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The Walsh Gallery Presents
DRIVING WITHOUT DESTINATION
SEPTEMBER 7 –OCTOBER 2, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 5PM TO 8PM

The Walsh Gallery is pleased to announce a group exhibition of contemporary art in collaboration with the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture. Exhibiting artists were inspired by an essay  ... Continue Reading
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The Walsh Gallery Presents DRIVING WITHOUT DESTINATION SEPTEMBER 7 –OCTOBER 2, 2010 OPENING RECEPTION – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 5PM TO 8PM The Walsh Gallery is pleased to announce a group exhibition of contemporary art in collaboration with the G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture. Exhibiting artists were inspired by an essay written by Dr. Dermot Quinn, in which he ponders the ramifications of global culture. Quinn’s essay reflects upon G.K. Chesterton’s seminal essay, “The Outline of Insanity” which although published in 1926, accurately predicts the effects of cultural and political homogeny. Curators, Tony Capparelli and Jeanne Brasile were motivated to produce the exhibition due to the timely subject matter that ponders the thought that “oneness” denies the beauty and glory of diversity in an increasingly homogenous world. Participating artists include: Shannon Bellum, Ellen Denuto, Billy Friebele, Kathleen Gerard, Allan Gorman, Max Heller, So Yoon Lym, Tony Murray, Mary Ann Reilly, Ryan Roa, Larry Ross, Joan Sonnenfeld, Bill Westheimer and Heidi Younger. The artists were selected through an open call process and juried by the curators, Father Ian Boyd, C.S.B. and Director of the Chesterton Institute, Gloria Garafulich-Grabois and Dermot Quinn, Ph.D, Professor of History at Seton Hall University. The jury panel aimed to present a balance of themes and media in the exhibition. A symposium will take place on Saturday, October 2nd at 2pm in the Walsh Gallery. Speakers include Father Ian Boyd, who is also Editor of the Chesterton Review and Dr. Dermot Quinn. All events are free and open to the public. Open Mon - Friday, 10:30am and 4:30pm. ]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:21:35 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1782/driving-without-destination http://meseon.net/news/read/1780/axartist-making-illussions axart

Illussions and (Trompe lóeil) painted by AXartist. All you see is painted(not me ofcourse). fake marble, wood graining, stone, copper, gold, bamboo, grapes, stone, tile. Illusions of shadow edges, key, hook, hinges, door knocker, rope, ceramic oven, golden egg, deck, wood running. There are also examples of Rococo and  ... Continue Reading
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Illussions and (Trompe lóeil) painted by AXartist. All you see is painted(not me ofcourse). fake marble, wood graining, stone, copper, gold, bamboo, grapes, stone, tile. Illusions of shadow edges, key, hook, hinges, door knocker, rope, ceramic oven, golden egg, deck, wood running. There are also examples of Rococo and Gustavian period.Decorative Painting Made by the Artist AX. From wikipedia: "Professional painters need to have keen knowledge of tools of the trade, including sanders, scrapers, paint sprayers, brushes, paint rollers, ladders and scaffolding, in addition to just the paint in order to correctly complete work. Much preparation needs to be considered before simply applying paint. For instance, taping and dropcloth techniques, sizes of brushes or rollers, material types or dimensions of rollers or brushes (there are different sizes or types of brushes and rollers for different paints), amount of paint, number of paint coats, amount of primer, types of primers and paints, certain grits and cuts of sandpaper, trim cutting (the act of painting with a brush on the outline of baseboard, moldings and other trim work)"]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:47:57 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1780/axartist-making-illussions http://meseon.net/news/read/1779/life-in-a-day axart

This is my contribution to the projekt LIFE IN A DAY ( http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday ). I am eating breakfast, painting on the lake, looking at a birds nest, barbequing, taking a walk, holding frog, all at my parents home. What makes me happy, PAINTING ofcourse. Art is my passion. I  ... Continue Reading
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This is my contribution to the projekt LIFE IN A DAY ( http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday ). I am eating breakfast, painting on the lake, looking at a birds nest, barbequing, taking a walk, holding frog, all at my parents home. What makes me happy, PAINTING ofcourse. Art is my passion. I afraid to not be able to do that. I laugh with my family. In my pockets, hard to say, I didn´t have any. (John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival) produced by Ridley Scott, directed by Kevin Macdonald.) http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday?ble... Also in the bunch are, LG and YOUTUBE as partners, Their movie will be shown at Sundance Film Festival 2011. If you want to submit your film go to: http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday I will name the painting-Coming home, because I was visiting my parent. ]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:17:38 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1779/life-in-a-day http://meseon.net/news/read/1771/invitation annaart

Since August 16th 2010 Gallery of Art RYNEK 7 in Andrychów (POL) invite all of you for an exhibition of Daniel Ludwiczuk's works.

