An-my Lê -
Small Wars -
January 26, 2008 - May 04, 2008 |
An-My Lê -
Small Wars: Explosion, 1999-2002
Courtesy Murray Guy Gallery, New York
© An-My Lê
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In her recent photographic series Small Wars and 29 Palms, Vietnamese American artist An-My Lê delves into Americans’ complicated relationship with war by turning her lens on two of the less familiar sides of conflict: reenactment and rehearsal, respectively. With a style that mirrors documentary photography, Lê depicts Vietnam War reenactors staging theatrical battles in the forests of Virginia and soldiers at the Twentynine Palms, California, military base training for the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — warlike activities without the mortal dangers of war. This exhibition unites 50 large-format, black-and-white pictures from the two series, offering a novel perspective on military engagements that maintains a deliberate ambiguity.
www.sfmoma.org
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A Last View-
Dusseldorf
- 26 January - 27 April 2008 |
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A Last View
Before K20 closes for just under a year and a half on 28th April 2008, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen’s most important masterpieces will be shown one more time.
Among these are Pablo Picasso’s monumental work “Deux femmes nues assises” from the artist’s classicist period, George Braque’s cubist still life “Nature morte, harpe et violon” and also Marc Chagall’s composition “Le violoniste”. Wassily Kandinsky’s “Komposition IV” and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s “Mädchen unter Japanschirm” will be among the highlights of expressionist painting. Max Ernst’s work “Au premier mot limpide” and Joan Miró’s “nu au miroir” will serve as examples of surrealist art. Julius Bissier’s ands Paul Klee’s extraordinary collections also deserve particular mention.
Futhermore, the large installation by Joseph Beuys “Palazzo Regale” will be accessible. Works by Gehard Richter will also be on display. His cycle “Silikat” was only recently purchased by the Kunstsammlung. Jackson Pollock’s drip painting “Number 32” undoubtedly represents a milestone in abstract painting after 1945. This monumental piece will be accompanied by further outstanding works of pop and minimal art.
www.kunstsammlung.de
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Juan Muñoz
London
24 January - 27 April 2008
Juan Muñoz -
The Wasteland 1987
courtesy Collection of Elayne and Marvin Mordes, USA © The estate of Juan Muñoz |
Spanish artist Juan Munoz (1953-2001) came to international prominence in the mid 1980s with dramatic sculptural installations that placed the human figure in specific architectural environments. His reputation was built on his power to create an intriguing tension between the illusory and the real, the contrasting acts of looking and receiving, and the poignant isolation of the individual amongst a crowd. This exhibition includes well-known sculptures such as Many Times (1999), The Prompter (1988) and Conversation Piece (1996), the “raincoat drawings”, and important pieces with sound, light and mechanical elements. This is the first major solo retrospective of Juan Munoz in the UK since Double Bind, 2001, his remarkable installation for the Turbine Hall, the second in the Unilever Series at Tate Modern. There will also be a three-gallery focussed display of Juan Munoz’s work on Level 3 until 20 April 2008. Several performances will occur during the exhibition, which are the result of Munoz’s collaborations with well-known composers, writers and filmmakers.
www.tate.org.uk/modern |
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| 9th Edition of the Tenerife International Photography Festival |
Martin Kollar, Moscow, 2006. |
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN.-In the months of November and December 2007, The 9th edition of the Tenerife International Photography Festival, Fotonoviembre, organised by the Island Cabildo (Government) Department of Museums and Centres, through the Isla de Tenerife Photography Centre, attempts to show photographic production in the broadest sense of the term, as a means of expression and documentation, with the participation of over two hundred local and outside authors, through a series of exhibitions in the three usual sections - Official, Authors in Selection and Atlántica Colectivas - in most of the boroughs of the island. It also promotes a forum for encounter and exchange, by organising a range of parallel activities such as work shops, seminars and photographic itineraries.
