth), which deals with the idea of men being bound into cosmic and energetic coherences. The mysterious light within the photograph arises from a solar eclipse – a covered light that erupts at the edges. The artist's face seems to lift up to unfold new energy. The self-portrait is overlaid by a grid of circles that evokes a serial order of suns, Sieverding also works on in her latest body of work in collaboration with the NASA.

Inspired by the everyday clutter of barely ordered chaos surrounding her in London, Rana Begum (*1977) seeks out instances that seem to accidentally make sense. Much of her work sits between wall based, and three-dimensional forms the viewer has to interact with and walk around to find his or her individual perfect position and notice anew the odd and often uncharacteristic glimpses of beauty that living in a city can provide. The work takes cues from built and urban environments, looking at color, line, form, and how they collide in the city. Representative for her aluminum works we present No. 269.

Max Sudhues' (*1977) photo collages Trigger Copy result from an intensive research process with copy machines and scanners. The light - Sudhues' preferred medium – is still present but not as an illuminant but in the shape of two-dimensional collages in which the palpating light extends the sculptural possibilities. Photographic motifs of the artist's collection of found images were copied and over-copied with oranges and nets. Every disturbance in the images, like scratches etc, originates in technical coincidences. Landscapes and architecture are combined with the orbs-like almost threatening oranges.

Jill Baroff's (*1954) drawings Conforming pairs are part of a body of work that she thinks of as "constructed" drawings. They all, in various ways, explore the physical properties and graphic possibilities of using a sheet of paper to draw itself. In conforming pairs, the larger of two sheets of Japanese Gampi paper must be folded to "conform" to the sheet of paper that it is paired with. It is the act of conforming that determines the image.

Berlin based artist Jorinde Voigt (* 1977) has been developing conceptual drawings on paper since 2002, referring to them as notations and scores. Voigt constructs an ordering system, as complex as it is individual, in order to survey invisible processes in our present day with a system of drawing-like codes. In the latest "Horizon" drawings the elementary horizon lines are drawn in possible horizon colors. The side-by-side of the possible lines results in an idiosyncratic complex of colors, which defines the possible scope of colors. This element bands together with themes of: melody, rotation, territory, continental border, center and direction.

Installation view, Groupshow;

Fergus Feehily, The Weight, 2009, oil on found frame, pencil, paper, 20 x 14 x 1.5 cm;
Gereon Krebber, Overhead, 2011, polyurethane, spray paint, 145 x 130 c 75 cm;
Jorinde Voigt, Horizons, 2011, ink, crayon, pencil on paper, each 61 x 46 cm.

In the last years we have shown two solo exhibitions with Berlin based Irish painter Fergus Feehily (*1968). In the group show we present one of his small-sized and delicate paintings: The Weight. The title stands contrary to the small and light pencil drawing in a found and repainted frame. Last year Fergus Feehily's works have also been exhibited in a solo show at the Dallas Museum of Art.

In the centre of the second gallery room stands Gereon Krebber's (*1973) new sculpture Overhead of polyurethane and spray paint. The cube seems to deform down into a worm-like bulk. With his mostly humorous form findings the Cologne based sculptor researches and makes use of uncommon materials such as gelatin, spray foam or plastic wrap.

Last autumn we have exhibited Daniel Lergon's (*1978) latest ANTUMBRA series of black paintings. For this year's group show we present a large-size metal pigment drawing by the Berlin based abstract painter. For these drawings, Lergon makes use of water diluted metal pigments he applies on the paper with large brushes. Contrary to his light reflecting paintings on retro reflexive material this body of metal pigment drawings seems to absorb the light completely.

New York based artist and art-critic Joe Fyfe (*1952) concerns himself with the principles of contemporary Vietnamese art which he constantly researches and absorbs in South-East-Asia. For years he has been exhibiting his work in Vietnam and has been collaborating with Vietnamese artists. His subtle collages, like Mixed Materials, are mostly made of rice paper, found cloth, wood, felt and wood.

On the front wall of the last room we present Weiss Schwarz by Düsseldorf based artist Imi Knoebel (*1940). Contrary to his usually colorful acrylic works on aluminum, Knoebel here puts next to each other one white and one black triangle that together build a minimalist trapezium.

Installation view, Groupshow;

Imi Knoebel, Weiss Schwarz, 2010, acrylic on aluminum, 229 x 281 x 7.5 cm;
Daniel Lergon, Untitled, 2012, metal pigment on paper, 204 x 204 cm.

During the last years Dutch artist Nelleke Beltjens (*1974) has been developing her unique concept of drawing. Among the basic principles of her work is the fragmentation of the line, which is questioned as a fundamental drawing element, breaking it up into numerous short marks that stand perpendicular to the extension of the line. Countless superimposed colorful "lines" running parallel and crosswise transform her drawings into a rhythmic cluster structure that is difficult to define. Turmoil #2 is full of movement, characterized by abrupt changes in direction and different degrees of intensity. Last autumn Nelleke Beltjens' work was shown in an exhibition together with drawings by Jorinde Voigt at the Belgium museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle. This show will move to the Villa Zanders in Bergisch-Gladbach this summer.

In his water colors from the series Tiefe See (Deep Sea) Cologne based artist Lutz Fritsch (*1955) juxtaposes deep blue amorphous areas in opposition to red, straight sticks. These works were inspired by the artist's ongoing fascination of his travels to the Arctic/Antarctic. The indefinable forms of the surface of the deep blue sea are without any reference to known shapes. The red sticks function as a kind of reference point to these blue amorphous areas and try to control them.

We are very pleased to announce our participation in this year's ARCO in Madrid from 15 – 19 February 2012 again. Also we will again exhibit at the ART COLOGNE from 19 -22 April 2012. Further art fair participations are planned for NADA NYC, ART HONG KONG, VOLTA BASEL and NADA MIAMI.