Gallery has in its collection contemporary painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass and graphic widely recognized artists, but also promotes promising young artists, as well as artists forgotten,  ... Continue Reading
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Since August 16th 2010 Gallery of Art RYNEK 7 in Andrychów (POL) invite all of you for an exhibition of Daniel Ludwiczuk's works. Gallery has in its collection contemporary painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass and graphic widely recognized artists, but also promotes promising young artists, as well as artists forgotten, and characterized by a sense of artistic talent. Daniel Ludwiczuk was born in 1957 in Rabka. He studied at the Warsaw Polytechnic. He lives in Podlasie, where he leads the most forward-east Poland, a professional in the vineyard. Sculptures of wood , alder, acacia and lime creates more than 20 years. 3 years also performs welded steel sculpture of the elements of agricultural machinery for scrap discarded. Participates in the open air and exhibitions at home and abroad. The exhibition will be opened to september 18th. 2010]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:29:33 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1771/invitation http://meseon.net/news/read/1765/artcore-summer-edition dskolberg

ART CORE
Devoted to open dialogue and exhibition of emerging and established artists
In these times artist cannot be placed into convenient
boxes that describe who or what they are as artists.
 At their Core they are
inspired, imaginative and dedicated to the vision they create.
SUMMER 2010

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ART CORE Devoted to open dialogue and exhibition of emerging and established artists In these times artist cannot be placed into convenient boxes that describe who or what they are as artists.  At their Core they are inspired, imaginative and dedicated to the vision they create. SUMMER 2010  KOLBERG STUDIO on Facebook, Become a Fan VISIT THE ARTCORE BLOG  The Summer ARTCORE Newsletter is now online at http://donaldkolberg.com/art_core.htm This issues interview is with Alex Kanevsky, an incredible painter. It's not often that I create a shortcut on my desktop to follow information about an artist's work and exhibitions. But with Alex Kanevsky I had to! His work evokes feelings of movement and mysticism across surfaces that seem alive with texture and color. Articles include; Oil Painting Landscapes - Five Valuable Ideas to Create a Spectacular Landscape! If you're a true oil painting landscapes aficionado, you find true inspiration in a beautiful landscape! There's something about a breathtaking landscape that motivates the artist in all of us to capture its essence on canvas. 6 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Have an Online Art Portfolio With all that time and effort taken to produce a piece of art that you are proud of it would be a shame not to share it with everyone. By creating an online art portfolio you can create a visible and organized record of years of work. And then there's the feature; Famous Artists and Artwork Frank Auerbach - A Contemporary Master of Expressionism HTML clipboardFamous German born British Expressionist Figurative painter Frank Auerbach is exceptionally known for bringing about an innovative and distinct style. His subjects included female models, mainly Julia his wife, Juliet a professional model, & Estella his girlfriend, or landscapes around his London home at Camden.  Of course we still have our free art giveaway, free ebooks and a lot more ARTCORE is available FREE online at: http://donaldkolberg.com/art_core.htm ]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:53:20 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1765/artcore-summer-edition http://meseon.net/news/read/1763/andrea-benetti-invitato-al-61-premio-michetti andreabenetti

Andrea Benetti, pittore nato a Bologna, rappresenterà l'arte contemporanea bolognese alla LXI edizione del Premio Michetti. È stato, infatti, invitato dalla Fondazione Michetti a partecipare, con la sua pittura neorupestre, alla prestigiosa rassegna annuale di arte contemporanea, che si tiene al MuMi - Museo Michetti (la prima edizione si  ... Continue Reading
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Andrea Benetti, pittore nato a Bologna, rappresenterà l'arte contemporanea bolognese alla LXI edizione del Premio Michetti. È stato, infatti, invitato dalla Fondazione Michetti a partecipare, con la sua pittura neorupestre, alla prestigiosa rassegna annuale di arte contemporanea, che si tiene al MuMi - Museo Michetti (la prima edizione si tenne nel 1947). Quest'anno il curatore sarà Carlo Fabrizio Carli, che ha selezionato una rosa di artisti affermati, che presto verrà consacrata nel panorama dell'arte contemporanea. Andrea Benetti, oltre a vantare diverse opere pittoriche in musei e collezioni internazionali, nell'autunno 2009, alla 53esima edizione della Biennale di Venezia, ha presentato il “Manifesto dell'arte Neorupestre”, di cui è ideatore ed estensore; a suggellare l'iniziativa la Biennale ha realizzato una pubblicazione sull'evento, edito da Umberto Allemandi & C. Gregorio Rossi La Rassegna allestita al Museo Michetti sarà inaugurata sabato 24 luglio 2010 e resterà aperta fino al 31 agosto 2010 Museo Michetti - Palazzo San Domenico, 1 - Francavilla al mare (CH) Info : 0854912347 - www.fondazionemichetti.it]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:34:48 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1763/andrea-benetti-invitato-al-61-premio-michetti http://meseon.net/news/read/1761/urban-stories-luminita-gliga luminita

