Aran Cravey Gallery presents: Guy Yanai Accident Nothing

Aran Cravey Gallery presents: Guy Yanai Accident Nothing TEL AVIV (AHAD HAAM), 2013, oil on linen 165 x 165 cm ( 65 x 65”) Exhibition Dates: December 12, 2013 - February 15, 2014 Opening Reception: December 12, 7-9 PM The artist will be in attendance. November 14, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA) — Aran Cravey Gallery is pleased to presentAccident Nothing, the inaugural exhibition of the gallery’s new Hollywood location and the first solo show of Israel-based artist, Guy Yanai. Accident Nothing, featuring 18 new paintings by the artist, provides insight into a new tendency in his work to reflect states of mind that are unfurled, raw and defenseless—states of apprehension comparable to the lucidity and sobriety one experiences at the aftermath of an accident. Best described as a painter’s painter, Guy Yanai has carved out a special niche amongst the Israeli art scene, where mainly installation, performance and new media art has proliferated. Today's art operates within a field of disenchantment and cynicism, which is true of painting in particular. Yanai's painting too corresponds to an age of commodified goods and consumerism, whether via its material objects or ubiquitous images, but there is a simplicity and a naiveté to his love of painting. A love that is perhaps the driving force behind his prolific output. His work derives, then, not from the dark pits but from the fountain; not from desperation but from faith. Yanai maintains a devout studio practice, painting daily, and it is precisely this routine that conditions the extraordinary quality that we see in his work. Painting occurs not just on the canvas but also as a way of seeing, and where loss of control is far more prevalent than control. This sudden grasp of life's fragility and arbitrariness points to a further realization, namely that painting itself is no less arbitrary. And what's more, not only does Yanai paint his 'nothings' daily, but he does so with the compulsive fervor of a religious ritual, at once the most ardent believer and the greatest of heretics. "Why is it that nothing hurts so much?" he asks. The paintings reflect this existential state of solitude. The figures and details, whether concretized or abstract, figure alone at the center of paintings, neither proud nor seductive, neither willowy nor collapsed under pressure. They are simply there, carrying the weight of the painting. The color palette, in the shades of sunrises and sunsets, is both soothing and bold, suggesting neither day nor night, an everywhere as much as a nowhere. These are voids – a void that dominates the smaller paintings in particular, whose format is still square. The term 'abstract' suggests itself here, but 'nothing' would be more fitting. Their forms, though alluding to the subjects they draw on, do not betray them fully. In their immediacy and abruptness, accidents lend themselves to destructive significations that concern both the body and the mind. A crash shatters. Seen in the context of painting, the artist's fateful hand may burst barriers and break through solidified working patterns; It may reinvent and renovate. Accident Nothing speaks directly from the heart of the unconscious, it is the irresponsible, liberating deed, a breaking away from one's familiar comfort zone. It is also prosaic and defiant, turning the painting around like an overturned car, adding further layers of meaning, validity and interpretation. In conjunction with the show, the gallery has produced an artist’s book by the same name, ACCIDENT NOTHING. The book includes 11 drawings created for the occasion, as well as studio shots of the process, installation shots, a critical essay by Hila Cohen-Scheiderman, an in depth interview by Noam Segal, and all the plates from the show.  The book is beautifully designed by Nadav Shalev. About the Artist Born 1977 in Haifa, Israel, Guy Yanai currently lives and works in Tel Aviv. He attended Parsons School of Design and the New York Studio School, and received a BFA from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. Yanai has had exhibitions at the Jerusalem Studio School Gallery, Gallery 33, Tel Aviv; A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels; Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv; Rothschild 69 project, Tel Aviv; HangarBicocca, Milan; The Spaceship on Hayarkon 70, Tel Aviv; and Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. In 2013 Yanai exhibited in a solo show at the Velan Center for Contemporary Art in Torino, a group show at Charlotte Fogh in Denmark, and a solo show at La Montagne Gallery in Boston in addition to his forthcoming solo show of new work at Aran Cravey Gallery, and collaborated with designer Scott Sternberg for the fashion label Band of Outsiders’ 2014 Resort Collection. About Aran Cravey Gallery Aran Cravey Gallery exhibits work by emerging and mid-career artists that engages the viewer in a conversation that goes beyond the work itself, into a dialogue that participates with the past and present, giving insight to the future. The gallery will open its new location in Hollywood, December 2013. #fineartmagazine

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Fabulous AIDS and Cancer Fundraiser this FridayNight in San Diego

