Exhibition Opening | Joe Sorren "The Great Cantaloupe Day"

Joe Sorren: The Great Cantaloupe Day "...it's like hanging out with the most magnificent creatures, sometimes small, sometimes big, sometimes mean, always fleeting." ~ Joe Sorren about his paintings  Exhibition dates: February 24 through March 31, 2013 Opening reception for the artist: February 24, 2013, 6 - 9pm AFA of SoHo presents a collection of new paintings and sculpture by Joe Sorren, accompanied by a retrospective of more than 30 graphics, plus three new releases. This exhibition marks the beginning of AFA's exclusive representation of Mr. Sorren's artwork in New York, New Orleans and France.  The Overture and Into the Light, Lost    Mr. Sorren's fluid and expressive brush strokes convey deep care. His compositions are soft and soothing, and invite the viewer to explore deeply emotional subjects within hazy and dreamlike landscapes.     Mr. Sorren allows his artworks to evolve naturally and subconsciously. During the months and sometimes years that it takes for a painting to manifest, as new layers of paint are added, a figure may develop into a hill in a landscape, or perhaps a tree morphs into into a creature.     Current developments in Mr. Sorren's painting style evince a new manner of gravitas not seen in his  earlier compositions. Recent works are more abstract, using less contrasting forms with a lighter palette. They play with a more shallow depth-of-field, highlighting the tender faces and gestures of his signature figures.    Joe Sorren was born in 1970 in Chicago, IL. He was raised in Arizona and spent his childhood drawing on anything and everything that didn't move. After he earned a BFA from Northern Arizona University in 1993, he worked as the creative director for Transworld Snowboarding Magazine while raising his two children Martha Elaine and Henry Vincent. His first solo exhibition took place shortly afterwards in 1995 in Los Angeles. For the past 15 years since, he has shown his artwork in solo  exhibitions in galleries and museums in the United States and abroad. His artwork has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, TIME and Rolling Stone, in addition to numerous cover stories in art publications, such as Juxtapoz. He has been awarded several coveted accolades, including a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators in New York, and a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles. His first museum retrospective was held in Santa Ana in 2010, and his most recent book, Joe Sorren: Painting + Sculpture (2004-2010), was released in conjunction with that same exhibition. Currently working from his studio in New York City, Joe relies on a skateboard to get around town and has a serious love for telling duck jokes.    IMAGE The Great Cantaloupe Day © Joe Sorren  Original: 30" x 30" acrylic on canvas  New Graphic: Signed, 24 x 24" paper size, 20 x 20" print size.  Edition of 100 + 10 Artist Proofs   AFA 54 Greene Street, NY NY 10013 Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm / Sundays 11am - 6pm RSVP / Phone: 212.226.7374 More information:  Samantha Levin / 212.226.7374

Galerie Kashya Hildebrand - Abu Dhabi Art 2012

Art Istanbul

Art Istanbul - 19/25 November 2012
Week long celebration of contemporary art 

 

Art Istanbul is the first, week-long initiative dedicated to contemporary art and culture, held in one of the world’s most extraordinary and culturally rich cities. The event will host a number of cultural activities, with a cultural program held in association with major Turkish contemporary art galleries and leading institutions and Turkey’s leading international art fair, Contemporary Istanbul. Art Istanbul will also provide access to new cultural offerings, discussions and education program working with the most prestigious institutions, museums,cultural centers and leading galleries between November 19th and 25th.

 

The project will bring together leading commercial and non-profit institutions as well as European Cultural Centers. The launch of Art Istanbul confirms and fortifies the city’s presence on the international cultural scene.

 

Mr Ertugrul Gunay, Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism says: "Istanbul with its ever-increasing number of art centers, museums, world-renowned events such as Istanbul Biennial and Contemporary Istanbul, along with its cultural heritage and economic strength, has managed to attract both local and international recognition. We are delighted to support this week".

 

With the launch of Art Istanbul, it is aimed to create a key moment in the international arts calendar over the next years, that brings together Istanbul’s major art institutions and galleries, which will present an exceptional program during the mentioned week.

