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Artist Talk TODAY at 2pm: Itamar Jobani

artlistpro — Sat, 26 May 2012 10:26:21 -0400

Please join us for an Artist Talk by sculptor Itamar Jobani.

2pm Saturday May 25

The solo exhibition People of the 21st Century is on view
May 24 - July 1, 2012

Jobani will discuss his latest works, the influence of photographer August Sander, and field questions about his techniques and choice of materials. This is a wonderful opportunity for artists and collectors alike to get to know this exciting young artist.

Julie M. Gallery

The Distillery District 15 Mill Street
Toronto ON M5A 3R6 T.416 603 2626

Info@juliemgallery.com www.juliemgallery.com

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Are You The Fan of The Month?

artlistpro — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:19:58 -0400

The Biennial Project is happy to bring you the latest installment of our always popular feature Biennial Project Fan of the Month PLUS a top-notch review of the soon-to-be-only-a-memory 2012 Whitney Biennial!

Who loves ya baby?

Who is The Biennial Project Fan of the Month?

It Could Be You!

Seriously, if you don’t click thru you’ll never know….

And there will always be that nagging doubt…….

Are You The One?

A Fresh Perspective on The 2012 Whitney Biennial

Biennial Project Guest Review of The 2012 Whitney Biennial

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Comunicato stampa/Invito bipersonale Fermo e Granduc - galleria Tartaglia Arte, Roma

artlistpro — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:19:37 -0400

COMUNICATO STAMPA/INVITO - SAVE THE DATE
con gentile preghiera di pubblicazione

La galleria Tartaglia Arte

presenta la mostra personale bipersonale di

Samantha FERMO - Mirella GRANDUC

Segno e Colore tra Simbolismo e Figurativo

pittura triestina a confronto

Dal 29/5 al 12/6

inaugurazione 29 maggio alle ore 18,00

presso la

galleria Tartaglia Arte

     
Due artiste di spessore, due pittrici in continua evoluzione, ambedue nate e residenti a Trieste ma pittoricamente distaccate … E proprio questa spiccata ma elegante lontananza di genere ha fatto selezionare le loro opere per essere esposte in questa bi personale dove appunto, l’elemento simbolico va a coesistere con l’elemento figurativo più sensibile e lirico.

Nell’arco temporale di una unica mostra l’occhio dell’osservatore può scorrere su figure femminili, contenitori simbolici di importanti realtà moderne, per poi traslare in incantati e rarefatti paesaggi quasi impalpabili.

Biografie

Samantha Fermo, artista triestina, si diploma in Arti Applicate. Da sempre appassionata al disegno si dedica alla fotografia ed al disegno grafico perfezionando le sue tecniche frequentando vari studi privati. Predilige i soggetti femminili in tutte le loro particolarità, considerati e rivalutati come mistero della vita ed ama trattare il supporto con pittura e inchiostro. Le sue opere godono di successo di pubblico e di critica e sono facilmente visionabili sul web e sui Social Network più in voga.

Mirella Granduc vive e lavora a Trieste. Nel corso della sua carriera formativa artistica ha sempre prediletto soggetti legati al paesaggio e alla marina ma recentemente ha voluto cimentarsi anche in opere astratte con ottimi risultati. Le sue opere godono di larghi consensi registrati soprattutto in occasione delle numerose mostre collettive a cui ha partecipato. Da segnalare il Primo Premio ottenuto al concorso Trofeo di Primavera del 2006 ed il Terzo Premio nel 2008 al concorso Luci e Ombre della Realtà. Ha partecipato inoltre a varie e prestigiose Fiere d’Arte Italiane

autori: Samantha Fermo e Mirella Granduc

titolo: “segno e colore tra simbolismo e figurativo”

a cura di: Enzo Leka e Riccardo Tartaglia

testo critico e presentazione: Tiziana Tamburi

vernissage: 29 maggio 2012 ore 18,00 - ingresso libero

sede: galleria Tartaglia Arte, via XX Settembre, 98c/d Roma

periodo: dal 29/5 al 12/6

giorni e orario mostra: martedì-venerdì dalle 11.00 alle 13.00 e dalle 14.30 alle 19.00 – sabato dalle 11.00 alle 13.00 - lunedì e festivi chiuso

comunicato stampa: TAAR responsabile Mariangela Mutti

Info: tel. +39 064884234 - fax +39 0697999998

web: www.tartagliaarte.com

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artlistpro — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:19:18 -0400

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Tumulus - Tumuli New Paintings by Steven Goring OPENS Thursday June 7th at Jennifer Kostuik Gallery

artlistpro — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:18:17 -0400

Tumulus - Tumuli New Paintings by Steven Goring OPENS Thursday June 7th at Jennifer Kostuik Gallery