GALERIE CHRISTIAN LETHERT
Antwerpener Straße 4
D - 50672 Köln (Cologne)
Germany
http://www.christianlethert.com

T +49 (0)221 356 05 90
F +49 (0)221 356 05 54
E info@christianlethert.com

Tu–Fr 14–18 h
Sa 11–16 h
and by appointment

Paris, France / Torbjørn RØDLAND

2012-01-23T18:40:00.000Z

Torbjørn RØDLAND
Before Behind Above Below

A l'occasion de sa quatrième exposition à Air de Paris, Torbjørn RØDLAND présente une série de tirages argentiques noir et blanc résultant de plusieurs expositions chacun. Le titre de l'exposition renvoie à la complication et à la violation de l'espace pictural que ce procédé d'exposition multiple réalise, sans la moindre manipulation numérique de l'image. Loin de seulement remettre en cause le réalisme du médium, ce procédé est emprunt d'une dimension mystique – thème récurrent de près de dix ans de productions de l'artiste. Car l'étrangeté est bien le premier effet que produisent sur les spectateurs ces images jamais vues, elles évoquent un effet certain de disparition, une paradoxale une impression d'effacement. Mais c'est vrai qu'elles se situent à la fois avant, derrière, dessus et dessous toute possibilité d'image.

De nationalité norvégienne, Torbjørn RØDLAND vit à Los Angeles. Ses œuvres ont été présentées dans de nombreuses expositions personnelles comme collectives : Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Hiroshima, Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, Sørlandets KunstMuseum, Kristiansand, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, MAC, Lyon… Ses œuvres sont dans de nombreuses collections privées et publiques (MAC Strasbourg, National Museum of Art et Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art Oslo, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, FNAC…).
Air de Paris

Three exhibitions from January 27 to March 03 2012
Preview Friday January 27 2012 from 6 to 9 PM

AIR DE PARIS
32 rue Louise Weiss 75013 Paris
T. +33 (0)1 44 23 02 77 - F: + 33 (0)1 53 61 22 84
http://www.airdeparis.com

Bogotá, Colombia / Inauguración de Lugar a Dudas

2012-01-18T16:48:00.000Z

Inauguración / Lugar a dudas

Lugar: El parqueadero, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, piso 1
Fecha: 18 de enero a 12 de marzo de 2012

ENTRADA GRATUITA (Abierto de lunes a sábado de 2 a 7 p.m. Cerrado los martes)
Apertura: miércoles 18 de enero, 4:00 p.m.

El espacio de proyectos El Parqueadero, del Museo de Arte del Banco de la República en colaboración con la Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, presenta dentro de su programa Espacio en Residencia a Lugar a Dudas, proyecto que tiene como sede la ciudad de Cali bajo la dirección de Óscar Muñoz y Sally Mizrachi. Lugar a dudas estará hasta el 12 de marzo en el primer piso del Museo de Arte, de manera paralela a la exposición Protografías del artista colombiano Óscar Muñoz. Lugar a Dudas es un espacio independiente que promueve y difunde la creación artística contemporánea a través de un proceso articulado de investigación, producción y confrontación abierta. Es un laboratorio para fomentar el conocimiento del arte contemporáneo, facilitar el desarrollo de procesos creativos y provocar la interacción de la comunidad a través de las prácticas artísticas. Dentro de lo que se verá en Lugar a Dudas está Calidoscopia y La Vitrina.

CALIDOSCOPIA

En una época, cuando no había Museos, existieron los Cabinets de Curiosités o Cuartos de Maravillas. Estos contenedores de archivos y colecciones de todas clases fueron desarrollados por ricos personajes amantes del coleccionismo y hoy se les considera precursores de los Museos actuales.

Lugar a dudas retoma esta arcaica figura, en tiempos de grandes museos y eventos gigantes, y crea un dispositivo móvil, portador de archivos, colecciones, exhibiciones artísticas y textos de la ciudad de Cali, llamado Calidoscopia.

LA VITRINA

Es un espacio de exhibición de Lugar a dudas, ubicado de frente a la calle. Uno de sus fines es acercar la producción artística contemporánea al transeúnte, a los habitantes del barrio y al público de la ciudad a través de una programación de exhibiciones dinámica y continua. Para esta exhibición en El Parqueadero, se hará una reproducción de La Vitrina, de Cali.

El Parqueadero es un proyecto conjunto entre la Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño y el Banco de la República.

Consulte toda la programación cultural del Banco de la República
http://www.banrepcultural.org

Museos y colecciones del Banco de la República
http://www.banrepcultural.org/museos-y-colecciones

Museo de Arte del Banco de la República
Calle 11 # 4 - 14, teléfono: (571) 343 12 12,

fax: (571) 286 35 51, Código postal: 12362, wbiblio@banrep.gov.co Bogotá - Colombia

London, England / Bernhard Martin at Union Gallery

2012-01-18T16:21:00.002Z

Bernhard Martin

Bell Cazzo – Vita Figa Part Two
Part Two: Drawing
Private View 26/01/2012 6–9pm
Exhibition dates 27/01/2012 – 17/03/2012

Union Gallery is pleased to present two consecutive solo exhibitions by Bernhard Martin (b. Germany, 1966). It is Martin's practice to work on a number of different series concurrently. The new works on display at Union belongs to the series 'The Dictatorship of the Hormones'.

The drawings on show in Bell Cazzo – Vita Figa: Part Two address the beauty of the coexistence of differences. We're dealing here with cravings, role-playing, longing, desire, self-abandonment and a thirst for déjà vu.

Martin asks us to consider the mindhungry traveller, a person with everything at their disposal who more often than not lacks happiness, contentment and a sense of belonging. The life journeys of Martin's characters are marked by rupture; theirs are not cosy, steadfast relationships, they are predictable only in their unpredictability. Inevitably these characters' stories always end in theatrical drama: lust, sex and murder, with jealousy after partner swapping, substitute lovers and parallel worlds..