 

Events

Further information and a detailed program has been announced in October.
www.artistanbul.org

 

ART ISTANBUL LIST
Art Fair & GalleriesContemporary Istanbul, Alan Istanbul, art On Istanbul, artSümer, Asfalt Art Gallery, C.A.M, CDA Projects, Çagla Cabaoglu, Daire Sanat, Egeran Galeri, Ekavart Gallery, Elipsis, Galeri Apel, Galeri Artist, Galeri Artist Çukurcuma, Galeri Ilayda, Galeri Linart, Galeri Mana, Galeri Nev, Galeri Selvin, Galerist, Galeri Zilberman, Kare Art Gallery, Merkur, Mim Art, NON, Olcay Art, PG Art Gallery, Pi Artworks, Pilot, Piramid Sanat, Rampa, Sanatorium, Soda, The Empire Project, X-ist

 

Art Institutions & Museums & Art InitiativesIstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul Design Biennial, Akbank Art Center, Arter, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul Modern, The Museum of Innocence, Pera Museum, Proje 4L – Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum, SALT, 5533, AmberPlatform, Collectorspace, Kat 1, Near East, Mixer, Pasajist, Spot

 

Cultural Centers
Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherland, Institut Français

 

Press contact international
Brunswick Arts
Nigel Rubenstein, Julia Niebuhr
JNiebuhr@brunswickgroup.com
nrubenstein@brunswickgroup.com

 

Call to Artists - Future is now! Your EXHIBITION in Venice / New VENUES available!

Future is now! Set up your own EXHIBITION in VENICE

 

Have you always dreamt about your own exhibition in VENICE? Now you can make it real!

International ArtExpo offers you the great opportunity to set up an exhibition in Venice, in some exclusive locations, two prestigious buildings located a few meters from the Ponte di Rialto on the Canal Grande with more than 1.000 mq of exhibition area, and a third one located between San Marco square and the Arsenale, one of the main exhibition spaces of the Biennale of Venice. This ambitious new project is open to any kind of artist, in fields of painting, sculpture/installation, photography, video art and performing art.

 

To realize your own exhibition, we will provide the following:

 

. Exhibition space: availability of the exhibition space during the period required by the artist
. Mounting and taking down service: we will create a mounting project for the exhibition and provide with a person in charge to mount it and take it down
. Technical equipment: we will provide with the needed technical equipment for your exhibition (digital projector, DVD player, computer and audio system)
. Opening reception: we will organize an opening reception for the exhibition
. Hostess service: we will provide with hostess service during the whole exhibition
. Promotional web page: we will create a permanent promotional web page on International ArtExpo Official website, announcing the exhibition with all artist’s contacts
. Press office: It's LIQUID Group will cover the press office service announcing the exhibition on Italian and International art magazines and on various art-related sites, managing relations with the media: print, TV, on-line magazines. More details about It's LIQUID Group at www.itsliquid.com
. Banner advertising: a banner advertising for the exhibition will be placed on International ArtExpo website as well as on It's LIQUID website
. Invitations by email: invitations to the exhibition will be emailed to It’s LIQUID press office mailing list of over 80,000 subscribers
. Digital invitation cards: we will design digital exhibition invitation cards to be mailed to the artist and to a select group of International ArtExpo clients

 

It's LIQUID will manage your relations with the media: print, TV, on-line magazines and will invite critics, writers, curators, dealers and other visual arts professionals to your exhibition.

 

Make a concrete move to improve your artistic career and share you talent. Spread your work in VENICE! For more details, contact us to lucacurci@lucacurci.com

 

International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and critics from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

 

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari (Italy)
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
lucacurci@lucacurci.com
www.lucacurci.com/artexpo

Art Therapy Training 2013 in Thailand

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Our International Program of Art Therapy in Thailand is now accepting application for the year 2013. Read more information, go visit:  www.art4human.com/bcsat.html  or email us at art.as.therapy@gmail.com or call 085 - 113 1919.

Affordable Art Fair Mexico presents its first edition in Latin America!