Tumulus #4, 2012
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
59 x 59 inches
$9,000.00

Tumulus – Tumuli
New Paintings by Steven Goring
June 7th – July 7th, 2012 Opening Night Thursday June 7th from 6 - 9pm
Artist Talk Commencing at 7pm

The varied landscape and atmospheric light qualities of Vancouver Island have continually served as inspiration and are explored and portrayed in Steven Goring’s 7th solo exhibition with the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery. Rock outcroppings, piles of rubble, and earthy mounds have prompted his current research of ‘tumulus’ or ‘tumuli’, the Latin word describing a burial mound. For the artist, man made mounds that naturally blend into the landscape have a silence that is mysterious. The theme of a constructed object creating a mystical abstract response intrigued him. Further reflection on the topic eventually led Goring to construct mounds in his landscape abstractions. Shapes blend together to create layered compositions with shimmering, undulating light, earthy hues, and exceptionally fine brushstroke detail. I started painting the backgrounds and the mounds, and many times, the results would be partially rubbed away, and a new layer added. The paintings started to take on the idea of something hidden-something covered up….I have come to believe that human nature has a spirituality that is intuitive.

Steven Goring is a graduate of Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, with a diploma in Fine Art Cinematography and an apprenticeship in colour reproduction. Self-taught as a painter, Goring has been represented exclusively by Jennifer Kostuik Gallery since 2004, and has since exhibited in several regional art shows and International Art Fairs. Goring is based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. His relocation from large urban environments to a more isolated community, with a studio surrounded by the ever-changing atmospheric occurrences of a West Coast island, has informed his art immensely. Goring has been influenced by abstract expressionists, such as Barnett Newman, and the music of composer Phillip Glass. His art evokes qualities of light, often infused with iridescent colors, and expanding thoughts of space, by employing extremely fine hand drawn and painted lines, both on panel and paper. In his 2009 solo show, Surrounding, he exhibited the stunning 7 ft x 19 ft Surrounding (Clearing) canvas on daily and seasonal movement of Light. Goring’s work is represented in private collections in Canada and the USA. For installation images of all the works in the show go to:
http://kostuikgallery.com/?section=Exhibitions&page=Upcoming&e=30&exhibition=Tumulus-Tumuli

Tumulus #1, 2012
Oil on Panel
39 x 47 inches
$4,800.00
Tumulus #2, 2012
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
59 x 59 inches
$9,000.00

Tumulus #3, 2012
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
59 x 59 inches
$9,000.00
Tumulus #6, 2012
Oil on panel
22 x 60 inches
$3,800.00

Tumulus #5, 2012
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
60 x 114 inches (three panel triptych)
$16,000.00

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A Bicentennial moment from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

artlistpro — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:17:57 -0400

www.rom.on.ca

http://blog.rom.on.ca/

www.facebook.com/royalontariomuseum

http://twitter.com/ROMtoronto

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Aislinn Leggett @ Galerie D'Este

artlistpro — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:16:44 -0400

Annette Fishing, 2011, impression jet d’encre / ink jet print

AISLINN LEGGETT

Enter the Great Wide Open

31 mai - 17 juin / May 31 - June 17

Vernissage : Jeudi 31 mai 17h - 20h / Thursday May 31 5pm - 8pm

Aperçu des oeuvres / Preview of the works

www.aislinnleggett.com

La Galerie D’Este est fière de présenter une exposition solo du nouveau corpus d’œuvres d’Aislinn Leggett intitulée Enter the Great Wide Open. Combinant la photographie traditionnelle et le collage numérique, Leggett crée des photographies composites. Elle explore le thème de la mémoire : la photographie et le souvenir sont intrinsèquement liés, l’un permettant à l’autre de subsister dans le temps. Dans cette série, l’artiste emprunte et s’inspire de la représentation photographique du début du vingtième siècle incluant des paysages et des personnages pratiquant des activités en plein-air. Sa démarche artistique l’amène à revisiter le passé par le paysage et à explorer les rapports passées et présents entre l’appareil photo et le territoire.

Née en 1981 à Namur (Québec), Aislinn Leggett vit et travaille à Montréal. Elle a obtenu un baccalauréat en arts visuels de l’Université Concordia en 2012. En 2011, son travail a paru dans Front Line: Interviews with International Contemporary Photo-Based Artists édité par Ho Tam et publié par Modern Press (Beijing, Chine), et elle a participé à la table ronde Conversation between Photographers au Musée McCord avec Gabor Szilasi et Michel Campeau. En 2008, Leggett a reçu une bourse du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec pour la réalisation de la série Lost Faces. Leggett présentera Enter the Great Wide Open aux Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie de juillet à septembre 2012. (Lien au communiqué de presse)

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Galerie D’Este is proud to present a solo exhibition of Aislinn Leggett’s new series, Enter the Great Wide Open. Blending traditional film photography and digital collage, Leggett creates composite photographs. She explores the theme of memory and its complex relationship with photography, one giving the other meaning and permanence through time. In this series, the artist borrows and is inspired by photographic representations from the early twentieth century of landscapes and figures participating in outdoor leisure activities. Leggett’s process has brought her to revisit the past through landscape and to explore the relationships between photography and the land.

