LOLA ARIAS EL AÑO EN QUE NACÍ / THE YEAR I WAS BORN

LOLA ARIAS EL AÑO EN QUE NACÍ / THE YEAR I WAS BORN January 23-26, 2014

Argentinean writer, director, performer, and songwriter Lola Arias brings El Año en que nací / The year I was born to the MCA Stage. Ten performers, born during Augusto Pinochet's 1970s and 1980s dictatorship in Chile, retell their parent's stories using photographs, letters, cassette tapes, old clothing, anecdotes, and elusive recollections. The performances are part of the MCA Stage Global Stage Series and take place January 23-25 at 7:30 pm, and January 26 at 3 pm, in the Edlis Neeson Theater at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Invited by the Chilean government to create a new work, Arias chose to explore the seemingly-lost histories of people who lived under the Pinochet regime. Arias identified ten performers whose parents had diverse experiences living in Pinochet-era Chile. They don their parent's clothes and tell family stories that represent a range of economic, racial, and political backgrounds. Performer-by-performer, the stories collect and converge, retracing both personal histories and the collective history of Chile.A harrowing and cathartic experience for the performers, this playful and political piece reveals the complexity and dark secrets alongside the joy and humor of lives recovered. Lola Arias is the co-founder of Compañía Postnuclear, an Argentinean group of interdisciplinary artists. Her productions explore the boundaries between reality and fiction, using biographies and real documentation in a surreal or poetic way. In her work Striptease (2007), a baby occupied the center of the stage while the parents dueled by telephone. In El amor es un francotirador (2007), performers related true and fictional love stories amid a rock band playing live. In 2010-2012, she curatedCiudades Paralelas, a festival of urban interventions in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Warsaw, Zurich, and Singapore. Her works have been performed internationally at festivals including Steirischer Herbst, Graz; Festival d'Avignon; In Transit Festival, Berlin; We Are Here, Dublin; Spielart Festival, Munich; Alkantara Festival, Lisbon; and Radicals Festival, Barcelona. Together with Ulises Conti, she composes and plays music and has released the albums El amor es un francotirador (2007) and Los que no duermen (2011).   RELATED PROGRAMS MCA Screen: Films by Pablo Larraίn Saturday, January 11, 12-6 pm Tuesday, January 14, 2-8 pm In conjunction with Lola Arias's El Año en que naci / The year I was born, the MCA presents Chilean director Larran's trilogy. The films trace the Allende presidency's overthrow in the 1970's, which inaugurated Pinochet's 17-year military dictatorship. ·         Post Mortem (Saturday at noon, Tuesday at 2 pm) is inspired by official public accounts of the assistant coroner who performed the autopsy on the former president. ·         Tony Manero (Saturday 2 pm, Tuesday 4 pm) is named for John Travolta's character inSaturday Night Fever, which along with Grease, were the only American movies Pinochet's censors permitted to be shown in Chile. Tony Manero was shot on 16-millimeter film. ·         No (Saturday 4 pm, Tuesday 6 pm) is a portrayal of the surprise plebiscite election in 1988 which was caused by, and unseated, Pinochet. MCA Talk: El Año en que nací / The year I was born Thursday, January 23, immediately following the performance Yolanda Cesta Cursach, Associate Director of Performance Programs, leads a discussion with the artists. MCA Studio: DO IT in Español Saturday, January 25, 1-3 pm Participants can join Lola Arias's ensemble in a hands-on workshop conducted in English and Spanish. Participants need to bring five personal documents about their life, such as photos, papers, or cassette tapes. TICKET INFORMATION El Año en que nací / The Year I Was Bornis 120 minutes with no intermission and is in Spanish with English subtitles. Performances take place January 23-25 at 7:30 pm, and January 26 at 3 pm, in the Edlis Neeson Theater, 220 East Chicago Avenue. Tickets are $28 and a limited quantity of $10 student tickets is available. The MCA Box Office is at 312.397.4010 or www.mcachicago.org. One free museum admission is granted with an MCA Stage ticket stub, valid up to seven days after the performance.

