WE CAN BE HEROES just for one day

Galleria 1000eventi is pleased to announce the opening of the group show

WE CAN BE HEROES just for one day

Though nothing, will keep us together / We could steal time / just for one day
We can be Heroes, for ever and ever / What d'you say?
(David Bowie / Brian Eno, Heroes, 1977).

In Metaphysik der Jugend (1914) Walter Benjamin indicates youth as the maximum moment of spiritual and bodily growth, a concrete, real experience of burgeoning vitality in which everything seems to become possible and legitimate, seen with an extreme, sharpened gaze. The artists in the exhibition represent an intentionally varied sample of the different metaphysical attitudes of youth. The idea is not to formulate a canon or a pre-set course, but to grant the impact of the selected works – many of which have been made precisely for this show – the possibility of documenting the traces of direct experience of the reality of a generation, as in a great visual seminar open to all the voices of the participants. The result is the portrait of one of the great ages of man, captured in its abundance and its restlessness, in which the Self, Benjamin writes, is “consumed by the will of youth and the desire to dominate future decades”. This ardent pledge, open to the future, is precisely the most authentic key of interpretation shared by the work of the artists in this show.

WE CAN BE HEROES: JUST FOR ONE DAY
curated by Andrea Bruciati

Invited artists: Marco Bongiorni, Tomaso De Luca, Marina Ferretti, Tommaso Gorla, Noga Inbar, Diego Marcon, Dario Pecoraro, Agne Raceviciute

Galleria 1000eventi | via Porro Lambertenghi, 3T - 20159 Milano

AURORA 2009

AURORA is a unique festival based in Norwich which focuses on artists’ moving image in the most diffuse sense. This year's FESTIVAL WEEKEND (13– 15 November) is an antidote to the ever-bigger, ever-faster policy forced upon moving image festivals: a return to a single screen and an attempt to create a ‘temporary community’ in which divisions between guest artists and audience are dismantled.

Highlights include programmes of work by artists JEM COHEN (New York), MILENA GIERKE (Berlin) and JON BANG CARLSEN, introduced by the artists; discussion sessions about the moving image as social project with BEATRICE GIBSON ('A Necessary Music'), SHEZAD DAWOOD (‘Feature’), MARK WILSHER and GRAEME HOGG; and about the moving image and the social network with JAMIE KING (Steal This Film), RICHARD WRIGHT, ANDREW KÖTTING and GARETH EVANS; and thematic film programmes with work by BEN RIVERS, LUCY PARKER, NICK COLLINS and others, introduced by the artists. Live music comes in the form of an exclusive double set from the great ALASDAIR ROBERTS and Jarman Award-winner LUKE FOWLER; DJ sets from EMMA PETTIT & NICK LUSCOMBE (Roots & Shoots) and
more besides. Exhibitions as part of the wider festival include ULTRA-RED / THE RURAL RACISM PROJECT and STRAY, a series of new polaroids and black and white prints by Jem Cohen.

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MICHAEL BEVILACQUA

Galeria Senda, junto con la Galería Javier López de Madrid, presenta por primera vez en España la obra de MICHAEL BEVILACQUA (Carmel, California, 1966), uno de los artistas más ascendentes de la escena neoyorquina actual. Su obra constituye una revisión de la cultura pop, combinando música rock, marcas de lujo y arte gráfico para lograr una obra personal y absolutamente contemporánea.

Heredero de la tradición del Pop Art, Michael Bevilacqua consigue integrar el entusiasmo propio del consumo de las culturas de masas con un minucioso estudio de la pintura moderna. Su trabajo incorpora citas, símbolos y fragmentos extraídos del mundo de la música, la moda, el cine, la televisión o el arte contemporáneo, recuperando y revisando algunos elementos de su juventud en los años setenta (dibujos animados y series televisivas). Su estilo pictórico sintetiza la estética del arte comercial y la figuración, aportando un nuevo lenguaje a la abstracción.

Estas nuevas obras de Bevilacqua destacan por su paleta robusta y una imagen más gestual y desenfadada, de aspecto crudo, que le aleja del estilo gráfico que dominó su obra más temprana. Estas piezas se construyen a partir de diferentes capas de materia, combinando diversas técnicas –pinceladas a mano, collage o estarcido-, lo que añade profundidad a sus paisajes cosmopolitas e imaginarios.

Una de las mayores influencias de Bevilacqua es la música –en particular, rock y punk-, que ha nutrido su trabajo durante más de una década. Concretamente en este conjunto de obras el pintor cita a sus grupos y músicos favoritos (como Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy y Elliot Smith) en los títulos, letras de canciones o símbolos llevados al lienzo.