URBAN STORIES – by LUMINITA GLIGA

Goldart Art Gallery in collaboration with The Hilton Art Club propose the meeting with a new phase of the artistical creation of Luminita Gliga. Graduated at the department of Painting and having a PhD in Visual Arts at the Art Academy  ... Continue Reading
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URBAN STORIES – by LUMINITA GLIGA Goldart Art Gallery in collaboration with The Hilton Art Club propose the meeting with a new phase of the artistical creation of Luminita Gliga. Graduated at the department of Painting and having a PhD in Visual Arts at the Art Academy Bucharest,she has been an active painter exhibition complex, structured on topics that defines the stages of creation (Nestatornik ", "Terravision "and" Mirabilis Mundus "). She exhibits in galleries from Paris, Cannes, Marseille and New York, Canada and Switzerland but also in Bucharest and Brasov. She won the official diploma "MCA" and The Gold Medal, Cannes, The 3rd Place at the International Contest "Russian Art Week” in Moscow in 2009, The Diploma and the Gold plated silver medal of the Academic Society" Arts-Sciences-Lettres ", Paris and several other awards which applaud a rich artistic activity. "The steps of this evolution can be easily detected from the careful transcription of nature, clippings and scenes, somewhat close to the aesthetics so-called" Poiana Marului School”, and then switching to "gardens" and "mysteries" of much freedom to interpret why, in vivid colors, glow, to reach the current stage, centered on another series of gardens and simili-abstract compositions, but with recognizable points in what it is offered to the eye, painted images subtle rhythmic, of great beauty of nuanced expression. " said Gheorghe Vida about the artist's creative approach. Only two years from its last one-man show opened in this unconventional space, she returns with a unique vision and a special theme - Urban Stories. There are stories of some events from different cities: Bucharest, and his stray dogs unnoticed fleeting appearances of our eye, but also a 'Tourist in New York " experience or agitation of a New York-er avenue recomposed and condensed into a plastic picture. Cities she went through in the past are part of a very personal map of the artist and her vision also indicate selective elective affinities painter. Luminita Gliga’s painting proposes photo-realism elements which are adjacent collage color, contrasts recompose and animate architectural spaces.The stain color highlights the color vibration and the working style, sometimes closely, sometimes gestural expressiveness. The black and the red are arranged firmly, and flat on large surfaces, make it vibrate the rest of the image. Stamp, collage of various objects, all means of expression that Luminita uses demonstrate a postmodern approach, which belongs to the contemporary art exposure. We invite you to attend the opening show of the painting exhibition Urban Stories which will take place on July 7, 2010, at 19.00. Hosted by lobby-Athenee Palace Hilton, 1-3 Episcopiei Street, the exhibition will be open until September and will be visited every day between 10.00 and 19.00. ]]> Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:41:37 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1761/urban-stories-luminita-gliga http://meseon.net/news/read/1760/facebook-groups-grupos-de-facebook ldprints

If you are on Facebook and want more exposure to your work, and if you use printing relief techniques, you can join "Woodcuts only" (see link) or "Linocuts only" (do a search to find it) and post a link to your site and 3 images of your work.  ... Continue Reading
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If you are on Facebook and want more exposure to your work, and if you use printing relief techniques, you can join "Woodcuts only" (see link) or "Linocuts only" (do a search to find it) and post a link to your site and 3 images of your work. The goal is to have a gallery dedicated to woodcuts (or linocuts) and open to everyone. Si usted está en Facebook y quieren más exposición a su trabajo, y si se utiliza la impresión técnicas de socorro, puede unirse a "Grabados en madera sólo" (ver enlace) o "linóleos sólo" (hacer una búsqueda para encontrarla) y enviar un enlace a su sitio y 3 imágenes de su trabajo. El objetivo es tener una galería dedicada a grabados en madera (o linóleo) y abierto a todos.]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:59:32 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1760/facebook-groups-grupos-de-facebook http://meseon.net/news/read/1758/story-8-the-garden ldprints

This is an extract of my book "Images, Voyages, Impressions, 52 stories and 52 photographs".