PRESS RELEASE AND HIGH RES IMAGES    Image:Lola Arias: El Año en que nací. Photo: David Alarcón. Lola Arias: El Año en que nací / The year I was born is generously supported by Lois and Steve Eisen and the Eisen Family Foundation. Touring support is made possible in part by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, and by the National Performance Network (NPN) Performing Americas Program.  El Año en que nací / The year I was born is a production of Fundación Teatro a Mil, Santiago, Chile (FITAM). Major contributors of National Performance Network (NPN) include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), the MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.   Performing Americas is a partnership between NPN and the Network of Cultural Promoters of Latin America and the Caribbean (La RED), with funding provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.     email: egrotto@mcachicago.org  voice: 312.397.3828    email: kloring@mcachicago.org voice: 312.397.3834 web: http://www.mcachicago.org/media   #fineartmagazine

AFA's Collector's Show

WHAT | AFA's 17th Annual Collector's Show & unveiling of a new exhibition of 20 new paintings by Bill Carman. Opening reception to include new works by five additional artists: Joe Sorren, Travis Louie, Kukula, David Lipson & Lin Esser will be in attendance and available for interviews.   WHEN | Saturday, December 14th, 6-9PM   WHERE | AFA of SoHo: 54 Greene Street (at Broome), New York City   MORE INFO | Sarah Leboulanger / 212.226.7374 / afanyc.com   GALLERY HOURS | Monday - Saturday: 10am to 7pm / Sunday: 10am to 6pm   EXHIBITION PREVIEW | You can preview the collection for Bill Carman's "Foibled" exhibition here     "As an imagemaker, "Where do you get you inspiration," is one of the questions most frequently asked of me. I have several pat answers but the truth is we humans are unavoidably interesting. We voluntarily have our faces injected with poison, "fin" sharks for soup, grind up animal horns in hopes of an erection, and count boredom among our most common afflictions. Our species serves up unending inspiration on a platter. Inspiration pushes me to unsettle with originality, question with juxtaposition and scratch away at peoples' minds."  -BILL CARMAN  About Bill Carman Bill Carman's Original Artwork Upcoming Shows at AFA AFA | At AFA, we are inspired by wildly imaginative artwork that indulges the senses and engages the emotions with layers of  symbolism and dark complexity. We exhibit paintings, drawings and sculptures created by extraordinary established and emerging artists who are highly skilled and have a unique vision.   Artwork copyright protected. All Rights Reserved.

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Jeff Muhs 'Red Drift' 62" x 74" oil on canvas 2013 

 

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BACK TO THE WORLD

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Somewhere. Oil on canvas. 2005-13

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Continua presso la Blindarte la mostra Back to the World, personale di Simon Keenleyside. La mostra sarà aperta fino al 10 Gennaio 2014 tutti i giorni feriali dalle 10 alle 13.30 e dalle 15.30 alle 19.

Nato nell'Essex in Inghilterra nel 1975, Simon Keenleyside nel corso degli anni è diventato noto per uno stile di pittura che trae ispirazione ugualmente dalla tradizione della pittura paesaggistica inglese e dall'astrazione moderna. Diplomato al Royal College of Art di Londra, Keenleyside è stato celebrato per la sua magistrale capacità di manipolare la prospettiva e la profondità di campo con una maniera personale e sempre riconoscibile. Le fonti d'ispirazione dell'artista sono i paesaggi del suo ambiente familiare nell'Essex, comprese le rive del Tamigi e dei boschi che era solito frequentare da bambino, due siti che hanno indotto l'artista ad interrogarsi sulla comprensione ontologica del luogo. Sebbene i riferimenti ai paesaggi rimangano prevalenti nel lavoro, recentemente l'artista britannico si è allontanato dalla raffigurazione dello spazio fisico e posta una maggiore enfasi sull'evocazione degli stati mentali, dei desideri e delle ansie che lo accompagnano durante i suoi viaggi nella regione. Il suo intento di sperimentare con il formalismo e i materiali gli permette di trasmettere allo spettatore la sua esperienza visiva ed emozionale, ritraendo il paesaggio circostante non nella sua forma naturale ma nella sua visione policromaticamente onirica. Dunque Keenleyside ha studiato ancora più nel dettaglio le possibilità della pittura, scoprendo nuovi particolari di luoghi a lui già conosciuti e creando riverberi di memoria che suggeriscono l'impossibilità del loro pieno recupero, così come le limitazioni della pittura stessa.