In the new series of drawings of Martin freely interpreted the novel "Querelle" by Jean Genet. The sailor as romantic emblem of free thought, a travelling vagabond full of spirited energy and criminal desires to give up everything for the unrestrained obsession and disgrace. However Martin's point is not to quote or reproduce this novel directly; instead he is fascinated by how ideas are translated into a visual language and how psychological obsessions are revealed. He is interested in the freedom of thought, our filmic projections, the stories we construct to frame our lives. Martin looks for the hidden psychological side of the self and the self of others; it is a search for one's own alien abysses and desires, with one word >human mystery< always remaining 'Moralinfrei', bypassing spiteful moralising habits.

The drawings in this series are in pencil, on coloured canvas. Yet they seem smooth and spherical, bitter and sinister, ambiguous and peppered with a suspicious impenetrability.

Part Two: Drawing will be on show at Union from 26/01/2012 – 17/3/2012.

Union Gallery
http://union-gallery.com
94 Teesdale Street
London, Bethnal Green E2 6PU

Porto, Portugal / Gerardo Burmester, Galeria Fernando Santos

2012-01-18T14:48:00.001Z

Gerardo Burmester
2011, Alguns Trabalhos Revisitados

Inauguração Sábado, 21 Janeiro pelas 16h00
Pré-inauguração Sexta-feira, 20 Janeiro pelas 22h00

No próximo Sábado 21 de Janeiro, a Galeria Fernando Santos apresenta a exposição de obra recente de Gerardo Burmester, "2011 Alguns Trabalhos Revisitados" onde, e tal como nos sugere o título, o artista nos proporciona uma nova aproximação às técnicas e materiais que caracterizaram a sua Obra nos últimos anos.

Burmester apresenta-nos por um lado uma abordagem a materiais mais quentes e que induzem a uma maior proximidade tais como gessos, feltros industriais e pastéis secos, ao mesmo tempo que, por outro lado, cria uma distância, ao utilizar na mesma proposta artística materiais mais frios como acrílicos e alumínios polidos, todos de alguma forma caracterizadores do conjunto da sua Obra mais recente.

A obra de Burmester revela-se hoje uma das mais significativas do contexto da arte contemporânea portuguesa, dentro da geração de artistas que surgiu na década de 80, tendo sido um dos artistas conceptuais de maior relevo da década de 70, e realizado instalações de flagrante originalidade estética e experimental.

Tendo praticado as linguagens artísticas da performance, pintura, escultura, desenho e instalação, Burmester construiu uma obra consistente que remete sobretudo para o papel peculiar que confere ao espectador.

Tal como referiu Miguel von Hafe Pérez: "Gerardo Burmester foi um dos autores que mais decisivamente contribuiu para a renovação do panorama artístico nacional nos anos oitenta, ainda que a sua actividade criativa tenha início na década de setenta. Ao tocar áreas tão distintas como a pintura, a performance, a escultura e a instalação, Burmester sempre reclamou para a sua prática artística a liberdade de utilizar diferentes meios para melhor instaurar um campo de reflexão estética que se serve do romantismo como suporte dialéctico para um olhar crítico perante a sociedade contemporânea."

Breve nota biográfica

Gerardo Burmester (Porto, 1953)
Frequentou entre 1973 e 1974) a Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto, cidade onde ainda hoje vive e trabalha. Entre 75 e 78 viveu em Paris. Burmester inicia a apresentação do seu trabalho na segunda metade da década de 70, desenvolvendo várias acções performativas e configurando uma obra pictórica que associa referências neoromânticas à crítica irónica da condição da pintura e dos seus temas na situação portuguesa e internacional do momento. Foi membro do Grupo Puzzle e fundou e dirigiu em 82, com Albuquerque Mendes, o Espaço Lusitano, no Porto.

Em finais da década de 80, a obra de Burmester passa a utilizar o objecto e a instalação espacial como propostas de um teatro dos lugares por ela reinventados, aproximando e distanciando o espectador em jogos de sedução visual tão atractivos quanto frios no perfeccionismo intocável dos materiais utilizados.
A Obra de Gerardo Burmester integra actualmente as principais colecções públicas e privadas de arte contemporânea nacionais, fazendo igualmente parte de algumas importantes colecções no país vizinho.
O Artista expôs ao longo da sua carreira em importantes Museus e instituições, com especial destaque para a exposição de 1998 no Museu de Serralves, Porto sob a programação de Vicente Todoli e comissariado de João Fernandes.

Galeria Fernando Santos
Rua Miguel Bombarda, nº526
4050 - 379 Porto, Portugal
T. 00 351 226 061 090
http://www.galeriafernandosantos.com/

Porto, Portugal / Jules Maidoff - "From florence with love"

2012-01-16T23:43:00.002Z

Nude with fur collar, 2010, 90 x 90 cm, mixed media on canvas

Exposição: 21 de Jan. a 25 de Fev. 2012
5ª - sábado 15 - 19.30 h

Temos muito prazer em vos convidar para a inauguração da exposição "From Florence with Love" de Jules Maidoff no sábado, 21 de Janeiro, 16 h.

O artista regressa à cidade de Porto para apresentar uma selecção de trabalhos recentes. As imagens densas de Jules Maidoff contam histórias coloridas e são testemunhos de uma curiosidade vivaz, uma pincelada excitante e do seu envolvimento apaixonado com todas as pessoas que partilham esta parte da sua vida.

È uma honra abrir as nossas portas para as pinturas fascinantes de Jules Maidoff e aguardamos com expectativa a vossa visita.