Born in 1981 in Namur, Quebec, Aislinn Leggett lives and works in Montreal. She obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 2012. In 2011, her work appeared in Front Line: Interviews with International Contemporary Photo-Based Artists, edited by Ho Tam and published by Modern Press (Beijing, China) and she participated in the round-table Conversation between Photographers at the McCord Museum with Gabor Szilasi and Michel Campeau. In 2008, Leggett received a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec to create the series Lost Faces. Aislinn Leggett will be exhibiting Enter the Great Wide Open during the Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie from July to September 2012. (Link to press release)

1329 avenue Greene

Montréal, QC
H3Z 2A5
514.846.1515
www.galeriedeste.com

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Biennale d'Arte creativa - Viterbo 26 maggio-3 giugno 2012

artlistpro — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:21:19 -0400

Sabato 26 maggio 2012

Il Vescovo della Diocesi di Viterbo

Monsignor Lino Fumagalli

e il Presidente dell’Associazione per la Promozione delle Arti in Italia

Laura Lucibello

hanno il piacere di invitarLa all’inaugurazione della 2a edizione della

Biennale d’Arte creativa di Viterbo

R.S.V.P. Viterbo, Palazzo dei Papi - Sala Alessandro IV

Piazza San Lorenzo 10

Apai - info@biennaleviterbo.it - tel 333 5994451

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UPCOMING: ANDREW SCHOULTZ & RICHARD COLMAN // COOPER COLE

artlistpro — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:47:02 -0400

NEWS ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS GALLERY

UPCOMING: ANDREW SCHOULTZ & RICHARD COLMAN

Andrew Schoultz & Richard Colman
Destroyers
June 1, 2012 - June 23, 2012

Opening reception Friday June 1, 2012 / 6 - 10pm

For press and sales information please inquire with the gallery.

COOPER COLE is pleased to present a two person exhibition introducing american artists Andrew Schoultz and Richard Colman to their first showing in Canada.

Andrew Schoultz’s mixed media work recalls a historical and political ephemerality that is faced with the inevitable fate of repeating itself. He explores themes such as power struggles, conflict, and sociopolitical hardships through detailed line work and vivid symbolism. While alluding to these scenes from the past, his frenzied yet whimsical work negotiates a familiarity with contemporary plights. Schoultz has exhibited globally in countries such as Denmark, England, Italy, the United States, and now Canada. His work can been seen in institutions and collections such as the Andy Warhol Museum, Torrance Art Museum, Hyde Park Arts Center, Laguna Art Museum, Progressive art Collection, and Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, amongst others. Most recently he exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, taking part in a two person exhibition in dialogue with the work of artist Paul Klee. Schoultz currently lives and works in San Francisco, California.

Andrew Schoultz / Hand Repetition (Dark Horse Projection) / Acrylic, gouache, ink, and collage on paper / 30” x 22” / 2012

Richard Colman’s work blends figurative imagery and bold geometry. Typically using symmetrical compositions, Colman explores themes of human sexuality, societal hierarchies, life and death. His work ranges from small to large scale painting, murals and installations. Colman has been working as a professional artist for over a decade and recently completed a commissioned mural for Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles. He has exhibited internationally in countries such as Denmark, England, the United States, and now Canada. Colman currently lives and works in San Francisco, California.

Pairing these two artists and friends together creates an interesting dialogue highlighting their signature styles while exploring new territory through a variety of mediums including; painting, drawing, collage and installation.

Richard Colman / Untitled, Figures Behind Pitchers / Acrylic and enamel on paper / 24” x 20” / 2012

Andrew Schoultz & Richard Colman
Destroyers
June 1, 2012 - June 23, 2012

Opening reception Friday June 1, 2012 / 6 - 10pm

For press and sales information please inquire with the gallery.

NEWS: MARC BELL ARTWORKS AVAILABLE

COOPER COLE to announce the inclusion of Canadian artist Marc Bell to the gallery’s roster.

Marc Bell born 1971 in London, Ontario, is a Canadian cartoonist and artist. First known for creating comic strips (such as Shrimpy and Paul), Bell has also exhibited his mixed media work and watercolour drawings in numerous solo and group exhibition across the globe. “Hot Potatoe,” a monograph of his work, released in 2009, by Drawn & Quarterly. He has also been published in numerous anthologies, such as Kramers Ergot and The Ganzfeld and is represented by the Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York and COOPER COLE in Toronto. Bell currently lives and works in Guelph, Ontario.

