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Monday, September 16, 2013
Exhibition Opening: Matko Vekic - Ordinary People / Inner happenings
The Fifth Edition of Armory Focus Will Showcase the Strength and Diversity of Contemporary Art in China
Philip Tinari, Director of The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Appointed Curator of Armory Focus: China
The Fifth Edition of Armory Focus Will Showcase the Strength and Diversity of Contemporary Art in China
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| NEW YORK - Armory Focus, the curated section of The Armory Show, highlights the gallery and artistic landscape of a chosen geographic region. For the 2014 edition of the Fair, Philip Tinari, Director of The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, will curate Armory Focus: China, shining new light on the country’s contemporary cultural practice. In recognition of the dynamism of the Chinese art scene, The Armory Show will present an exciting selection of contemporary Chinese galleries, providing a forum for an ever-expanding international conversation at the fair. On lending his curatorial vision to the project Philip Tinari notes that, “China is central to the makeup of the world system today in ways that are well understood on the level of geopolitics but have not yet been fully elaborated in the realm of culture. The wave of national surveys—the so-called "China Shows"—that introduced the first generation of Chinese artists to New York has come and gone, leaving even a decade later an aftertaste of gaudy, symbolic, often derivative work. This persistent memory clouds efforts by individual actors to illuminate the dynamism, seriousness, and originality of the Chinese art scene and system today. This section aims to change that.” Noah Horowitz, Executive Director of The Armory Show states, “Just as Focus: China hopes to showcase the strength and diversity of players who now make up the country’s cultural scene it also seeks to complicate and destabilize prevailing Western notions about its artistic situation. The project ultimately aims to demonstrate that China is not just a site for great new art, but a place where current art world models are being made and remade, and where serious collecting is happening at an ever larger scale. We are honored to collaborate with such a visionary curator as Philip on this project and look forward to presenting the results of his extensive efforts at the fair next March.” Aiming to showcase the diversity of both artistic production and the art system in China, the section will include curated presentations by some twenty artists coming from diverse generational and regional backgrounds, ranging from the "Stars" generation of the late 1970s through the booming post-Mao generation born after 1975. A program of talks will elaborate some of the key issues for contemporary art in China today, from the development of the institutional infrastructure to the ongoing diversification of the Chinese market. The Armory Show is New York’s leading fair for modern and contemporary art. A seminal event in the annual New York arts calendar, the fair spearheads Armory Arts Week, a city-wide program of cultural events and exhibitions. The Armory Show 2014 will again feature an acclaimed VIP program, a lively opening night party at the Museum of Modern Art and the engaging Open Forum discussion series. Next year’s fair will also coincide with the opening of the 2014 Whitney Biennial in early March, further enhancing the line-up of Armory Arts Week events planned in partnership with New York’s cultural institutions, and attracting a wide scope of international collectors, curators, scholars, and press. NOTES TO EDITOR About the Armory Focus Curator Philip Tinari is director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. There he oversees an exhibition program devoted to established figures and rising talents both Chinese and international, aimed at UCCA's annual public of more than half a million visitors. Prior to joining UCCA he was editor-in-chief of LEAP, the international art magazine of contemporary China, which he founded and ran from 2009 to 2011. He has worked as China representative for Art Basel, contributing editor to Artforum, and lecturer in art criticism at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Tinari, who speaks fluent Mandarin, holds degrees from Duke and Harvard, and was a Fulbright fellow at Peking University. About The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is an independent, not-for-profit art center serving a global Beijing public. Located at the heart of Beijing's 798 Art District, it was founded by the Belgian collectors Guy and Myriam Ullens and opened in November 2007. Through a diverse array of exhibitions with artists Chinese and international, established and emerging, as well as a wide range of public programs, UCCA aims to promote the continued development of the Chinese art scene, foster international exchange, and showcase the latest in art and culture to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The History of Armory Focus Armory Focus was initiated in 2010 to highlight the contemporary gallery and artistic landscape from a specific geographic region. This unique section of the fair has quickly become one of the defining features of The Armory Show, presenting a survey of a region’s contemporary cultural practices as framed by a singular curatorial vision. Armory Focus booths