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Exhibition: 21st jan to 25th feb 2012
Open: thu – sat 15-19.30 h

We are very pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition "From Florence with Love" from Jules Maidoff on saturday, 21st of January, 16 h.

The artist is returning to the city of Porto to present a selection of his recent works. Jules Maidoff's dense images are colorful story tales and testimony of his lively curiosity, exciting brush strokes and his passionate involvement with all the persons what are sharing this part of his life.

We are very honored to open our doors to Jules Maidoff's fascinating paintings and are looking forward meeting you.

Arthobler gallery for contemporary art
Rua Miguel Bombarda 624, p-4050-379

Oporto, Portugal

cell: +351 965865185
office@arthobler.com
http://www.arthobler.com

Essen, Germany / Museum Folkwang Essen - Januar 2012

2012-01-16T19:19:00.000Z

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Mi 18. Januar 2012, 19 Uhr
Vortrag: Flores, Petén. Indianische Welt und Gesellschaft in Amazonien
Georg Grünberg

Im Rahmen der Ausstellung Lothar Baumgarten Abend der Zeit – Señores Naturales Yanomami gibt Dr. Georg Grünberg am 18. Januar 2012 um 19 Uhr im Museum Folkwang mit dem Thema Flores, Petén. Indianische Welt und Gesellschaft in Amazonien einen Einblick in die Lebenswelt der Amazonier. Damit beleuchtet er auch das Volk der Yanomami, mit dem Lothar Baumgarten gelebt hat. Die Besonderheit des Amazonasgebiets besteht nicht nur aus einer großen Artenvielfalt, sondern auch aus dem größten zusammenhängenden Waldgebiet der Tropen. In Amazonien leben über 300 Völker, die jeweils ihre eigene Kultur und Weltbild haben. Seit etwa 15.000 Jahren stellt es ein attraktives Gebiet für die dort lebenden Gemeinschaften dar. Es herrscht ein ideales Klima, es bestehen gute Kommunikationswege in Form eines stark vernetzten Flusssystems sowie eine fast unbegrenzte Ressourcenvielfalt. Dies ermöglicht den Völkern sich ihrer Umwelt perfekt anzupassen und eine „amazonische Zivilisation" mit vielen Gemeinsamkeiten zu entwickeln.

Dr. Georg Grünberg, geboren 1946 in Wien, studierte Ethnologie in Wien und São Paulo, Brasilien und lehrt heute an der Universität in Wien.

Der Eintritt ist frei. In Kooperation mit dem Kunstring Folkwang e.V., Verein der Freunde des Museum Folkwang. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.

Mi. 18 Januar, 16 Uhr
Kuratoren führen
Mario von Lüttichau
Kostenfrei mit Eintrittskarte und Teilnahmesticker, der ab einer Stunde vor Führungsbeginn an der Besucherinformation erhältlich ist.

Fr. 20 Januar, 19 Uhr
rendez-vous
Ein Abend im Museum Folkwang von Studierenden für Studierende

Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie auf unserer Internetseite: www.museum-folkwang.de

Fr. 20 Januar, 20 Uhr
Literatur im Folkwang
Jan Peter Bremer

Der Alfred Döblin Preisträger liest aus seinem Roman "Der amerikanische Investor", für den er diese Auszeichnung erhielt.
Furios und unentwegt Volten schlagend, entwickelt Jan Peter Bremer Szenen von aberwitziger Komik und politischem Tiefgang. Er erweist sich in seinem Buch um die Umstrukturierung Berlins einmal mehr als Meister der hochprozentigen Parabel

»Bremers humoresker, brillanter Roman bietet ein außerordentliches Lektürevergnügen
und ist bei aller Phantastik ein durchaus realistischer Gegenwartskommentar«
Deutschlandradio Kultur

Die Lesung findet im Gartensaal des Museum Folkwang statt. Karten sind an der Kasse des Museum Folkwang erhältlich.

Fr 27. Januar 2012, 20 Uhr
Lesung im Museum Folkwang
Ottfried Dascher

Auf Einladung des Kunstring Folkwang und der Buchhandlung Walther König im Museum Folkwang stellt Ottfried Dascher seine gerade erschienene Biografie des Sammlers, Kunsthändlers und Verlegers Alfred Flechtheim (1878 - 1937) vor.
Flechtheim war einer der wichtigsten europäischen Händler für die Kunst der klassichen Moderne. Zu den Künstlern seiner Galerie gehörten u. a. Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee und Max Beckmann. Auf der Grundlage umfangreicher Recherchen hat Dascher eine "biographie totale" verfasst, die gleichermaßen die Lebensgeschichte Flechtheims und eine Geschichte der künstlerischen Avantgarde Europas in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts erzählt.
Ottfried Dascher war von 1992 bis 2001 Leiter der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Hauptstaatsarchivs in Düsseldorf.

Der Eintritt ist frei. In Kooperation mit dem Kunstring Folkwang e.V., Verein der Freunde des Museum Folkwang. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.

Die Lesung findet im Hirschland-Saal des Museum Folkwang statt.

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Chris Killip - arbeit/work
4. Februar 2012 - 15. April 2012

Das Museum Folkwang zeigt einen Werküberblick des Fotografen Chris Killip. Nach der Retrospektive von Joel Sternfeld, einem dezidierten Farbfotografen, stellen wir mit Killip einen Bildautor vor, für den die Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie eine Konzentration auf das Inhaltliche bedeutet. Die Ausstellung umfasst 126 Fotografien aus der Zeit von 1969 – 2005, die das Leben im Norden Englands, der Isle of Man und Irland dokumentieren. Die regionale und lokale Konzentration von Killips Fotografien gab bereits in den 70er Jahren der britischen Dokumentarfotografie eine neue Perspektive und die Impulse reichen bis zur jüngeren Generation von Dokumentarfotografen.