You are walking on a small gravel road when suddenly, a vegetable garden. It is not so common anymore, it could belong to an old couple. Judging from the clothes hanging on the line, you  ... Continue Reading
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This is an extract of my book "Images, Voyages, Impressions, 52 stories and 52 photographs". You are walking on a small gravel road when suddenly, a vegetable garden. It is not so common anymore, it could belong to an old couple. Judging from the clothes hanging on the line, you might be right. A blue and white apron, who wears that anymore? Yet some are too small and too bright for an old couple. Grandma and grandpa must have their grandchildren on vacation. You will surely hear them yelling, and soon they will appear running at each other playing hide and seek or whatever newer game they play now when they want to have an excuse to shout and run. A garden, you remember that your neighbors had one where you were always trying to go and steal the fruit when it was the season. They had come from Europe in the fifties or sixties, and you never exactly understood what they were saying, they had such a strong accent. To be nice, you were always saying yes but sometimes they were looking at you with a strange glance, and you had no clue to know what they were thinking about your answer. You now wonder whether they are still alive and whether they still have their garden. There is no way you can answer that right now and by the time you will be at the old family place, you will certainly have forgotten this question. But it makes you think that it is always nice to have a garden somewhere in the corner of one’s mind. It is kind of refreshing. Like an old dog that you remember fondly because it is a part of a past that has disappeared but could still reappear if the time and circumstances were favorable: if, for example, you had a home in the countryside, your own home, with enough place for both a dog and a garden. That is part of your plan, in fact, owning a house, and this plan gives you energy to study and work when you feel a little depressed or simply tired. But from now on, you will also have a garden, and this garden will be the special place where you go to restore your energy, even if for the time being it is only an imaginary place. At least you have an image to put on it. ]]> Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:25:48 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1758/story-8-the-garden http://meseon.net/news/read/1756/museum-of-printing ldprints

On Sunday, June 20, it is the 7th Annual Printing Art Fair, from 10am to 4pm, at the Museum of printing in North Andover, MA, USA, and if you have never seen huge prints made with a steam roller, that is the place to go (granted you live  ... Continue Reading
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On Sunday, June 20, it is the 7th Annual Printing Art Fair, from 10am to 4pm, at the Museum of printing in North Andover, MA, USA, and if you have never seen huge prints made with a steam roller, that is the place to go (granted you live around, of course!) I'll be there too with my prints, photos and books, and you can also visit the museum dedicated to presses, letterpress, and so on. Check their site for more info, it is fun and relaxed, at least it was last year when I was there, even though it rained all day!]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:41:07 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1756/museum-of-printing http://meseon.net/news/read/1753/invitation annaart

June 4 at 19:00, I would like to cordially invite you to an exhibition
of prints and paintings of Ukrainian artist Wolodymyr Czornobaj.
Graphic artist but also deals with classic stained glass, easel painting and painting on glass.

Wolodymyr Czornobaj was born March 17, 1954 roku.He lives and works in Ternopil.
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June 4 at 19:00, I would like to cordially invite you to an exhibition of prints and paintings of Ukrainian artist Wolodymyr Czornobaj. Graphic artist but also deals with classic stained glass, easel painting and painting on glass. Wolodymyr Czornobaj was born March 17, 1954 roku.He lives and works in Ternopil. Science in the School of Arts to them. Ivan Trush in Lviv where he graduated in 1973, and higher education in 1980 (Lviv National University College of Applied Arts and decorative). He is member of the National Association of Painters of Ukraine. His works are in museum collections (Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine) and many private collections. -- Gallery of Art RYNEK 7, Andrychów Anna Płonka http://www.annaartgaleria.pl tel. 0048 502840347]]> Fri, 28 May 2010 13:50:58 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1753/invitation http://meseon.net/news/read/1737/tracy-heneberger-animal-plant-mineral walsh

The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University presents
“Tracy Heneberger – Animal Plant Mineral
Monday, June 7 – Thursday, July 22, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday June 10th – 5pm to 9pm
SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW: Sunday, June 6th – 11am to 4pm

The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University is  ... Continue Reading
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The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University presents “Tracy Heneberger – Animal Plant Mineral Monday, June 7 – Thursday, July 22, 2010 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday June 10th – 5pm to 9pm SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW: Sunday, June 6th – 11am to 4pm The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University is hosting a solo exhibition highlighting wall sculpture by artist Tracy Heneberger. The show is a survey of three-dimensional art created by the artist over the past twelve years in various media including; bronze, wood, aluminum, stone and organic materials such as fish. Heneberger often uses iterations of materials that organize smaller parts into a well-ordered whole of line, pattern, color and shape. By combining natural elements in rhythmic ways, the end result is at once rich in detail, and yet elegantly simple. “Tracy’s work is all about exploration and discovery” notes curator, Jeanne Brasile. “He patiently collects the raw materials for his art in forests, at beaches and in markets. In his Brooklyn studio, he then classifies his finds, organizing them into ordered groups. The finished work appears to be an intuitive arrangement of similar units, but a closer look reveals a thoughtful arrangement arrived at through a process that is pain-staking and carefully contemplated.” In Heneberger’s work, mushrooms appear out of sculptures that from afar seem to be landscapes. Branch forms morph into arrangements of anchovy up close. Overall, his work reveals a principal concern with order. Tracy Heneberger is currently featured in “Dead or Alive,” the critically acclaimed show at The Museum of Arts and Design in New York. It is on view through October 24th, 2010. Mon - Thurs, 10:30 to 4:30 ]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 19:53:09 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1737/tracy-heneberger-animal-plant-mineral http://meseon.net/news/read/1736/tracy-heneberger-animal-plant-mineral walsh

