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What is real in a place that changes so rapidly? All that was real in China one generation ago has now been discarded. The physical and social reality of China is changing so fast, how can we know what is real anymore?

After years of secrecy we are now more curious than ever to learn about the greatest economic power in the world. Artists in China have a new creative freedom and ambition which has brought about an explosion of endless possibilities.

The Real Thing will take you on a journey to discover the humour, excitement and creativity of this inexhaustible culture. Amongst other works you will see the summit of Everest, a replica of a real Chinese factory and a stunning fountain of light emerging from the Albert Dock.

This exhibition features new work from 18 Chinese artists and is a collaboration between Tate Liverpool and leading cultural figures in China. If you want to see what is happening in China right now then this is The Real Thing.

Artists include Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, Xu Zhen and Wang Peng.

Exhibition
30 March – 10 June 2007
Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 5.50pm

Events:
Meet the curators and artists over breakfast to discuss Contemporary Chinese Art –
31 March, 11am. Pre booking required.
For details of more talks, tours and discussions surrounding the exhibition visit http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool

Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB
0151 702 7443
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool

Supported by the Liverpool Culture Company as part of the city’s preparations for European Capital of Culture 2008 with additional support from The Henry Moore Foundation and The Red Mansion Foundation.

For more information go to: http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool

Artspeak

Edited by Melanie O’Brian with essays by:

CLINT BURNHAM, RANDY LEE CUTLER, TIM
LEE, SADIRA RODRIGUES, MARINA ROY, SHARLA SAVA, REID SHIER, SHEPHERD STEINER AND MICHAEL TURNER

Artspeak and Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007

Since the mid-1980’s, the once marginal city of Vancouver has developed within a globalized economy and become an internationally recognized centre for contemporary visual art. Vancouver’s status is due not only to a thriving worldwide cultural community that has turned to examine the so-called periphery, but to the city’s growth, its artists, expanding institutions, and a strong history of introspection and critical assessment. As a result, Vancouver art is visible and often understood as distinct and definable. This anthology complicates the notion of definability. It offers nine essays to address the organized systems that have affected contemporary art in Vancouver over the last two decades.

The essays in Vancouver Art & Economies collectively remark, both compatibly and contradictorily, on the economies at work in Vancouver art – its historical, critical, and political engagement; its sites of cultural production; and its theoretical and practical intersection with technology or policy. Considering a selection of conditions, focuses, and resources within the community, Vancouver Art & Economies marks shifting ideologies and perspectives on art, politics, society, and capital in Vancouver.

The book’s essays are by Vancouver writers, artists, and/or curators Clint Burnham, Randy Lee Cutler, Tim Lee, Sadira Rodrigues, Marina Roy, Sharla Sava, Reid Shier, Shepherd Steiner, and Michael Turner, and include colour and black-and-white images throughout.

Melanie O’Brian is Director/Curator at Artspeak in Vancouver. She has organized exhibitions locally and internationally, including at the Vancouver Art Gallery and has written for numerous catalogues and magazines.

Vancouver Art & Economies is co-published by:
Artspeak
http://www.artspeak.ca
artspeak@artspeak.ca
1.604.688.0051
and
Arsenal Pulp Press
http://www.arsenalpulp.com
info@arsenalpulp.com
1.800.600.7857

ISBN: 978-155152-214-2
236 pages, 13 b&w, 44 colour images

Vancouver Art & Economies was financially supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, the City of Vancouver, Arts Now: Legacies Now 2010, the Spirit of BC Arts Fund, and the Hamber Foundation.

For more information go to: http://www.artspeak.ca

New Museum

The New Museum announces
The Altoids® Award

Four $25,000 prizes for emerging artists chosen exclusively by artists.

The New Museum and long-time supporter Altoids, the Curiously Strong Mints®, proudly announce the establishment of The Altoids Award. A first of its kind, the prize will be awarded biennially by the New Museum to four emerging artists nominated and selected by a panel comprised entirely of other artists. The award will consist of a $25,000 cash prize for each of the four winners – totaling $100,000 — as well as a joint exhibition at the New Museum’s new building on the Bowery.

The unique award selection process calls for a geographically and stylistically diverse group of ten artists to each nominate up to five emerging artists, which they have identified for producing especially innovative, unusual and powerful work. Nominators themselves were selected for the quality of their work and their proven commitment to publicly supporting the artistic community through writing, teaching, organizing exhibitions and running alternative spaces. The nominators for the first Altoids Award will be:

Edgar Arceneaux, Los Angeles
Allora and Calzadilla, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mitch Cope, Detroit
Trisha Donnelly, San Francisco
Harrell Fletcher, Portland, OR
Jay Heikes, Minneapolis
Matt Keegan, New York
Rick Lowe, Houston
Frances Stark, Los Angeles
Michelle Grabner, Chicago

Several of the nominators – Edgar Arceneaux (2002), Trisha Donnelly (2001), Harrell Fletcher (2002) and Jay Heikes (2002) - were also selected early in their careers for the New Museum’s Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, which has always been committed to supporting young and emerging talent.

The first four Altoids Award recipients will be chosen from the nominated pool of artists by three established artists known for their ground-breaking work and for their unflagging commitment to engaging and supporting new talent: Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

The recipients will be announced in early 2008, and a presentation of their work, organized by New Museum Curator Massimiliano Gioni, will debut in the first floor gallery of New Museum’s new Bowery home in fall 2008.

“The New Museum and Altoids have worked together for seven years to support and promote emerging artists,” said Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, New Museum. “The Altoids Award expands on this unique relationship, offering an exciting opportunity for us to work with artists who support other artists to seek out new talent from across the country and present it to a broad public audience in a museum setting.”

About the New Museum
The New Museum, founded in 1977, is the only museum in New York City dedicated exclusively to contemporary art. In 2005, the New Museum began construction on a new home at 235 Bowery at Prince Street. This 60,000 square-foot facility, designed by the Tokyo-based firm Sejima + Nishizawa / SANAA, will greatly expand the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. For the most up-to-date information, visit http://www.newmuseum.org.

About Altoids
Altoids has worked to advance the careers of emerging artists since 1998. In addition to its ongoing support for numerous contemporary art organizations and exhibitions, the Altoids Curiously Strong Collection supports today’s emerging artistic talent by providing meaningful exposure and recognition in a public art forum. In 2000, Altoids donated the entire Curiously Strong Collection, as well as all subsequent works, to the New Museum, adding significantly to the Museum’s holdings and marking its first-ever acceptance of a corporate collection. During the past seven years, Altoids has donated more than 155 extraordinary works that represent an innovative and adventurous approach to visual arts and patronage to the New Museum’s permanent collection. Through The Altoids Award, the New Museum and Altoids will continue to nurture their long-standing partnership and commitment to undiscovered artists.

New Museum
210 11th Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-219-1222
http://www.newmuseum.org

For more information go to: http://www.newmuseum.org