Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
4 of the fantastic intriguing black drawings by Patricia London Ante Paris
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| From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists |
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
New Art Blog from Georgia: Not At Home Yet
TIFLIS TRANSFER in Saarbrücken
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| From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists |
PATRICIA LONDON ANTE PARIS UND GEORGISCHE KÜNSTLERINNEN
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Eight Wheeler
Eight wheelers could be a good solution for Russian terrain roads and you still can meet some of the concepts from the Soviet past on the roads.
They had a flat bottom and the additional four wheels mounted higher than the first four ones so that in case you get stuck too deep then the new pair of axes get into play towing the car out the deep mud.
For some reason those stayed only in concept mode and like this one bare the old white-on-black plates, those give clue that it comes back from seventies or early eighties, but is still used.
Guys collecting old Soviet transportation relics can pay a lot for one of those, even if it doesn't come from any popular brand but was made by some garage genius with his hands alone.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
The Joy of Life
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Photo from Cesho, Tusheti, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Artists, removing the Stalin Monument in Gori ? What do you think ?
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| From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists |
There is a new discussion going on in Georgia to remove the Stalin monument in his home town Gori from the main place of the town. A related article which advocates the clearance of the Soviet leader you can find on Georgia Today here: "Bidding goodbye to Stalin’s heavy hand on Georgian psyche"
While I noticed many voices off the younger Georgians supporting the removal at sites like Facebook of course many other and often older Gori inhabitants do not like that idea very much.
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| From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists |
Before we pull it, are there any questions we should ask us before ? Like some as these:
- Was the Stalin phenomena ever really seriously researched and analyzed yet ? Where can I read about it ?
See the Poll in the Sidebar as well
Mark Stone at HenriArtMag with new works attacking the Postmodernism
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| From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists |
"I believe that we should approach (...) from a different perspective, a different “view” from both Modernist painting which relies on a traditional figure ground relationship, and Postmodernism which relies on a collage billboard approach."
Mark Stone with a new hefty attack on Postmodernism, read the full article and see more interesting works here: http://henrimag.com/blog1/?p=1532
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
EXHIBITION: Georgischer Frühling : 10 Magnum Fotografen bereisten Georgien - Reisetagebuch im Kehrer Verlag und Ausstellung in Berlin
Ausstellung "Georgischer Frühling"5. – 13. September 2009
Uferhallen, Berlin
Uferstrasse 8-11, 13357 Berlin
Öffnungszeiten: 11.00 bis 19.00
www.uferhallen.de
Auf Einladung des Georgischen Kulturministeriums sind zehn Magnum-Fotografen - Jonas Bendiksen, Antoine D’Agata, Thomas Dworzak, Martine Franck, Alex Majoli, Martin Parr, Paolo Pellegrin, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, MarkPower und Alec Soth aufgebrochen, um das Land zu beschreiben. Jeder der Fotografen ging seinem eigenen Thema nach und brachte ein Tagebuch in Worten und Bildern von seiner Reise mit, dem jeweils 20 Seiten im Buch gewidmet sind.
20 Jahre nach der Unabhängigkeit von der Sowjetunion und nach einer von Krieg und gescheiterter Souveränität bestimmten Dekade startet Georgien ein lebhaftes Comeback. Zwischen der Türkei und Russland am östlichen Rand von Europa gelegen und als eine Hochkultur, die sich bis zu ihrer Besiedlung durch die alten Griechen zurückdatieren lässt, wurde Georgien 1922 der Sowjetunion einverleibt.
Im Jahr 1991 wurde die Unabhängigkeit des Landes wiedererlangt, es folgten jedoch Bürgerkrieg und wirtschaftlicher Zusammenbruch.Trotz anhaltender Spannungen mit Russland hat Georgien im 21. Jahrhundert einen mutigen Neuanfang gewagt und wandelt sich in beachtlichem Tempo zu einem modernen europäischen Staat.
Pinkhassov bereiste die georgische Schwarzmeerküste – einst das Mekka für erholungssuchende Sowjetkader – für seine einzigartigen Aufnahmen von Licht und Texturen und Paolo Pellegrin suchte nach Georgiens Spiritualität.
