Alfredo Jaar

Artista, architetto di formazione e film-maker, Alfredo Jaar nasce nel 1956 in Cile e si forma durante la dittatura militare di Pinochet, producendo diversi lavori esplicitamente critici rispetto al regime. Si trasferisce nel 1982 a New York. Nei vent’anni successivi partecipa alle maggiori mostre e rassegne internazionali.
Nell’arco del suo percorso Alfredo Jaar instancabilmente si interroga su come l'arte possa interagire con il contesto sociale e politico più vasto; affronta temi di assoluta rilevanza, legati in molti casi a situazioni di urgenza umanitaria, di oppressione politica e di emarginazione sociale, di scarsa considerazione dei diritti umani e civili. Si concentra in particolare su situazioni che la nostra coscienza tende a rimuovere e sulla retorica attraverso la quale i media manipolano e trasmettono le informazioni. Con le vicende che tratta, l’artista si confronta direttamente dando voce e volto alle vittime e ai testimoni.

Hangar Bicocca

ETERNARTEMISIA

Eternartemisia.org è un progetto di creatività partecipata legato alla mostra “Caterina e Maria de’ Medici: donne al potere” in corso a Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze.
Il progetto accomuna un fumetto firmato da Giuseppe Palumbo, uno dei maggiori autori italiani, e il blog www.eternartemisia.org realizzato da Ondecomunicazione e Netribe, dove professionisti e neofiti possono cimentarsi sullo stesso tema: la rivisitazione del mito di Artemisia, l’antica regina che ha ispirato i monumentali arazzi secenteschi in mostra a Firenze.

ETERNARTEMISIA.ORG

Dark Rooms

Artists: FRANKO B, AMIR FATTAL, CARL HOPGOOD, SHIRO MASUYAMA, YOCHAI MATOS, DEAN SAMESHIMA, KYLE TROWBRIDGE, NAAMA TSABAR, TOBARON WAXMAN, MICHAL MOSKOP

"ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Mr. Feldman founded (2006) and co-curates Vdance Festival at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque. The yearly festival is the only platform in Israel dedicated to the research and presentation of movement and performance on film and video. Following a 5 months scholarship and residency at the NBK gallery in Berlin in 2008, Mr. Feldman works and lives between Berlin and Tel-Aviv, programming, producing and curating. Among others, for the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Petach-Tikva Museum of Art and The Israel Museum, Israel."

DANEYAL MAHMOOD GALLERY - Dark Rooms//Homme Made

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY

Michael Bevilacqua
solo show 2009

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY

The Flat - Massimo Carasi

Duke and Battersby

Cooper Battersby (b. 1971, Penticton British Columbia, Canada) and Emily Vey Duke (b. 1972, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada) have been working collaboratively since 1994. They work in printed matter, installation, curation and sound, but their primary practice is the production of single-channel video. Their work has been exhibited in galleries and at festivals in North and South America and throughout Europe, including the Walker Center (Minneapolis), The Banff Centre (Banff), The Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver), YYZ (Toronto), The New York Video Festival (NYC), The European Media Arts Festival (Osnabruck), Impakt (Utrecht) and The Images Festival (Toronto).


Duke and Battersby

GALERIE VAV GALLERY

The Problem Perspective

The Problem Perspective, Martin Kippenberger’s first retrospective in the United States, is a lot to take in. The artist worked in an exhaustive array of media including sculpture, drawing, painting, photography, and book art. Kippenberger built complex relational webs encompassing the role of the artist within cultural production, issues of authorship, Germaneness, shame, and guilt--all filtered through a caustically irreverent sensibility. Curator Ann Goldstein presents the breadth and depth of the artist’s extensive oeuvre, showcasing favorites like the photorealistic series of paintings Lieber maler, male mirseries (Dear Painter, Paint for me, ) and the sprawling installation The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1994), in addition to lesser known works.

WM | whitehot magazine of contemporary art | January 2009, Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective MOCA

Nzinga Knight

"A graduate of Pratt Institute, CFDA award winner and 2008 BAC grant recipient, Muslim American designer Nzinga Knight has designed a line of evening wear that utilizes couture techniques to create a synergy between the Islamic dress code and American high-fashion style. The Skylight Gallery is honored to premiere a multi-media exhibition about the work of Nzinga Knight, including selections from her debut Fall 2008 collection and the documentary “Designing Faith” by Yasmin Moll."

Nzingak’s Weblog

Diane Landry: The Defibrillators

"Diane Landry: The Defibrillators
21 January - 22 March 2009"

Born in Cap-de-la Madeleine, Diane Landry lives and works in Quebec City. She holds a BFA from Université Laval and an MA in fine arts from Stanford University, California. For the past ten years she has been recognized internationally as a major artist, and her works have frequently been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia and Europe. In addition to the many awards she has won throughout her career, she recently became the first recipient of the Giverny Capital Prize, granted for excellence in present-day art in Quebec.