Gemalter Film - Plakate von Renato Casaro
4. Februar 2012 - 15. April 2012

Das Deutsche Plakat Museum präsentiert in dieser Ausstellung einen Überblick von Plakaten, die von einem außergewöhnlichen Künstler gestaltet wurden. Renato Casaro, geboren 1935 in Treviso, gilt als einer der letzten großen Plakatmaler, der mit seinen Arbeiten die internationale Welt der Filmplakate über Jahrzehnte hinweg beeinflusste.
Die Ausstellung umfasst drei Zeitabschnitte und innerhalb dieser werden Plakate zu bestimmten Genres gezeigt, für die Casaro gearbeitet hat, wie für Monumentalfilme (Der letzte Kaiser, 1989), für Mafiasagas (Es war einmal in Amerika, 1983) und für Fantasy-Filme (Momo,1986). Die Entwicklung zu den Plakaten wird von der Idee über die Skizze hin zum Gemälde und zum Plakat mehrfach in der Ausstellung nachgezeichnet. Ein eigener Bereich ergänzt die zeitliche und thematische Struktur.

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Gasteiz, Basc Country / Seminario Eremuak: Arte y Políticas Públicas

2012-01-14T09:39:00.002Z

Seminario Eremuak: Arte y Políticas Públicas
ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Abierto al público. Aforo limitado

Inscripción on line en http://www.eremuak.net/seminario
Para más información dirigirse a encuentros@eremuak.net
o al 945 25 35 00 http://www.eremuak.net

Como recoge la introducción de su documento programático, eremuak es una propuesta para implementar el espacio de actuación de la política cultural del Gobierno Vasco sobre artes plásticas y visuales a través de un programa abierto y continuo de optimización del contexto contemporáneo. Pero sabiendo que los contextos no se crean sólo desde decisiones políticas o medidas administrativas, sino desde la confluencia de numerosos factores, eremuak aspira a articular acciones que puedan contribuir a favorecer, optimizar y/o mejorar los contextos en las que se desarrollan las diversas prácticas de arte. Para ello es imprescindible una toma de conciencia tanto de las condiciones reales en las que existe el contexto artístico en las sociedades contemporáneas, así como de la identificación de los problemas y factores de su desarrollo y optimización. Una perspectiva sistémica incluirá entre esos aspectos: una discusión sobre la noción de "política cultural" y lo que se pueda entender por "gobernanza"; una diferenciación y articulación entre arte y cultura; una apreciación sobre los aspectos de distribución, y sobre los puntos de contacto y confluencia con otros contextos (geográficos, disciplinares, históricos, culturales); una diferenciación entre creatividad y creación; una reconsideración de la noción contemporánea de patrimonio y del lugar del arte como generador en la cadena de valor (conservación, restauración, creación, experiencia y transmisión); una consideración de los modos de recepción y de la presencia del arte en los media; una apreciación de la situación del arte y de los artistas en términos administrativos, fiscales; o una reconsideración de las nociones de contemporaneidad, presente y actualidad, etc.

eremuak no puede aspirar a comprender de forma global la complejidad de todos estos aspectos, ni mucho menos a resolverlos, pero sí puede ayudar a propiciar un sistema que permita vertebrarlos y apreciarlos de forma estructurada, no tanto o no sólo para "tratar sobre ellos", sino para considerar y propiciar los mejores modos de "tratarlos".

Arte y Políticas Públicas, es una acción de eremuak que, bajo el formato de seminario quiere abordar las diversas relaciones entre las prácticas de arte contemporáneo y aquello que llamamos Políticas Públicas. Aspira a configurar un tejido de discusión sobre los procesos de institucionalización y sobre los principios de legitimidad subyacentes, en los que de forma recíproca está involucrado el arte como factor instituyente a la vez que como campo instituido.

Programa / 20 Viernes.

10-11.30 Conferencia Juan Luis Moraza
12.00-14.00 Mesas de trabajo/debate

Guadalupe Echevarria
Carles Guerra.
Bulegoa

16.30-20.00 Mesas de trabajo/debate

Julián Rodríguez
Oier Exteberria
Aimar Arriola
Joaquín Vázquez Ruiz de Castroviejo

21 Sábado.

10-11.30 Conferencia Catherine David
12.00-14.00 Mesas de trabajo/debate

Yaiza Hernández
Víctor del Río
Consonni

16.30-20.00 Mesas de trabajo/debate

Asier Mendizabal
Mugatxoan
Xabier Arakistain
Esteban Pujals
Belleza Infinita

Las mesas estarán moderadas por los miembros de la Comisión Técnica de Eremuak 2010-2011; Nuria Enguita Mayo (comisaria), Pedro G. Romero (artista), Beatriz Herráez (comisaria), Fernando Illana (artista y responsable del programa de Trayecto Galería), Juan Luis Moraza (artista y profesor de la facultad de bellas artes de Pontevedra) y Daniel Castillejo (director del Centro-Museo Artium de Álava).

Participantes

Xabier Arakistain ha sido director del Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea de 2007 a 2011. Fue responsable de la programación paritaria de la Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Bilbao Arte Fundazioa de 2001 a 2003 y dirigió las mesas de debate sobre arte y feminismo en los Foros de expertos de la feria ARCO de 2003 a 2006 desde donde impulsó el Manifiesto Arco 2005. Entre las exposiciones que ha comisariato destacan Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 45 años de arte y feminismo (Museo de BBAA, Bilbao), Living Together. Estrategias para la convivencia (junto a Emma Dexter) o What I See. Susan Hiller (junto a Beatriz Herraez) en Montehermoso.