Aunque los trabajos parezcan abstractos, su contenido es muy personal, muchas veces relacionado con las experiencias del propio artista. “Mi pintura es como un diario visual de lo que pasa en mi vida en un tiempo y espacio concretos”, confiesa el artista. Los viajes recientes a Grecia inspiraron buena parte de las obras de esta exposición, que se traduce en los intensos tonos de azul egeo y en los temas náuticos. Pero, al mismo tiempo, estos trabajos lidian también con elementos más oscuros representados por cráneos, partes de cuerpo o manzanas envenenadas. Mezclando estos temas macabros con una imaginería marítima y sus alusiones a la música moderna, Bevilacqua busca conciliar vida y muerte en los tiempos contemporáneos.

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DIE ZÜRCHER GALERIEN

Der Verein DIE ZÜRCHER GALERIEN wurde am 1. April 2001 gegründet und vertritt zurzeit 57 der renommiertesten Galerien im Bereich zeitgenössischer Kunst der Stadt Zürich.

Zürich ist nicht zuletzt dank seiner vielen, auf hohem Niveau arbeitenden Galerien kulturell eine äusserst lebendige Metropole. Diese Galerien werden auch international seit Jahren stark beachtet. Professionell geführte Galerien betreuen und fördern Künstler aus dem In- und Ausland oft über Jahrzehnte. Dabei verstehen sich Künstler und Galerist als Partner. Durch die langjährige Auseinandersetzung mit dem Oeuvre eines Künstlers ist der Galerist ein geschätzter Berater von Sammlern, Institutionen und deren Kuratoren. Unter hohem finanziellem und zeitlichen Einsatz werden kontinuierlich Netzwerke aufgebaut, um die Anliegen und Haltungen der Künstler/innen in die Öffentlichkeit zu tragen.

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Sound. Art. Media.

Sound.Art.Media. has opened up submissions to all artists! Whether you are interested in exhibiting one piece, or several pieces as one of our Featured Artists, you will need to submit a Concept Proposal Package. The Sound.Art.Media. crew of Directors will select the top twelve concept proposals to be our Featured Artists. Those not selected as Featured Artists will be eligible to submit their pieces as a Non-Featured Artist.

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London Art Fair 2010

This January over 100 leading Modern British and contemporary art galleries will be brought together for the 22nd edition of London Art Fair – the UK’s largest Modern British and Contemporary art fair – at the Business Design Centre, Islington.

Every year, 22,000 visitors enjoy the work of over 1,000 leading artists ranging from Modern British masters to the most recent contemporary talent. Galleries are chosen by a selection committee and include major UK dealers such as Richard Green, Alan Cristea, FAS and Jonathan Clark Fine Art, as well as younger contemporary spaces.

The Fair includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations,photographs, video and editioned prints and multiples.

Situated alongside the galleries in the main fair are two curated sections focussing on younger galleries, new work and contemporary photography:
Art Projects and Photo50.

Art Projects
This year Art Projects expands into a new space with 25 projects featuring emerging artists and new work. Collectors will find solo and group displays and large scale installations from an exciting forum of international galleries including Foley Gallery (New York), Gallery Baer (Dresden) and Galerie f5,6 (Munich) as well as Bearspace, Charlie Smith and Sumarria Lunn from London.

Photo50
In its 4th year, Photo50 is a showcase for contemporary photography with artists selected by a distinguished panel including Anita Zabludowicz (collector), David Campany (writer and lecturer on the history and theory of photography) and a team from Goldsmith's MFA curating programme. Fifty works will be shown and the members of the panel will champion the artists they have nominated.

London Art Fair 2010

The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing

The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing

"This exhibition of new and recent work by eleven highly acclaimed young international artists explores a diverse range of contemporary approaches to drawing. From small, intricately-crafted pencil drawings to expanded installations in which the ‘drawn’ lines are made from tape, or in which drawings mutate into animation, this exhibition celebrates a contemporary resurgence in drawing."

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LAY DOWN AND SHINE

KRISTOF KINTERA: ‘LAY DOWN AND SHINE’

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galerie schleicher+lange is proud to present Lay down and shine, a new exhibition by Kristof Kintera (1973, Prague, Czech Republic). The Prague-based artist’s approach often involves taking familiar objects that he alters substantially, transforming them into sculptures.
Via this process, the everyday all of a sudden conveys the impulsive, as in the work of Charles Ray, Robert Gober and Maurizio Cattelan. But rather than alluding to powerful historical figures or leitmotivs as these artists do, Kristof Kintera chooses more innocuous items.
He gathers objects straight out of the average consumer’s day-to-day life, such as bicycles, pushchairs, plastic bags, vacuum cleaners and sleeping bags. The artist corrupts their normal use by ascribing them micro-fictions or absurd usages, and attributing them the status of works of art.
In his current show, the artist alludes to urban organisation: to create these new works he has salvaged a street lamp and portable security barriers setting up an environment associated with crowds. The barriers can serve to prevent a surge of demonstrators or to organise a queue before a rock concert. The street lamp illuminates everybody indiscriminately and is reminiscent here of one of Kristof Kintera’s previous pieces, My light is your light (2008): a huge chandelier made out of street lamps retrieved in Prague (they had been discarded by the council, having been replaced by a more modern version).


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