Anibal Catalan, Sin Titulo (Zona Morpho Series). Courtesy of YAUTEPEC Gallery.

Affordable Art Fair México presents its first edition in Latin America!

October 19 – 21, 2012

Expo Reforma

Ave. Morelos 67, Col. Juárez | Cuauhtémoc, 06700 | México D.F.

Affordable Art Fair, the leading showcase internationally for contemporary art, arrives for the first time to Mexico and Latin America. It will be held from October 19th to the 21st at Expo Reforma, located in the heart of Mexico City near the famous Reforma Avenue.

For three days, Mexico City´s residents aka Chilangos, will enjoy contemporary art from 40 galleries, mostly national but also a strong presence of international galleries, through paintings, graphics, sculptures, photographs and drawings. The relaxed format that has characterized AAF since its first edition in London over 10 years ago, invites attendees to browse freely not only the details of each work, but also its prices, which will be on display throughout the show.

Among the galleries that will take part on this first edition are Aldama Fine Art, Ethra, Terreno Baldío Arte, Garash, Altiplano, Yautepec, Fifty24mx, Jesús Villafán from Oaxaca, No Name Gallery from Guadalajara, and the Veracruz Institute of Culture featuring winning artists in last year´s Veracruz Biennale. Among them, countries such as Cuba with Galería Avistamientos and Guatemala with Arthis, will take part.

Reynerio Tamayo, La Ola. Courtesy of Avistamientos.

Affordable Art Fair México will present a Young Talent Show where people will have the chance to discover masterpieces by young artists who just started their careers. The exhibition is part of the Educational Program supported by AXA, and will be showing the work of new artists selected through an open call held during September by Cultura Colectiva, in order to encourage the career or these young artists and provide greater visibility for them in this field.

Another aspect of the Educational Program will be the print workshops in which the public can learn about the processes behind the different techniques and learn how to create their own works of art.
For the youngest there is also place inside Affordable Art Fair, an educational space that seeks to encourage and facilitate the creative development of children and youth through art.

This first edition will also have great allies to foster affordable contemporary art in Mexico in a fun way. There will be talks and lectures with renowned speakers and topics for both beginners and professionals in art. All these activities will be offered at no extra cost to the attendees.

Undoubtedly, Affordable Art Fair México will be a come to revolutionize not only the way we appreciate art, but also the way we enjoy it, live it and buy it.

For more information, please visit: www.affordableartfair.com/mexicocity

Call for Artists: ID / Identities - Istanbul . November 22 - December 02, 2012

Call for Artists: ID / Identities - Istanbul (Turkey) . November 22 - December 02, 2012

Video art / Photography / Computer graphics / Installation / Performing art

 

Deadline: November 05, 2012

 

Prizes
. a Solo Exhibition in Venice
. 1 Year of participation to International Art Festivals organized by International ArtExpo
. 1 Week of luxury accommodation in an exclusive Art Residence in Italy

 

International ArtExpo is selecting artworks to include in the next 2012 events:

 

ID / Identities - International Art Festival at Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association / Istanbul, Turkey (November 22 - December 02, 2012)

 

organizer: International ArtExpo
curators: Ramuntcho Robles Quevedo & Marta Stella (Spain)

 

opening: November 22, 2012 at 6 pm at Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association
venue: Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association, Istiklal Str. No: 116 Danisman Gecidi Han Cikmazi Str. No: 1 F:3, Beyoglu-Istanbul (Turkey)

 

dates: Istanbul . November 22 - December 02, 2012 | 10 am - 7 pm

 

The deadline for applications is November 05, 2012

 

The selections will be based on the main concept of “Identities” and on all its reflections on cities, bodies, society and cultures, mixing borders between them. Everyday we deal with a multitude of different identities and roles: we face the public life creating and adapting our social identities; our body and aesthetic tastes modify and are modified by our physical and sexual identities; our whole being evolves as well as contemporary cultures and modern cities do. People, environments, societies, progress and all their inputs shape and regenerate our individualities; they shift and overlap with our selves creating a new stimulating world.