To see a full selection of available works please visit Bell’s artist profile. For sales and press inquires please contact the gallery.

Marc Bell / Balsam Adhesives / Mixed Media / 20” x 15” / 2011

NEWS: JANNICK DESLAURIERS ACQUIRED BY THE WEST COLLECTION

Congratulations are due to gallery artist Jannick Deslauriers who was recently selected for acquisition to the West Collection.

Deslauriers was picked out of 2650 artists from over 80 countries and is the only Canadian artist selected for the collection in 2012. To see the full list of selected artists please visit the West Collection. A public exhibition of the selected works with an accompanying catalog are scheduled for later this year. To view more of Jannick Deslauriers’ sculptures please visit her artist profile.

For sales and press inquires please contact the gallery.

Jannick Deslauriers / Typewriter / Crinoline, lace, organza, and thread / Dimensions variable / 2011

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DAVID KAYE GALLERY news...

artlistpro — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:14:02 -0400

DAVID KAYE GALLERY news…

Just a friendly reminder that the month of May is rushing by and this is the last weekend to catch the two exhibitions featured below.

MAY has been CONTACT month in the city so there are photographs galore to experience. MATTHEW KUDELKA has contributed mightily to this year’s theme, Public.

I hope you have been able to take in the riches of this year’s CONTACT experience.

JIM TUBB is exhibiting a wonderful cacophony of paintings that are inspired by his favourite composers and performing artists.

Please come and listen to the pictures…

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:

May 31 - June 24, 2012

ROBERT ARCHAMBEAU

Wood-fired Treasures: ceramics (West Gallery)

TAWNY MACLACHLAN CAPON

OPUS 745: Thirty Variations on a Theme (East Gallery)

All the best in this glorious weather…

David

DAVID

KAYE

GALLERY

1092 Queen Street West

(entrance on Dovercourt)

Toronto, ON M6J 1H9

416.532.9075

www.davidkayegallery.com

Gallery Hours:

Mon., Tue. <by appointment

Wed. - Fri. <11:00 - 6:00

Sat., Sun. <11:00 - 5:00

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Bezpala Brown Gallery Reminder Blast: Tomorrow Live Online Auction of Contemporary Eastern European and Contemporary Russian Indigenous Art

artlistpro — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:42:01 -0400

Live Online Auction Poster.pdf Download this file

Dear Friends of Bezpala Brown Gallery,

Westbridge Auctions, in conjunction with our gallery team and Grace Lau, is very pleased to present a special auction of important contemporary European and Russian works of art on Wednesday, May 23rd at 4pm PST (7pm EST). Featuring bold and exciting works by upcoming and established artists from Russia, the Ukraine and Macedonia, this sale will be held live-online only via Artfact.com.

Highlights:

The catalogue for this auction is built around a core of specially selected works by a group of Ukrainian artists who, with their bold break from regional and historical traditions, have drawn parallels to the emergence of Canada’s own Group of Seven in the 1920s. This sale presents a unique opportunity for art lovers and collectors to both view and purchase these stunning works for the first time on the global auction market. The pieces on offer encompass a wide range of styles and mediums, from abstract and representational to figural and works of sculpture, representing some of the Ukraine’s most talented and original contemporary visionaries. Artists from the “Ukrainian Group of Seven” include: Petro Bevza, Petro Lebedynets, Olexiy Lytvynenko, Anatoliy Tverdiy, Matviy Vaisberg, Oleg Yasenev, and Mykola Zhuravel.

In addition to works by the “Group”, this auction also features paintings by two other prominent Eastern European artists: Mikhail Starostin and Rubens Korubin. Starostin, a member of the Russian Union of Artists, captures the indigenous peoples and traditions of northern life with the whimsical and colourful style of a classically trained artist. Complimenting this is Macedonian artist Korubin who takes Renaissance art and transforms it with a modern backdrop, capturing both the mystical and the mundane with powerful colour and energy.

Viewing:

This sale can be viewed online via our website, or via the catalogue on Artfact.com. Works are located in Toronto and can be viewed in person by appointment only at the Bezpala Brown gallery (address and contact information below).

Online Bidding:

If you wish to bid live online for this sale you will need to register with Artfact.com.

Absentee Bids:

Absentee bids can be left online with Artfact.com up until the start of the auction. Bids can also be left with the offices of the auctioneer up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the auction.

Information on Artists or Works Offerred:
For information regarding specific artists or lots offered in this auction, please contact the Bezpala Brown Gallery by email or telephone at:

Tel: 416-907-6875

Email: info@bezpalabrown.com

Bezpala Brown Gallery is located at 17 Church Street (@ Front), Toronto, ON M5E 1M2.