Robert McLaughlin Gallery

"Johnathan Derry - New Work"

"Confab, shopping cart, wood, miniature trees, paint. 45'x27'x48'

"Johnathan Derry - New Work"
johnathanderry.com

Providence College - Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery 2008–2009

Sun Xun

Chinese artist Sun Xun will take up residency at the University Gallery, working on a new artwork that will develop day-by-day over a five week period.

Graduating from the National Academy in Hangzhou in 2005, Sun Xun started making animated films during his print-making degree. Through animation, Sun Xun found a medium that allowed him to explore the rapidly changing world around him. One of a few young artists that consciously produces politically engaged art, his art takes the viewer through human landscapes where the personal becomes political.

Welcome to Arts on 5 at the University of Essex

Μπιενάλε της Αθήνας :: Athens Biennale

"The 2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN is designed as a multi-faceted contemporary art event, comprising of several exhibitions, actions, music and theatre performances, film screenings, symposia, etc, with the participation of more than 100 international artists."

Μπιενάλε της Αθήνας :: Athens Biennale

BIENNALE MONTREAL 2009 | BNL MTL 2009

La Biennale de Montréal 2009 focuses on open culture, the theme proposed by its creative director Scott Burnham, integrating the different artistic practices by bringing together artists from the fields of visual arts, architecture, landscape architecture, graphic/object design, music, video and cinema. In addition to serving as a showcase for contemporary art, La Biennale de Montréal 2009 is also a place for exchange and debate, via symposiums and conferences.

BIENNALE MONTREAL 2009 | BNL MTL 2009


"SOUNDSCAPES is an open source music initiative curated by Claudio Marzano and Scott Clyke as part of La Biennale de Montréal 2009."
Soundscapes | BIENNALE MONTREAL 2009

10ma Bienal de La Habana

The Tenth Havana Biennial will be inaugurated on March 27, 2009, on the date of the 25th anniversary of its foundation. On this occasion the event has been called together under the curatorial theme Integration and Resistance in the Global Era. Up to the present, some 200 artists from 44 countries have confirmed their participation. Likewise, prestigious creators and critics have informed their interest in attending the theoretical events of the Biennial, which will allow Havana – in addition to being the largest gallery in the world in those days – to become a favorable place for the debate and reflection on essential problems of our contemporary world.

Sitio Oficial de la 10ma Bienal de La Habana

.:Sharjah Biennial:.

The Sharjah Biennial is one of the most celebrated cultural events in the Arab world. Since its inception in 1993, it has formed a cultural bridge between artists, art institutions and organisations locally, regionally and internationally. Produced by the Department of Culture and Information in the Emirate of Sharjah, the Biennial now holds a key regional position in the production and presentation of art and in fostering experimentation.

.:Sharjah Biennial:.

Artelab

KAARINA HAKA: Maalaus tilassa

KAARINA HAKA: Maalaus tilassa
installaatio
15.1. – 8.2.2009

Huoltamo
www.galleriahuoltamo.net

Installaation lähtökohtana on ajatus tilallisesta maalauksesta, jossa maalauspohja on näyttelytila. Teos rakentuu erilaisista osista, kuten suoraan seinään liimatuista läpinäkyvistä liimakalvoista ja kolmiulotteisista abstrakteista muodoista, joiden materiaaleina olen käyttänyt mm. ilmapalloja, vaahto- ja jätemuovia sekä akryylivärejä.

huoltamo - Finland

BAAF 2009

"The Brussels Accessible Art Fair is a unique initiative in Brussels attracting visitors ranging from first time art buyers to art collectors on the lookout for new talent. Whichever you are, you are sure to find something of interest!

FREE ENTRY!"

BAAF 2009

Dezeen architecture and design magazine

Dezeen was launched at the end of November 2006 and has grown rapidly to become one of the most popular and influential architecture and design blogs on the internet.

Dezeen architecture and design magazine

Dèjavu-bo

La Cineteca di Bologna e déja.vu, in collaborazione con il Museo MAMbo presentano Film d’artista, la serie di appuntamenti, nella settimana di Arte Fiera, che chiude la seconda edizione del progetto promosso dal network culturale aritmia, a cura di Lelio Aiello, Lorenzo Buccella, Gudrun De Chirico il progetto si articola in tre serate durante le quali gli spazi della Cineteca diventeranno scenario per un viaggio nei segmenti dell’immaginario collettivo che fanno del repertorio filmico lo spartito visivo della “realtà” su cui intervenire.

Dèjavu-bo