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Former Polaroid Chief Operator Jan Hnizdo poses for photographers with one of originally ten 20x24" polaroid cameras built in the 1970s during the opening of an exhibition in Vienna. The exhibition "From Polaroid to Impossible - The WestLicht Collection" shows a part from more than 4000 polaroid photographs of the International Polaroid Collection which has been bought by WestLicht photo gallery recently. The exhibition takes place through August 21. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer.
VIENNA.- Vienna-based photo museum WestLicht is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a show on instant photography and for the opening weekend the entrance is free of charge. On its 10th anniversary WestLicht is celebrating the never-ending fascination of instant photography. The Viennese photo museum showing a representative cross section of Polaroid inventor Edwin Herbert Land’s legendary collection. From the 1960’s Land began to provide artists with Polaroid material for them to experiment. More than 350 works by around 150 of the international artists and photographers represented in the collection are on display until the 21 August. The names one can find among the Polaroid artists range from landscape master photographer Ansel Adams to doyens of Pop Art such as Andy Warhol. Varying artistic concepts, collages and opulent arrangements cover genres from fashion to architecture, and represent an animated narrat ... More |
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On Its 130th Anniversary, Art Gallery of South Australia Unveils $3.6 Million Refurbishment
Richard Noble, Elizabeth Solomon, 1862, Sydney, oil on canvas, 91.0 x 71.0 cm. M.J.M Carter AO Collection through the Art Gallery of South Australia to mark the 30th anniversary of the Foundation 2011. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
ADELAIDE.- The Art Gallery of South Australia opened the doors to the newly refurbished Elder Wing of Australian Art on Saturday 18 June, following a ten month, $3.6 million refurbishment. The opening marked the 130th anniversary of the Gallery for which over $5 million in gifts has been received. Modernised to meet international museum standards in lighting and environmental control, the Elder Wing’s interior has been refurbished to reinstate it as perhaps Australia’s most beautiful museum interior. “Visitors will have a different sense of the Gallery from the moment they enter from North Terrace. The refurbished vestibule and Elder Wing have now taken on a more contemporary feel but one which still honours the building heritage,” said Art Gallery of South Australia, Director ... More | | Gallery is the Exclusive Australian Venue for Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams
Max Ernst, Ubu Imperator (Emperor Ubu) 1923.
SOUTH BRISBANE.- GoMA is the exclusive Australian venue for 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams', a landmark exhibition of surrealist works direct from the Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris. The Musée national d’art moderne, housed in Paris’s iconic Centre Pompidou, is one of the world’s best museum collections of modern and contemporary art. Its Surrealism collections are the finest in Europe — and the core of this collection is coming to GoMA. This exhibition presents more than 180 works by 56 artists, including paintings, sculptures, ‘surrealist objects’, films, photographs, drawings and collages. 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams' is an opportunity to see important art works that rarely leave Paris, in an exhibition that will provide a fascinating and comprehensive overview of this important artistic movement. The exhibition presents a historical overview of Surrealism, charting its evolution from Dada experiments in painting, p ... More | | Tate Modern Installs 10-Tonne Sunflower Seeds Sculpture by Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
File photograph showing Renowned Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei holding up a handful of his porcelain sunflower seeds. EPA/ANDY RAIN.
LONDON.- Tate Modern has installed a 10-tonne sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, containing approximately eight million individually hand-crafted porcelain sunflower seeds. On loan from the artist, Sunflower Seeds is shown as part of the free displays on Level 3 of the gallery, in which the legacies of and reactions to Surrealism are explored. Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds is made up of what appear to be millions of seed husks. Although they look realistic, each unique seed has been intricately made from porcelain and painted by hand. The 10 cubic metres of seeds are presented as a sculpture with a conical form, 5 metres in diameter and over 1.5 metres high, which visitors can walk around to view from all sides. This work consists of just under one tenth of the seeds from Ai Weiwei’s commission for The Unilever Series, shown in Tate Modern’s Turbine ... More |
A Selection of Paintings from the Last Decade of Work by Guillermo Pérez Villalta at CAC Malaga
Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Agar e Ismael en el desierto, 2006. Temple sobre tabla, 50 x 45 cm.
