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Can the integrity of video artwork shown on the Web or on television be compromised? Transmitted out of the control of their author, to what fate are these works devoted? Izabel Barsive, visual artist, independant video maker and professor, questions the fragile relationship she maintains with the broadcasting industry and its platforms, in her exhibition Une minute pour un carré blanc (One minute for a white square), presented at Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle from March 13 to April 20, 2010.
With one-minute excerpts of transformed videos (by censure processes, for example), she examines the role played by television and Web broadcasters, as well as the role of the artist. According to her, the latter can consent to all kinds of compromises in exchange for one or many minutes of glory, glory inexorably ephemeral since also subjected to oblivion in the hubbub of virtual images polluted by advertising.
Come and meet the artist at the opening reception, which will be held Saturday, March 13, at 1 p.m., at Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle, located at 81 Beechwood Avenue, in Vanier. The gallery’s regular hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Tuesday to Saturday.
Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle thanks the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage and the City of Ottawa for their support.
www.voixvisuelle.ca
The new issue of Flaneur art zine is now available. Artists and writers from around the world have contributed to the latest issue, which has grown and is now Europe’s newest arts newspaper!
University of Ottawa Department of Theatre
Drama Guild Presents
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA – THE HAUNTED
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by André Perrier
The University of Ottawa Department of Theatre proudly announces the Drama Guild production of Mourning Becomes Electra – The Haunted by Eugene O’Neill, directed by André Perrier
Celebrating 79 years since its first appearance on Broadway, Mourning Becomes Electra – The Haunted adapts the Greek myth of Orestes into a story that delves deep into the lives of the Mannon family during the American Civil War. Inherently a melodramatic script, this intriguing play, acted by a young cast, explores the themes of adultery, murder, and incestuous love and revenge.
Actor, director and playwright André Perrier studied at the Conservatoire de Québec from 1979 to 1982. In 1992, he wrote and directed Signal d’alarme, which won best play at the Ottawa Book Festival. He was artistic director of Triangle Vital from 1990 to 1998 where he wrote and directed most productions. He became the Artistic Director of Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario in 1998, throwing his creative energies into the development of new plays, including Du pépin à la fissure and Univers (winner of the Masque de la meilleure production franco-canadienne 2001). André teaches part-time at Ottawa University where he has directed La Maison de Bernarda Alba and Ubu roi and has also taught at l’Université du Québec à Montréal where he has recently directed Coulson P.M. Lately, Sexy béton 1 and 2 which he directed for Porte Parole Theatre, made the Montreal Ici newspaper’s best ten list of 2009.
The Drama Guild Production of Mourning Becomes Electra – The Haunted also features a set design by Normand Vandal, costumes by Judy De Boer, sound design by Kevin McCagg, and lighting design by Margaret Coderre-Williams.
The University of Ottawa Department of Theatre invites you to experience the genius of Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra – The Haunted, which opens Tuesday, March 9 and runs through Saturday March 13, 2010. Showtime is 8:00 p.m. Performances take place in the theatre of Academic Hall, 133 Séraphin Marion, University of Ottawa.
Reservations: Secretariat, Department of Theatre, 613-562-5761
Tickets: General Public, $15, Students/Seniors: $10
From: Tuesday, March 9 to Saturday, March 13, 2010
Venue: Academic Hall, 133 Séraphin Marion
Publicity: Marilena Gaudio, 514-827-3161, marilenag_87@hotmail.com
“Signs Along The Way” Photography Exhibition
From March 3rd to April 3rd, Silver Circle Studio in Putnam, CT, is hosting “Signs Along The Way,” an exhibition featuring the work of Willimantic-based artist Harrison Judd. The Opening Reception is Friday, March 5th from 6 – 8PM, with complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Harrison Judd is a photographer, new media artist, and archivist whose clients have included the NFL, Southern CT Gas, Danbury Hospital, the New Haven Symphony, Jock Sturges and Maurice Sendak.
OCCCA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art presents
The Inexpressible
Artists: Dalibor Polivka, Rob Mintz, Guillemette Buffault, Chau Thuy
April 3- May 1, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 3-2010, 5:00-11:00PM
at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 North Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA 92701
; 714.667.1517, www.occca.org
Inexpressible is an exhibition of works by the important French contemporary artist Guillemette Buffault, orchestrated in space brought to life by the graphic and installation interventions of Dalibor Polivka, with wall texts by Rob Mintz presented by master Vietnamese calligrapher Chau Thuy. In a spiritually-charged atmosphere, gallery-goers will discover the inexpressible within themselves. This exhibit seeks insight into the nature of a mysterious, shared universe described by mystics, philosophers and physicists. A creative alliance between artists from different countries, it will be a model of contemporary practice, a hybrid with exalted aims.