The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University presents
“Tracy Heneberger – Animal Plant Mineral
Monday, June 7 – Thursday, July 22, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday June 10th – 5pm to 9pm
SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW: Sunday, June 6th – 11am to 4pm

The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University is  ... Continue Reading
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The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University presents “Tracy Heneberger – Animal Plant Mineral Monday, June 7 – Thursday, July 22, 2010 OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday June 10th – 5pm to 9pm SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW: Sunday, June 6th – 11am to 4pm The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University is hosting a solo exhibition highlighting wall sculpture by artist Tracy Heneberger. The show is a survey of three-dimensional art created by the artist over the past twelve years in various media including; bronze, wood, aluminum, stone and organic materials such as fish. Heneberger often uses iterations of materials that organize smaller parts into a well-ordered whole of line, pattern, color and shape. By combining natural elements in rhythmic ways, the end result is at once rich in detail, and yet elegantly simple. “Tracy’s work is all about exploration and discovery” notes curator, Jeanne Brasile. “He patiently collects the raw materials for his art in forests, at beaches and in markets. In his Brooklyn studio, he then classifies his finds, organizing them into ordered groups. The finished work appears to be an intuitive arrangement of similar units, but a closer look reveals a thoughtful arrangement arrived at through a process that is pain-staking and carefully contemplated.” In Heneberger’s work, mushrooms appear out of sculptures that from afar seem to be landscapes. Branch forms morph into arrangements of anchovy up close. Overall, his work reveals a principal concern with order. Tracy Heneberger is currently featured in “Dead or Alive,” the critically acclaimed show at The Museum of Arts and Design in New York. It is on view through October 24th, 2010. Mon - Thurs, 10:30 to 4:30 ]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 19:53:02 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1736/tracy-heneberger-animal-plant-mineral http://meseon.net/news/read/1733/jean-michel-basquiat silvia

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 –1988) was one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities in the art world. After starting on the New York underground scene as a graffiti sprayer, musician and actor, he began to devote himself to painting at nineteen. His highly expressive, energetic work soon found wide  ... Continue Reading
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 –1988) was one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities in the art world. After starting on the New York underground scene as a graffiti sprayer, musician and actor, he began to devote himself to painting at nineteen. His highly expressive, energetic work soon found wide admiration. Supported by Andy Warhol, he advanced to become an internationally acclaimed star. He was the youngest Documenta participant ever, and exhibited at Art Basel, the Venice Biennale, and various famous galleries. The son of immigrants from the Caribbean, Basquiat became the first black artist to make a highlevel breakthrough. He collaborated with Keith Haring, Francisco Clemente, Debbie Harry, and many other stars. In the space of only eight years, he created an extensive oeuvre of about 1000 paintings and 2000 drawings before his tragic death at the age of only twenty-seven. To mark his fiftieth birthday, the Fondation Beyeler is devoting a large retrospective to Jean-Michel Basquiat, comprising more than 100 paintings, works on paper, and objects from renowned museums and private collections around the world. His works, populated by comic-like figures, skeletal silhouettes, curious everyday objects, and poetic slogans, are highly colorful and powerful. They blend pop culture and cultural history into critical and ironic commentaries on consumer society and social injustice. The exhibition brings together many of Basquiat’s major works and illustrates the development of this legendary art scene star. Renowned museums, galleries and especially private collections in Europe and America have contributed to the success of our undertaking by generous provision of loans. These include The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, The Brant Foundation, the Daros Collection, Switzerland, The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la création, the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, the Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, the Gagosian Gallery, the Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, Lio Malca, New York, Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Enrico Navarra, The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Collection, the Mugrabi Collection, Irma and Norman Braman, Amalia Dayan and Adam Lindemann, Laurence Graff as well as John McEnroe. The exhibition was conceived by the Fondation Beyeler in collaboration with the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, where it will be on view from October 15, 2010 to January 30, 2011. Photo: A visitor admires the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat titled "Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta" (1983, acrylic, oilstick and collage on canvas, five panels) in the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland, Friday, May 7, 2010. The exhibition with the artwork of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) can be seen from May 9 until Sept. 5, 2010. AP Photo/Keystone/Georgios Kefalas.]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 08:50:20 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1733/jean-michel-basquiat http://meseon.net/news/read/1732/nairy-baghramian-and-phyllida-barlow silvia

The Serpentine Gallery presents an exhibition of the work of artists Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow. The exhibition presents two positions on sculpture in the 21st century.