MALAGA.- “The immediacy between thought and reality makes drawing essential for me, as is painting”. Pérez Villalta’s phrase offers a clear and precise summary of his artistic motivation and his methodical, intellectual and thorough approach. As a result, he has liberated himself from any restrictions on his freedom to imagine, and his creative projects and artistic investigations thus represent an ongoing quest for beauty. His works feature recurring references to Dalí’s Surrealism, Oriental art, the Baroque, 1960s Psychedelia and German Romantic painting but are devoid of any realistic or expressionistic representation. They avoid affectation and psycho-analytical research in order to offer the viewer a philosophical type of painting with a considerable degree of autobiographical reference. The CAC Málaga is presenting a survey of Guillermo Pérez Villalta’s output over the last ten years through 42 pai ... More | | MoMA PS1 Presents the First Large-Scale Museum Exhibition in New York of Ryan Trecartin's Work
Ryan Trecartin, Ready (Re'Search Wait'S), 2009-2010. HD Video, 26:50. Image courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Dee, New York.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- MoMA PS1 presents the first large-scale museum exhibition in New York of work by the artist Ryan Trecartin (American, b. 1981). Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever fills seven galleries with sculptural theater installations that house projections of the seven movies comprising Trecartin's most recent body of work, Any Ever (2009-2010). The exhibition is on view in the First Floor Main Galleries from June 19 through September 3, 2011, and is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Director, MoMA PS1, and Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art, with the assistance of Eliza Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA PS1. Trecartin's distinctive cinematic and sculptural language-developed through a close synergy with his primary collaborator, Lizzie Fitch-continues a tradition of art that heralds, shapes, and challenges the defining technologies and cultural advances of the era. Consistent with ... More | | Museum Huis Marseille Presents Adam Fuss: A Survey of His Work: 1986 through 2010
Adam Fuss, Invocation, 1992. Cibachrome photogram, 101,6 x 76,2 cm. Unique piece. Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York © Adam Fuss.
AMSTERDAM.- What immediately stands out with the work of Adam Fuss is that, both in terms of the chosen subject matter and in his approach to the photographic technique, he has greatly dissociated himself from conventional photography. That which Fuss produces is, in fact, still a photograph; but in order to achieve that, he did rid himself of all the finer luxuries available to users of the medium nowadays. Like a present-day alchemist, Fuss has mastered the medium's most elementary and primitive forms; he sees just as much potential for creativity in technical knowledge as in the imagination, or the visionary power of the photographer. His subjects (silhouettes, gossamer christening gowns, rabbits, butterflies, snakes, lace, smoke, drops of water) have also been removed from their natural habitats. In the studio they become so epitomized that they assume the strength and quality of a symbol, or icon, fraught with emotion. Fuss seems, figuratively ... More |
Fine Arms, Armour and Militaria to Be Offered in London at Thomas Del Mar Ltd
The circular Turkish ribbed shield is decorated with stylised tulip flowers and is estimated to fetch £40,000-60,000.
LONDON.- A very rare gilt copper Ottoman Tombak shield from the late 16th century is among the highlights of an auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in London on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. The sale will be held at midday by Thomas Del Mar Ltd (in association with Sotheby’s) at their saleroom at 25 Blythe Road, W14. The circular Turkish ribbed shield is decorated with stylised tulip flowers and is estimated to fetch £40,000-60,000. Known as a Kalkan, very few of this type of shield is recorded and therefore it is assumed that they were intended for individuals of high rank. This example is believed to have been taken from the Turks at the Siege of Vienna in 1529 and it was loaned to an exhibition in 1890 from a European Private collection. It is made of Tombak (gilt copper) – a prized material among Turkish people. Elsewhere in the sale, a historically important flag-pole from the residence of General G ... More | | The Monterey Museum of Art Presents Edward Weston: American Photographer
Edward Weston, Shell, 1927, gelatin silver print, ©1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.
MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art presents Edward Weston: American Photographer, June 17-October 2, 2011. This exhibition is organized from major museum and private collections and features vintage prints of Weston’s most famous and admired photographs along with rare images not widely exhibited. The exhibition is on view at the Monterey Museum of Art. Edward Weston was among the most significant American artists of the twentieth century. The exhibition will span the most prolific decades of his career. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Weston came to California in 1926, where he began the work for which he is justly famous: sharply-focused black and white photographs of seashells, vegetables, landscapes, portraits and nudes. In 1929, Weston moved to Carmel and created the first of many photographs of the dramatic rocks and trees at Point Lobos. Soon thereafter, he became one of the founding members of Group ... More | | Incisions in Space: Exhibition of Sculptural Collages at Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
A visitor looks at artworks, titled Gebluehe im Bettgeschraenk (R) and Der Wedler und sein Paradiesvoegler (L), by German artist Thorsten Brinkmann during a preview of an exhibition, entitled Cuttings in Space - Sculptural Collages, at the Morsbroich museum in Leverkusen. EPA/VICTORIA BONN-MEUSER.
