e premte, 30 tetor 2009

Exhibition: Chester Arnold, Sandow Birk, Masami Teraoka, Walter Robinson


San Jose Museum presents: "Variations on a Theme"
Through May 23 2009 - February 7, 2010

"Variations on a Theme is an expansive presentation of works by ca. 30-40 contemporary artists," including Arnold, Birk, Robinson, and Teraoka, "organized in thematic groupings, which tentatively include the environment and sustainability; the urban landscape; stories of people and the body politic; labor-intensive artistic techniques; and faith and spirituality."
http://www.sjmusart.org

Exhibition: Andy Diaz Hope


Scion Space Presents: INFINITY, featuring work by Andy Diaz Hope
Curated by Andrew Schoultz

October 10th - November 7th, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10th, 2009 | 7-10pm

"Infinity" is a group exhibition of artists whose practices or aesthetics relate to the many facets of the infinite. The Vastness of this concept will be explored through painting, drawing, photography, and 3D multi-media installation."
http://www.scion.com/space/

Blog: Masami Teraoka


My back pages: Memento Mori
Blog entry discussing various artists, including Masami Teraoka
October 13, 2009
http://speedbird.wordpress.com

Exhibition: Julie Heffernan


Bucknell University's The Samek Art Gallery is exhibition, "Epic Painting," including large-scale paintings featuring Julie Heffernan.
Opening Friday, October 23
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. weekends.
www.bucknell.edu/Samek.

Lecture: Sandow Birk


OTIS announces a reception for Alumni and Friends on Thursday October 22 6-8pm
OTIS Alumni
6pm Complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres
7pm Remarks by Sandow Birk and Eleana Del Rio ('89)

"Reconnect with Otis.Catch up with old friends. Make new friends. Check out the latest work by Sandow Birk ('89 Fine Arts) in his exhibition American Qur'an."

RSVP: laevent@otis.edu or 310.846.2553
www.otis.edu/alumni

Lecture: Ken Goldberg


Ken Goldberg's lecture, "Myth and Media"
Wednesday, October 28
6:30 pm
History of Art/Classics Library
Doe Library, Room 308J

http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/art

Exhibition: Christoph Draeger



Solo exhibition for Christoph Draeger's, "BRO KEN," at the GALERIE LUCIANO FASCIATI, CHUR

October 24 - November 21, 2009
Opening Oct 23, 6-8 pm
http://www.luciano-fasciati.ch/

Exhibition: Packard Jennings


Packard Jennings showing at the exhibition, "One Every Day: A Curatorial Project" at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts [EFA] Project Space:
"the first exhibition curated by Printeresting. One Every Day presents work by twenty-five artists and designers who share an interest in printed ephemera. The show promises to be an expansive and dynamic survey."
Through November 5 - December 19, 2009
Reception November 7, 6-9 pm

EFA Project Space
323 West 39th St., New York.
http://www.printeresting.org

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


Announcing Travis Somerville showing at the Laguna Art Museum in the exhibition, "Collecting California,"
"Which outlines some of the most significant works of art created in California over the last 150 years."
November 8, 2009 Curatorial Walk-Through
Through November 8 - January 17, 2010
www.LagunaArtMuseum.org

Blog: Sandow Birk


Artist Kiel Johnson discusses on ARTINFO current art exhibitions in Los Angeles, including Sandow Birk’s American Qur’an at Koplin Del Rio:
"Feel like checking out work that exemplifies dedication and follow-through? Investigate the cultural bridge that is “American Qur’an” by Sandow Birk”

http://www.artinfo.com

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


Art Forum announces Travis Somerville’s exhibition, ““Dedicated to the Proposition,” at the Ben Maltz Gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design

“Travis Somerville’s work addresses the tangled knot of issues surrounding the history of race in America.”
BEN MALTZ GALLERY AT THE OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
October 3–December 12
http://artforum.com

Press: Sandow Birk


American Qur’an is featured on CNN.COM

http://edition.cnn.com

Exhibition: Travis Somerville


Travis Somerville’s solo exhibition, Dedicated to the Proposition...slideshow is now online

http://www.otis.edu

The exhibition continues through December 12, 2009

Lecture: Christoph Draeger


Last Chance
Artist's Lecture and Screening
Friday, September 4 , 2009 @ 7:00 PM

Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium
401 S. Fourth St. Las Vegas, NV 89101

www.lasvegascac.org

Exhibition: Ellen Kooi


“Aside from the galleries, the SIPA 2009 will also offer several special exhibitions. ``Visual Intersection.kr.nl'' features artists from this year's guest country, the Netherlands. Participating artists are Eelco Brand, Ellen Kooi, Erwin Olaf, Martine Stig, Phillip Provily, Popel and Ruud van Empel.”