Nairy Baghramian (b. Iran, 1971) is a Berlin-based artist known for her sculptural installations and photographs. Her complex work encompasses  ... Continue Reading
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The Serpentine Gallery presents an exhibition of the work of artists Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow. The exhibition presents two positions on sculpture in the 21st century. Nairy Baghramian (b. Iran, 1971) is a Berlin-based artist known for her sculptural installations and photographs. Her complex work encompasses questions of context, institutional framing and the production and reception of contemporary art. It also includes elements of re-worked minimalism, design history and modernist architecture. Well represented in Europe, this is Baghramian's first exhibition in a major public institution in the UK. Phyllida Barlow (b. United Kingdom, 1944) is a pioneering English artist whose sculptural installations are characterised by their large scale, often made quickly in the same place that they are to be shown with materials that are subsequently recycled for future use. Their often rough appearance conveys the urgency with which they are produced. In addition to being a practising artist since the 1960s, Barlow has had a long teaching career, tutoring several generations of students who have gone on to become distinguished artists. Although strikingly different in their approach, a number of key concerns are addressed by both artists. For instance central to Baghramian’s work is how art historical debates around minimalism, literature, design and politics are translated into specific decisions about materiality, manufacture and display. Whilst Barlow’s work engages with related questions, it reaches contrasting conclusions. Baghramian and Barlow’s installation will include rooms displaying solo presentations of their work as well as spaces where works are placed in dialogue with each other. This exhibition will offer a new perspective on these two artists. Responses to context are also a shared interest; Barlow often uses a work’s location as a starting point for its dimensions and form, as well as actually constructing some works in situ, whereas Baghramian’s work deals with the relationship between sculptural forms the spaces they inhabit. Nairy Baghramian’s recent solo exhibitions include The Walker’s Day Off, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2008); Affairs. A Semiotic House That Was Never Built, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany (2008); Entr’acte, Skulptur Projekte Munster 07 (2007); Es ist ausser Haus (It is outside the house), Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2006); and Everlasting layers of ideas, images, feelings, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany (2006). Phyllida Barlow’s recent solo exhibitions include: BRAKE, One in the Other Gallery, London (2009); STINT, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre (2008); untitled: ramp, tower, flags, 2007, Galleria Jesus Gallardo, Mexico (2007); and Peninsula, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2004-05). Recent group exhibitions include Under One Umbrella, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2010); Silberkuppe, Kunstmuseum Basel, (2010). Photo: Phyllida Barlow, Installation View Stint, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre 2008. Timber lengths and tape ©2010, Phyllida Barlow.]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 08:45:46 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1732/nairy-baghramian-and-phyllida-barlow http://meseon.net/news/read/1731/ryan-gander silvia

For his first solo exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, Ryan Gander has created a body of work which takes the viewer on a pin-ball like journey through an idiosyncratic history of art, film and media. Whether you enter the living room of Ernö Goldfinger, stumble upon Degas' Dancer,  ... Continue Reading
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For his first solo exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, Ryan Gander has created a body of work which takes the viewer on a pin-ball like journey through an idiosyncratic history of art, film and media. Whether you enter the living room of Ernö Goldfinger, stumble upon Degas' Dancer, narrowly miss a shower of arrows piercing the gallery floor, or attempt to flee via an escape hatch in the ceiling, each work leads you into a different perceptual space. Gander's intention to disrupt the perceived limits of the gallery is made apparent with his large-scale installation I taught myself how to grow, 2010 on the glass façade of the gallery. The image looks like advertising for tanning salons: a silhouetted woman stands under a palm tree, turning towards the sun. The image is a cliché of a holiday paradise but here created using thousands of highly coloured children's stickers. Hanging in the gallery window is a defunct neon sign that reads 'm ssage' in reference to the 1967 book The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore. Gander suggests that either a massage or message awaits the viewer upon entering the exhibition, and simultaneously transforms the implied function of the gallery, from a staged to an un-staged space. Gander sometimes refers to his practice as the 'incomplete history of ideas' and deliberately never makes the same work twice. However, the works in the exhibition highlight recurrent themes, such as the reinterpretation of iconic figures in art, design, and music. Gander has been working with Degas' Dancer for the last two years, allowing her to step down from her pedestal, take off her tutu and explore the exhibition space she occupies. With each work, a new frame in a narrative sequence is proposed. She is presented within reach of her pedestal but her actions set up a confrontation between herself and her position in art history: the pedestal representing the constraints of classical sculpture. In this new work, You Walk into a Space, Any Space, or Poor Little Girl Beaten by the Game, 2010, she is seen attempting to hold elementary two-dimensional Bauhaus shapes; a triangle, a circle and a square, which have metamorphosed into three dimensional physical objects; a pyramid, sphere and cube. The floor is scattered with multiples of these objects as if she is either trying to hold them all, or steal a few. Gander places her in a situation where she is attempting to make a transition from the modern to the contemporary. The show also references the well-documented argument between Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg who previously fell through a Frank Lloyd Wright window whilst arguing about the significance of the diagonal line. Gander extends this idea by peppering the gallery walls and floor with hundreds of arrows, as if just fired by a battalion of archers. Gander has turned the gallery into a time portal, transporting the reminiscence of a medieval, fictive battle scene - something associated with epic movies - into a minimalist sculptural intervention. Gander's fascination with history and its ability to transcend time is developed with Everything is learned, 2010. A rock is placed in the gallery space, similar in size and shape to the rock that Rodin's The Thinker sits upon. Carved into the rock is the imprint of the buttocks and heels of a person who has been sitting there for such a period of time to have reshaped the solid surface. Even though this object is essentially just a rock, the form of a person's presence causes it to become a place to sit, think and observe for hundreds of years, past, present or future. Gander has exhibited widely in museums and galleries throughout the world and has a major solo exhibition at Haus Konstruktiv opening in June 2010. He has had a number of solo museum exhibitions including CCA Wattis, San Francisco, Villa Arson, Nice, MUMOK Vienna, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the DAIWA Viewing Rooms, Hiroshima. Gander lives and works in London and Suffolk. Photo: Ryan Gander, The Gaga of the Visual Language (In green and red), 2010. Plywood sheet, paint. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 08:42:56 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1731/ryan-gander http://meseon.net/news/read/1728/black-box-chris-chong-chan-fui silvia

