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 MOSCOW
ART SIMULARITIES ONLINE?
COMPARE THE 2 IMAGES BELOW
There
seems to be a striking
simularity between the sculpture installations in the 2 pictures below. Both exhibits
were in MOSCOW in 2005; Orensanz
in May, Rashid
in September. Viewers can compare their
overall art styles by checking their websites,linked below.
see:
Angel Orensanz Sculpture
Installation in Pushkin Museum , Moscow,
May 2005.
Online www.angelorensanz.com
Karim Rashid
sculptures (above)
in Moscow Gallery September 2005
Online www.karimrashid.com
see Interview www.designboom.com/eng/interview/rashid.html
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CURRENT NEWS
Toronto
PRESS RELEASE
HIGH STAKES Panel and Exhibition at
the Museum of New New Painting
A provocative panel discussion, art
exhibition and presentation on Saturday,
March 4, 2.30pm at The New New Gallery,
located at 123 Bellwoods Avenue (lane at back). South of Dundas, north of Queen,
six streets west of Bathurst Street.
The Museum of New New Painting is hosting a provocative panel discussion, art exhibition
and presentation exploring the current and future state of colour in art.
Panelists, who will each offer remarks prior to a question period, include Dr. David Moos,
Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario; Professor
Robert Linsley of the University of
Waterloo and Professor Graham Peacock
of the University of Alberta.
Noted Canadian artist Joseph Drapell will make an opening presentation, From Pollock to New New , tracing the evolution of innovation in painting
since Jackson Pollock.
Panel attendees will view the current exhibition True Legacy of Colour Field ,
an exhibition of selected from works of New New painters Lucy Baker, Graham Peacock,
Joseph Drapell, Bruce Piermarini, Jerald Webster, John Gittins, Steven Brent, Marjorie
Minkin, Irene Neal, Roy Lerner, as well as late works by masters who inspired them:
Jack Bush, Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski.
The High Stakes has been designed to challenge and amplify the recent AGO
exhibition The Shape of Colour, Excursions in Colour Field Art 1950-2005 which
excluded late work of major colour artists, including Canadian icon Jack Bush.
Sharing a common view on the nature of abstract painting, the core group of 12 New
New contemporary international painters has shown together in over 25 exhibitions
since the 1990s. Drapell and Edmonton-based artist Graham Peacock are the Canadians
in the group. In addition to their abstract roots, the New New artists share a use
of luminous acrylics and are dedicated to the marriage of bold form and vibrant colour.
Czech-born Canadian artist Joseph Drapell s canvasses have been seen in 65 solo exhibitions
and in over 95 group exhibitions in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, during his extensive
and prolific career. His paintings are held in major museums, in corporate collections
and by private collectors internationally. He has exhibited with the New New Painters
since 1991.
Further details on Drapell may be obtained at http://www.drapell.com.
For reserved seating email drapell@sympatico.ca, or leave a message at (416) 603-4111.
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Toronto
PRESS RELEASE
University of Toronto Art Centre presents
companion Exhibition of Drawings by Architect Frank Gehry to June 17
Frank's Drawings: Eight Museums by
Gehry will be the first exhibition in two decades devoted entirely to
drawings by the acclaimed Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based architect, Frank Owen Gehry.
This exhibition will be presented at the University of Toronto Art Centre from 18
February to 17 June 2006.
The exhibition will be presented in the Art Centre's Delta Gamma Gallery and will
run in parallel with the exhibition, Frank Gehry: Art + Architecture at The
Art Gallery of Ontario to May 7.
Spanning 25 years, from 1979 to 2004, the exhibition will include 49 original pen-on-paper
drawings of eight museum projects by Gehry: the Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), the Corcoran
Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Museum of Tolerance (Jerusalem), the Samsung
Museum of Modern Art (Seoul), the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum (Biloxi), the Frederick R. Weisman
Art Museum (Minneapolis), the Panama Bridge of Life, Museum of Biodiversity (Panama
City), and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto). A selection of Gehry's sketchbooks
from the late 70s and early 80s, along with an array of telephone-pad/thumbnail sketches
never before shown, will bracket the core display of 49 drawings. A unique, 3-D "wire
drawing" commissioned by Gehry for the U of T Art Centre show will also be displayed.
Frank's Drawings is curated by former University of Toronto Dean and now Professor
of Architecture, Larry Wayne Richards, who has known Gehry and assessed his work
since the early 1980s.
