Thursday, October 23, 2008

International Art News: October 23, 2008





ARTS NEWS: October 23, 2008

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Shimon Okshteyn: Dangerous Pleasures - New Paintings and Sculpture
Stux Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America

Universal Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, ES Spain

Valentina DuBasky: Mongolian Horses and Siberian Tigers - New Paintings on Paper and Canvas
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY USA United States of America

Canal Cheong-Jagerroos: The Realm of Solitude
Galleria Bulevardi 7, Helsinki, FI Finland

Shimon Okshteyn: Dangerous Pleasures - New Paintings and Sculpture
Stux Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America

Stux Gallery, New York is pleased to announce �Dangerous Pleasures�, an exhibition of new works by Shimon Okshteyn. A cacophony of visual abundance and the excessive aesthetics of pleasure and pain are at the heart of Dangerous Pleasures, which features hyper-realistic paintings, sculpture and mixed media installations. The exhibition will be on view from October 23rd through December 6th, 2008, and will be accompanied by a full color catalogue with an essay by Dominique Nahas. In these massively scaled works, Okshteyn expands upon his signature sensational mimetic representations of old master paintings and objects culled from every day life to focus his sites on the vices of contemporary culture. Here the artist assumes the role of snake charmer, or master of ceremonies, hawking his liniments, lotions and �snake oil� concoctions, all the while acutely focusing our attention on the collective shortcomings of society, both real and perceived. Painted directly onto the surfaces of highly reflective mirrors, viewers are forcefully inserted into the artist�s dialogues with Heroin (2008), Cocaine (2008), Extasy (2008), and Pills - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
 
Universal Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, ES Spain

The MACBA presents Universal Archive. The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia, an exhibition which brings together almost 2,000 vintage photos and other documents dated between 1851 and 2008 by some 250 authors, from Lewis Hine to William Klein. The survey or photographic mission came into existence with a specific goal: to build the image of the emerging city in a time of huge but difficult to visualise transformation. It was the writer Prosper Merim�e who, in 1851, sponsored the first major photographic campaign in history: the Mission H�liographique, intended to create a public photographic archive of French historical monuments through the work of leading photographers. This mission constitutes the first formalisation of the photographic utopia in modern culture: the construction of a universal archive. Towards the end of 2006, the Museu d�Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) adopted the model of the photographic survey, historically promoted through government bodies, and initiated a project based on Barcelona, aiming to offer a diagnosis of today's city and its focuses of transformation for the 21st century. Commissioning photographers from various generations and backgrounds, the Museum set out to investigate the notions of photographic document and city. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
Valentina DuBasky: Mongolian Horses and Siberian Tigers - New Paintings on Paper and Canvas
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY USA United States of America

Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts is proud to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Valentina DuBasky. The new series of 'cave-wall' paintings, Mongolian Horses and Siberian Tigers, is inspired by recent travels from the Amur River basin that forms a natural border between Manchuria, Inner Mongolia and the Russian Far East to the mountain highlands and forest monasteries between Burma and Thailand. DuBasky's paintings of horses, bison and stags began twenty years ago with travels to research cave-wall and ancient art along the Silk Route. Her animals appear within a thickly painted 'strata' of oil paint and wax and have been compared to the mythic cave paintings of Lascaux and Altamira.With her introduction to modern day Mongolians the artist was able to also connect to a culture that has a living and vibrant connection to its ancestral roots. Her travels are often in conjunction with ecological, historical or cultural missions, and her adventures bring her into close contact with the people and their lives. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
 
Canal Cheong-Jagerroos: The Realm of Solitude
Galleria Bulevardi 7, Helsinki, FI Finland

Galleria Bulevardi 7 is pleased to present a solo painting exhibition by Chinese international artist Canal Cheong-Jagerroos, featuring about 40 pieces of her recent works. Born in 1968 in Macau/China into an artistic family, Canal has won international recognition and acclaim for her unique motifs of blending ancient and modern elements together. Canal Cheong-Jagerroos is an artist with roots in Chinese traditional painting and according to the old traditional way she uses ink and rice paper as her primary mediums. Her works are mostly inspired by ancient Chinese philosophies, poems, nature and seasons. In addition the very special cultural experience of having lived in 7 different countries in the last 15 years from Asia to Europe and Africa to Scandinavia permeates her later works. Canal Cheong-Jagerroos has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2007. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
Call for Artists: Holiday Exhibition - Hand Pulled Prints
Studio 889, Bronx, NY USA United States of America

CALL FOR PRINT ENTRIES - Deadline November 22nd, 2008. Studio 889 is pleased to announce a call for submissions of hand pulled prints to be considered for exhibition in our Holiday Show. The exhibition will open on Saturday, December 6th, with an opening reception from 2:30pm - 5:30pm. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, January 10th, 2009. Studio 889 is a nonprofit visual arts gallery, workshop and classroom whose mission is to cultivate an artistic environment that encourages creative development, technical experimentation, and the exchange of ideas. They do so by providing arts in education, community and professional printmaking workshops. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
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