are located in a dedicated section on Pier 94 and associated projects will be presented throughout the fair. Talks and lectures will also be organized around topics pertinent to Armory Focus: China as part of The Armory Show’s popular Open Forum program of panels. Armory Focus 2013: USA featured the following galleries: Churner and Churner, New York; CONNERSMITH, Washington DC; DODGEgallery, New York; Gagosian Gallery, New York; Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach; The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York; Higher Pictures, New York / On Stellar Rays, New York; Invisible-Exports, New York; Magnan Metz, New York; Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco; Aisho Miura, Tokyo; moniquemeloche, Chicago; Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco; Samson Projects, Boston; Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles. Armory Focus 2012: Nordic Countries featured the following galleries: Galerie Anhava, Helsinki; Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen; Beaver Projects, Copenhagen; Gallery Niklas Belenius, Stockholm; Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen; Crystal, Stockholm; D.O.R., Oslo; Dortmund Bodega, Oslo; ELASTIC, Malmö; Fruit & Flower Deli, Stockholm; i8, Reykjavik; IMO; Copenhagen; Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm; Christian Larsen, Stockholm; NOPlace, Oslo; Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen; David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen; Galleri Christian Torp, Oslo; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen. Armory Focus 2011: Latin America featured the following galleries: A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro; Galeria Isabel Aninat, Santiago; Arroniz, Baro Gallery, Mexico City; Caja Blanca, Mexico City; Casa Triângulo, São Paulo; Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogotá; Lucia De La Puente, Lima; Faría Fábregas Galería, Caracas; Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Galeria Leme, São Paulo; Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires; Galeria Laura Marsiaj, São Paulo; Mendes Wood, São Paulo; Nueveochenta, Bogotá; Revolver Galeria, Lima; Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo and Vermelho, São Paulo. Armory Focus 2010: Berlin featured the following galleries: Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Buchmann Galerie, carlier|gebauer, COMA, Galerie Crone, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Johnen Gallery, KLEMM'S, Johann König, Tanya Leighton Gallery, Loock Galerie, Christian Nagel, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Produzentengalerie: ph-projects, Reception, Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Esther Schipper, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Wentrup, Galerie Barbara Wien. The Armory Show The Armory Show, a leading international contemporary and modern art fair and one of the most important annual art events in New York, takes place every March on Piers 92 & 94 in central Manhattan. The Armory Show is devoted to showcasing the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its fifteen years the fair has become an international institution, combining a selection of the world's leading galleries with an exceptional program of arts events and exhibitions throughout New York during the celebrated Armory Arts Week. 2014 Fair Show Dates March 6-9, 2014 Piers 92 & 94 Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street New York City Opening Hours Wednesday, March 5th – VIP Preview for invited guests Thursday, March 6 - Sunday, March 9, noon to 7 pm Press Contact Allison Rodman Communications Manager The Armory Show (646) 616-7433 a.rodman@thearmoryshow.com #fineartmagazine |
THE HAGUE - GALLERY AP87 is proud to present PEACE UNLIMITED, a solo exhibition by internationally known artist Yigit Yazici, from September 18 to October 18, 2013.
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Mark Klett - Response To History: A 30 Year Retrospective September 12, 2013
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September 12, 2013
Mark Klett - Response To History: A 30 Year Retrospective
Binh Danh - Yosemite 
Top: Mark Klett, Contemplating the View at Muley Point, Utah, 5/13/94, 1994, gelatin silver print, 16" x 20", edition of 50
Bottom: Binh Danh, Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite, CA, May 04, 2012, Daguerreotype (in camera exposure), 6 1/2" x 8 1/2", unique Exhibition Dates: November 7th - December 28th, 2013 Opening Reception with Mark Klett and Binh Danh Thursday, November 7th, 2013 from 7 - 9pm Lisa Sette Gallery presents two Arizona-based photographers whose works explore the sublime landscapes of the American West and the individual human narratives playing out within them. A decades-long resident of Arizona, Mark Klett first came to the state as a geological researcher. He stayed on as a photographer, and for over three decades has documented the demanding environments and idiosyncrasies of life in the Southwest. Since his artistic project began in the 1970’s, Klett has received Guggenheim, NEA, and Governor’s Arts Awards, among many other accolades, and yet perhaps nothing is so indicative of his singular craft and aesthetic intention as his wide-ranging body of work, a selection of which will be included in an upcoming retrospective at Lisa Sette Gallery. From black and white photographs of discrete desert scenes, both alien and lovely, to