For questions regarding the auction process itself, such as how to register or place bids, please contact Nicholas Westbridge at Westbridge Auctions via the email below.

Nicholas A. Westbridge
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House Ltd.
“Vancouver’s Unique Boutique Auction Room”
1737 Fir Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6J 5J9
Tel: 604-736-1014
1-877-736-1014
Fax: 604-734-4944
email: nicholas@westbridgeauctions.com
web: www.westbridgeauctions.com
twitter: @WestbridgeArt

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Lonsdale Gallery Blog Updates

artlistpro — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:40:15 -0400

Awestruck

Julie Oakes

June 2 - July 15, 2012

opening reception: Saturday June 2 from 2 - 5pm

In Awestruck, Julie Oakes continues to explore themes of the spirituality found in nature through the anthropomorphizing of her animal subjects. The subjects seem awestruck by the attention paid to them, which engenders a self-consciousness in their demeanour. In each portrait, the animal subjects are supported by carefully staged scenes, the foliage and environment of the settings adding to metaphors of mortality. Borrowing from vanitas traditions of historical painting, the animals are given the reverence of saints- their fur perfect and eyes bejeweled- they seem to reflect an ideal of nature rather than the real, messy and unpredictable “otherness” of the animal kingdom.

See Julie Oakes’ profile on the Lonsdale Gallery website here.

Julie Oakes: Hooks
book signing

Saturday, June 2 from 2 - 5 pm

In conjunction with the opening reception of Awestruck, Julie Oakes will be signing copies of her newly released novel Hooks, a Dundurn publication.

For more information about Hooks, or to order an advanced copy online, visit the Dundurn website here.

Lonsdale Gallery
410 Spadina Road
Toronto, Ontario M5P 2W2
416.487.8733
www.lonsdalegallery.com
Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 11-5pm and by appointment

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Klughaus Gallery: Silverlink Group Show Featuring London's ATG Crew

artlistpro — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:39:59 -0400

The opening reception for “Silverlink” featuring London’s ATG Crew including Jamie Brown, Will Robson-Scott, Dominic Corry and Jack Murray will be on Friday 5/25 at Klughaus Gallery. (Chinatown/LES)

“Silverlink” ATG London Group Show in NYC
Friday May 25, 2012 from 6-10pm
47 Monroe Street New York, NY 10002
F to East Broadway / M15 Bus to Catherine St. x Madison St.
rsvp@klughaus.net

Klughaus Gallery is excited to present Silverlink, a group show featuring a collection of recent works by London-based ATG artists Jamie Brown, Dominic Corry, Will Robson-Scott and Jack Murray. Founded in 2000, ATG (Ahead’a The Game) is a diverse collective of graffiti writers, visual artists, musicians and DJ’s rooted in London sub-culture.

The title of the show, ‘Silverlink’ refers to the former name of an over ground line that runs from the East to the West of London. This particular line played an integral part in the worlds of all the artists involved. The group show will showcase a mix of photography, illustration, painting, collage and sculpture.

Over the last decade, the four exhibitors have been successful in following their individual creative path from their hometown of London to projects, commissions, and exhibits all over of the world. The ‘Silverlink’ show at Klughaus Gallery will be their United States debut.

Exhibition will be on display from May 25 through June 17, 2012

Jamie Brown

Jamie Brown is a prolific artist who eagerly embraces new methods and materials. His work spans from illustration, design and large-scale murals, to art direction and 3D work. Whatever the medium, Brown consistently produces visuals with powerful colors, bold forms and positive messages that are impossible to ignore.

Jack ‘PANIK’ Murray

As a founding member of the ATG movement, Jack Murray (Panik) is a young artist who has been one of the key figures in the UK graffiti scene over the last decade. His typical work is a reflection of everyday emotions and life’s continual twists and turns communicated through paintings rich in mixed media. Murray combines his distinct style and energetic delivery in innovative spaces both on and off the streets. He has exhibited successful solo shows at established galleries in London and Amsterdam.

Will Robson-Scott

Will Robson-Scott is a London photographer currently living in New York. His work focuses on subcultures and people living on the edge of society. His work has been featured in several well-known publications including Time Out, The Independent, I.D, MixMag, Mass Appeal, Vice, and Dazed & Confused. In 2009, Robson-Scott’s work was featured throughout Crack & Shine, the first book to document London’s graffiti sub-culture. Most recently, Will’s documentation of the Gumball Rally culminated in an exhibition with Estevan Oriol in Los Angeles.