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr

Press: Sandow Birk



Press and blog articles featuring Sandow Birk's, "American Qur'an"


Los Angeles Times, A New Image for the Qur’an, by Sharon Mizota, August, 30, 2009

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/08/a-new-image-for-the-koran.html

“Executed in ink and gouache in an understated, realist style, many of the 16- by- 24-inch works depict everyday sights — urban street life, office workers in their cubicles, a pregnant couple in their front yard. Others represent more historic moments, such as the smoking towers of the World Trade Center or a funeral with a casket draped in a U.S. flag.”

Blogs:
Sandow Birk’s exhibition, The American Qur’an has been featured on numerous blogs.
http://yahyasheikho786.wordpress.com

http://cryptome.org

/http://falldesign002.wordpress.com

http://www.dailytidings.com

http://events.kqed.org

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com

Exhibition: Nina Katchadourian


Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art
September 5 – November 28, 2009
“Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art is a group exhibition of twently international artists exploring human interaction with animals through a collection of provocative video installations, photographs, paintings, and sculptures”

www.sweeney.ucr.edu

Exhibition: Kate Gilmore


One Minute More
Kate Gilmore, Jamie Isenstein, Oliver Lutz, Clifford Owens, Georgia Sagri, Aki Sasamoto, and Josh Tonsfeldt Curated by Debra Singer, Matthew Lyons, and Miriam Katz

The Kitchen, 512 West 19th, New York
http://www.thekitchen.org/

September 10 – October 31, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 6-8pm

Reflection on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video curated by Lauren Ross
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org

Exhibition: Walter Robinson


Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska recently acquired two works from Walter Robinson’s Transport Series

“To that end, the spring purchase includes four strong examples of postmodern art - a pair of "signs" by Steve Lambert that incorporate advertising and irony and two paintings by Walter Robinson that take off on Mark Rothko, adding automobile emblems to the color fields.”

http://www.journalstar.com

Video: Amir H. Fallah


Video documenting Invisible Triangle for the summer group exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery

http://vimeo.com


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Press: Sandow Birk - SF Examiner


An article by the San Francisco Examiner about Sandow Birk's "American Qur'an:"

"a re-imagining of the Islamic holy book that pushes cultural and religious boundaries by blending the tome's ancient chapters with postcards from the American experience."

http://www.sfexaminer.com
10/07/09

Exhibited by: Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

http://www.cclarkgallery.com

e premte, 9 tetor 2009

Press: Sandow Birk


An article about Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an:”
“Birk’s project consists of handwritten transcriptions of English translations of the Qur’an, and gouache and acrylic illustrations drawn from images of contemporary American life.”
http://artscenecal.com

Exhibition: Ray Beldner


“Dress Code” exhibition at Katonah Museum of Art

Press: Huffington Post
Barbara Bloemink writes an article:
“the exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art shows that artists all over the world are now using clothing as a metaphor for shared, as well as personal, concerns. The 37 international artists in Dress Codes touch on issues dealing with ethnicity, community, commerce, immigration, and globalization, as well as the effects of natural destruction, war, and violence.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com


Blog: Threadbared.com on “Katonah Museum of Art” exhibition “Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor.”
http://threadbared.blogspot.com

Exhibition: Ken Goldberg and Ray Beldner



SlaughterHouse Space at the Duchamp Winery
“The Seduction of Duchamp: Bay Area Artists’ Response”
October 3 through November 7

Closing events on November 7
5-8 Reception and Third Act of the Gregangelo and Velocity Circus
5-6 Auction

www.slaughterhousespace.com

Exhibition: Nina Katchadourian


Exhibition of "Academy of Another City," featuring "Accent Elimination," by Nina Katchadourian, has been extended to the middle of October.

Academy of Another City
Ute Vorkoeper
Hohenzollernring 74
22763 Hamburg
Germany

Exhibition: Christoph Draeger


Christoph Draeger announces a new "land art project," 20 minutes from Zurich.
Cow Maze (2009)
50 x 100 meters
Electric cow wire, ca 500 wooden poles, cows and bulls

Exhibition opening: October 4 2009, 2-9 PM

Cow Maze idea
"Electric wire defines a simplified version of the maze from the movie 'The Shining' on a field of 50x100 meters.
During 3 months, cows were eating the accessible grass while in the in-betweens spaces the grass was allowed to grow high.
Now, the drawing of the maze is clearly visible from above and from space."