Fabulous AIDS and Cancer Fundraiser this FridayNight in San Diego   Mama's Kitchen Benefit with the Stars of  RuPaul's Drag Race  Join NYC Legendary Lady Bunny Alexander Salazar Fine Art WHITE BOX CONTEMPORARY Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants The world's top drag superstars, the winners of RuPaul's Drag Race and All Stars Drag Race, will rev the crowd up into a heated frenzy at an out of the box charity event held for Mama's Kitchen at Kimpton's Hotel Palomar on Nov. 15. The fundraiser will be part of Kimpton's nationwide Red Ribbon Campaign to assist HIV service organizations through employee volunteerism, corporate donations, and special events. The iconic Lady Bunny heats up the night with performances, while Flame Monroe hosts who lays the most rubber down on the track as drag icons like RuPaul's Drag Race Season One Winner BeBeZahara Benet, Season Three Winner Raja and All Star Winner Chad Michaels lip sync for their lives, and Mama's Kitchen. The performances will help raise money for Mama's Kitchen, a nonprofit that provides support for men, women and children living with AIDS or cancer by delivering nutritional meals to them daily at no charge. For guests who also want to achieve pole position, live and silent auctions will provide the opportunity to contribute to the fundraising efforts throughout the night. Alexander Salazar Fine Artwill also be displaying a pop-up art gallery where guests can bid on one-of-a-kind pieces. In addition to engine-blowing performances, tray passed appetizers and cocktails by Belvedere Red vodka will also be available for guests. The event will be held at Downtown San Diego at Hotel Palomar from7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15th. Cost to attend is $40 pre-sale. Forget the pit stops and race to purchase tickets at www.wanttickets.com/redribbon.  ART AUCTION IN POP UP GALLERY DONATED BY  ALEXANDER SALAZAR FINE ART AND  WHITE BOX CONTEMPORARY #fineartmagazine

KASHYA HILDERBRAND GALLERY Abu Dhabi Art 20-23 November 2013

Abu Dhabi Art
20 - 23 November 2013
UAE Pavillion, Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi

Lalla Essaydi, Bullets Revisited #3, 2012, chromogenic print, triptych, 101.6 x 228.6 cm

We warmly welcome you to ABU DHABI ART at the UAE Pavilion in the Saadiyat Cultural District on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, Booth H2-19.

The gallery will be presenting a selection of works by Abdullah Akar, Khalid Al Banna, Khaled Al Saai, Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi, HC Berg, Reza Derakshani, Lalla Essaydi, Simeen Farhat, Ran Hwang, Marwan Sahmarani, Ammanda Seelye Salzman.

For VIP passes or other inquires, please contact info@kashyahildebrand.org 

Current Exhibitions

LONDON
Lalla Essaydi: Beyond Beauty
25 October 2013 – 4 January 2014

ZURICH
HC Berg: The Metamorphoses of a Line
30 October-20 December

Upcoming Exhibitions:

LONDON
Marwan Sahmarani: Black Moon
9 January-24 February 2014

LONDON
Robert Schaberl: New Works
26 February-6 April 2014

Upcoming Art Fairs:

SCOPE Miami, 3-8 December 2013
Art London, 28 February-2 March 2014
Art Dubai, 19-22 March 2014

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LA SERRE at mfc2 by LA VILLE RAYÉE