the collage-like constructions of his “rephotographic panoramas” of the Grand Canyon, Klett’s works present the complicated attraction of the Western frontier and its enduring capacity for both inspiration and isolation. Klett’s images are consummate depictions of the untamable, immeasurable Western horizon as it intersects with our human imagination and intervention. Often, Klett and his collaborators, chiefly Byron Wolfe, combine archival imagery, such as postcards or guidebooks, with new and original photographs, expanding well-known scenes of grandeur to even grander proportions, and compelling his viewers to risk massive and exhilarating perspectives. Humans become minor details in these scenes, silhouetted presences on the precipice of incomprehensibly vast landscapes. From this precarious vantage point, we may observe the inexorable series of deep-time geological changes and human involvements that define the American West. As a child, Binh Danh examined photographs of National Parks as a way of escaping the boredom of working in his father’s television repair shop. Yet he had never visited his home state’s own inaugural park until he embarked on the series of exquisite daguerreotype images that make up the photographer’s Yosemite series. Danh, who grew up in suburban California after his family fled the turmoil in Vietnam in the 1970s, has commented that until recently, “Yosemite, like the Vietnam war, only existed in my imagination because I only saw the landscape in photographs.” Lately that dream-like landscape has been threatened by wildfires and Binh Danh’s unique daguerreotypes remind us of the precious quality of a pristine wilderness that can be lost at any moment. Danh is well known for his rigorous photographic experimentation, having previously innovated a method of printing images on living leaves in order to create a botanical archive of victims of the atrocities in Vietnam and Cambodia. Similarly, creation of the Yosemite series involved outfitting a specialized van for the on-site creation of large-scale daguerreotypes and spending many seasons camping and working from within the park. An in-camera exposure that is chemically etched on silver-coated copper plates, the daguerreotype is a difficult and early photographic process resulting in photographic objects with mirror-like reflective surfaces. Danh’s images of well-known sites, such as Bridalveil Fall, are both transportingly gorgeous and eerily mutable, as we see our own faces, and the faces of people around us, reflected in their sublime surfaces. In Danh’s re-envisioning, these much-photographed scenes of American splendor become unique, individual representations of the multitude of experiences of the American West, from the vistas of Yosemite to the suburban daydreams of a young immigrant artist.
Lisa Sette Gallery maintains a very active exhibition schedule, mounting approximately 10 exhibitions a year ranging in theme and genre. For nearly 30 years, the gallery has been committed to showcasing a range of contemporary photography, sculpture, painting, installation and performance art.
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Susan Marx exhibits paintings of Israel at the A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 24 West 57 Street
Abstract Impressionist Susan Marx - The Israel Paintings
Paintings of Jerusalem and the Negev Desert
A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery
24 West 57 Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10019
October 1 – October 26, 2013
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11:00 am – 5 pm.
Opening reception, Thursday, October 10, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Susan Marx exhibits paintings of Israel at the A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 24 West 57 Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10019,October 1 -26, 2013. Opening Reception October 10.
On exhibit will be six paintings, scenes of Jerusalem and the Negev, painted en plein air, on site in Israel this past summer, July 2013.
Marx is an Abstract Impressionist. Her art comes from her radical amazement at the visual world around her, and her need to turn that visual experience into paint. Israel is a place of great meaning for her. The emotion of being in Israel comes through on each canvas. They are a passionate depiction of Jerusalem and the Negev. The canvases are colorful emotional interpretations with paint-filled brushstrokes of a land that she loves.
Speaking about her work, Marx says: “I love color. I see color everywhere. I am drawn to a specific spot and look and look and look. I load up my palette, pick up a brush, holding it as a conductor would hold his baton, and begin. At that point, I don’t speak to the canvas, instead the canvas speaks to me. I smell the air and the landscape in front of me. I am transported. I paint but lose the concept of time. Fast, faster, passionately painting, furiously painting. I cannot get the colors down fast enough. Then suddenly I need air. I stop and step back to look at my canvas one last time. The painting is done.
“I try to capture the essence in my painting, the color and the emotion, and leave the rest to the viewer’s imagination, to bring him into the painting.
“Someone once said I work to the muse of Monet, Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell; I was thrilled. They helped guide me to develop my own personal visual expression and style to share with the world.”