This edition attempts to follow a visual itinerary of different aspects of historic and contemporary photography, through the collections of authors, museums, entities, galleries and both public and private collections, as a meeting point and a link between the authors and the public, considering the island geography as a platform between cultures. |
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| Victorian Visions - 19th Century Photography at the Lady Lever Art Gallery |
Adolph Gottlieb, Untitled, ca. 1945. Unique hand-colored etching on laid paper. C. Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, NY, NY. AEGF#4651P.
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LIVERPOOL, UK.-An age of creativity, experimentation and romance is on display in Victorian Visions 19th century photography at the Lady Lever Art Gallery from 1 December to 16 March 2008.
The exhibition contains around 40 original photographs and offers a fascinating insight into the Victorian view of the world.
The images, from the V&A’s collection, include those by major names such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Lady Hawarden, Roger Fenton, Francis Frith, Robert Howlett and B.B. Turner.
National Museums Liverpool curators have selected images that complement the Lady Lever Art Gallery’s outstanding collection of Victorian art. The photographs provide interesting points of comparison to many of the paintings on display.
Sandra Penketh, head of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, said: ‘Some of these images record the Victorian world and people, others are more reminiscent of paintings. All of the images are incredibly beautiful and powerful. The achievement of these early photographers is quite amazing when you consider that the whole process was still experimental. It’s easy to forget the often arduous and time-consuming nature of photography in the Victorian period when you are faced with the sheer brilliance of these pictures’.
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The exhibition is divided into five sections - early works, landscape, documentary, women photographers and portraits.
Highlights include:
Arresting photographs by female artists who did not allow the restrictions of Victorian society to prevent them staking out new perimeters in photography. Julia Margaret Cameron’s works echo the Lady Lever Art Gallery’s Pre-Raphaelite paintings in their romantic subject matter. Lady Hawarden’s intense photographs of female sitters, often her own daughters, make use of natural light, reflections and a careful choice of viewpoint and props.
B. B Turners’ and Fenton’s arresting landscapes that follow in the tradition of British landscape painting much loved by Lord Lever and represented in his collection.
A selection of carte de visite (small portrait photographs exchanged between friends and stuck into albums) of various eminent Victorians such as Charles Dickens and Liverpool-born Prime Minister William Gladstone.
Powerful documentary style images that record the desolation of the Crimea War, the groundbreaking nature of Victorian engineering, and the growth of the tourist industry.
A delightful selection of photographs of people enjoying the beach at Yarmouth Sands by Paul Martin. A trip to the coast was a popular leisure time for all sections of Victorian society. Martin’s images are a nostalgic reminder of traditional past times.
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| Lineal Investigations: New Directions in Drawing |
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BRIDGEPORT, CT.-Housatonic Museum of Art is presenting Lineal Investigations featuring artists from Bridgeport, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Alabama, California and Canada. Lineal Investigations opens Friday, November 9 and continues through December 21, 2007. A reception for the artists will be held Friday, November 9, from 5:30 pm until 7pm. This event is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.
Featured works include traditional portraiture but created on a colossal scale by Bridgeport artist Paul Kaiser, floor drawing made with gaffer’s tape by Manchester artist David Borawski and three dimensional drawings by Susan Shutan of Hamden , Jane Miller of Guilford and Glenn LaVertu of Providence , Rhode Island .
Lineal Investigations pushes the boundaries of the traditional definition of “drawing” this exhibit but nevertheless features quieter works with detailed drawings by Melissa Tubbs of Alabama and Patricia Smith of East Branch, New York. Artist Richard Deon of Dover Plains , New York uses commercial illustration paired with a linear structure to create his visual narratives while Henry Mandell of Mamaroneck works with digital materials-vector drawings-to explore the dynamic tension between order and disorder within visual systems.
Eric Van Arx of New Jersey creates linear drawings in iron and Kathy Desmond of Massachusetts combines drawing with installation to create environments. All in all, this show redefines “drawing” by mapping new terrain.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm. Saturday, 9-3 pm and Sunday Noon until 4pm. |
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