Il titolo della mostra "Ritorno al Mondo" è un riferimento ad Agnes Martin, alla sua lunga ricerca durante gli anni di isolamento in New Mexico ed alle opere pittoriche astratte di quel periodo, ispirate dall'assoluta calma e tranquillità, "come se fossero state prodotte senza alcun riferimento al nostro mondo". Sul significato della pittura indaga anche Keenleyside, ma lo fa con un uso diretto del paesaggio che lo circonda, concentrandosi a pieno su quello che è effettivamente il soggetto rappresentato nel dipinto, il reale protagonista dell'opera.

L'artista ha esposto in numerose mostre nel Regno Unito, in Danimarca, in America ed in Italia. Nel 2002 ha vinto il BOC Emerging Artist Award e nel 2004 il Lexmark European Art Prize. Le sue opere sono presenti in importanti collezioni come la Boc group, Comme de Garcons, Hiscox plc, Mario Testino, Amlyn Collection, Marsh McLennan, RCA Collection, TI Group.

Nearly all forgiven. Oil on linen. 2009-13 

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it continues at the exhibition Back to the World, solo show by Simon Keenleyside. The show will be open every week day until January 10th 2014, from 10 am to 1.30 pm and from 3.30 pm to 7 pm.  

Simon Keenleyside was born in Essex in England in 1975. Over the years, he has become known for a style of painting that draws its inspiration in equal parts from the tradition of English landscape painting and modern abstraction. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, Keenleyside has been celebrated for his masterful ability to manipulate perspective and depth of field in a very personal and always recognizable way. The artist's source of inspiration are the landscapes of his family home in Essex, including the banks of the River Thames and the woods that he played in as a child. These two sites prompted the artist to dwell on the ontological understanding of place. Although references to landscapes prevail in his work, more recently the British artist has moved away from representing physical space and has placed a greater emphasis on the evocation of the mental states, desires and anxieties that accompany him during his travels in the region. His desire to experiment with formalism and materials enables him to convey his visual and emotional experience to the viewer. He portrays the surrounding landscape not in its natural form but with his polychromatic, dreamlike vision. Keenleyside has studied the possibilities of painting in even greater detail, discovering new details of places he already knew, and creating reverberations of memory that suggest the impossibility of their full recovery, like the limitations of painting itself.

The exhibition's title, "Back to the World", is a reference to Agnes Martin, to her long period of research during the years of isolation in New Mexico and the abstract paintings of that period, inspired by the absolute calm and tranquillity, "as if they were produced without any reference to our world." Keenleyside also investigates the meaning of painting, but does so with a direct use of the surrounding landscape, concentrating fully on what is actually the subject represented in the painting, the real protagonist of the work.

Keenleyside has exhibited in numerous exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the United States and Italy. In 2002, he won the BOC Emerging Artist Award, and in 2004 the Lexmark European Art Prize. Works by the artist are in major collections such as the Boc group, Comme de Garcons, Hiscox plc, Mario Testino, Amlyn Collection, Marsh McLennan, RCA Collection, and TI Group.

Yellow strips on navy blue. Oil and spray paint on board. 2008-13 

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Maggio 2014 - Asta di arte moderna e contemporanea
May 2014  - Modern and contemporary art auction

Maggio 2014 - Asta di dipinti antichi e dipinti XIX e XX secolo
May 2014 - Old master paintings and 19^th and 20^th century paintings auction

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The Salon Group Show

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NICOLE COHEN: DOMESTIC CONCERNS DECEMBER 12, 2013 - JANUARY 25, 2014 OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 6 - 8 PM    Preview more work by Nicole Cohen here.  Image: Nicole Cohen, Champagne Room (2013), 3:00 Loop, Video Animation, Edition of 5, +2 APs PROJECT SPACE   JONATHAN RYAN STORM  DECEMBER 12, 2013 - JANUARY 25, 2014      Preview more work by Jonathan Ryan Storm here. Image: Jonathan Ryan Storm, Untitled 11 (2013), Acrylic And Oil On Sewn Canvas, 36h x 24w in   *In collaboration with David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX    Current Exhibition: Nicole Cohen: Domestic Concerns December 12, 2013 - January 25, 2014 Upcoming Exhibition: Frohawk Two Feathers January 30 - March 1, 2014   535 West 22nd Street New York, NY 10011 #fineartmagazine

