The Royal Wedding of Prince William & Catherine Middleton
Artwork: Prince William & Catherine Middleton
Relief lino print Edition of 50
Print size: 30 x 24cm
Please email artymark@hotmail.com for details
http://www.markrowden.com.au/prince_william_and_kate_middleton.htm
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Offering event listings and reviews, the site is updated daily and lists more than 700 current & upcoming art events, at any moment.
Europe’s only international trade fair for contemporary art focusing on Central and Eastern Europe takes place for the 7th time in 2011 and is attracting an ever increasing group of fans. This includes private and institutional art collectors, curators, museum directors, gallery owners, artists, critics and people generally interested in art.
Over the past 2555 days the VIENNAFAIR has also developed into an influential springboard for galleries and artists from Central and South-Eastern Europe looking for success in the international art world.
Over 120 renowned galleries from more than 20 countries have been selected by an international committee to showcase their contemporary art work in several areas of fine arts: painting, graphic art, sculpture, photography, media, installation and performance.
An attractive schedule of side events including panel discussions, fascinating museum presentations, art colleges, media and intriguing tours all contribute to make the VIENNAFAIR a great experience for every participant. Moreover, Vienna will be offering complementary opportunities such as access to museums and collections, gallery tours, viewing sessions, parties and top musical features.
Dates: 12 - 15th May 2011
Printfest is northern Britain’s only print fair held in a rural location and is dedicated solely to the exhibition and sale of original contemporary prints. It offers the visiting and local public the opportunity to view and purchase contemporary art works, meet the artists and find out more about printmaking.
Printfest 2011 takes place on Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May 2011 from 10 am to 5 pm when work from more than 40 national and international artists will be exhibited.
Lars Bohman
http://www.larsbohmangallery.com/
artists
http://www.larsbohmangallery.com/artists/
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Milliken
http://www.millikengallery.com/
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Wetterling
http://www.wetterlinggallery.com/#/contact/
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"an installation consisting of mannequins in soccer uniforms emblazoned with Arabic phrases that were deemed blasphemous. "
".... it was "sited in a very public courtyard, a place where children play after school, where families wander together on the weekend and where people pass on their way to religious services at the neighbouring mosque. This work paired language that was sexually explicit with religious references in an overt and provocative manner." "
"The general topic of the biennial is betrayal. The title is "A Plot for a Biennial" and in the curators' minds, "plot" had two meanings: "plot" as a conspiracy, something that has to do with murder, transgression, subversion, intrigue, and "plot" as a narrative framework. From the start, I wanted to work on the relationship between the writer and society, and how a writer's output resonates with his environment. In this piece, I placed two teams of mannequins in the space like two football teams. The first team had my literary creations, theatrical and poetic works printed on their white shirts. The other team wore green and red gear, the Algerian colours, and they represented society. They wore texts borrowed from Algerian pop culture: jokes, recipes, proverbs, and folk songs. "
"Other things could have been censored in this piece. For example, I use swear words, and this could be interpreted as shocking, but in this part of the Arabic world they don't understand Algerian Arabic, and this might explain why people didn't react to the graffiti saying things like "shit government," "army, fuck off." This is all part of my work: What does it mean to be an Algerian writer in Sharjah? "
I've expressed my solidarity with Persekian from the beginning, but he hasn't reciprocated. I'm not sad that doesn't stand up for me as Mustapha Benfodil, but I think that as the director of the Sharjah Art Foundation he ought to defend the principle of freedom in art and condemn censorship in all its forms. Maybe at first he didn't have any information about me and about my artwork — he said in the statement that he couldn't control everything and I understand this. But now, I've explained my position publicly. My personal statement was widely circulated, so he cannot say that what I've done was just a mistake. This text is a condemnation of the rape of women in Algeria during the civil war. This isn't a simple affair.
On April 6th, 2011, Jack Persekian, Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation since 2005, was dismissed without notice by the ruler of Sharjah, HH. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi. The sudden termination of Persekian’s post came after a public outcry over the perceived offensive content in an artwork exhibited in the 10th edition of the Sharjah Biennial by Algerian artist, journalist and activist Mustapha Benfodil.
The work of art in question borrows the voice of rape victims at the hands of religious extremists in Algeria, who were using religious texts to justify their crimes. The work is very specific to the Algerian context and is in no way meant as an attack on religion or Islam in general.
In the days following Mr. Persekian’s dismissal, a number of other art works have also been declared offensive, resulting in them either being taken down, altered or relegated to the status “under review”.
see full petition here
http://sharjahcallforaction.wordpress.com/
Swoon + Cat Solen from Levi's Film Workshop on Vimeo.
see video at
http://www.woostercollective.com/2011/04/first_look_levis_film_workshop_presents.html
ACCLAIMmag.com | SWOON INTERVIEW from ACCLAIM Magazine on Vimeo.
New York artist, Swoon, recently made a trip to Melbourne for her first Australian exhibition, Thekla, at the Metro Gallery in Armadale
A free prints and drawings exhibition featuring works by Australian artists from the 1940s to the present.
The exhibition is the first big show of Australian art of any kind in London for over a decade, and it is the first exhibition of Australian works on paper of this scale and ambition to be held outside Australia. It features 125 works on paper by 60 artists, from the 1940s modernists to contemporary artists and Indigenous Australian printmakers, all drawn from the British Museum’s impressive collection.
more infoLiving Decay (fairy tales in the middle of nowhere) from nulli versi on Vimeo.
IMPACT 7: Intersections & Counterpoints will focus on the multiple identity of the print, exploring the cross-disciplinary nature of printmedia internationally and in the context of the Asia-Pacific region. Printmedia will be explored as a heterogeneous, diverse and all pervading aspect of contemporary culture. Often located at the intersections of disciplines and media, it is also a powerful political vehicle, generating discourse and debate by virtue of its wide dissemination and ability to offer counterpoints to the norm. The conference addresses practitioners, writers, critics, artists, theorists, and others working in the broad fields of print-related research. It aims to provide a platform in which practitioners and researchers can engage in a mutually productive exchange. Media identified by the conference will include but not be limited to:
Printmaking, Photography, Graphic Design, Architecture, Drawing, The Artist’s Book, Text, Animation, Film and Digital Media, Jewellery and Metalsmith, Glass, Ceramic and Textile