LEVERKUSEN.- The collage is based upon a productive unification of contrasts. Art and the everyday world collide forcefully here and generate a poetry of contradiction. By virtue of the strategy of the “systematic exploitation of the randomly or artistically provoked encounter of two or more alien realities” (Max Ernst), the collage became the experimental medium of the avant garde. Commencing with the very first pasted paper compositions (papiers collés), the concept of collage was broadened, particularly in the context of the Cubism, in the direction of object art and sculpture. Since then, collage not only denotes techniques of pasting, tearing or cutting, but also a fundamental compositional principle, a way of thinking and working. Cuts and ruptures equally question the ... More |
FOS Transforms Sculpture Street Space at the National Gallery of Denmark
FOS (f. 1971), One Language Traveller. Photo: Anders Sune Berg, 2011.
DENMARK.- Nylon sails reaching a height of 20m suspended between floor and ceiling, a labyrinthine sequence of tents inhabited by curious objects and machines and a steep hill with a factory producing arrowheads and axe heads out of soap. The Danish artist FOS, who is also featured at the Venice Biennial at the moment, has claimed the Sculpture Street at the National Gallery of Denmark for his own, transforming the 2,000m2 space into an enormous, interactive, and intriguing total installation with the aid of the Austrian/Italian artists’ duo Krüger & Pardeller. The words are those of FOS (Thomas Poulsen, b. 1971) and sum up his fundamental view of how the visual arts are distinct from other types of art and expression. Whereas design folds itself up around its function and aesthetic, art is a distinctive space with wide-ranging potential. Art is anything but a closed-off reservation. FOS' own works fuse sculpture, design, and ... More | | Delaware Art Museum Presents Exhibition of British Pre-Raphaelites in Print
Edward Burne-Jones, The Briar Wood, Briar Rose Series, not dated. Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898). Photogravures, 29 1/2 inches. © 1892. Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935.
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Pre-Raphaelites in Print: The Age of Photomechanical Reproduction, featuring 35 stunning photomechanical facsimiles drawn exclusively from the Museum’s Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art, on view June 18 through September 17, 2011. This exhibition displays images of Pre-Raphaelite art created by individual photographers, including Frederick Hollyer and Valentine Prinsep, as well as those produced by larger commercial enterprises, such as the Autotype Company. Selected works highlight the diverse production processes employed during the early stages of photographic reproduction. Today, reproductions of famous works of art are relatively inexpensive and widely available. But before photography, works of art could ... More | | Wrong Sounding Stories: New Paintings by Adam Mysock at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Adam Mysock, So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (2011). Acrylic on panel, 14" x 16" framed.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents Wrong Sounding Stories, New Paintings by Adam Mysock.This is Mysock's second solo show at the gallery, following his sold-out show Mythconception in April 2010. The exhibition is on view through July 20, 2011. Wrong Sounding Stories consists of twelve meticulously-painted miniature acrylic on panel works ranging in size from 5" x 6" to 10" x 17". Mysock is fast becoming known for his finely detailed paintings that combine various imagery from reinterpretations of masterworks from art history to icons from pop culture and Americana, all collaged into his own masterpiece that creates a new meaning. Each work in this exhibition is titled with a section of Moses's narrative from the Bible. Using this biblical base, the paintings become tongue-in-cheek re-imaginings ... More |
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 Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelstern at the Akron Art MuseumAKRON, OH.- For internationally renowned quiltmaker Paula Nadelstern, the word kaleidoscope “promises surprise and magic, change and chance.” The Akron Art Museum is the only Midwest venue for this stunning exhibition, which places Nadelstern’s quilts within an historical context for the first time. “Whether your interest is art or science, you will be dazzled by the luminous colors and breathtakingly intricate patterns of Nadelstein’s quilts,” says Barbara Tannenbaum, the museum’s director of curatorial affairs, “and amazed by the historical and contemporary intersections between the two fields.” Installed in the museum’s Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries, two rare early kaleidoscopes and an extraordinary early 19th century star pattern quilt will be joined by 19 contemporary quilts and 12 kaleidoscope quilt blocks by Paula Nadelstern and 5 contemporary kaleidoscopes by ... More Estate of Dallas Socialites Ray and Clare Stern Brings $175,000+ at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Estate of Ray and Clare Stern proved quite popular with Decorative Arts collectors from coast to coast, hammering at $177,995 - translating into a 100% sell-through rate - on June 1 as a highlight grouping in Heritage Auctions' Signature(r) Decorative Arts & Design and Gentleman Collector Auctions at the company's Design