Aimar Arriola es comisario e investigador. Ha cursado el Programa de Estudios Independientes (PEI) del MACBA (Barcelona) y el Curatorlab de la Konstfack University (Estocolmo). Como agente independiente ha desarrollado proyectos de comisariado, investigación y/o educación en CA2M, Madrid; Moderna Museet, Estocolmo; Hangar, Barcelona; y Espacio Abisal, Bilbao, entre otros. Actualmente integra la plataforma 'Equipo re'. http://equipo-re.org/. Proyecto seleccionado en Eremuak 2010-2011

Bulegoa zenbaki barik es una oficina de arte y conocimiento dirigida al desarrollo de la investigación, el debate y la reflexión. Ubicada en el barrio bilbaíno de Solokoetxe, esta iniciativa surge alrededor de las siguientes líneas de investigación: los procesos de historización, la traducción cultural, la performatividad, el cuerpo, el postcolonialismo, la teoría social, las estrategias de archivo y la educación. Bulegoa z/b pretende constituirse en un lugar de cruce entre la práctica y la teoría, un espacio para la producción, la discusión, el intercambio de ideas y la materialización de proyectos artísticos. Forman parte de Bulegoa Beatriz Cavia, Isabel de Naverán, Miren Jaio y Leire Vergara. Proyecto seleccionado en Eremuak 2010-2011

Belleza Infinita Desde su fundación en 2002, Belleza Infinita organiza eventos y edita publicaciones, tratando de cuestionar los límites de la experiencia estética.Proyecto seleccionado en Eremuak 2010-2011; Festival de Publicaciones artísticas Exposiciones, talleres, conferencias y charlas que muestran las posibilidades artísticas de una publicación, así como sus condicionantes desde la creación hasta la difusión.

Consonni es una productora de proyectos artísticos que se localiza en Bilbao. Su actual directora, María Mur, se licenció en Sociología y Ciencias Políticas y realizó un master en Gestión Cultural en la Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao). Desde 1997, consonni invita a artistas a desarrollar proyectos que no adoptan un aspecto de objeto de arte expuesto en un espacio. Entre los artistas con los que ha trabajado consonni se encuentran; Matthieu Laurette, Hinrich Sachs, Andrea Fraser, Sergio Prego, Ibon Aranberri, Itziar Okariz, Saioa Olmo, Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum o María Ruido.
Proyecto seleccionado en Eremuak 2010-2011

Catherine David ha sido comisaria del Musée national d'art moderne, del Centre Georges Pompidou y de la Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, en París, organizando entre otra exposiciones: Lothar Baumgarten; R einhard Mucha; Gilberto Zorio; Passages de L'Image; Stan Douglas: Monodramas and Television Spots; Suzanne Lafont; Marcel Broodthaers; Helio Oiticica; Robert Gober; Jeff Wall and Chantal Ackerman: D'Est. Entre 1994 y 1997 desempeñó el cargo de directora de la documenta X Kassel. Asimismo ha sido directora del Witte de With en Rotterdam y profesora invitada en la Universidad de Humboldt, Berlín. En el año 2007 organizó la muestra Bahman Jalali en la Fundación Tàpies. En el año 2009 fue la comisaria de ADACH (Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage), en la Bienal de Venecia, y en el 2011 comisarió la muestra del artista Hassan Sharif Experiments & Objects 1979-201 de quien recientemente ha publicado una monografía.

Víctor del Río es profesor de Teorías Artísticas de la modernidad y Teoría del Arte Contemporáneo en la Universidad de Salamanca. Integra el equipo docente del Máster de Estudios Avanzados en Filosofía que comparten las Universidades de Salamanca, Valladolid, León y Burgos. Autor de Fotografía objeto. La superación de la estética del documento, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca (2008), y de Factografía. Vanguardia y comunicación de masas, Abada (2010), así como editor de varias obras colectivas. Forma parte del comité asesor del MUSAC desde el 2009 y es crítico de arte en El Cultural, El Mundo. Colaborador habitual de varias revistas especializadas en las que se ha desarrollado su labor ensayística en el terreno de la estética y la teoría de las artes.

Guadalupe Echeverria es directora de Ecole d'enseignement supérieur d'art de Bordeaux desde 1991. En 2009, fue consejera del MACBA (Barcelona) para la creacion de un programa de investigacion artistica. Entre 2003-2007 fua miembro del Consejo Cientifico y de la Founding Faculty en el Art + Research, de Miami, Florida, junto con Liam Gillick, Daniel Birnbaum, Rikrit Tiravanija, Mathew Higgs, y Stephen Madoff. Además, ha desarrollado numerosas intervenciones sobre la enseñanza del arte en particular en España (Macba) e Inglaterra (Tate Britain; Tate Modern Londres). Fue codirectora de la galería Marga Paz de Madrid (1990-91) y comisaria de exposiciones en el Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velazquez, Palacio de Cristal (1986-1990)
Entre sus últimas investigaciones y publicaciones, destaca La jeune bâtarde et la modernité: Goya et La Laitière de Bordeaux, Editions Le Festin, Burdeos, 2008. .

Oier Etxeberria es artista y músico. Entre sus exposiciones recientes: LaLana, Montehermoso Kulturunea, Vitoria-Gasteiz y Kontzertu Ekonomikoa, Casa de Cultura de Egia. Dirigió junto a Miren Jaio el proyecto "Periferiak07" (2007) y "Talka Egin/Talking!" (2008). Ha sido miembro del grupo de música Akauzazte, y del proyecto AmatauTV. Como responsable del Área de Formación en el Centro de Recursos Medioambientales Cristina Enea en San-Sabeastian ha organizado seminarios y exposiciones como; "ZoOo, la palabra salvaje" o "Lurpeko istoriak; las patatas y las cosas". Proyecto seleccionado en Eremuak 2010-2011

Carles Guerra ha ejercido como Director de La Virreina Centre de la Imatge en Barcelona entre los años 2009 y 2011, donde ha desarrollado proyectos como "Antifotoperiodismo" (2010) o "1979. Un monumento a instantes radicales" (2011). En la actualidad es Conservador Jefe del MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Ha publicado numerosos ensayos sobre arte contemporáneo y es miembro del comité asesor del suplemento Cultura/s publicado por La Vanguardia. También es profesor de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra y profesor visitante del Center for Curatorial Studies en Bard College.