Chris Chong Chan Fui (b. 1982, Borneo, Malaysia) lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, and is the first Malaysian artist to present work at the Hirshhorn. In “BLOCK B,” (2008), a motionless camera watches night and day as dramas unfold on the various floors of a massive apartment complex  ... Continue Reading
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Chris Chong Chan Fui (b. 1982, Borneo, Malaysia) lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, and is the first Malaysian artist to present work at the Hirshhorn. In “BLOCK B,” (2008), a motionless camera watches night and day as dramas unfold on the various floors of a massive apartment complex in Malaysia. Chong captures this home to Indian expatriates working on temporary contracts, as if it is a documentary, with no special effects or lighting. He directs the viewers’ focus to realistic details within this fictionalized microcosm of urban humanity via imaginary voice-overs. The architecture of the site and Chong’s static, formal cinematography offer a striking counterpoint to the vivid, unpredictable narratives. “BLOCK B” suggests issues related to surveillance and voyeurism, but also compellingly evokes the context, texture and dramatic elements that comprise the fabric of daily life. Produced as a short film, “BLOCK B” has won awards at international film festivals. Chong also makes feature films and created “HEAVENHELL,” (2009), a major audio visual installation which premiered at the International Festival of Arts and Media in Yokohama, Japan, and is based on influential Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s film “High and Low,” (1963).]]> Tue, 04 May 2010 17:58:07 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1728/black-box-chris-chong-chan-fui http://meseon.net/news/read/1726/we-want-miles-miles-davis-vs-jazz silvia

