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INTERNATIONA ART NEWS: December 12, 2008
 Top Stories Ike Udo - Paris Hilton: Fantasy and Simulacrum
Stux Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America Random Utterness 2: Mara Bodis-Wollner, Andras Borocz, Andrea Dezso, Shandor Hassan, Thomas Lendvai, Anna Pasztor and Tamas Revesz
Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, NY USA United States of America Global Warming
Torpedo Factory Art Center, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA USA United States of America Under A Grand
First Street Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America Call for Artists: SurViving/AboutLive
Stichting Natuurkunst Drenthe, Sleen, NL Netherlands | | Ike Udo - Paris Hilton: Fantasy and Simulacrum
Stux Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America Stux Gallery is pleased to announce 'Paris Hilton: Fantasy and Simulacrum', an exhibition of new paintings, sculptures and photographs by the New York based Nigerian born, American artist, publisher and style icon, Ik� Ud�. Through a myriad of modalities, Ud� laments and celebrates the rise of celebrity journalism and the ensuing media phenom that is Paris Hilton, America's very own Princess Diana. 'Fame comes in all manner of forms: There's Paris Hilton kind of fame, there's Madonna, Mahatma Ghandi, Hitler, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Al Capone, Coco Chanel, Gorge Bush and Obama... There's no single ethical standard or moral yardstick by which to judge or measure the quality of fame-if there is, the line between fame and notoriety in our contemporary framework, is virtually a blur.'- Ik� Ud� - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Random Utterness 2: Mara Bodis-Wollner, Andras Borocz, Andrea Dezso, Shandor Hassan, Thomas Lendvai, Anna Pasztor and Tamas Revesz
Hungarian Cultural Center, New York, NY USA United States of America The Hungarian Cultural Center is pleased to present Random Utterness 2, the second installment of a group exhibition featuring the recent work of New York-based artists of Hungarian origin. The exhibition brings together photographs, videos, artist�s books, photo-based installations, and objects. Appearing in the interiors of homes, the female protagonists of Mara Bodis-Wollner�s videos reenact socially conditioned rituals of intimacy and perform the everyday rituals of domesticity. Fragments of conversation appear in moving images that are evocative of classical still-life painting and propose a cinematic reclamation of the patriarchal order of painting. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Global Warming
Torpedo Factory Art Center, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA USA United States of America Target Gallery presents a small works exhibition 5x5x(5). This show opens on December 11 with a reception to meet the artists and the juror, Elaine Levin from 6-8pm. Elaine Levin will provide a brief gallery talk at 7pm. All of the work in the exhibition measures at five inches or less. The show will consist of all media, from painting, sculpture, ceramic, jewelry, fiber and so on. With close to 250 art works on exhibit, there is definitely something for everyone. Michael Lynne, Premier Portfolio Member at absolutearts.com since 2001, was selected to exhibit his painting, entitled 'Global Warming'. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Under A Grand
First Street Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America The 'Under A Grand' exhibition at First Street Gallery in New York is a coined phrase by the gallery artist where all the work on exhibition will be priced less than $1000. On display will be the work of gallery artists Nancy Balliett, Sallie Benton, Bryan Collins, Suzi Evalenko, Hank Feeley, Wendy Gittler, Mark Gotbaum, Tim Kennedy, Sung Soo Kim, Penny Kronengold, Michele Liebler, Mari Lyons, Rallou Malliarakis, Marianne Perry Salas, Lisa Zwerling. First Street Gallery promotes their artists with a Gallery Portfolio at absolutearts.com. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Call for Artists: SurViving/AboutLive
Stichting Natuurkunst Drenthe, Sleen, NL Netherlands Foundation Nature Art Drenthe (Stichting Natuurkunst Drenthe) is organising - after 'Art and nature walk The Legend' in 2005, 'Art and nature walk Still Water' in 2006 and �Art and nature walk Green Revolution� in 2007, �Art and nature walk Arti Archaeology' in 2008 - a new event in 2009: 'SurViving/AboutLive'. Artists are inspired by surviving in all the meanings of this word. (In Dutch it has a double meaning. It can de surviving it self but one can also read it as AboutLive). Possibilities are fore example what shelter do people need to survive in a hostile environment or how to survive in the contemporary jungle of cities. Next to this both themes it is also possible to react on the other meaning. Conditions for all proposals are that it are spatial installations or structures which are able to survive the conditions on the site (forest, weather) for at least seven months. Adri A.C. de Fluiter who curates this project has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2003. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Call for Artists: For the Love of Art Contest
Free Art Tomorrow, New York, NY USA United States of America Free Art Tomorrow's 'For The Love Of Art' Contest. No entry fee!!! Just upload your images and wait to be discovered. We're searching for the new rising stars of the next millennium. All you need is talent and vision. Winners of Free Art Tomorrow's 'For The Love Of Art' Contest will be featured at Ico Gallery in prime Tribeca, NYC, currently the country's most exclusive and expensive zip code. Ico Gallery is the vanguard of the philosophy of Free Art Tomorrow. Offering artists platinum opportunities in the exclusive New York art market. DEADLINE: February 14th, 2009 - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com | | | | Absolutearts subscribers save 10% at Portfolios-and-Art-Cases.com: Portfolios-and-Art-Cases.com is offering a 10% discount to Absolutearts subscribers who place orders through their online store today. Their innovative portfolio cases provide a convenient way to carry mounted, framed, and even oversized artwork. Enter coupon code ABSART1 at checkout to receive the discount. | | |  SPECIAL: Portfolio cases for mounted, framed, even oversized artwork! 10% Discount offered today for Absolutearts subscribers. Portfolios-and-Art-Cases.com is offering a 10% discount to Absolutearts subscribers on all items ordered through their online store, including the X-PortTM line of Expandable Portfolios. These rugged yet lightweight cases expand to six inches of depth and load from the top, making it easy to transport a variety of artwork. Order today and enter coupon code ABSART1 at checkout to receive the 10% discount. www.Portfolios-and-Art-Cases.com Artblogs - Art Blogs: 
SCOPE MIAMI 2008
Michael Corbin, USA
Upon entering, you realize that you're at the forefront. Like everyone else, you came to scope out the joint and quickly see that it's more cutting edge than most art fairs. And so, from step one, you comb this contemporary space almost in a trance. I barely got through the front door when I saw Costa Rican artist Lucia Madriz on her knees in a corner studiously working on a mixed media installation she calls, "EAT." Lucia and a friend were carefully gluing about 100 pounds of popcorn kernels onto a four foot by six foot long spread of paper with the word "EAT" printed on the front. It was clear that placing the paper canvas on the floor was the most effective way to create the piece. Madriz is concerned about the increasing use of corn and other cash crops for things like ethanol to power our vehicles rather than feeding the world's hungry.
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