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ARTERI Issue 2 OUT NOW!
Cyprus’ Arts & Creative Industries Magazine
in English, Greek, Turkish

ISSN 1450-4324

ARTERI presents the GUERRILLA GIRLS, Inc.
live in Cyprus 24 & 25 May 2007

arteri@accessarts.com.cy
http://www.accessarts.com.cy

subscriptions / purchase / PDF: http://www.accessarts.com.cy/arteri.htm

ISSUE 2 Celebrates in particular art by women, art activism and projects that fight discrimination and acknowledge the achievements of female artists. It also looks at dislocation and separation due to migration and environmental shifts.

Featuring -
[gallery] Elizabeth Mikellides Brussels based Greek-Cypriot Fine Artist/sound sculptor.
Mustafa Erkan Lefkosia based Turkish-Cypriot Photographer.
[articles/reviews] ‘GUERRILLA GIRLS and an interview with the Washing Up Ladies’ by
Nic Costa. ‘BROKEN - A Short Film by Vicki Psarias’ review by Sheridan Lambert.
[exhibition reviews] ‘CROSSINGS - a contemporary view’ & ‘SPACEWALK’ by Theopisti Stylianou. [profiles] ‘Natar & Yastrobnik’ Lefkosia based Cypriot & Slovenian fashion designers. [coming events] ‘UNDP(ACT) Civil Society Fair’ 3-5 May 2007.

ARTERI magazine was launched in Cyprus by AccessArts Publications Ltd in January 2007.
The independent, progressive, contemporary arts quarterly is the first of its kind promoting and acknowledging the work of Cyprus based artists as well as Cypriot creative professionals globally.

ARTERI covers the full creative spectrum from visual arts and design to literature, film, music and performance. Creative people in Cyprus, and Cypriots abroad, are invited to submit work - including art, poetry, short stories, articles and, as of Issue 3, also readers’ letters on any subject of interest or concern, arts related or other.

The magazine offers a crucial outlet for expression free of editorial control and without the bias of the otherwise elitist arts scene. It is the first quarterly to be printed in all 3 of the of the island’s key languages, welcoming contributions from the island’s Turkish-Cypriot and non-Cypriot communities and accepting submissions in any language from all artists irrespective of nationality, qualifications or social status.

ARTERI was conceived by British-Cypriot artist Nema Mcmorran, who since moving to Cyprus in 2002, identified the lack of support, recognition and critical appraisal for Cypriot contemporary art, and as a result founded AccessArts to provide a web based point of contact distributing arts news and showcasing Cyprus’ creative professionals.

There has long been a huge thirst in Cyprus for a contemporary forward-thinking glossy: ARTERI is proud to fill this gap.

ARTERI is distributed throughout Cyprus and is available online in print & digital format. It’s also sold in the UK at The Serpentine Gallery (Kensington, London).

Subscribe online at http://www.accessarts.com.cy/arteri.htm and support ARTERI by receiving this and forthcoming issues as soon as they are published.

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BOZAR EXPO

A4: HELL’O MONSTERS
Game on You

27 April > 03 June 2007
Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, BOZAR EXPO
http://www.bozar.be

Curated by Nancy Casielles

The A4 programme, launched by B.P.S.22 Project in order to present the work of young artists, returns to the Centre for Fine Arts with HELL’O MONSTERS, a group of four artists – Blastus, Desro, Ewing 33, and Tatone – who have emerged from the graffiti scene. Drawings in ink, made with markers or spray cans, and in paint create a fantastic world peopled by imaginary characters, spreading across the walls of the Centre.

Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR)
Rue Ravensteinstraat 23 - 1000 Brussels

27 April > 03 June 2007
Preview on 26 April at 7 pm

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am > 6 pm
Thursday, 10 am > 9 pm

Admission free

For further information
32 (0)2 507 82 00
http://www.bozar.be

Coproduction: B.P.S. 22

For more information go to: http://www.bozar.be

artbrussels

artbrussels 2007
Review of the 25th edition

Save the dates for the 26th edition!
18-21 April 2008

The 25th edition of artbrussels closed its doors this Monday. Collectors, curators, exhibitors, visitors and press alike are unanimous: this edition was a great success on all levels and confirms the place of artbrussels as the number one contemporary ‘cutting edge’ art fair in Europe.