Initiated and organized by the Musée de la musique with the support of the artist’s family represented through Miles Davis Properties, LLC, in association with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), "We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz" is a multimedia retrospective exhibition devoted to one the greatest  ... Continue Reading
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Initiated and organized by the Musée de la musique with the support of the artist’s family represented through Miles Davis Properties, LLC, in association with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), "We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz" is a multimedia retrospective exhibition devoted to one the greatest jazz artists of the twentieth century: Miles Davis (1926-1991). Bearing the same title as Davis’s 1982 live album, “We Want Miles” explores many of the greatest highlights of Davis’ exceptional life and career. Tracing how Davis impacted the course of jazz several times throughout his life, and divided into eight thematic sequences arranged chronologically from his childhood in East St. Louis, (MO), to his last concert at La Villette in Paris (1991), the exhibition features a wide range of exceptional works of art, archival materials, and objects many of which are on view for the first time. They include rare or previously unscreened concert film footage; original musical scores; examples of Davis’ trumpets and fellow band members’ musical instruments; original documents relating to his albums; stage costumes; vintage pressings of his records, as well as compelling personal portraits taken by legendary photographers Annie Leibovitz; Herman Leonard; William Gottlieb; Dennis Stock; Baron Wolman; Amalie Rothschild; Lee Friedlander; Bob Willoughby; Anton Corbijn, and Irving Penn, among others. While the exhibition examines the many ways Davis pushed boundaries of jazz, an entire section will also be devoted to Davis’s work as a visual artist and feature a number of his original paintings (pictured). At first a means to rehabilitate his hand after a stroke, drawing and painting became a daily activity for Davis in the 1980s with select works appearing on his album covers. Further revealing Miles Davis’ reach beyond the sphere of music, the exhibition at the MMFA will feature a significant grouping of works, influenced by Davis, by contemporary artists, including: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mati Klarwein, and Niki de Saint Phalle, among others. Serving as an invitation to rediscover the music and the immense talent of an artist whose jazz innovations in the second half of the 20th century were profound in their scope and consequences, this initial venture into the realm of jazz continues the Museum’s exploration of links between the visual arts and music launched with Warhol Live (2009) and Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko (2009). Exhibition Themes Miles Davis had an extraordinary flair for new trends and sounds, and for associating the finest contemporary, young musicians to his own creative force. According to Vincent Bessières, exhibition curator, “Every five years or so he would revolutionise his music. Starting in bee bop, then birth of cool, then in large orchestras with Gil Evans and modern jazz with ‘Kind of Blue’ then the so-called Second Quintet with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter and then going electric with ‘Bitches Brew’, and going into funk with ‘On the Corner…’. [You can] divide his music into periods like you would for a painter” The constant evolutions and revolutions that characterized Davis’ musical output over his 40-year career will be illustrated and presented both chronologically and thematically as follows: • the early years and influences of St. Louis and musicians from New Orleans to Chicago to Kansas City that developed a “school” of trumpet playing that would leave its mark on his own sound; • his affiliation to the vanguard of the 1940s, bebop, with the blessing of its mentors Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker; • opening the way to a new jazz – cool jazz through the novel arrangements and the “soft” quality of sound put out by his first orchestra, from which Miles would then turn away from and towards the expressiveness of the blues, the lyricism of standards, along with the main advocates of hard bop (Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Art Blakey, and John Coltrane); • the first years with Columbia marked by the orchestral works of Canadian Gil Evans, his ambitious adaptations of Porgy and Bess and his recording of Sketches of Spain, as well as his modal exploration with the sextet, culminating in the masterpiece, Kind of Blue – the largest-selling jazz album in history; • the “Second Quintet” during the middle of the 1960s – influenced by young guns (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams) – shaking the very structure of jazz, and ushering in a certain degree of rhythmic freedom without ever losing control; • the end of the 1960s marked by electric instruments, conceptual albums, and the influence of Jimi Hendrix, along with the future heroes of jazz rock (Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea); • the invention of afrofunk based on obsessive beats, and a saturated electric sound with strange undercurrents resulting from his collaboration with Indian musicians – a style with its finger on the pulse of popular music (Motown, James Brown and Sly Stone); • the rise of pop jazz, marked by new production techniques and synthesizers, his fascination with Prince, his covers of hits, and his close collaboration with Marcus Miller, who composed an entire album for him, Tutu, as a showcase for what had truly become his signature sound. Photo: Two painting by the late jazz legend Miles Davis are on display at the preview of the "We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz" exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Thursday April 29, 2010, Montreal. The exhibit is a multimedia retrospective that traces the life and career of the jazz musical icon. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson. ]]> Mon, 03 May 2010 09:15:45 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1726/we-want-miles-miles-davis-vs-jazz http://meseon.net/news/read/1725/mind-and-matter-alternative-abstractions silvia

This exhibition of works by three generations of women artists explores issues ranging from the body and sexuality to architecture, incorporating a vocabulary of abstract forms. International in scope, this installation highlights work in both two and three dimensions, in drawings, prints, books, and sculpture. Among the artists featured  ... Continue Reading
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This exhibition of works by three generations of women artists explores issues ranging from the body and sexuality to architecture, incorporating a vocabulary of abstract forms. International in scope, this installation highlights work in both two and three dimensions, in drawings, prints, books, and sculpture. Among the artists featured are Louise Bourgeois, Gego, Mona Hatoum, Yayoi Kusama, and Anna Maria Maiolino, all of whom the Museum has collected in depth. New acquisitions on view for the first time at MoMA include Louise Bourgeois’s drawing Femme Maison (1947), sculpture, prints, and drawings by Alina Szapocznikow, and drawings and prints by Atsuko Tanaka.]]> Mon, 03 May 2010 09:10:09 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1725/mind-and-matter-alternative-abstractions http://meseon.net/news/read/1724/matisse-radical-invention-1913-1917 silvia

Rigorously purged of descriptive detail and sharply composed, the works Matisse produced between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. While these works have typically been seen as unrelated responses to the influences of Cubism and World War I, this exhibition illustrates the deep  ... Continue Reading
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Rigorously purged of descriptive detail and sharply composed, the works Matisse produced between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. While these works have typically been seen as unrelated responses to the influences of Cubism and World War I, this exhibition illustrates the deep connections between them and their critical role in an ambitious, cohesive project of developing what Matisse called “the methods of modern construction”—a process in which the act of creation itself was the main focus. Unlike his earlier art, which was characterized by rich color and arabesque line, these new paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings are often rigorously abstracted, heavily reworked, and dominated by black and gray. Canvases typically show a multitude of paint layers and a nearly sculptural approach to scraping and incising; sculptures display a remarkable emphasis on geometry and structure; prints reflect and reinform the incising and scraping that the artist devised for his paintings; and drawings are frequently composed of a network of erasures and stumping, and elegant, spare line. Photo: Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917 explores how Matisse developed his own version of Modernism, one work after the next, during the most ambitious, unbridled, and radically inventive period of his long career.]]> Mon, 03 May 2010 09:03:37 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1724/matisse-radical-invention-1913-1917