Mark Power reiste mit seiner 5 x 4 Großformatkamera durch Georgien, fasziniert von den Reibungspunkten zwischen Altem und Neuem. Bendiksen verbrachte die überwiegende Zeit seiner Reise in der Hauptstadt Georgiens: “Ich wollte der neuen Generation von jungen Georgiern begegnen: Diejenigen, die keine Erinnerung an das Leben unter dem sowjetischen System haben, die völlig in der neuen Ära aufgewachsen sind. In Tbilisi sind sie überall zu sehen – man kann sie kaum von ihresgleichen in London, Oslo oder Berlin unterscheiden.
“Thomas Dworzak portraitierte Micheil Saakaschwili, den jüngsten Präsidenten der Welt, der sich gegen Rußland auflehnte und sich dem Westen aufgeschlossen zeigte Martin Parr begegnet auf seiner Georgien-Reise seinen Lieblingsthemen Freizeit und Konsum, fotografiert quietschbunte Spielautomaten am Rande der Stadt. Und natürlich kommt der Fotobuchliebhaber nicht an den Antiquariaten vonTbilisis vorbei, in denen ihm vor allem die Propaganda-Bücher antun.
Den Tagebüchern vorangestellt sind ein Vorwort von Thomas Dworzak, ein Abriss der Geschichte Georgiens und ein Essay von Wendell Steavenson. Ein Kapitel mit den besten Georgien-Fotos aus dem Magnum-Archiv erinnert auch an die Gründungsjahre der Fotoagentur – unter anderem mit Robert Capas Fotoessay von 1947, das entstand, als er mit John Steinbeck die Sowjetunion besuchte. Das Buch beginnt und endet mit einer Serie von Originalpostkarten mit Hauptsehenswürdigkeiten Georgiens.
Georgischer Frühling – Ein Magnum Tagebuch
Autoren: Wendell Steavenson
Kehrer Verlagca. 25 x 29 cm, 256 Seiten
ca. 240 Farbabb., ca. 36 Euro
ISBN 978-3-86828-086-9
Magnum Photos online hat eine Online-Dokumentation produziert, die ab September 2009 zu sehen ist unter www.georgianspring.com.
Quelle: http://www.gosee.de/
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Fest i Nova International Festival Of Contemporary Art Garikula'09, Akhalkalaki, Georgia
Art Villa Garikula
Fest i Nova will host artists from Austria, France, Georgia, Netherlands, United States of America.
The "Foundation of Revival and Development of Cultural Heritage of Shida Kartli / Georgia" will launch this year a new Festival of Contemporary Art in the Art Villa Garikula / Ahkalkalaki (5th of August - 25th of October '09). The Chairman of the Foundation - Karaman Kutateladze - will host artists from Austria, Georgia, France, Netherlands and the United States of America. The artists are invited to realize individual projects in the frame of the given context "pavilion". The goal of each project is to create a specific platform in order to faciliate the exchange of artistic views as well as to stimulate different practises of contemporary art.
The first part of the International Art Festival "FEST I NOVA - Garikula '09" will start on August the 5th with the Austrian project "ici GARIKULA", followed by American, Dutch, French and Georgian presentations.
An exhibition - dedicated to Kirill and Ilia (ILIAZD) Zdanevitch - will take place at the National Museum of Georgia, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Georgia, the Centre Alexandre Dumas and ART VILLA GARIKULA.
Participants:
AUSTRIA / Simonetta Ferfoglia & Heinrich Pichler (gangart), Gilbert Bretterbauer, Tina Bepperling, Isabel Becker and art critic Carola Platzek.
FRANCE / Jean Dupuy, Emile Laugier, Aurele "Lost Dog" and Elisa Fantozzi
GEORGIA / Oleg Timchenko, Guga Kotetishvili, Vakhtang Bughadze, Karaman Kutateladze, Givi Nonikashvili, Nino Morbedadze, Rezo Gogolashvili, Gogi Okropiridze, Vakhtang Tsereteli, Koka Ramishvili and Mamuka Japaridze
NETHERLANDS / Anouk Sluizer, Jeanette Groenedaal and Zoot Derks
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA /
Nanuka Tchitchoua, Travis Wade Ivy, Eva Salina Primack, Aurelia Shrenker
Fest i Nova's new guest:
HUMAN EMOTION PROJECT
Human Emotions documented visually by international artists using film or video.