Dominic Corry

Dominic Corry emerged from the underground graffiti scene in the early millennium and currently works as an illustrator/designer in Los Angeles. Corry’s work is heavily inspired by classic advertising and figurative painting. His sense of humor is clearly evident in his characters and typography.

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Itamar Jobani - People of the 21st Century

artlistpro — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:09:08 -0400

http://www.juliem.com http://www.juliem.com

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Catherine Memmi

artlistpro — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:08:49 -0400

La Galerie, 11 rue Saint-Sulpice, 75006 Paris

Du Mardi au Samedi de 10h30 à 19h00

Tel +33 1 44 07 02 02

www.catherinememmi.com

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Guild of the Black Eagle, Part 5

artlistpro — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:08:11 -0400

In its fifth installment, The Guild of The Black Eagle is presenting the works of twelve female artists at Fuse Gallery in New York City for its first gallery exhibit. The Guild was started in 2006 as a salon to exhibit the works by a network of contemporary artists rooted in downtown New York City. The artists involved in these shows are regional, national and international talents. The artworks shown are not limited to any one medium, and run a range from young, developing artists as well as more seasoned, established veterans.

The salons are held annually and the first three shows were showcased at the studio of the artist David Hochbaum, a founding member of The Guild. Beyond the New York City studio, The Guild brought the works of six artists to Cologne, Germany in 2010.

The inspiration behind starting The Guild has been and remains to be the ability to give a glimpse at the energetic and inspiring desires of the several artists circulating around the curator’s life, as well as be a chance for artists to have a look at each other, and expand their community and audience.

Participating Artists:
Kristen Ferrell, Danielle de Piccotto, Annie Kyle, Samantha Levin, Philly Abe, Evelyn Tiernan,
Gabriela Vainsencher, Alison Silva, Sara Gage, Zoe Williams, Allison Berkoy and Elka Amorim

Anagnorisis founder, Samantha Levin, will be exhibiting her installation Never Empty, Never Bare with the guild.

“Never Empty, Never Bare is the second work of a series of sculptures that examines the anthropomorphism of inanimate objects. My Anthropomorph sculpture series viscerally explores the absurdity of the tendency we have to perceive personality in inanimate objects. This particular installation, a tableau vivant of sorts, is specifically concerned with the illusion of safety that many of us retain in our memories of childhood, and how such memories clash with our adult perceptions as we become required to take care of our parents as they age. It features an old chair I found at a thrift shop that, in only a few years, eroded from a solid, useable, healthy thing to a rotting corpse. The material tears at a touch and the seat has collapsed. Like an old woman, it has aged beyond use. The younger pipes are more alive, taking over the chair and what’s left of it into the walls, the floors, and eventually back to the earth, either consuming the chair’s corpse, taking it to a better place or attacking it as it still barely lives. This act of consuming sits in an environment with its own activity going on: a used polishing wheel is stuck to the bruised wall that shows layers of eroding paint and plaster. Written on the stained wallpaper is a quote from Pablo Neruda’s Ode to the Chair, ‘War is as vast as the shadowy jungle. A single chair is the first sign of peace.’”

Please join Anagnorisis on the opening night, June 6, to celebrate and to see fully realized for the first time.

June 6 through July 5, 2012
Fuse Gallery
93 2nd Ave (between 5th & 6th Sts, 2nd Ave stop on the F)
New York City

Opening reception:
Wednesday, June 6, from 7 to 10 pm
free and open to the public
Visit the Facebook event page here

For more information, contact Fuse Gallery at 212.777.7988 or fusegall@fusegallerynyc.com.

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Brigid Mc Leer’s Horizontal Ontologies: One + One (The Reading) and Vexations

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:04:21 -0400

AC Institute

547 W. 27th St. #210

New York, NY 10001

www.artcurrents.org

June 7- June 30, 2012

Opening Event: Thursday, June 7, 6-8pm

In Mc Leer’s work, circularities and refractions of image and subject develop through performative responses to texts, sites or images. For Vexations, based on Satie’s 1893 composition, the artist produced a wall drawing reflecting her experience of 15 days spent relearning how to play piano through this piece. One + One (The Reading), is taken from a 7 hour public performance of the artist reading all the proper nouns from James Joyce’s Ulysses.

Maria Anwander: Analyzing

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:04:18 -0400

AC Institute 547 W. 27^th St. #210 New York, NY 10001 www.artcurrents.org / info@artcurrents.org

June 7 – June 16, 2012

Opening Event: Thursday, June 7, 6-8pm

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Contact: info@artcurrents.org

Analyzing:

Influenced by conceptual art, my works are established between the fields of performative and installation art. By utilizing different kinds of artistic media, including photography, video and sculpture, my work questions authenticity of artworks and the gap between the art-market and the artist as its potential participator. Instead of giving refined didactic answers my work shows the formal process of my investigations.