Yaiza Hernández Velázquez es investigadora candidata doctoral en el Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (Londres). En la actualidad es jefa de programas públicos en el Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Anteriormente ha trabajado como directora del CENDEAC (Murcia), conservadora del CAAM (Las Palmas) y profesora en la facultad de Bellas Artes de Middlesex University (Londres). Además, posee una extensa trayectoria como traductora y editora.

Asier Mendizabal es artista y reside en Bilbao. Ha expuesto individualmente en MACBA, Barcelona; Culturgest, Lisboa; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid y Raven Row, Londres. Ha participado en exposiciones colectivas como Chacun a son Gôut, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao; Flüchtige zeiten, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; Insiders, CAPC, Burdeos, Manifesta 5, Donostia; la Bienal de Taipei, la 4 Bienal de Bucarest o la 54 Bienal de Venecia.

Juan Luis Moraza fue miembro fundador de CVA (1979-1985). Entre sus exposiciones individuales cabe destacar Software (Moisés Perez de Albeniz, 2010), S¡ (Elba Benitez, Madrid, 2004), PLATA (Casa de América, Madrid, 2003), INTERPASIVIDAD (Koldo Mitxelena. San Sebastián. 1999), Éxtasis, estatus, estatua (Museo Pablo Gargallo. Zaragoza, 1995), u Ornamento y ley (Sala Amárica. Vitoria, 1994). Su obra forma parte de importantes Museos, como el Guggenheim, el Museo Reina Sofía, o el Museo ARTIUM. Ha comisariado numerosas exposiciones, como "El retorno de lo imaginario" (Mncars, 2010), o Incógnitas. Cartografías del Arte contemporáneo en el País Vasco (Museo Guggenheim-Bilbao, 2007). Ha publicado varios libros como Corduras (2007), Ornamento y Ley (2007), Las formas del límite (2006), MA(non É)DONNA, Imágenes de creación, Procreación y anticoncepción (1993), Seis sexos de la diferencia (Arteleku,1990). Es profesor titular del Departamento de Escultura en la Universidad de Vigo; ha sido profesor invitado en numerosas Universidades y centros de Arte, tanto nacionales como internacionales.
Miembro de la Comisión Técnica de Eremuak 2010-2011

Mugatxoan es un proyecto artístico iniciado por Blanca Calvo y Ion Munduate a través de Entrecuerpos-Mugatxoan Asociación Cultural y activo desde 1998. Mugatxoan, en euskara, quiere decir "en la fronterita" su sentido confirma la voluntad de situar nuestro proyecto en un territorio conceptual sin vocación de constituirse en un espacio cerrado.
Mugatxoan ha propuesto en los últimos 11 años un marco de trabajo que se ha dividido en cuatro ejes principales: Procesos, Talleres, Residencias y producciones y Presentaciones dedicados a la performance y sus múltiples derivaciones.

Esteban Pujals Profesor Titular de Literatura Inglesa en las universidades de Málaga (1986-1991) y Autónoma de Madrid (desde 1992), ha sido asimismo profesor en las universidades de Bristol (R.U.) y Stanford (California). Su actividad investigadora se ha centrado en el estudio de la poesía inglesa y estadounidense, con especial énfasis en los movimientos e individualidades constitutivos de la modernidad clásica y en su proyección en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Entre sus publicaciones cabe mencionar La lengua radical, un estudio y antología de la poesía "Language" californiana y neoyorquina de los decenios de 1980 y 1990, el estudio y traducción de obras de T.S. Eliot (Cuatro cuartetos, Cátedra, 1990), de Gertrude Stein (Botones blandos, Abada, 2011), de John Ashbery (Galeones de abril, Visor, 1994), y de Lyn Hejinian (Mi vida, Acto, 2011, en colaboración con Pilar Vázquez) y ensayos sobre poetas que sitúan su actividad en la frontera entre la poesía y el ámbito de las artes plásticas, como Isidoro Valcárcel Medina, Rogelio López Cuenca o Pedro G. Romero.

Julián Rodríguez fue director de la revista de arte y estética Sub rosa, y actualmente es director literario de la editorial Periférica (Premio Nacional a la Mejor Labor Editorial) y director artístico de la galería de arte Casa sin fin, con sedes en Cáceres y Madrid. Toda su obra como escritor, de ficción y no-ficción, está publicada en Random House Mondadori. Su ciclo "Piezas de resistencia" aborda algunos problemas del arte contemporáneo y su relación con la "realidad". Por el libro Unas vacaciones baratas en la miseria de los demás (2004) obtuvo el Premio Nuevo Talento Fnac, y por Ninguna necesidad (2006), el Premio Ojo Crítico de Narrativa de RNE.

Joaquín Vázquez es co-fundador y uno de los miembros de BNV Producciones, empresa de producción de cultura contemporánea que se ocupa de producir, coordinar, diseñar o montar exposiciones, asistir a comisarios y/o artistas, editar y supervisar publicaciones. BNV inicia su trayectoria dentro de las artes plásticas con la exposición El Sueño Imperativo, comisariada por Mar Villaespesa. Entre otros trabajos, producen y forman parte del equipo del contenidos del programa UNIA arteypensamiento de la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.