Starting with the Vernissage frenzy on Thursday, the fair has attracted a growing number of art lovers over the 5 days. Combining quality, conferences and debates, exhibitions, private visits and numerous dinners and parties, artbrussels was once again the European platform for contemporary art.

Karen Renders, director of artbrussels, says: “The 25th anniversary of the fair has met and over passed all expectations. As the organisers, we’re extremely happy with the show and we’re very proud of the individual efforts made by the exhibiting galleries and the overall effect on the profile of the fair.“

Rodolphe Janssen confesses: “Sales have been great and the collectors were impressed by the quality of the fair. artbrussels definitely has the touch for combining established galleries and artists with young and emerging talent.”

Nathalie Obadia entrusts us with: “Next to the more recent works on show we did bring an historical painting by Martin Barré dated 1961 and sold it for 65.000 € to a French museum.”

Max Estrella was tempted to participate in artbrussels on the occasion of the currently running exhibition of Bernardi Roig, at the PMMK in Ostend. “This first participation was a great success. We made a lot of new contacts and sold works to collectors we didn’t know. Amongst others, a work by Pedro Calapez (aluminum panels and paint) for 21,000 € to a French collector.”

French newspaper Le Figaro states: “[…] dès l’entrée de cette 25e édition, chacun retrouve une certaine fraîcheur et part à la découverte comme si cette jeune foire bien contemporaine était une grande école d’art, joyeuse, sérieuse sans complexe inutile."

Le Monde shares : "[…] certains, comme Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois, ne savaient plus où donner de la tête tant les clients étaient nombreux. Outre les mythiques collectionneurs belges, on croisait ici beaucoup de nos compatriotes, dont Lise et Jacques Toubon, mais aussi quelques-uns des 28 000 Français recensés à Bruxelles […]."

artmagazine.cc comments: “Die stärkste Kunstmesse des Rheinlands findet in Belgien statt.” and quotes Martin Kudlek: “Hier ist das Publikum super. Die Atmosphäre ist prickelnd.”

The Scandinavian contingency with 12 galleries attracted a great number of Scandinavian collectors. Mr. Ole Faarup, President of the Danish collectors association explains: “Denmark came to Brussels with good and exciting galleries and a strong, growing number of collectors. I am proud to be here. You can be proud of the Brussels art fair which has renewed itself with a large diversity, a strong profile and a cutting edge approach that is interesting for the collectors. I’ve been collecting art for the last 30 years, it is therefore difficult to find good new artists but I believe I succeeded here and it has been a very exciting experience.”

During the first debate (Reception of conceptual art; how it became part of the art system),moderated by Sophie Richard which had the looks of a reunion, the “good old times” were the main topic amongst the panel members Jacques Charlier (artist), Herman Daled (President of Wiels, Brussels), Anny De Decker (former galerist, critic, curator), Prof. Klaus Honnef (curator, critic), Lynda Morris (curator Norwich Gallery and EAST) and Seth Siegelaub (former galerist, curator, critic).

Illy caffè presented a cheque of 10,000 € to the best Solo Show, chosen by the collectors committee: Robin Rhode for his work Air Guitar (2005, super 8 filmed sequence transferred to dvd, 7’15”) at Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea. Nominees were Simone Aaberg Kaern (Jet Blue Comet, 2006, collage) at Martin Asbaek Projects and Andy Wauman (Errant Girl, 2006, lambdaprint on dibound) at Deweer Art Gallery.

One of the Solo Shows was presented by Ronmandos: Renato Nicolodi with Mausoleum III (2005), a huge concrete wood and cement sculpture. The piece was sold for 25,000 € to a Dutch collector and will receive its own space in a private home.

artbrussels is also proud to have welcomed a great number of collectors from the European mainland and from overseas.

Adding an extra touch to the numerous OFF activities, the parties in Beurschouwburg, Le Mirano and the exhibitors’ walking dinner at Bozar illustrated the overall festive mood in Brussels and the relaxed atmosphere during the fair.

The 26th edition of artbrussels takes place from 18 to 21 April 2008. We are already looking forward to welcoming you!

Press inquiries:
Gerrie Soetaert
T: +32 475 47 98 69
gerrie.soetaert@skynet.be

For more information go to: http://www.artbrussels.be/