Please check out the time lapse video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdALjAy5hH0
http://www.christophdraeger.com

Exhibition: Andy Diaz Hope


Andy Diaz Hope exhibiting at the "Scion Space Presents: INFINITY" in Los Angeles:
"'Infinity' is a group exhibition of artists whose practices or aesthetics relate to the many facets of the infinite."
October 10th - November 7th, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10th, 2009 | 7-10pm
http://www.scion.com/space/

Exhibition: Christoph Draeger


Christoph Draeger exhibiting at the "TINA B. –The Prague Contemporary Art Festival 09: A New Era"

“The Prague Contemporary Art Festival is an international contemporary art project, which strives to combine the creative energy of the cultural scene in Central and Eastern Europe with emerging talents and trends from around the world. TINA B. is held under the auspices and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the City of Prague.
An acronym for “This Is Not Another Biennial”, TINA B. is also the personification of a fictitious character, the festival’s enigmatic female patron.”
October 8 - October 25, 2009

Exhibition Venues: Stone Bell House, Pedestrian Zone Prikopech and Ovokni TRH, Vernon Gallery, Vernon City, Park Hotel Praha, Alternative Space Delnicka

www.christophdraeger.com
http://www.tina-b.eu/en

Exhibition: Ray Beldner


The Slaughterhouse Space presents: "The Seduction of Duchamp:Bay Area Artists' Response."
The show "investigates the influence and legacy of Marcel Duchamp on San Francisco Bay Area artists."

Runs October 3 through November 8

http://www.slaughterhousespace.com

Press: Carlos and Jason Sanchez


“New York and Montreal: Carlos and Jason Sanchez at Caren Golden and Parisian Laundry.”
An article on the Sanchez Brothers work: “they are directors as much as they are photographers.”

http://www.thesanchezbrothers.com

Blog: Julie Heffernan


Blog features images of Julie Heffernan's work.

http://dandyvonnuetzen.blogspot.com

Blog: Al Farrow


Blog featuring images of Al Farrow's bronze sculptures.


http://13luckymonkey.blogspot.com

Press: Sandow Birk


An article by the San Francisco Examiner about Sandow Birk's "American Qur'an:"

"a re-imagining of the Islamic holy book that pushes cultural and religious boundaries by blending the tome's ancient chapters with postcards from the American experience."


http://www.sfexaminer.com

10/07/09

Exhibited by: Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

http://www.cclarkgallery.com

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Blog: Sandow Birk


Blog commenting on Sandow Birk's "American Qur'an:"
"it is easy for modern Americans to see themselves in the drawings and thus, in a smart trick, in the book itself."
http://artscenecal.com

Blog: Ellen Kooi


Aberson Exhibits presents a volume of photographs and writings that
"showcase [photographers'] personal or observational take on ecology and sustainability."
http://abersonexhibits.blogspot.com/

Event: Ken Goldberg


BCNM Commons, University of California at Berkeley
340 Moffit Library
12- 1pm, Tuesday, September 22, 2009

"Join Media Alliance and the Berkeley Center for New Media on One Web Day to
discuss global Internet access and policies."
http://www.media-democracy.net

Press: Sandow Birk on Clipmarks.com



Sandow Birk, "The American Qur'an"

"The shows’ subject matter, a translation of the Qur’an (Koran) illustrated with images of contemporary American life, is definitely sensitive in the current political environment with wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and tension between the United States and many other Islamic countries."

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2F660690-C549-4208-AFEC-E2A40654103F/

Blog: Julie Heffernan


Blog features a work by Julie Heffernan: "Self Portrait as Not Dead Yet"
http://warmstreamsoflogic.wordpress.com/

Blog: Sandow Birk


Muslim Presence.com presents a blog article featuring an interview with Sandow Birk: ”American Qur’an.”

“At a time when the United States is involved in two wars against Islamic nations and declares itself to be in a cultural and philosophical struggle against Islamic extremists, American artist Sandow Birk’s latest project considers the Qur’an as it was intended – as a universal message to humankind”

http://muslimpresence.com

Blog: Travis Somerville


Travis Somerville's newest exhibition "Dedicated to the proposition..." at the OTIS Ben Maltz Gallery:
"The exhibition presents a new body of work including painting, drawing, sculpture and installation and refers to Abraham Lincoln’s historic Gettysburg Address delivered during the Civil War"

https://blogs.otis.edu

Exhibition: Travis Somerville



Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis presents Travis Somerville: "Dedicated to the preposition..."

October 3 through December 12

www.otis.edu/benmaltzgallery

Exhibition: Ray Beldner


The Slaughterhouse Space presents: "The Seduction of Duchamp:Bay Area Artists' Response."
The show "investigates the influence and legacy of Marcel Duchamp on San Francisco Bay Area artists."

Runs October 3 through November 8

http://www.slaughterhousespace.com

Exhibition: Nina Katchadourian


UC Riverside Sweeney Art Gallery, “Intelligent Design: Interspecies Art,” featuring work from Nina Katchudourian's series, "Uninvited collaborations with nature."

"The show, an homage of sorts to the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth, examines spiders, primates and creatures in between."

Through November 28th

http://www.latimes.com