Tuesday, July 14, 2009

International Art News: July 14, 2009




ARTS NEWS: July 14, 2009

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Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA USA

Ode To The Arts : Burmese Artists
Karin Weber Gallery, SoHo, HK Hong Kong

John Weeronga Bartoo : Dreamtime Walkabout
Inverell Art Gallery, Inverall, AU Australia

Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA USA

The Philadelphia Museum of Art this summer will present Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection, an exhibition of approximately 100 paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and drawings from the early decades of the 20th century. It is drawn from the collection of Charles K. Williams II, a distinguished archeologist and Director Emeritus of the Corinth Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, who has amassed in under two decades an important and personal collection representing most of the major American artists and movements of the modern period, as well as several European masters. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
 
Ode To The Arts : Burmese Artists
Karin Weber Gallery, SoHo, HK Hong Kong

'Ode to the Arts' is a celebration of the diversity and freshness of contemporary Burmese art. The artists featured in this exhibition have always maintained originality in their own artistic pursuit. Several artists have taken traditional story telling into Performance Art as a way of commenting on the world around them. Video clips of the performance art by Htein Lin will be shown in the exhibition alongside his paintings. �He has put behind his years as a political prisoner and his works convey the sadness and ecstasy of new experiences. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
John Weeronga Bartoo : Dreamtime Walkabout
Inverell Art Gallery, Inverall, AU Australia

John Weeronga Bartoos opened on July 4 a solo exhibition at the Inverell Art Gallery. The title of the exhibition is 'Dreamtime Walkabout' and runs from July 4 to July 25, 2009 at 5 Evans Street Inverell. Australian Aboriginal artist John Weeronga Bartoo has two exhibitions in July. 'Dreamtime Walkabout' is a 37 painting exhibition. Dreamtime Walkabout is a mixture of Johns usual dot paintings that tell the stories of his life and that of his family and his recent trip to the Australian desert, where with the permission of a senior elder of the area he visited he painted 10 works mainly in the style of the area. John has been a Premiere Menber at absolutearts.com since 2007. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
 
Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN USA

Art-world, crafts-world, and crossover talents come together in Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay, a lively presentation, on view at the Walker Art Center July 11�November 29, that features work in clay by 22 artists spanning four generations. Examining the rich history of clay and showcasing some of the medium�s most important practitioners, Dirt on Delight embodies a wide range of form and scale by contemporary artists as well as historic and outsider figures who have had a sustained engagement with clay and its processes. The exhibition originated at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com

 
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