By employing the largest palette of creative possibilities, film and video artists from around the world strive to externalize those complex driving forces that we all enjoy and endure and that bind us, as humanity, together despite our differences.
Participants:
Joas Sebastian Nebe "Losing control" Germany (57sec)
Behjat Omar "Bird" Kurdistan/UK (01:14)
Bijan Moosavi "Urban ride" Iran (05:50)
Robertina Sebjanic & Nika Autor"Niro"Slovenia(02:16)
Danny Germansen "Isolation and loneliness" USA (01:59)
Alison Williams(with Lisa Walker) "White as snow" RSA (02:07)
Agricola de Cologne "Silent cry" Germany (03:05)
Lemeh42 "Et dukkehjem" (Faticart Group - Italy)(02:19)
Luca Curci & Fabiana Roscioli "Impossible love" Italy(06:07 )
Anders Weberg "Undisclosed beauty" Sweden (03:13)
Masha Yozefpolsky "Error lips" Israel (03:34)
Irina Gabiani "The slaves of the system" Luxembourg (02:29)
Bill Millett "The book" UK (06:46)
Debbie Douez "Sadness" Spain(02:18)
Richard Jochum "Mama" USA (01:34)
Alberto Guerreiro "Absent" Portugal(03:30)
Michael Chang "Concerto azzurro" Denmark(06:10)
Maryam Fakhimi "Untitled(In the name of God)" Iran (09:20)*
Mads Lungdahl "The source" Denmark
Michal Brzezinski "Mnemosyne" Poland (14 min..)
Karina Smigla Bobinski "Routen" Germany
Director:
Karaman Kutateladze / GE
Curators and coordinators of projects:
Tina Bepperling / A
Isabel Becker / A
Gogi Okropiridze / A
Guela Tsouladze / F
Ketevan Kvinikadze / GE
Ketevan Okropiridze / GE
Maya Simonia / NL
Nanouka Tchitchoua / USA
Alison Williams/RSA
Irina Gabiani/L
Managers:
Revaz Gogolashvii / GE
Khatuna Mzarelua / GE
Collaborators:
Revaz Apkhazava / GE
Partners & Sponsors:
Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia
Federal Ministry for European and International Affaires of Austria
Federal Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport of Austria
AIRZENA
French Embassy in Georgia
Centre Culturel Francais Alexandre Dumas
CGCCA Centre for Global Coordination of Culture and Art
PCN Platform for Cultural Networking
Kulturschmiede
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
PAINTINGS: "The Avoider" (2006) by Michael Borremans
Oil on canvas
Image Size: 141 3/4 x 71 x 2 inches 360 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm
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"In Der Schuhschachtel" Die Zeit, article by Sven Behrisch
"Michaël Borremans at David Zwirner" Artforum, review by Jeffrey Kastner
"Michaël Borremans" Art in America, interview by David Coggins
Press release - Michaël Borremans
"The Theater of the Absurd." tema celeste, article by Michaël Amy
"Michaël Borremans at David Zwirner." Art In America, article by David Coggins
"Michaël Borremans: Horse Hunting." Modern Painters, article by Joshua Mack
"Strange Days: The Drawings of Michaël Borremans." Angle, article by Saul Ostrow
"Michaël Borremans." Artforum, article by David Carrier
"Michaël Borremans: Drawings." Art on Paper, article by Lauren Ross
"A Belgian master of the enigmatic." The Observer, article by Laura Cumming
"Art Preview: Michaël Borremans." Time Out London, article by Sarah Kent
"Strange Days: The Drawings of Michaël Borremans." Angle, article by Saul Ostrow
"Michaël Borremans." Artforum, article by David Carrier
"Michaël Borremans: Drawings." Art on Paper, article by Lauren Ross
"A Belgian master of the enigmatic." The Observer, article by Laura Cumming
"Art Preview: Michaël Borremans." Time Out London, article by Sarah Kent
"Michaël Borremans." Flash Art, article by Eva Wittocx
"Michaël Borremans." Frieze, article by Kristin M. Jones
"Reviews: Michaël Borremans." Flash Art, article by Owen Drolet
source: www.davidzwirner.com
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