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OMAZ HIPOLITO | SQUAT THEATER ARCHIVE: 2013 MERGE_06 - Opens September 8

In “2013 merge_06” Tomaz Hipólito (b.1969, Lisbon) follows his obsession with notions of space, whether physical, personal or historical. With the concept of vital space as background, Hipólito’s work is an ongoing research, driven by what the artist called “mapping gesture.” The title of the exhibition clearly indicates the artist’s need for mapping. By using preexistent coordinates, Hipólito creates a new territory, which situates itself between reality and experience. This so-called “interval” is where the artist’s core themes are exhaustively revisited, and begin with the staging and investigation, revealing methods through which we apprehend the relations between persona, object and space. Archives have in recent years gained a privileged position as a point of access to previous artistic experiences. By delving into Squat Theatre’s Archive, the artist’s intent was not to rescue the artistic practice of this experimental theater group – whose actions have remained in New York’s underground mythology and in the memory of those who had the chance to see them live – but rather to reuse it according to his own needs. Thus, Hipólito brings light to their practice while using it as a means to his own researches, which encompass some of the group’s issues. Squat Theatre can trace its origins to Budapest in the late 1960s. Initially known as Kassak Studio, its members renamed the group after being expelled from Hungary due to their avant-garde and radical practice. After creating and touring with their first storefront play in Western Europe for more than a year, they permanently relocated to New York City in 1977. From then on and until 1985 their activity would take place at 256 West 23rd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. Its members lived and performed in a building on the same block with one of New York’s artistic Meccas, the Chelsea Hotel. Although the actual building no longer exists – having been replaced by a cinema complex – Squat Theatre’s plays and performances were intimately connected to the space where they were taking place. Playing with the inside and the outside or the public and the private sphere, Squat’s performances were able to blur several frontiers, namely the role of the intervening and the non-intervening parties and the perception of space. A storefront would never be a storefront again after being converted into the scenography of politically and poetically charged plays. By comprising multiple media, such as photography, film, video, painting, drawing and performance, Tomaz Hipólito intervenes in the aforementioned “interval.” It is fair to believe that Rooster’s premises become a new territory, the interval itself, in an ambiguous game between past and present. Therefore, in “2013 merge_06” Hipólito operates in and with Time and Space the same way Squat Theatre did, blurring frontiers and continuously challenging the viewer’s perceptions of lived-memory and built-memory.   Weekly performances will take place inside and outside Rooster Gallery. TOMAZ HIPOLITO | SQUAT THEATER ARCHIVE: 2013 MERGE_06 ROOSTER GALLERY, 190 ORCHARD STREET, LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 6–9PM EXHIBITING FROM SEPTEMBER 8–OCTOBER 20

Alexander Slonevsky, Director                        Andre Escarameia, Curator 212.230.1370                                                    646.637.2097 alex@roostergallery.com                                andre@roostergallery.com

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Call to Artists - A-RTS at Rockville Town Square

A-RTS

 at Rockville Town Square 

A Premier Event 

in a Spectacular Venue!

    

Call to Artists

WHAT: Juried Fine Art and Fine Crafts Festival 

  

WHERE: Rockville Town Square in Rockville, MD 

     

WHEN:  May 3 - 4, 2014

            Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

          

NOTEWORTHY:

*Organized and managed by the Bethesda Row Arts Festival team
 
*Limited to 175 artists and crafters
 
*Estimated Attendance:  30,000
 
*Jury/Booth Fees:  $30/$345
 
*Ample Parking - Metro access

*Artist amenities include booth sitters, artist hospitality, ample free parking, overnight police security.

      

  

Rockville Town Square - is a sensory delight. A popular dining and gathering place, Rockville Town Square covers four city blocks and features more than 30 fine shops, upscale boutiques, unique restaurants. Low-rise retail and modern residential buildings create a very pleasing, human-scale, town-center feel. The architecture is eclectic, ranging from art deco to southwest to postmodern in style.  Attractive brick sidewalks, wooden and wrought-iron benches, trees and shrubbery round out the welcoming atmosphere.