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The Conservation Center

The Conservation Center  Conserving Art Coast to Coast  December 2013 Newsletter Holly, jolly! As we approach the burst of energy that is the end of the year, The Conservation Center has much to celebrate. In this issue of our newsletter, we're spotlighting some inspiring projects that we've recently completed: delicate hand-carved frame work for a sacred Madonna and Childpainting; the rediscovery of a rare painting by legendary rocker Frank Zappa; and a fundraising campaign in collaboration with The Springfield Art Association to restore a historical piece of furniture. At this time, all of us at The Conservation Center would also like to extend our warmest wishes to each of you, and hope this holiday season is filled with family, friends, and plenty of opportunities to reflect and recharge. See you next year!     A Refreshed Frame for   Madonna and Child Just in time for the holidays, The Conservation Center completed extensive conservation frame work for a beautiful Madonna and Childpainting for the Diocese of Rockford collection. Josh McCauley, The Center's Associate Conservator of Frames and Gilding, carved out new decorations by hand, showing off his true attention to detail and expert craftsmanship.   See Josh's handiwork for Madonna and Child frame >  A Renewed Appreciation for Frank Zappa What happened in 1961? John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States; "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles was a #1 hit; and the non-dairy creamer was one of the greatest inventions of the year. It was also the time when a budding young musician named Frank Zappa discovered his artistic creativity and painted Horny. More than five decades later, the painting made its way to The Conservation Center, where we restored the masterpiece to its original glory. More on the "Mother of Invention" and how we conserved his work >      Kickstarting a Lincoln "Courting Couch" With The Springfield Art Association The Springfield Art Association (SAA) of Springfield, Illinois, is looking towards the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise money for the restoration of the couch on which Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd sat during the early part of their courtship. The Conservation Center is thrilled to be the official conservator for this historical piece of furniture! We'll be documenting the process in the next couple of months and bring you the story early next year. In the meantime, we encourage you to help SAA with its goal and contribute to this campaign. Donation starts as little as $5!   Make a contribution today > Protecting the Rights of Living Artists   You are adjusting a fire claim. Fine art has been damaged by smoke and water. The artist is still living and insists on deciding whether to repair or replace the painting. How do you proceed? Learn about The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) and how this law might affect your fine arts claims adjustment.   More Info on VARA > Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! The Conservation Center will be closed on Christmas Day,December 25, and New Year's Day, January 1. #fineartmagazine

The Black Box Poetry Reading

THE BLACK BOXPoetry Reading Thursday, December 12th at 8pm Max Blagg Stefan Bondell Lizzi Bougatsos Suheir Hammad Bob Holman Richard Kirshenbaum Jonas Mekas Saj Rahman Ilka Scobie At The Hole 312 Bowery (between Bleecker and Houston) For more information please email krysta@theholenyc.com or call 212-466-1100

Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault

	Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault Film and Video Program December 5, 2013 – February 20, 2014
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	December 12, 7pm Artists Space Books & Talks On Art and Artists Series: Julie Ault and Andres Serrano
	On Art and Artists Series. Julie Ault: What Follows..., 1991 University of Colorado, 29minOn Art and Artists Series. Andres Serrano: What Follows..., 1991 University of Colorado, 31min In January of 1991, Julie Ault and Andres Serrano visited the University of Colorado at Boulder at the invitation of Lucy Lippard, who taught there intermittently for many years. The visit was on the occasion of the first solo exhibit of Serrano’s KKK Portraits at the Colorado University Gallery. Group Material had by then completed some of their most influential exhibitions, including The Castle (Documenta 8, 1987), Democracy (Dia Art Foundation, 1988-1989), and AIDS Timeline (Berkeley Art Museum, 1989). Ault and Serrano were at the end of their marriage, and Group Material was in a crisis about if and how to move forward. Serrano was not a member of GM, but his work appeared in several of their projects, and the visibility of his images in the American Culture Wars was in dialogue with GM projects that challenged and provoked debates on art in the public sphere. Accordingly, this pair of videos is a time capsule, or perhaps a freeze-frame, of their diverging subjects. This program is preceded by Cinema Elaine. For more information click here     Left: Still from On Art and Artists Series. Andres Serrano: What Follows.., 1991. University of Colorado Right: Still from On Art and Artists Series. Julie Ault: What Follows.., 1991. University of Colorado

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