Frank's Drawings: Eight Museums by Gehry is organized by the University of
Toronto Art Centre and supported by The Abraham and Malka Green Foundation, the University
of Toronto Provost and Dean of Arts & Science, the Ontario Arts Council, University
College and Supporting Sponsor Manulife Financial.
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For more media information or visuals, please contact:
Maureen Smith
University of Toronto Art Centre
maureen.smith@utoronto.ca
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VANCOUVER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Controversial sculpture finds a home
in Canada
New York-US sculptor Dennis Oppenheim
is pleased to announce that the Benfic Foundation,a private foundation, located in
Vancouver, British Columbia has purchased his sculpture "Device to Root Out
Evil" for over $300,000 and it is permanently installed at Harbour Green
Park,the longest continuous waterfront park in downtown Vancouver.
In September of 2004, John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford University, made the
unprecedented decision to reject "Device to Root Out Evil", a sculpture
that had been commissioned by the President's Panel on Art by the American sculptor
Dennis Oppenheim. Hennessy feared a potential controversy because the sculpture is
an inverted church.
At the present site in Canada, the 25 foot aluminum structure shimmers against the
waterfront background. Hand-blown deep red glass shingles and blue-glass windows
reflect sunlight during the day and are illuminated from within at night.The sculpture's
new home enables Vancouver citizens and visitors to permanently enjoy the conversation
which "Device to Root Out Evil" evokes.
The sculpture is part of The Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale Open Spaces
2005/2006. The artist maintains that his interest is in exploring the dialogue between
architecture and sculpture. "Device to Root Out Evil" withdraws
functionality from architecture. To those reading religion into the work, he answers
that turning the church upside down makes it more aggressive, but not blasphemous.
"Device to Root Out Evil" first gained critical acclaim at the prestigious
1997 Venice Biennale in Italy.
The Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale is a citywide, 18 month installation
of major public sculpture in parks and downtown business plazas. Since its inception
in 1998, the program has gained support from the City of Vancouver, Private Sponsors
and the Federal Government of Canada.###
Inquiries:Dan Schwartz or Matthew Caldecutt<matt@susangrantlewin.com>
Kleinburg
25 February 2006
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
McMichael Canadian Art Collection transforms
its Northwest Coast gallery
into a showcase for Haida artist Robert Davidson (Eagle of the Dawn)
Kleinburg, ON S Opening at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection on March 4, Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge showcases the contemporary work of one of one of Canada‚s
most important Haida artists. Mr. Davidson, Guud San Glans (Eagle of the Dawn), is
a painter, a sculpture, a printmaker, and a jewellery designer of international renown.
Organized by Karen Duffek, Curator of Art at the University of British Columbia‚s
Museum of Anthropology, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, the
Abstract Edge is the 60-year-old artist‚s first solo exhibition in a decade. The
touring exhibition comes to the McMichael directly from the National Gallery in Ottawa
ˆ this is its only appearance in the Greater Toronto Area.
Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge is being presented in a gallery that the
McMichael usually reserves for the display of works from its Northwest Coast collection.
Davidson‚s art is on display under the watchful eye of two historic British Columbia
totem poles that greet visitors as they enter this breathtaking gallery space.
The exhibition features contemporary works in which Davidson explores concepts of
Haida abstraction. There are 30 works in the show, including paintings on canvas,
paper, deerskin drums; sculptures, low-relief carvings in cedar; and three new aluminum
sculptures. The exhibition also displays several 19th-century northern Northwest
Coast artifacts, including three painted bentwood feast dishes, and a canoe steering
paddle. The historical works inspired Davidson‚s inquiry into Haida concepts of abstraction,
which is the primary focus of The Abstract Edge.
Davidson‚s efforts to expand and transform his understanding of Haida art and philosophy
are illustrated through his engagement with abstraction, with reclaiming cultural
knowledge, and with developing a personal iconography in his art. A catalogue of
his writings and works accompanies this exhibition.
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an agency of the Government of Ontario and
acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Culture. The McMichael is the foremost
venue in the country showcasing the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. In addition
to presenting touring exhibitions, its permanent collection comprises more than 5,500
artworks, including paintings by the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, First
Nations and Inuit artists.
All special exhibitions are free with admission to the gallery. Admission is $15
for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and $30 for families. There is a $5 fee
for parking. The gallery is located on Islington Avenue, north of Major Mackenzie
Drive in Kleinburg and is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information
about the gallery visit http://www.mcmichael.com.
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For images of the show or for further information contact:
Stephen Weir, Publicist
(905) 893-1121
(416) 489-5868 Home Office
(416) 801-3101 Cell
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