Dali Polivka
No form an artist might use is equal to the unbounded void where the phantoms of memory arise. To represent the absolute in a manner that does not instantly betray its transcendental meaning is the challenge that motivates Dalibor Polivka. The beauty and depth of the historic cultural traditions of his native Slovakia inform a restless pursuit of the underpinnings of perception, across contemporary disciplines, in painting, sculpture, installation, performance, digital imaging and graphic design.
Rob Mintz
Rob Mintz’s writings are influenced by the history of the avant-garde in all its manifestations. Evolving spontaneously and organically with a series of decisions that embellish or obliterate each line, they exude subjectivity, authenticity, anxiety, and the drift of autonomous introspection, the philosopher’s first step.
Guillemette Buffault
The “fold” (le pli) is the structure at the center of Guillemette Buffault’s research, taking form in paper, cloth, metal, sheets of lead, woven polyester, graphite, bronze, and glass, depicted in prints, or captured in photographs. The fold is both an object and a means of investigation. In her hands it becomes paradoxical, material and immaterial simultaneously. The fold is a connective discontinuity. When multiplied, its implications become metaphysical. Like apparitions, Buffault’s art oscillates between the opaque and the transparent.
Châu Thuy
Inspired by the Vietnamese calligraphic tradition, Châu Thuy’s popular and widely-exhibited work incorporates stylized figurative elements to symbolically express personal, historical and spiritual themes.
More details about Inexpressible at www.daliborpolivka.com/inexpressible
Art in the County
Prince Edward County’s annual art show and sale, June 18 - July 4, 2010 featuring the talented artists of Prince Edward County. One of the largest juried art shows in Eastern Ontario, now celebrating its 17th year with a broad range of work including watercolour, acrylic, oil, glass, fibre, ceramics, photography, sculpture, jewellery and much more.
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West Harlem, NY … The West Harlem Art Fund and The City College of New York are pleased to announce the finalists for the “In Dialogue” exhibition. All of the proposals are being reviewed by the City of New York for final approval. The winners are:
Ø Scherezade Garcia – Unity Ribbon
Ø Brett Seamans – Home Ground
Ø Mary Sweeney – Respite
Ø Marcie Revens – Closer: In Conversation
The exhibition is being planned for early May, 2010 with City approval. Three finalists are graduate students in the Fine Arts program and one finalist is a graduate student in the Landscape Architecture program at the college.
According to Executive Director, Savona Bailey-McClain, “The collaboration that The West Harlem Art Fund and The City College of New York have formed is extremely important for both the West Harlem community and the City at large. Think tanks around the country have stressed the need for colleges to interact more in cities and spur entrepreneurship, production and new technologies. The partnership we have created shows that the “arts” is an important industry too that can affect tourism, land use and economic development.”
To listen to the panel discussion “A Conversation with Public Artists” that was apart of the student exhibition held in December; visit the website Art on Air. The link to that recording is below:
http://www.artonair.org/archives/j/content/view/2881/147/
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www.thebecafoundation.org www.curatethis.org
CURATE THIS! 2010 is going global!
…on the ground AND in cyberland.
A Global Exhibition of Emerging Contemporary Art + Design | An Experimental, Cross-Pollination of New Ideas for Progress + Possibility
January 1, 2010 – CURATE THIS! 2010, the second chapter in the evolution of the CURATE THIS! exhibition series created by BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art, is evolving from a one city-wide event location into a global arts + cultural exchange event involving multiple venues located in multiple cities around the world. The global art + design exhibition will take place from July 1 – December 31, 2010.
Through the exhibition of works of art + design by emerging artists, designers, duos, groups and collectives around the world, The BECA Foundation aims to facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of new ideas for creative innovation in diverse locations around the world. The title, ‘CURATE THIS!’ reflects a departure from the familiar large scale exhibition model, typically curated by a singular vision with one head curator, to an exhibition with components and related events ‘curated’ by the public and professional and independent participants residing in multiple cities around the world. The first ‘CURATE THIS!’ experiment took place in early 2008 and led artists and directors, Melissa Roberts and Kurt Schlough to begin brainstorming the expansion of the experiment to bring about greater benefits to a larger number of participants.
BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art and the core belief system at The BECA Foundation is that “New art + new design fuels the best of what’s yet to come on this planet.” To help mix that fuel and kick start new possibilities, the expansion of the CURATE THIS! exhibition project will facilitate a broader exposure of new art, new design and new ideas through both a physical and online network of participating venues in multiple cities around the world. The aim of building the network is to create international arts + cultural exchange opportunities, broaden arts education opportunities, build appreciation for emerging contemporary art + design, facilitate introductions and lay the foundation for future collaborations toward the realization of a progressive, meaningful and fulfilling future for everyone. Global online content delivery of exhibition events and related special projects will enable global participation by millions around the world. The BECA Foundation is pleased to welcome the participation of Helen Pheby, PhD, Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK whose research and curatorial work spans the globe including the US and Iraq and Ellen Lupton, legendary design educator and Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Each has a unique insight which will add further depth and diversity to new CURATE THIS! 2010 exhibition components.
Upcoming participating venues in Boston, New Orleans, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New York and London have been the first locations to sign on. Venue participation proposals have also been submitted by exclusively online communities. Organizations, artists, designers, independent and established curators, gallery and art space directors as well as lease-holders and owners of other event and non-traditional exhibition spaces located anywhere in the world may email Melissa Roberts at mail@thebecafoundation.org for venue participation information. The BECA Foundation is building a global network to achieve a positive impact on the future of the residents of cities around the world. The formerly unimaginable, previously impossible and the creative ideas and proposals that may run counter to the current status quo are most welcome. Artists and designers may register to participate at: http://www.thebecafoundation.org/global/calls-to-artists.html
“Free your mind and the rest will follow.” – Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster
Come take a look at my work at http://stephaniebak.ca . Drop me a line, I would love to hear what you think. Don’t forget to check out my event page for the latest going-ons.
Selected Toronto art dealers featured in a suite of portraits by artist Viktor Mitic
In this remarkable portrait-survey of thirty-six of Toronto’s most distinctive and influential art dealers, artist Viktor Mitic has captured and illuminated the unique individual personalities of his subjects. Depicting by turns their passion, insouciance, vivacity, shrewdness, eccentricity, geniality, and more, these portraits successfully reflect the rainbow of human emotion and expression. As Gary Michael Dault says in his insightful introductory essay, “there isn’t a portrait here that doesn’t provide not only a fine likeness of its subject, but also a telling, charming, incisive route into the sitter’s essential nature.”
Tightrope Books and Odon Wagner Contemporary are pleased to invite you to a ground breaking art show/book launch at the Odon Wagner Contemporary, 198 Davenport Road in Toronto, 6pm to 9pm December 10th 2009. The show will continue until December 24th 2009.
For more info please call 416-962-0438 or email info@odonwagnergallery.com
The Jerusalem Gallery, in Washington, DC is happy to announce a solo art show by Ammar Qusaibaty scheduled to open on Nov 20 under a theme of Mental Mediations. These abstract images, two-sided painting on transparent sheets, express the artist’s dual influences of metaphor in the Arabic language and the rigor of abstract mathematics.
According to the artist the world is best exposed as a system of processes, change, and motion. It is a continuous and dynamic exchange between an observer and an observed that encodes states in multi-hierarchal cognition unlimited by the sequential sense of time and space. Exposing this interaction through the whole body of the canvass and its minutia becomes the primary purpose of expression.
Influenced by selective causality, automatism, action painting, minimalism, and situationism, the art thesis is characterized by continuous and long strokes, fluid motion, incomplete geometric compositions and emergence. The artist has stretched the boundary of the canvass by two-sided painting on transparent sheets allowing realization of infinite forms. In addition to painting on reflective sheets, the work depicts disjoint unity to show relationships between a whole and its parts.
An artist with unconventional training, Dr. Ammar Qusaibaty received his Doctoral degree in Cognitive Informatics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He holds two Masters degrees from Oxford University and the University of Michigan.
Dr. Qusaibaty has exhibited in Europe and North America. He lives and works in Washington D.C.
Opening reception to meet the artist: Friday, 20 November 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
For more information visit:
http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/display/EventDetails/i/7200/pid/1459
Media Contact:
Natalie O’Connor
Email: art@zaygal.com
The latest issue of Flaneur magazine is available today at www.flaneur.me.uk . Flaneur is an independent zine that publishes new fiction, art, reviews and humour. ‘We are an eclectic mix of artists and writers who contribute ideas and images,’ said the editor. ‘We make a magazine that we like and hope that readers will too.’
Flaneur has been published intermittently since the last century, but has recently become a quarterly zine.
Flaneur is a real-world, 20 page A5 quarterly zine published in the Uk but with contributions from around the world
