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PREMIO LORENZO BONALDI PER L’ARTE – ENTERPRIZE,
4th annual PRIZEGIVING

THE WINNER: ÖVÜL DURMUSOGLU
with the exhibition project
DATA RECOVERY

GAMeC - Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
via San Tomaso 53
24121 Bergamo
tel. +39 035 270272
fax +39 035 236 962
http://www.gamec.it

The award of the fourth Premio Lorenzo Bonaldi per l’Arte – EnterPrize, the only one of its kind dedicated to curators under 30, was made at the closure of the second Qui Enter Atlas – International Symposium of Young Curators organized in collaboration with S.M.A.K. in Ghent (where there will be the second part of the symposium on 19 – 20 – 21 October 2007).

For three days GAMeC has been the meeting point for a whole generation of international young curators: meetings and debates between 15 international curators under 35, suggested by 15 institutions and coordinated by the artist Dara Birnbaum to discuss around the theme “Art in the Landscape of the Media”. On the same occasion opened the exhibition Pietro Roccasalva. Truka, part of the Eldorado project in which GAMeC focuses on the work of the most interesting up-and-coming artists on the international scene.

THE WINNER
GAMeC is pleased to announce that the 4th annual Premio Lorenzo Bonaldi per l’Arte – EnterPrize is awarded for the exhibition project Data Recovery submitted by Övül Durmusoglu nominated by Sabine Breitwieser (Director, Generali Foundation in Wien).

Last Tuesday 5 June 2007 a jury comprised by:
Dan Cameron, Director of PROSPECT.1, New Orleans
Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery, London
Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Director of GAMeC, Bergamo

Evaluated the exhibition projects submitted by the following young curators selected by as many international advisors:

Binna Choi (Amsterdam – Seoul) nominated by Anton Vidokle, E-flux, New York – unitednationsplaza, Berlin

Övül Durmusoglu (Wien – Istanbul) nominated by Sabine Breitwieser, Director, Generali Foundation, Wien

Tom Morton (London) nominated by James Lingwood, Director, Artangel, London

Manuela Moscoso (Madrid) nominated by Rafael Doctor Roncero, Director, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León

Ana Vejzovic Sharp (Los Angeles) nominated by Tom Eccles, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College Executive Director, New York

The jury - even though appreciated the relevance of all projects - awarded the worthiest one submitted by Övül Durmusoglu with the following statement:

“For the prominence of the project concept, good artists choice, the right mix of media in the exhibition, a clear accurate set up in relation to the space”

The award will consist in realization of the exhibition project Data Recovery in 2008 at the GAMeC in Bergamo.

A bilingual catalogue (Italian/English) of the exhibition will be published, illustrating not only the content of the show but also presenting the other competing projects in detail.

The Premio Lorenzo Bonaldi per l’Arte - EnterPrize is intended to support the innovative work of a young curator and his or her original exhibition project. The aim of this award is to highlight the key role and importance of curators not only on the international art scene but also in the broader context of contemporary cultural practices, in addition to encouraging and supporting the talent of a young curator at an extremely critical moment in his or her professional career.

This prize was inaugurated in 2003 by the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo with the support of Bonaldi’s family to commemorate Lorenzo Bonaldi’s passion for art and collecting.

Five advisors are invited to nominate each one a curator, who can take part in the competition in one year only. In a second phase an international jury, different every year, composed of three outstanding representatives of the international art world awards the Prize.