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	LA SERRE  at mfc2 by  LA VILLE RAYÉE Exhibition from Friday November 22, 2013 to Saturday January 4, 2014  Opening Thursday November 21, 2013 from 6 pm to 9 pm       Poster of the exhibition LA SERRE at mfc2 by LA VILLE RAYÉE  Graphic design by Martin Bachelier, invited by La Serre x1 at mfc2 by x2  = a new concept of exhibition at mfc-michèle didier  For two years now, mfc-michèle didier gallery in Paris has been dedicated to presenting the productions made by the eponym publisher. Since its opening, it has also the purpose of fostering the reflection on the specific discipline of the artist’s book. Furthermore, the gallery offers the possibility to enhance the importance and the role of ephemeras as well as published, multiplied works in contemporary art. In this regard, mfc-michèle didier introduces in November 2013 a new project: mfc2. mfc2 is based on the principle of the invitation. La Serre is x1 La Serre, view of the exhibition Intelligentsia,  Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Paris Greenhouse — 285 × 373 × 240 cm The bookshop La Serre was conceived in 2012 upon the initiative of four Paris fine arts students, based on the following observation: artists produce on their own quality books that they have a hard time distributing or placing on display. So they imagined La Serre (literally «The Glasshouse»), a mobile and lightweight architectural structure, totally transparent, able to grow as quickly as a mushroom. Upon mfc-michèle didier’s invitation, La Serre will settle up for the winter at 66 rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth in Paris during a month and a half. La Serre will display a selection of its fund, which will evolve in the course of the exhibition. The gallery will also invite five of La Serre’s displayed artists to extend the content of their publications in the space-time framed by the exhibition in a gallery. On this occasion, La Serre schedules a series of performances that will take place each Thursday at 7 pm at the gallery. - Franziska Kabisch, le 21 novembre - Soufiane Ababri, le 28 novembre - aalliicceelleessccaanne&ssoonniiaaddeerrzzyyppoollsskkii, le 5 décembre - Tania Gheerbrandt, le 12 décembre - Louise Siffert, le 19 décembre The term of the exhibition has been established according to a cycle during which the interventions will co-exist and get activated one after the other. There will be five performances, performed lectures, activations, readings, starting from one or more art works, that have been previously published, printed or simply projected. La Ville Rayée is x2 La Ville Rayée, Adventures Close to Home, 2010 Edition Gallery S. Bensimon, Paris La Ville Rayée is a group founded in 2006, consisting of three architects, David Apheceix, Benjamin Lafore and Sébastien Martinez Barat. Considering architecture as a broad field gathering multiple types of exercises, La Ville Rayée’s work converges between theoretical prospection and pragmatic challenge. A selection of mfc-michèle didier’s publications will be placed on one of their creations:Adventures Close to Home. Adventures Close to Home is a series of monofunctionnal tables in whitened ash. Display of a single object: a cup-table, a PC-table, a plant-table and thus in the context of the exhibition at the gallery, a book-table. It’s as if the tables were domestic totems. Playing with intermediary scales and the use’s specificity, this series of five tables that can be lined up and combined at home create a singular scenery. Assembled, the tables form a mobile object with sculptural shapes. Dissembled, they resonate each other and give rise to objects that are placed on the stage of these delicate pedestals. They will be presented individually, offering for each of mfc-michèle didier’s production an autonomous reading. The five tables of Adventures Close to Home are all mediums for familiar uses, endless compositions where extreem functionalism meets the reminiscence of architectural patterns. If you have any further question, please contact us by email info@micheledidier.com or by phone +33 1 71 97 49 13.  We are looking forward to seeing you on this occasion.  #fineartmagazine

PHILLIPS Latin America

THE DIRECTORS OF PHILLIPS ARE PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO A RECEPTION AND PREVIEW OF OUR UPCOMING AUCTION LATIN AMERICA LYGIA CLARK Bicho invertebrado, 1960 Estimate $1,200,000 – 1,800,000 RECEPTION FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 5 – 8 PM 450 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK RSVP  rsvplatin@phillips.com AUCTION  21  NOVEMBER  4PM VIEWING  14 – 21  NOVEMBER #fineartmagazine

AFA The Art Of Bill Carman

"Foibeled" | New Works by Bill Carman  And new paintings and sculpture by Artists in Attendance:  Joe Sorren, Travis Louie, Kukula, Lin Esser & David Lipson   Saturday, December 14th 5:00 - 7:00 PM Private Party 7:00 - 9:00 PM Open Reception RSVP requested at rsvp@afanyc.com New York, NY - For "Foibeled," Bill Carman's 2nd solo exhibition at AFA, the artist has created an intriguing collection of small-scale paintings on wood and copper with compositions that poke fun at stupid human tricks in his hallmark technique of masterful, maniacal detail. Carman will be a guest of honor with six other artists from the AFA stable for a group show that opens on December 14th with a private reception from 5-7PM and then open to the public from 7-9PM. The exhibition is runs through January, 2014.   "With this work I hope to massage rather than club and invite rather than tell. No matter how exacting the composition or painstaking the build up of brushstrokes the motivation is impromptu dialog and the goal discovery through process." - Bill Carman  About Bill Carman Informed by influences ranging from Northern Renaissance painting to the classic era of album cover art to Polish propaganda posters, Carman's work teeters on the edge of subliminal familiarity while remaining wholly original, groundbreaking and inspired. Bill Carman has won awards for his artwork from prestigious organizations such as Spectrum, the Society of Illustrators NY, the Greenwich Workshop and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Carman currently resides in Idaho where he is a professor of illustration and drawing at  Boise State University. Running concurrently with "Foibeled" is AFA's seventeenth annual Collector's Event, with all artists in attendance unveiling new work; Joe Sorren, Travis Louie, Nataly (Kukula) Abramovitch, Lin Esser and David Lipson. Also a collection of illustration from the archives, curated by gallery owner Nick Leone. and featuring original published works by Maurice Sendak, Charles M. Schulz and Theodore Geisel, (Dr Seuss.) About AFA  A landmark gallery in SoHo since 1984, AFA (formerly Animazing) began as an exhibition space specializing in conceptual animation art. Over time, they broadened that scope to include works by renowned Illustrators as well as fine artists. In 2012, in keeping with the momentum of natural development and growth, the gallery revamped their program with new artists, exhibitions and endeavors and renamed it AFA (Animazing Fine Art).  AFA passionately represents its artists in an enjoyable, informative and accessible environment. The gallery aims to indulge the senses and engage the emotions through works that are layered symbolism and dark complexity. With showrooms in New York, New Orleans, Las Vegas and France, AFA represents a stable of unique established and emerging artists whose paintings and sculpture are rooted in masterful figurative technique, and whose collective works are contemporary, edgy and fiercely imaginative.  AFA is located at 54 Greene Street (corner of Broome St), in the SoHo neighborhood of New York  Gallery hours are Monday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm and Sundays 11am - 6pm.  To request more information or images contact Whitney Leigh Morris or 212.226.7374. #fineartmagazine