Memories and archives in the form of text, which by its anticipation evokes images in the viewers‘ mind, is one important aspect of my work. I perform simple interventions in ordinary items to detach them from their original context and to allow the recipient a different point of view.
My latest works deal with issues of collecting, ownership and authorship. I am highly interested in the creation of notional images by removing other already existing images. The dematerialization and deconstruction of images into pure descriptions of themselves and vice versa are part of my deliberations.

For the video Analyzing, Adolfo Profumo, a psychoanalyst in New York, whom I’ve never met before, tries to tell me who I am just by looking through my portfolio. The video questions the certainty of art interpretations.

—Maria Anwander

Bio:

Maria Anwander works and lives in Berlin. After her diploma at the academy of fine arts in Vienna in 2008 she spent one year in Bilbao for a residency, three months in the Harlem studio fellowship program in New York and two months at the Casino Luxembourg.

Beside solo and group exhibitions throughout Austria and Germany her works were also shown in Utrecht, London, Bilbao, Cyprus, Illinois, Venice, New York, Moscow and Sydney including the 4th Biennale in Moscow and a satellite-project at the Venice Biennale. Since 2008 she won several prizes and competitions such as the Alexander-Reznikov-Award, the Pfann-Ohmann Group-Award and an art-as-construction competition from the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum in Bregenz, where she created the 230-meter long construction fence. For the Künstlerhaus Thurn und Taxis in Bregenz she further curated the show “Gaming the System - rank the ranking or fuck the curator” which examined the commercial art scene.

www.maria-anwander.net

BURNING BIRCH X3: Saturday May 26, Toronto

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:53:23 -0400

Toronto-based artist project 253469 presents a one night only screening of short art films by artists on Saturday May 26 at the Trash Palace. The program includes 15 films by 13 artists from NYC, Paris, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, Argentina, Latvia and Germany. Doors open at 9pm, screening begins at 9:30 sharp, $5 at the door.

Multi disciplinary artist and art filmmaker Wesley Rickert selected the films from Vimeo channel 253469, an online community he created to exhibit short art films made by artists. The films range from computer animated experiments to direct painting on the film surface. Made of punk poetry aesthetics, these shorts are decidedly not documentary in nature. The films “are the misfits and hard to categorize that don’t get shown at other film festivals” says Rickert, “These films are unorthodox, avant garde efforts independently produced by artists from around the world. The films share surrealism, absurdity and the aesthetics of raw punk poetry.”

Audiences can expect films with titles of “Hack Your Own Leg!” (Latvia, 12 mins) and “Sommeil Paradoxial” (France, 2 mins). In addition to the screening, the punk jazz noise band 253469 will perform with the silent projection of two new short films by Wesley Rickert: ”Blue Whiskey” (2012, 15 mins) and “Black Plastic Fork” (2012, 2 mins).

For a complete listing please go to: 253469

The Trash Palace is located at 89B Niagara Street, Toronto, ON

About 253469

253469 is not ruled by commerce, academia, politics or common sense. The artist project 253469 began in 2009 and has created opportunities for collaboration and participation in short art films, live performance, screenings, exhibitions and installations with artists pursuing experimental and avant-garde work. Based in Toronto, the 253469 project has worked with such artists as Maggy Perry, Art Szombarthy, Ullysses Castellanos, Eugénie Cliche, Istvan Kantor, Jubal Brown, Brooke Stubbings, William Davison, Christina Kozak and Henry “Banger” Benvenutti.

'Intersection - Mansaram & McLuhan' at Ed Video Gallery

artlistpro — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:21:04 -0400

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Intersection - Mansaram & McLuhan
Collages, paintings, and media art by P. Mansaram inspired by and in
collaboration with Marshall McLuhan from 1966-2012 Ed Video Gallery
June 4-29, 2012 with Reception on Friday, June 8 at 7pm (artist in
attendance)
40 Baker Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
For more info contact:
Scott McGovern, Ed Video Program Director, scott@edvideo.org or 519-836-9811
regular gallery hours, Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm

webpage:
http://www.edvideo.org/events/gallery-events/mansaram-mcluhan Soon after P. Mansaram immigrated to Canada in 1966, he became friends
with the influential media theorist Marshall McLuhan. A productive
working relationship developed, leading to numerous collaborations on
several projects. In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, Mansaram’s work
inspired and created with McLuhan was exhibited at the Picture Loan
Gallery, and he organized happenings at the eminent Isaacs Gallery in
Toronto. The Rear View Mirror series of collages, collaborative
paintings, films, audio and performances were shown and were well
documented. Forty years later this same work, along with recent projects,
will be featured at Ed Video Gallery at Intersection.   

