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Ximena presents in Mexico

Nigel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:04:18 +0000

Ximeno Briceno (PhD, Gold and Silver) has been invited to present a paper to the Gray Area Symposium to be held in Mexico City, in a panel discussion addressing “What does Contemporary Jewellery Means to Us in Latin America?”

Www.grayareasymposium.org

The symposium is organized by Otro Diseño, Foundation for Cultural Exchange and Development and Design Flux. The organization Otro Diseño is founded by curator Valeria Vallarta, a native of Mexico City who is based in the Netherlands.

The Otro Diseño foundation is dedicated to promote and promote create a dialogue between Latin America artists in the international landscape. For more information please visit:
Www.otro-diseño.com

The symposium will be held in Mexico City from 12th -16 April, 2010 in the Ex Teresa de Medici Chapel, Mexico City.

artifacial

Nigel — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:10:25 +0000

is a PhD project in Holland “fighting for freedom of facial expression“.

neology – Season 3 of the 2010 Graduating Exhibition

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:34:59 +0000

Season 3 opens with a reception at 6 pm on 3 March in the School of Art Gallery, and runs until 5 pm Friday 12 March.

Dean Allison
Repeated, 2009
hot blow mold glass on steel
43 x 80 x 53 cm

Cinnamon Lee
Phototaxis, 2009
stainless steel, anodised aluminium, acetal, HBLED, arduino micro-controller,
5V DC power supply
140 x 65 x 65mm (without cord)
Image: courtesy of the artist

Kenichi Sato
Sitzmachine, 2009
plywood
79 x 60 x 63 cm

making it easier: automatism

Nigel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:10:57 +0000

Search the very austere IAAA (the Institute of Artificial Art Amsterdam). Their goal is the “complete automatization of art production”. Hmmm.

P.A.N.D.O.R.A.

Nigel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:48:57 +0000

Heard of Pandora? Australia’s Virtual Archive? Librarians love acronyms. Transit Lane is now being archived as we go… Here’s what they say:

The National Library of Australia aims to build a comprehensive collection of Australian publications to ensure that Australians have access to their documentary heritage now and in the future. The Library has traditionally collected items in print, but it is also committed to preserving electronic publications of lasting research or cultural value. PANDORA, Australia’s Web Archive, was set up by the Library in 1996 to enable the archiving and provision of long-term access to online Australian publications. Since then we have been identifying online publications and archiving those that we consider have national significance.

sometimes the caption gives the game away

Nigel — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:14:34 +0000

Carmen Tita Cervera, widow of industrial magnate Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza, poses in front of her painting “Charing Cross Bridge” by Claude Monet during the media inauguration of the exhibit “Monet and the Abstraction” at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. REUTERS/Andrea Comas.

Don’t we love the way ArtDaily photographs works of art semi-obscured by people – owners, viewers, fuzzy passers-by, royal visitors – all to avoid the problem of copyright!

Naked Aboriginal kids on postcards: has it got anything to do with the Henson debate?

Nigel — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:43:26 +0000

Or is vernacular photography outside the artworld? Read the storm of comments on Bob Gosford’s post on Crikey.

Side by Side Gallery hosts photographic works by Refugia Guzmán Pérez

Nigel — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:11:32 +0000

Side by Side Gallery (curated by Maya Havilland) is proud to present the online exhibition “From the Rural Community to the City- The Chol ethnic group in Chiapas, Mexico” -photographic works by Refugia Guzmán Pérez, a Ch’ol photographer from the Chiapas Photography Project (CPP) and the Archivo Fotográfico Indígena (AFI) – Chiapas, Mexico.

Read an introduction to the exhibition by CPP/AFI founder and director Carlota Duarte below, and visit Side by Side Gallery – Refugia Guzmán Pérez to view the online exhibition (or follow links to Project Galleries on the Side By Side blog).

neology – Season 2 of the 2010 Graduating Exhibition

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:55:36 +0000

Season 2 opens with a reception at 6 pm on 17 February in the School of Art Gallery, and runs until 5 pm Friday 26 February.

Craig Edwards (Grad Dip, Ceramics)
Spring Creek series [detail] , 2009
porcelain with washed dirt and celadon glaze
dimensions various

Keven Francis (Grad Dip, Ceramics)
Transition (detail), 2009
acrylic paint and ceramics,
dimensions various

Nicole Muniz (MAVA, Glass)
Fragment, 2009
pâte de verre, copper
26 x 28 cm

Arion Siu Man Lam (MDA, Textiles)
East West Joined, 2009
Kangaroo hide and Chinese Brocade

how was the world supposed to be

Nigel — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:35:14 +0000

under communism? Go to Robert Bonnett’s blog to see this review of an exhibition of visions of the future from behind the Iron Curtain.