District Annex in Dallas. The top lot of the offering was a stunning French gilt wood and marble pier table with gilt bronze mounts, from an unknown Parisian maker, circa 1840, which realized $38,838. All prices quoted below include 19.5% Buyer's Premium. "Collectors were obviously very enthusiastic about this estate," said Karen Rigdon, Consignment Director for Decorative Arts at Heritage. "Not only because it had the Stern name attached to it, but because of the exce ... More James Cohan Gallery Presents Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese ArtistsNEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery presents the group exhibition, Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese Artists, running from June 16 through July 29, 2011. Over the past decade, while the West consumed new art from China, a young generation of Chinese artists imagined America as the center of contemporary art discourse. This exhibition showcases a group of young Chinese artists and their thoughts and responses to America as an exotic and remote source of inspiration. Quoted from Song Dynasty poet Huang Tingjian’s verse, “Seize the flower in the mirror, catch the moon in the water,” the exhibition title refers to the fruitlessness of capturing the moon from its reflection. This idiom takes on special meaning when applied to the West’s preoccupation with certain stereotypes in contemporary Chinese art – images of the Red Guards, Mao Zedong and panda bears – as well as to the fetishized m ... More Lord Attenborough Gifts 'Red Owl' by Picasso to University of Leicester Arts CentreLEICESTER.- A ceramic by the celebrated artist Pablo Picasso has been given to Embrace Arts, the University of Leicester’s arts centre, by Lord and Lady Attenborough and is now on permanent display there. Lord Attenborough was active in raising the funds to set up Embrace Arts, formerly known as the Richard Attenborough centre, and his continuing support has allowed the arts centre to develop and widen its programmes, while maintaining a focus on disability and inclusion. Co-directors of Embrace Arts, Louisa Milburn and Michaela Butter, commented: “As our patron, Lord Attenborough has always been actively involved with our work and we are extremely grateful to him and his wife for their very kind gift.” Lord and Lady Attenborough, who have given 140 Picasso ceramics to the city of Leicester to be displayed at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, donated ‘Red Owl’ to Embrace Arts because its colour and c ... More Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers Showcases a Model Corporate Social Responsibility EffortNEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University presents 73 photographs documenting the efforts of individuals around the world to improve the lives of others from Saturday, June 18 to Sunday, July 31, 2011. This moving photographic mosaic, entitled A View of Caring: The Johnson & Johnson / International Center of Photography Fellowship Program, draws from many hundreds of images taken by graduates of the documentary photography and photojournalism program at the International Center for Photography (ICP) in New York. Since 2001, Johnson & Johnson, the New Jersey-based health care company, has sponsored a fellowship program at ICP that offers emerging photographers the opportunity to document the community based programs it supports in A ... More Automobilia-Themed Jewelry in the Pole Position During Pebble Beach Car WeekSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Timed to coincide with the 14th annual Bonhams Sale of Exceptional Motorcars, Motorcycles and Related Automobilia at Quail Lodge in Carmel, Calif., during the famed Pebble Beach Car Week, Bonhams & Butterfields’ presents a sale of jewelry and watches on August 19, 2011. Heading off the jewelry and watches sale will be dazzling automobilia-themed pieces, such as a pair of Michael Kanners' moonstone, rock crystal, onyx and diamond car-shaped cufflinks, mounted in eighteen karat white gold (est. $3,000-5,000), and an eighteen karat gold Rolls Royce belt buckle (est. $1,000-1,500). According to Deborah Boskin, Jewelry Specialist at Bonhams & Butterfields, the Quail auction is expected to be a great success, and will feature pieces suited toward myriad client tastes and interests. “We are anticipating quite a bit of interest this year’s sale, as we have something for jewelry collectors and car en ... More Theme of Relationship Between Human and Nature Explored in Exhibition at RosphotoSAINT PETERSBURG.- The exhibition by Mathias Kessler(Austria) at ROSPHOTO is result of the author's research into the theme of relationship between human and nature. "In 2004, after a string of natural disasters and as a result of the ongoing media focus on global warming, I undertook to develop a second "look" at nature in order to better show how we perceive and encounter it today. After conducting research on the Western perception and historical representation of nature, I developed different bodies of work that examine and update Western landscape traditions, in order to better reveal how the depiction of landscape is also the matter of its production, and show how historical changes in these representations relate to contemporary images of the landscape. To produce these bodies of work, I traveled to the very hot spots and man-made disaster zones that were most often featured in media stories about global ... More |
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