Featured will be the Rear View Mirror series of collages created between
1966 and 1972. This series combines elements from both Eastern and
Western culture, a central theme of Mansaram’s work and McLuhan’s
theories. Parallels are drawn between the hyper-vivid and frenetic
culture of India and McLuhan’s ideas about the complexity and influence of
mass media. Intersection also features films and videos, covers he
designed for McLuhan’s books, and displays of correspondence documenting
their friendship. A new surround sound audio installation has been
created from an interview Mansaram conducted with McLuhan in 1967.
McLuhan discusses the prevalent ideas of that time - the East’s influence
on the West, the hippie movement, the psychedelic experience, and how
electronic communications change our perception of time and space. Almost
half a century later, McLuhan’s prophetic ideas continue to define and
clarify our media-saturated world.
Panchal Mansaram - Bio and Chronology

CITIZENSHIP- Canadian
BORN- I was born in Mount Abu. This scenic part of Rajasthan, India, is where
Maharajas built summer palaces during Colonial rule. This is also famous
for special Rock Formations, and for tenth/twelfth century Delwara Jain
Temples, which some think to be more beautiful than the Taj Mahal.
EDUCATION- Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, India 1954-59
1963-64, at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands on a Dutch
Government Fellowship.
PRACTICE- My art practice has gone through various phases, and varieties
of media, currently working in mixed-media, a special blend which I have
termed as Mansa-media
1959- I created ‘Impressions from Nepal’ series (tempera on paper) shown
at Jehangir Art Gallery in Bombay, for which I won first prize at the
prestigious Bombay State Art Exhibition
1960- ‘Calcutta by Night’ series (oil on masonite) shown at the Artistry
House in Calcutta
1966- Immigrated to Canada, where I met Marshall McLuhan and Av Isaacs
1967- Created ‘East West Intersect’, a multimedia concert at the Isaacs
Gallery with
encouragement from McLuhan. I also made a five minute long 16mm film
featuring Marshall McLuhan for this event
1970’s- Created a mixed media series of paintings, titled ‘Rear View
Mirror’ (title
borrowed from McLuhan), including a collaborative art work with Marshall
McLuhan. This series of works were shown at the Picture Loan Gallery in
Toronto in 1974, where Marshall McLuhan was the chief guest. In 1971/72,
the exhibition traveled to seven galleries in the Eastern Provinces of
Canada, and then to India at the Dhoomimal Art Gallery in New Delhi and
Jehangir Art gallery in Mumbai in 1975
1970’s- I started working with fabric as collage medium. This eventually
became mixed
media using xerography transfer, serigraph, blue prints, etc. These works
were shown at the Taj Art Gallery in Mumbai, India House in New York, and
Burlington Art Center, Burlington. During this period I did pioneering
work in Xerography, using black and white and colour Xerox and Blue
Prints. I became member of International Society of Copier Arts in New
York and contributed to their quarterly, featuring member’s creations in
Xerography and bookwork.
1975- I had a collaborative exhibition titled ‘Duet’ with American artist
Jim Ridlon of mixed-media blue prints on fabric and paper shown at the Art
Gallery of Hamilton
1980’s- I did large format lasergraphic works, inspired by my immediate
environment such as my backyard and school. I created works such as
‘Moving Landscape’ and ‘At the School Lockers’, a lasergraphic
installation, and a series of works titled ‘New York-New York’ shown at
the Piramal gallery in Mumbai, India.
1992- Air India Commission- Air India commissioned me to do a series of
images
on India Destinations, to be used for a series of lasergraphic art posters.
1997-2007 - ‘Art on the Rocks’, a sight specific mixed media art on rock
formations in Mount Abu, India.
2006- Retrospective at the Print Studio, Hamilton
1999-2008– created images in mansa-media of Indian cities, Pushkar, Delhi,
Mumbai.
Banarasan exhibition was held at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, and
South Asian Gallery of Art in Oakville
2008/09- Created a series on Diversity in Ontario
2009- Created a series on Udaipurto shown at Bougainvillaea Gallery in
Udaipur, India
2010/11- ‘Mahal Maharaja and Mansaram’ at Art Square Gallery, Toronto and
at South Asian Gallery of Art, Oakville
2012- ‘Intersection, Mansaram & McLuhan’ at Ed Video Gallery featuring
video, audio, mixed media works. Also preparing for future exhibition of
collages at JM Gallery in New York City Art in the collection of: Royal Ontario Museum, Air India, Marshall
McLuhan estate, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Mississauga,
Government of Ontario Art Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Modern
Art New Delhi, and numerous private collections.
Member of: CARFAC, SAVAC, Royal Ontario Museum, Hamilton Artists Inc.,
Colour and Form Society (life Member), Bombay Art Society (Life member),
Gallery 44, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Arts Hamilton, The Print Studio

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