Fuente: http://w3art.es/09-10/2012/01/seminario_eremuak_arte_y_polit.php

Berlin, Germany / Berlin Biennale 2012

2012-01-12T19:41:00.001Z

DEUTSCHLAND SCHAFFT ES AB“ – BUCHSAMMELAKTION

Mit mehr als 1,3 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren ist „Deutschland schafft sich ab“ von Thilo Sarrazin das erfolgreichste Sachbuch eines deutschen Autors der Nachkriegszeit. Im Rahmen der 7. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst initiiert der tschechische Künstler Martin Zet die Kampagne „Deutschland schafft es ab“. Er versucht, möglichst viele Exemplare des Buches zu sammeln und sich seiner so zu entledigen. „Ab einem bestimmten Moment ist es nicht mehr wichtig, was die Qualität oder wahre Intention eines Buches ist, sondern welchen Effekt es in der deutschen Gesellschaft hat. Das Buch weckte und förderte anti-migrantische und hauptsächlich anti-türkische Tendenzen in diesem Land. Ich schlage vor, das Buch als aktives Werkzeug zu benutzen, welches den Menschen ermöglicht, ihre eigene Position zu bekunden.” erklärt Martin Zet. Der Künstler ruft dazu auf mindestens 60.000 Exemplare zu sammeln, was weniger als 5 Prozent der kompletten Auflage entspricht. Die Bücher werden in einer künstlerischen Installation in der 7. Berlin Biennale gezeigt; nach Ende der Ausstellung werden sie recycelt.

Machen Sie mit! Bitte geben Sie Ihr Exemplar in einer der teilnehmenden Sammelstellen ab oder schicken Sie es uns per Post und lassen Sie es Teil der Installation werden!

Die erste Sammelstelle in Berlin gibt es ab heute in den KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin-Mitte (zugänglich täglich von 10 bis 20 Uhr).

Weitere Sammelstellen in Berlin sind bisher:

- Der Kunstverein, seit 1817 | Klosterwall 23 | 20095 Hamburg
- dieschönestadt | Am Steintor 19 | 06112 Halle an der Saale
- Frankfurter Kunstverein | Steinernes Haus am Römerberg | Markt 44 | 60311 Frankfurt/Main
- Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig | Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 9–11 | 04107 Leipzig
- Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) | Hoher Wall 15 | 44137 Dortmund
- Kunstbau der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus | Königsplatz / U-Bahn-Zwischengeschoss | 80333 München
- Kunstverein in Hamburg | Klosterwall 23 | 20095 Hamburg
- Kunstverein Hannover | Sophienstraße 2 | 30159 Hannover
- Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau | Gropiusallee 38 | 06846 Dessau

Eine aktualisierte Liste der Sammelstellen finden Sie auf unserer Webseite http://www.berlinbiennale.de

Schließen Sie sich unserer Aktion an und richten auch Sie eine Sammelstelle ein! Wir kümmern uns um den Transport der Bücher nach Berlin.

Bitte verbreiten Sie diese Information zusätzlich über die Ihnen zur Verfügung stehenden Kanäle.

Die Poster zur Aktion können HIER heruntergeladen werden.

Wir brauchen Ihre Hilfe und Unterstützung bei der Verwirklichung dieses Projektes!

Persönliche Meinungen über den Inhalt des Buches können auf der Webseite der Berlin Biennale kommuniziert werden.

Die Berlin Biennale hat sich seit ihrer Gründung 1998 zu einer der bedeutendsten Veranstaltungen für zeitgenössische Kunst weltweit entwickelt. Das zentrale Thema der 7. Berlin Biennale ist das gesellschaftspolitische Potential von Kunst und die Frage, inwieweit Kunst aktiv politische Prozesse beeinflussen kann. Kuratiert wird die 7. Berlin Biennale vom polnischen Künstler Artur Żmijewski zusammen mit den assozierten KuratorInnen Voina und Joanna Warsza.

Die 7. Berlin Biennale findet vom 27. April bis 1. Juli 2012 statt.

Die Berlin Biennale wird organisiert durch die KW Institute for Contemporary Art und gefördert durch die Kulturstiftung des Bundes.

DEUTSCHALND SCHAFFT ES AB (GERMANY GETS RID OF IT) – BOOK COLLECTION CAMPAIGN

With over 1.3 million copies sold “Deutschland schafft sich ab“ (Germany gets rid of itself) by Thilo Sarrazin is the most successful non-fiction publication of a German author of the post-war period. The Czech artist Martin Zet now starts the campaign “Deutschland schafft es ab” (Germany gets rid of it) in the framework of the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. He calls to collect as many copies of the book as possible in order to get rid of them. “From a certain moment it is not important what the quality or real intention of the book is, but rather how it effects the German society. The book woke up and fed the anti-immigrant and mainly anti-Turkish tendencies in this country. I suggest using the book as an instrument enabling people to privately manifest their personal position,” Martin Zet states. The artist tries to collect at least 60,000 copies, which is in fact less than 5 percent of the total edition. The books will be shown in an artistic installation at the 7th Berlin Biennale; after the exhibition they will be recycled.
Help us to make this happen! Please deliver your copy in one of the participating collection points or send it to us via regular mail and let it become part of the installation.

The first collection point is opened today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin-Mitte (accessible every day from 10 am to 8 pm).

So far, further collection points in Berlin are:

Please spread this information via your personal channels.
Posters of the action can be downloaded HERE.

We need your help and support to collectively make this project possible.

Our website will be open for your personal opinion about the book and its content.

Since its inception in 1998, the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art has become one of the most important events of contemporary art worldwide, taking place every two years in Berlin. The central theme of the 7th Berlin Biennale is the investigation of the socio-critical potential of art and its possibility to actively influence political processes. The 7th Berlin Biennale is curated by Polish artist Artur Żmijewski together with the associate curators Voina and Joanna Warsza.

The 7th Berlin Biennale takes place from April 27 to July 1, 2012.

The Berlin Biennale is organized by KW Institute for Contemporary Art and funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).

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The Berlin Biennale is organized by
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
and funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).