Susan Marx is represented by and exhibits at the A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, the Agora Gallery, 520 West 25th Street and the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, 531 West 25th Street in New York City. She has also exhibited at the Fox Gallery, the Keane Mason Gallery and The Emerging Collector in New York and in New Jersey at the Robin Hutchins Gallery, the Korby Gallery, the Hait Gallery, Nitsa Fine Arts, the Marino Gallery, The Art Gallery of South Orange, The Gaelen Gallery East, The Tenth Muse, and The Right Angle. She exhibited in Paris at the Musée des Duncan. In Israel, she showed her work at the Museum of Printing Art in Safed and at the Artist's House in Jerusalem.
Marx's paintings are is in private collections in the United States and abroad. She lives in Orange, NJ and volunteers at the Montclair Art Museum and the Newark Museum.
Artist’s website: www.susanmarxartist.com
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Attention Artists: this looks good, Gallery Seba is pleased to announce the 3rd International Izmir Art Biennial, Turkey
Gallery Seba is pleased to announce the3. International
Izmir Art Biennial, which will bring artists around the world and
their works together on 2015 in , Izmir, Turkey.
We will be honored to see you as a part of International
Izmir Art Biennial, in which we aim to leverage the power of art to
bring different cultures together and provide people with contrasting
values a common ground for sharing.
For artists who want to take place in 3. International Izmır
Art Biennial with their works of visual arts, necessary documents for
pre application are listed below. Pre applications must be submitted
both digitally and printed. Deadline for pre application is Aprıl
30th, 2014. Printed documents must have arrived to the addresses given
below until this date. Following the end of the pre application
period, the artists selected by the biennial committee will be
provided with the terms of contract, detailed information on
participation fees , shipping and other issues. The results of the
selection will also be announced on our website.
General Director
Seba UGURTAN
Documents for Pre Application
E-Mail Postal Mail
A photograph of the artist. 4 passport photos of the artist (4,5x6 cm)
3 images of artist's original artwork. Images must be no smaller than
1600 pixels wide in the long side. Printed images of artist's 3
original artworks (13x18 cm).
Biography: 150 words maximum, in English and Turkish if possible.
Digital images of artist's 3 original artworks: minimum 300dpi
resolution, print quality, burned on a CD.
Contact information: Address, phone number, e-mail, fax. Biography
(150 words maximum, in English and Turkish if possible).
Contact information (Address, phone number, e-mail, fax).
Note: If you want to participate with a sponsor please include this
information in your documents.
http://youtu.be/lwCkv8QJrls
Contact
Seba Art Gallery
Addres: Mithatpasa Caddesi No: 464/A 35280 Asansor/Izmir/Turkey
Phone: +90 232 445 33 40 - Fax: +90 232 445 33 40
E-Mail: biennial@galleryseba.com Web: www.bienalizmir.org -
www.galleryseba.com
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Izmir Art Biennial, which will bring artists around the world and
their works together on 2015 in , Izmir, Turkey.
We will be honored to see you as a part of International
Izmir Art Biennial, in which we aim to leverage the power of art to
bring different cultures together and provide people with contrasting
values a common ground for sharing.
For artists who want to take place in 3. International Izmır
Art Biennial with their works of visual arts, necessary documents for
pre application are listed below. Pre applications must be submitted
both digitally and printed. Deadline for pre application is Aprıl
30th, 2014. Printed documents must have arrived to the addresses given
below until this date. Following the end of the pre application
period, the artists selected by the biennial committee will be
provided with the terms of contract, detailed information on
participation fees , shipping and other issues. The results of the
selection will also be announced on our website.
General Director
Seba UGURTAN
Documents for Pre Application
E-Mail Postal Mail
A photograph of the artist. 4 passport photos of the artist (4,5x6 cm)
3 images of artist's original artwork. Images must be no smaller than
1600 pixels wide in the long side. Printed images of artist's 3
original artworks (13x18 cm).
Biography: 150 words maximum, in English and Turkish if possible.
Digital images of artist's 3 original artworks: minimum 300dpi
resolution, print quality, burned on a CD.
Contact information: Address, phone number, e-mail, fax. Biography
(150 words maximum, in English and Turkish if possible).
Contact information (Address, phone number, e-mail, fax).
Note: If you want to participate with a sponsor please include this
information in your documents.
http://youtu.be/lwCkv8QJrls
Contact
Seba Art Gallery
Addres: Mithatpasa Caddesi No: 464/A 35280 Asansor/Izmir/Turkey
Phone: +90 232 445 33 40 - Fax: +90 232 445 33 40
E-Mail: biennial@galleryseba.com Web: www.bienalizmir.org -
www.galleryseba.com
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