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Recent Impressions and Experiences from
‘Biennale di Chianciano Terme 2009’
13th - 27th of September 2009
It is with my mind filled with hopeful joy and satisfaction I now sit down and summarise my views and reflections on the Biennale di Chianciano Terme 2009. Never in my life before have I seen or being a participant at such a high level quality exhibition of contemporary visual art, anywhere in the world. I'm also referrin... [more]
Earth, Water and Fire by Rebecca Catching CHAN Dany, Peou Sam-An and Than Sok, Phe Sophon at French Cultural Center / Centre Culturel Francais
November 18th - November 21st
Posted
11/18/09
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There is something very endearing about collecting – gathering scraps of cloth, discarded bits of plastic and working them into something startling and new. Part of it is the ritual of gathering, and part of it is the phoenix-like transformation of the materials. The idea hunting and... [more]
This non-profit art space, run by filmmaker Nico Mesterharm, is another axis of activity in Phnom Penh. On any balmy evening you’ll find the patio crowded with artgoers who flock there to see the exciting program of locally produced and foreign documentaries and films. There is a distinct German bent – with funding from the Goethe institute – but a surprising amount of variety. Previously screened films include “The Wave” 2008 a German film about a teacher creates a false dictatorship in... [more]
Though thoughts of Cambodia and art most often lead to images of 12th century moss-encrusted temple carvings, Cambodia in fact, has a very interesting emerging contemporary art scene. Phnom Penh boasts a growing number of galleries and spaces such as Metahouse (see flavor pic), the French Cultural Center and Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture. Sadly there is still scant funding for the arts and many young artist survive on less than 100$ a month. But scant funds breed a certain resourcefulness an... [more]
In a career that spanned most of the 20th century, the engineer-turned-artist Alexander Calder studied the science of motion through art. “Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions,” he once wrote. He was inspired by the universe as he imagined it, a balanced system based on the circle and the sphere.
You can see all the elegance of his universe in Alexander Calder: Monumental Sculpture at Larry Gagosian’s Rome gallery. Calder’s moving sculptures (“mob... [more]
The first sound I heard was the clicking of high heels. All the gallery attendants at the Foundazione Roma Museo wear 4-inchers, and are dressed to kill. This is the only misstep in the museum's comprehensive retrospective of Niki De Saint Phalle, and perhaps not even that: the clicking gave me enough warning to put away my camera before I was caught snapping pictures...
Curated by Stefano Cechetto, over 100 works by Saint-Phalle are being shown; this marks the first extensive exhibition of Saint-Phalle in Italy.... [more]
October 2009 : ARTMATYSIK proudly announces:
Artmatysik World Tour 2009 - Steps on Stages : Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia
Breaking News on Artmatysik @ Russian Art Week 2009- 6th International Exhibition & Competition of Contemporary Arts:
1.“Russian Art Week” International Exhibition & Competition of Contemporary Arts congratulates Artmatysik`s artist Dr. Gerd Matysik as a winner of the graphic competition in the “academic drawing” nomination. His art work “Embrace” took II place am... [more]
The seventies and early eighties were the golden ages of Rock and Pop. It was during this time the internationally regarded Swiss photo artist Hannes Schmid closely accompanied over 250 rockbands and individual stars with his camera in a spirit of friendship. Schmid photographically traced the life of the musicians all the way to their iconization as rock stars, with his work ranging from pictures of intimate moments in the domestic sphere, to capturing the artists on tour and on shared vacati... [more]
The Best by Abhilasha Singh Sonja Braas, Balthasar Burkhard, Peter Hebeisen, Christian Vogt at Fabian und Claude Walter Galerie
November 9th - November 20th
Posted
11/9/09
In the exhibition The Best of Photography, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie confront the viewer with diverse ways of seeing and perceiving treated in photography, different approaches that encourage a discourse about image and representation, reality and fiction. A qualitative selection of photographic works will be presented by the artists Sonja Braas, Balthasar Burkhard, Peter Hebeisenand Christian Vogt. Galerie Christian Roellin will show works by Thomas Floerschutz, Ilkka Halso and Robe... [more]
Photography Grasping Passion"Deep-water droplet, colorful, quivering like a bird overcome with passion to guide me in its perfect light."Yair Horowitz, All the Poems, Hakibbutz Hameuhad publishers, 2008, p. 187 [Hebrew]"The photographer both loots and preserves, denounces and consecrates", says Susan Sontag In her famous book "On Photography" (Penguin, London 1977, p. 64). Elad Haggai Friedmann's photographs affect the viewer on a scale that connects two polarities: he denounces photog... [more]
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