Cultural events are an important dynamic in this affluent community on the Rockville Pike corridor, which has the nation's highest per square foot retail sales.

Marketing through newspapers, magazines, television, radio, web and transit is directed to these individuals with high disposable income and interest in art.  

Now in its second year, A-RTS at Rockville Town Square promises to continue offering artists an excellent clientele in a spectacular setting!  

 

APPLY VIA: www.zapplication.org

Deadline: January 20, 2014

Notification: February 8, 2014 via e-mail

Accepted Artist fees due: March 1, 2014

Email inquires to: Robin@A-RTS.org

You may also contact by telephone:

Robin Markowitz, Festival Director

301-637-5684

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Warren James Returns as Architect for PINTA NY 2013

Warren James Returns as Architect for
PINTA NY 2013

August 28, 2013 (New York, NY) – PINTA NY is pleased to announce the selection of renowned architect Warren James to design the interior layout of the fair’s seventh edition, located at the historic 82MERCER building. This is James’s second appointment as the fair’s architect, the first being his design of the 15,000 square foot Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea for the fair’s 2007 inaugural edition. PINTA NY, the modern and contemporary Latin American art fair, will take place November 14-17, 2013 at 82MERCER in New York City.

Diego Costa Peuser, founder of PINTA NY, dubs James “an artist’s architect.” On his choice to reappoint James for this year’s interior space design, Costa Peuser had this to say:

Collaborating this year with Warren James’s architecture studio is closely linked to the choice of the new, unique exhibition space, 82MERCER – a very special location unlike the "white cubes" commonly used for these events. 82MERCER is a loft with its own identity closely tied to the spirit of New York's SoHo district. Therefore, we understood, for this seventh edition of Pinta NY, that we should pay close attention to the dialogue between the fair’s exhibition design and the fully curated content.

James has a reputation for site-specific designs and an aesthetic described by Spanish critic Antoni Bernat as "a sensual clarity and geometric interest...[with] a preference for built lucid forms,” which promises to deliver an elegant, dynamic art fair flavored by the architect’s distinct “glocal”—global and local—approach. In 2007 The New York Times art critic Holland Cotter praised James’s design for the inaugural edition of PINTA NY as “...stylish and airy. In general a less-is-more sensibility prevails. For once, a fair looks like an art exhibition, not a job-lot display.”

On the process of designing an art fair, James observes:

We strive for a memorable interior sequence—visually and spatially. Event architecture used to arrive, get installed, live for days, and then disappear. Art fairs are ephemeral, that's their nature. Architecture is the opposite. Now art fairs go on and on digitally, long after the event, rethinking their impermanence is made permanent.

PINTA NY’s redesign of a historic building for a four-day event underscores a larger architectural trend toward the design of temporary spaces or “ephemeral architecture.” The meticulous composition of a structural environment that can only be enjoyed within a certain span of time is in some ways counter to the architectural principle of building something to last. In this way, PINTA NY is excited to partner with Warren James to explore new frontiers in the way people experience new spaces and ephemeral architecture.

82MERCER boasts the industrial, rugged beauty of an iconic downtown New York loft-style building; a 50,000 square foot space, which maintains many original 19th century architectural features including cast-iron columns, 14-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and brick archways. Located conveniently in SoHo, 82MERCER brings PINTA NY to the heart of the New York’s powerhouse retail and arts district.

Warren James is the celebrated architect and principal of Warren A. James Architecture + Planning. James received degrees from Cornell and Columbia Universities, going on to work in Puerto Rico, Spain, and finally returning to New York. His long and distinguished career is punctuated by numerous awards and grants including the A.I.A Unbuilt Awards, The Andrew Dickson White Prize/Cornell University, and The George W. Neikirk Prize / C.S.A.A., among others. His work has been shown in exhibitions and published internationally.

PINTA NY is a curated presentation of Modern and Contemporary art from Central and South America, Spain, Portugal, and The Caribbean, and a leading voice in the championing of Latin American art. It will take place 14-17 November 2013.