Now at GAMeC are on show till 29 July:
Vanessa Beecroft. Paintings and Drawings
Johannes Kahrs. Men with music
Eldorado. Jordan Wolfson. Optical Sound
Eldorado. Pietro Roccasalva. Truka

For more information go to: http://www.gamec.it

Bonnefantenmuseum

Sol LeWitt
Galleries 5 & Cupola
16 June - through 2007

Bonnefantenmuseum
Avenue Céramique 250,
Postbus 1735, NL-6201 BS Maastricht
Tel. +31 (0) 43 32 90 110
fax +31 (0) 43 32 90 199
http://www.bonnefanten.nl
tues-fri

Sol LeWitt (1928 Hartford (Conn.) - 2007 New York), the man of few words but oh so many visual ideas, died on Easter Sunday 2007. He embodied one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century and many generations of artists will be able to fall back on him. Until the end of this year, in Galleries 5, the Bonnefantenmuseum will be showing works from the collection, including the recently acquired Wall Drawing #1239 Scribbles. In the Cupola of the museum, Wall drawing #801: Spiral, 1996 by Sol LeWitt will be exhibited alongside Prometeo, 1986 – 1987 by the Italian artist Luciano Fabro. The extensive collection of Sol LeWitt’s work means that the museum will be continually calling attention to it.

In 1993, the Bonnefantenmuseum first acquired a work by the American artist Sol LeWitt, one of the artists behind the dominant post-war art movements minimal art and conceptual art. Nowadays, the museum prides itself on an extensive collection of his work that is also representative of the main media in which he excels; sculpture, monumental wall drawings and gouaches. The close bond of friendship between the artist and the museum led to a large part of the total of 21 works of art being donated to the museum. The latest donation is the precise wall drawing Scribbles, which was specially conceived for the museum this year.

For more information go to: http://www.bonnefanten.nl

DaimlerChrysler Contemporary

DaimlerChrysler Awards:
Art Scope - Interface Complex
South African Architecture 2007

DaimlerChrysler Contemporary
Haus Huth
Alte Potsdamer Straße 5
D - 10785 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 259 41 42 0
http://www.collection.daimlerchrysler.com
kunst.sammlung@daimlerchrysler.com

Open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Throughout the summer the DaimlerChrysler Contemporary will stage two extraordinary exhibitions at the same time, focusing on art and architecture in Japan and South Africa. The presentation arises from the two DaimlerChrysler Awards which has been presented in Japan since 1991 and in South Africa since 2000.

Art Scope – Interface Complex is dedicated to the current laureates of the homonymous Residency program for young contemporary artists from Germany and Japan, which has been established by DaimlerChrysler Japan in 1991. In 2005 and 2006, the award winners were Kohei Nawa and Hiroharu Mori as well as Katja Strunz and Georg Winter. The works they created in their respective host countries will now be displayed in Berlin.

Participating artists: Hiroharu Mori (J), Kohei Nawa (J), Katja Strunz (D) Georg Winter (D).

The DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Architecture focuses on contemporary architecture. This award is part of the DaimlerChrysler Awards for South African Culture, which will be presented for the seventh time since 2000: To date, artists received distinctions in the categories of Painting (1999), Jazz (2001), Sculpture (2002), Dance (2003), Photography (2004) and Poetry (2005). In 2006 a South African jury nominated eight architects who are now introduced to an international audience by means of this exhibition and an accompanying publication in German and English. By models, photographs, videos and drawings, our exhibition presents the architects and their most important projects. A special part will be dedicated to the Award winner, Heinrich Wolff.

Participating Architects: archilab (pty) ltd (Michael Borgström, Marco Bezzoli, Ishmaiel Meyer), Thorsten Deckler, Heather Dodd, Andrew Horn, Ndabo Langa, Henning Rasmuss, Chris Wilkinson, Heinrich Wolff (all SA).

The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive guided program, including artist talks, lectures by professional architects as well as guided tours: Regular guided tours are available on every first Saturday of a month at 4 p.m. (July 7 / August 4 / September 1, 2007). Guided tours “Art and Architecture on Potsdamer Platz” art can be booked on request.

DaimlerChrysler Contemporary
Haus Huth
Alte Potsdamer Straße 5
10785 Berlin
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 30 259 41 42 0
http://www.collection.daimlerchrysler.com
E-Mail: kunst.sammlung@daimlerchrysler.com

For more information go to: http://www.collection.daimlerchrysler.com