 

The event is open to video art, photography, computer graphics, installations and performances.

 

International ArtExpo is opening a new division dedicated to the Computer Graphics. International talents are invited to present their artworks (images and animations) created with the computer graphics techniques to include in this event.

 

Send your works submission with a CV/biography, videography and some still images (only for video artists) via email to lucacurci@lucacurci.com or via mail to:

 

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari, Italy

 

The number of works you can submit is unlimited. The participation in the International Art Festival requires an entry fee only for selected artworks. Participation open to: artists, architects and designers, associate groups and studios.

 

After the event, our organization in collaboration with the curators, will select the winning artists of 1 Solo Exhibition in Venice, held in one of our exclusive venues between San Marco Square and the Arsenale or near the Ponte di Rialto on the Canal Grande; 1 year of participation to International Art Festivals organized by International ArtExpo and 1 week of luxury accommodation in an exclusive art residence in Italy.

International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our artistic projects. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and critics from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

 

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari (Italy)
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
lucacurci@lucacurci.com

Call to Artists - Do you want to become a featured artist?

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Do you want to become a featured artist?   It's LIQUID is searching artists from all over the world to be included in its range of featured artists. If you would like to be a featured artist send us a brief text about you and your work, CV, biography, a selection of high resolution images and your contacts to info@itsliquid.com   It's an amazing opportunity for you to share your talent!   Your work will be posted on It's LIQUID and will be sent through our Newsletters service which are distributed directly to over 80.000 international collectors, consultants, advisers, critics, writers, curators, dealers and other visual arts professionals.   Our featured artists are Maurizio Cattelan, Vanessa Beecroft, Takashi Murakami, Jeff Koons, Olafur Eliasson, Bill Viola, Spencer Tunick, David LaChapelle and others. The next could be YOU!    Database demographics: 40% in North America / 45% in Europe / 15% in other locations (South America, Australia, Japan, etc.). Key information: over 100.000 monthly unique visitors / over 500.000 million monthly page views / over 80.000 newsletter subscribers.   You can find more info about the "featured artists" service in the "advertise" section on the website or download the It's LIQUID media pack 2012 here to know all the details about it and other advertising opportunities.   It's LIQUID Groupc/o Luca Curci Architects Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33 70122 Bari (Italy)   +39.0805234018 +39.3387574098 info@itsliquid.com www.itsliquid.com

Nobuhiro Nakanishi - Breath of Light

Black and White Gallery Exhibits the Artist Aziz Lkhattaf

Black and White Gallery Exhibits the Artist Aziz Lkhattaf

October 12 to November 2, 2012

Call to Artists - LACDA 2012 International Juried Competition

LACDA 2012 International Juried Competition

The winner of this competition will exhibit at our new 4,000 square foot location!

Jurors:
Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum
Rex Bruce, L.A. Center for Digital Art

Enter our juried competition for digital art and photography. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The competition is international, open to all geographical locations.

Registration fee is $30US (three images).
Multiple entries permitted, additional $30 entry fee for each three images.

The selected winner receives 10 prints up to 44x60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $2,500-$3,000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery from September 8-30, 2011. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist.

Second place prizes: Ten second place winners will receive one print of their work up to 24x36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group exhibits. The ten second place winners will be scheduled into a group shows within twelve months of announcement of winners. Consideration is given to placing these works in shows appropriate to their style, genre and/or content. These shows will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.

Special consideration will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at LACDA. Many entrants from past competitions have already been included in our exhibits.

Deadline for entries: September 24, 2012
Winners Announced: October 1, 2012
Exhibit Dates: October 11-November 3, 2012
Artist's Reception: October 11, 7-9pm

The artist's reception will be in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk attended by up to 20,000 gallery goers.

Registration fee is $30US.

Two easy steps to enter:

Register here:http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=232178

Upload here:http://lacda.com/upload.html

Online registration only.

For questions email us at lacda@lacda.com
No phone calls please.

Los Angeles Center For Digital Art107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
www.lacda.com