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Miquel Barceló, Spanish Pavilion. La Biennale di Venezia 09
http://www.vernissage.tv | Miquel Barceló represents Spain at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009. On display is a series of large format paintings surveying Miquel Barceló's work from 2000 to the present. The exhibition also features a group of ceramics. The most recent works come from the same time as when the artist was creating the dome at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. Miquel Barceló placed a number of canvases on the floor, which were randomly covered by the paint dripping from the ceiling. These canvases were used as backgrounds for the new paintings that address three major subjects: primates, African landscapes and sea foam. The exhibition also features a screening of "Paso Doble", the performance originally produced for the Avignon Festival in collaboration with the choreographer Josef Nadji and a series of works by the French artist and writer François Augiéras (1925 - 1971), whose oeuvre Miquel Barceló wishes to bring to a larger public. Miquel Barceló was born in 1957 in Felanitx, ...
http://www.vernissage.tv | The Saatchi Gallery on King's Road, London, opened in October 2008 with an exhibition dedicated to new art from China. The current exhibition entitled "Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture" (runs until January 17, 2010) brings together new work of more than 40 American artists, among them: Kristin Baker, John Bauer, Mark Bradford, Tom Burr, Joe Bradley, Jedediah Caesar, Carter, Eric and Heather ChanSchatz, Peter Coffin, Guerra de la Paz, Francesca DiMattio, Bart Exposito, Mark Grotjahn, Jacob Hashimoto, Rachel Harrison, Patrick Hill, Ryan Johnson, Matt Johnson, Paul Lee, Chris Martin, Elizabeth Neel, Baker Overstreet, Stephen G. Rhodes, Amanda Ross-Ho, Sterling Ruby, Gedi Sibony, Amy Sillman, Agathe Snow, Kirsten Stoltmann, Dan Walsh, Jonas Wood, Aaron Young. Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture / Saatchi Gallery, London. Exhibition walk through, June 25, 2009.
http://www.vernissage.tv | In the context of the 2nd edition of St. Moritz Art Masters, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger presents works by American artist Julian Schnabel. Schnabel became known for his âplate paintingsâ, large formated images of shattered porcelain painted over with expressive traces of oil colors. Julian Schnabel is also a filmmaker. He has directed four films, his first one being about his late painter fellow Jean-Michel Basquiat (1996).
http://www.vernissage.tv | Mircea Cantor: Tracking Happiness at Kunsthaus Zürich is Switzerlandâs first solo show of works of Romanian artist Mircea Cantor. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a film created especially for the exhibition, âTracking Happinessâ. The video features a group of women clad in white sashaying in various formations barefoot across fine white sand. Their traces are wiped away by their broom-wielding successors. In this film, Mircea Cantor examines the paradox of an age in which traces are perpetually left and deleted. The film soundtrack has been composed by Adrian Gagiu. Another film, created especially for the Kunsthaus is âVertical Attemptâ. The video lasts only one second, showing a boy trying to cut the water that is pouring out of the tap. Mircea Cantor: Tracking Happiness / Kunsthaus Zürich. Press preview and opening reception, August 27, 2009.
http://www.vernissage.tv | Amsterdam-based film and video artist Fiona Tan represents the Netherlands at the 53rd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Fiona Tan was born in Indonesia and grew up in Australia. In 1988 she moved to the Netherlands to pursue studies at the Rietveld Academie and the Rijksakademie. Her work has been exhibited widely in numerous international exhibitions and institutions including Documenta 11 (Kassel), Yokohama Triennale (Japan), and the New Museum (New York). Fiona Tan lives and works in Amsterdam, where she teaches at De Ateliers. In Venice, she presents three video installations: Disorient (2009), a new video installation that draws on the cityâs medieval influence before the discovery of new routes to Asia diminished its power; Provenance (2008), a research on 17th-century, âGolden Ageâ portrait paintings; and Rise and Fall (2009), a video installation that focuses on images of water â turbulent, churning as well as slow-moving and placid â as a ...
http://www.vernissage.tv | 13th edition of the international fair for contemporary art, Art Forum Berlin. First look at the fair on September 23, 2009. With new directors, the international fair for contemporary art, Art Forum Berlin, performs a restart. The 13th edition features some 130 international galleries. For the first time, the fair is open to a limited number of galleries who present art since 1960. With this expansion, Art Forum Berlin wants to become more varied and even more attractive for the visitors.
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