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Call to Artists - ArtFest Fort Myers 2014

ArtFest Fort Myers 2014

    Southwest Florida's Premier Art Festival   

Call to Artists  

WHAT: 14th Annual Juried Fine Art Festival

WHEN:  February 1 - 2, 2014

              Saturday & Sunday

              9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

WHERE:  Downtown Fort Myers Riverfront, Fort Myers, FL

NOTEWORTHY:

• 200 participating artists. 
• Jury/Booth Fee: $35/$395 - Double booths, corner locations and electric available limited number.
• International airport and great business environment make Fort Myers home to many powerhouse corporations (Hertz, Chico's, Sony, Gartner Group), with residential & commercial construction on the rise.  
• Award winning marketing program valued at $150,000 creating 5 million impressions targeting art buying patrons.
• 21,000 copies of 24-page ArtFest Fort Myers magazine featuring festival artists and activities, produced with Travel Host, distributed in 110 top hotels and information centers from Punta Gorda to Marco Island.  
• Active social media year-round to engage art patrons. 
• $5,000 in award money plus "invited status" for following year.
• Commemorative poster and t-shirt contest with valuable prizes including free booth space, free weekend hotel stay and much more. Submissions taken from May 15 - August 20, 2013. CLICK HERE for details.
• Opportunity to advertise in festival publications.
• Option to participate in Friday Night Opening Party (70 artists).
• Artist amenities including drive up access for Friday set up, booth sitters, complimentary breakfast, indoor restrooms, behind booth storage, designated artist parking & discounted hotel rates.
• Professional jury panel of five changes each year, creating a show with approximately 90% new artists annually.
• For additional details, visit www.ArtFestFortMyers.com 

Each February, over 85,000 art lovers and collectors attend ArtFest Fort Myers to enjoy and purchase the work of 200 fabulous artists from across the country. Our downtown riverfront park and yacht basin are the perfect backdrop as artists booths line the wide boulevard, without the interference of food, sponsors or loud music. New and cutting edge art combines with more traditional work to create an amazing, free to the pubic, outdoor selling gallery, with no dead end artist spaces allowed!  From extensive advertising to great artist amenities, our team of professional staff works all year to produce one successful fine art festival for you!. Apply now and make ArtFest Fort Myers a part of your Florida winter season!

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:  

Application deadline: 

September 16, 2013 on www.zapplication.org 

Jury:

October 8, 2013  

Notification:of Acceptance: 

October 18, 2013

Booth Fees Due:

November 1, 2013

Email inquiries to: 

Jeanne.Seehaver@ArtFestFortMyers.com

Or call 239-768-3602

SAVE THE DATE!  ArtFest Fort Myers - February 1 - 2, 2014  

COOPER COLE - INSTALLATION: BRAD TINMOUTH

COOPER COLE

INSTALLATION: BRAD TINMOUTH

Brad Tinmouth
August 23 - September 9, 2013

Curated by Lucas Soi

Closing reception: Saturday September 7, 2013, 3 - 6pm

COOPER COLE
777 Richmond Street West, 2nd Floor
Monday, Friday, and Saturday: 12pm - 4pm and by appointment.

Installation images from Brad Tinmouth's current exhibition are now online.

Fine Art Magazine | Matt Horner, Stone Carver

Fine Art Magazine | Matt Horner, Stone Carver, 

Matt Horner, Stone Carver,

feature coming in our Fall 2013 issue

MATT HORNER

Matt Horner is a stone sculptor based in Keene, NY, a small town nestled in the high peaks of the Adirondack Mountains in Northern New York State.

Horner’s rocks are all local, excavated from nearby rivers and mountains. His process starts with marking the stone and blocking out the form, sawing cuts into the stone, hand chiseling off the unwanted material and finally grinding and polishing to achieve the desired finish. The forms that emerge – with their organic flowing curves and earthy palette – are a reflection of the inspiration Horner draws from his abundantly mountainous home. His exceptional craftsmanship and mastery of form, balance, scale and detail result in a unique collection of sculptures and stone art objects.

Horner is also a licensed rock/ice and fly fishing guide, and when he is not carving stone, he can often be found climbing on it and wading rivers, casting to wary trout. The patience, commitment and aesthetic sense of line that is such a part of these disciplines also help inform his stonework.

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