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"I Am Syria" Rogue Foundation's art project with Syrian Children

"I Am Syria" Rogue Foundation's art project with Syrian Children Continuing its mission with children in conflict zones, Rogue Foundation founder Kevin O'Hanlon will be working with boys and girls at refugee camps on the Syrian-Lebanese border at the end of November.    Expanding on "I Am Haiti" and "I Am Afghanistan", the "I Am Syria" project will specifically fund a program of trauma support for children who have been affected by the conflict.       Each project's intent is to provide children with the materials, venue and encouragement to paint, and an outlet to express at a critical time in their lives.    The children's work will be exhibited at Rogue Space | Chelsea in early 2014, and all proceeds used to support a psycho social program focusing on issues brought about by war.      A mini-documentary of the project will be screened.     If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution to art supplies for the children on this trip you can do so.     Rogue Foundation's mission is to empower children in conflict zones around the world by giving them the tools and encouragement to create art and, by extension, to seek creative solutions to their challenges.  Previous projects took art supplies and teachers to work with children in Haiti after the 2011 earthquake, with children living in homeless shelters in New York and in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Projects are forthcoming in Egypt, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Bangladesh.   Established by filmmaker and gallery owner Kevin O'Hanlon, Rogue Foundation is partially supported by shows and events at Rogue Space | Chelsea, a gallery in the heart of New York's Chelsea gallery district. New Documentary Series  For further information please contact: Kevin O'Hanlon info@RogueFoundation.org  +1 212-751-2210 roguefoundation.org      Drawing Hope is a new documentary series from documentary filmmaker Kevin OHanlon focusing on creativity as a positive response in some of the world's most challenging environments. The series introduces us to political climates around the world through the daily personal experience of a selected creative. Each episode reveals their creative inclinations and processes and how they are shaped by the conflict they witness. Creative resilience is constantly reinforced as a message that hope endures.The series intends to illuminate the politics of conflict from a grassroots, personal perspective and cultivate an awareness that in the midst of great upheaval and challenge there is also a constant stream of creative innovation which empowers us and future generations. Upcoming projects take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Burma, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.          Drawing Hope Documentary Series Promo #fineartmagazine

Big Band Nov.21

Music ∙ Dance ∙ Art ∙ Silent Auction ...  A Night You Won't Soon Forget!  all to benefit the Stray Love Foundation, Inc.     20 Piece City Rhythm Big Band, professional dancers, artists,  wonderful sponsors and volunteers are working together to create one fabulous night.      A great date night or family event...  all in "Grand" style, November 21, 2013, from 6 pm to 10 pm at the Grand Hotel in  Point Clear, Alabama.     Our fund-raiser art (Bongo Dot) has been created and donated by Nall.  The signed original will be featured in our live auction. Other donations, such as art, antiques, condo stays and professional services from many of our supporters will be auctioned as well in a  live and silent auction.     Bongo Dot, 2013, NALL   Come and applaud for your favorite young dancers in the finals of our dance contest.    Tap your feet to the music, enjoy great food, professional dancers and a fun filled evening.  Perhaps we'll see you on the dance floor as well!         Cherish Lombard from TV FOX 10, will be our guest host and auctioneer.     Help us celebrate the animals we've been able to help and raise the money needed to continue educating people and helping more innocent animals.     The Stray Love Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit animal advocacy group that has rescued, placed and assisted over 360 animals in the last 3 ½ years spending almost $84,000 in vetting and animal care alone.  Tickets are $75 per person or $500 for a table of 8. Premium tables are available.  To purchase tickets go to www.BigBand.Biz, email us at info@straylovefoundation.comor call 251.540.2236.     Tickets may be purchased in person at: The Nall Foundation   at 414 Equality St., Fairhope, Alabama 36532 Wednesday - Saturday from 11 to 5pm or at  Susan N. McCollough Gallery  (at the McCollough Intistute) Monday thru Friday from  at 350 Cypress Bend Blvd., Suites 105 & 106, Gulf Shores, AL  36542    #fineartmagazine

Conversations and Salon: Art Basel announces talks program for 2013 edition in Miami Beach

Conversations and Salon: Art Basel announces talks program for 2013 edition in Miami Beach 

Bringing together the world's leading artists, museum directors, collectors, and curators, Art Basel in Miami Beach’s daily line up of events offers dynamic dialogs between prominent members of the international art world. Featured artists include Doug Aitken, Cory Arcangel, Dara Birnbaum, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Jim Drain, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Cécile B. Evans, Naomi Fisher, Mario Garcia Torres, Kate Gilmore, Ellen Harvey, Camille Henrot, Brian Khek, Joseph Kosuth, Alicja Kwade, Sharon Louden, Rashaad Newsome, Mungo Thomson, Ry Rocklen, Gabriel Sierra, Frances Stark, Brian Tolle, Erika Verzutti, Allyson Vieira and Robert Whitman. 

This year's Conversations program in Miami Beach launches on Thursday, December 5 with the Premiere Artist Talk by the American multimedia artist Doug Aitken, discussing his recent nomadic project ‘Station to Station' in conversation with Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo. 

The 2013 Conversations program features a particularly strong line-up of leading international museum directors and curators. Drawing on recent experiences with transnational initiatives and collaborations, a panel of leading curators and museum directors, including Patrick Charpenel, Chris Dercon, Chus Martinez and Alexandra Munroe, explores the benefits and pitfalls of museums going global. The program includes the continuation of a series launched at Art Basel in Hong Kong earlier this year 'The Artist and the Gallerist' with a conversation between the artist Abraham Cruzvillegas and Monica Manzutto and Jose Kuri, the founders of kurimanzutto, Mexico City. The series concludes with a panel discussion among artists including Cory Arcangel, Cécile B. Evans, Camille Henrot, and Robert Whitman, whose work relates to technological developments and digital realm moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery, London. The Conversations series is presented by Absolut. 

An open platform for shorter, often informal presentations, the afternoon Salon program features artist talks, panel discussions, lectures and book launches with curators, museum directors, lawyers, and artists, including from the show’s Public and Film sectors. Topics are as varied as the participants, ranging from artist talks, a presentation on Constructive Art Criticism in Latin America, to a roundtable conversation on the role of small-scale arts institutions and a discussion entitled ‘Bankrupt Cities. Endangered Museums: Learning From the Case of the Detroit Institute of Arts’. A series of engaging pairings – the artist Tracey Emin with Sir Norman Rosenthal; Olafur Eliasson with Klaus Biesenbach; and Josh Baer of the Baer Faxt with the artist Joseph Kosuth – promise to provide unique insight into the artists practice, the balance between the art market and art history. 

Conversations takes place daily from Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8, 10am to 11:30am – and Salon daily Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8, from 1pm to 7pm (Sunday to 4pm). Both programs take place in the Hall C auditorium of the Miami Beach Convention Center. Talks from the Conversations program are free to the public. Art Basel entry tickets include admission to Salon talks. 

The full talks program is available at artbasel.com/miamibeach/talks. 

High-quality videos of all Conversations and Salon talks will be available at artbasel.com/miamibeach/talks. 

Important Dates

Opening Day (by invitation only): Wednesday, December 4, 2013 

Public Show Dates: Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8, 2013

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Syuhei Hasado Hands Inspired By Nature November 12-23 (Opening Reception Thursday Nov 14, 6-9pm)

Syuhei Hasado Hands Inspired By Nature  November 12-23 (Opening Reception Thursday Nov 14, 6-9pm)

Japanese traditional plasterers use earth, sand, straw, hemp and lime as their materials. Skillfully mixing these with water to achieve a smooth surface and optimum color, they have developed an extremely delicate creative method. With his deep regard for earth, a quintessentially natural material, Syuhei Hasado has had and astonishing impact in an era when the plasterer's art is receiving renewed attention in the field of modern architecture. Applying his unique skills, he creates artistic murals featuring abstractions of natural scenery and imagined landscapes. Though steeped in traditional craftsmanship, Hasado's works are completely new and fresh, and will no doubt be called vintage masterpieces in times to come. #fineartmagazine