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Mirror/Self Portrait, Mixed Media on Canvas, 100×70cm

La vie en Rose - new paintings by Katarzyna Gajewska @
Origin Gallery
6th - 26th February 2008

Origin Gallery
83 Harcourt Street
Dublin 2
tel. 01 4785159
e-mail: origingallery@eircom.net

www.myspace.com/katarzynagajewska

S. Ballard, ‘Left For The Wolves’, digital print, 16′’x20′’, 2007 — courtesy of Albertini Arts & the artist

7 WOMEN - 1 MAN;
‘A Contemporary Photography Exhibit At Albertini Arts’

WHO:
Albertini Arts presents a group show featuring Miami based artists:
A. Moussawel, G. Saiz, H. Martin-Owen, J. Valentine, J.M. Cabrera,
K. Steffner, N. Rodriguez and S. Ballard

WHAT:
Co-curated by K. Steffner and R. Diaz-Albertini this exhibition is a concentration of works that allow each artist to explore themes related to feminine imagery on their own terms.

It is a statement and a question. The photographs are moving and represent different viewpoints related to women, but it’s left to the viewer to determine whose lens they are looking through, the lens of a man or the lens of a woman.

“The meaning of each piece is really a matter of perception, isn’t it? The artist may intend one thing, but really it is what each person sees in the photographs that is their own personal truth” said K. Steffner curator & featured artist.

There are many striking images by this group of talented and creative artists; such as a collection of eerie photos depicting a young woman who appears to be lost, a whimsical series of flowing nightgowns, and some very interesting life-sized photography / mixed media pieces.

WHEN:
Artist reception with refreshments & hors d’ ouvres from 7pm - 11 pm Saturday / February 9th 2008

On view: February 9th - March 1st from 11am - 5pm Tuesday through Friday and 12 noon - 7pm on Saturdays.

WHERE:
Albertini Arts is located at 190 NW 36 Street in ‘The Wynwood Art District’ just south ‘The Miami Design District’ and 2-blocks west of ‘The Midtown Mall’.

Press inquiries and image requests please call (305) 576-ART1, email AlbertiniArts@gmail.com, or visit http://www.AlbertiniArts.com

Americas Society

Graciela Iturbide
General Torrijos on one of his
visits to the countryside of Panama
1975
Pigment on archival rag paper
Courtesy of the artist

TORRIJOS:
THE MAN AND THE MYTH
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
GRACIELA ITURBIDE
January 30, 2008 - May 5, 2008

Guest Curator: Nan Richardson

Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
T: (212) 249 8950
F: (212) 249 5868
http://www.americas-society.org

A unique exhibition of never-before-presented photographs of Graciela Iturbide, one of Mexico’s most celebrated photographers, of General Omar Torrijos; Panama’s leader from 1968 - 1981 and one of the best-known 20th century figures throughout Latin America.

Artists have often lent their work to help tear down narratives and redefine prevailing concepts of historical account. Graciela Iturbide, who befriended General Omar Torrijos in the 1970s, offers her sparkles of memory and understanding from a different perspective of photojournalism or
documentary photography.

Iturbide explores in an intensely personal homage an era of contemporary Latin American life through the persona of a single man whose changing role in that history is emblematic of the times. She establishes both place and identity not only of her distinguished subject but the context of country, the land itself, in aesthetic and vernacular style alike. Presented for the first time, this complex body of work redefines the photographic image of General Omar Torrijos by looking at it as a document and metaphor, often deconstructing and reconstructing Iturbide’s own personal intersections with her subject. The symbolic and expressive imagery of the works, produced three decades ago, offer a visual paradigm that calls on memory, and a re-presentation of facts that conjure an emotional bond between subject and viewer, whether affirmative or oppositional.

Torrijos was a charismatic political and military leader who redistributed land and wealth, and died tragically in a 1981 plane crash. The Torrijos legend is of a man of action, yet an idealist strategist and a polemic figure. The recent populist shift in Latin America recalls an examination of this earlier period of history, making the personality of Torrijos newly relevant. Iturbide provides an insightful portrait of Torrijos as a popular myth that blends tradition and modernity.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Americas Society will host the following public programs: on Wednesday, January 30th at 7:00 p.m. Guest Curator Nan Richardson will give a curatorial tour of the exhibition; on Thursday, February 28th at 6:30 pm we will host a dialogue between Graciela Iturbide and Cuauhtémoc Medina; and on Thursday, March 27 at 6:30 pm Robin Greeley, Linda Klich and Anna Indych Lopez will participate in a panel discussion that will render a context for Iturbide’s photographic work. For reservations please call 212.277.8359 or email cuture@americas-society.org

The show is curated by Nan Richardson and is organized by the Americas Society in conjunction with Umbrage Editions. Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Galería Emma Molina, Graciela Iturbide, the Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation and La Fundación/Colección Jumex. Additional support has been provided by the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.

About the Artist

Graciela Iturbide was born on May 16, 1942 in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking with a special interest in scriptwriting and later studied still photography in the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México from 1969-1972. It was there she met Manual Álvarez Bravo, and in 1970 and 1971 she apprenticed with him.

The first exhibition of her work was in Tres Fotógrafas Mexicanas at the Galería José Clemente Orozco in Mexico City in 1975. Solo exhibitions of her work have been viewed around the world, including OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Düsseldorf, Germany; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Casa del Lago, New Mexico and J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Major retrospectives of her work have been held at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterey, Mexico (1996) and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997-98). She is the recipient of a Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography (1987) and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1988). Iturbide lives and works in Coyoacán, Mexico.

FESTIVAL SOS 4.8 MURCIA

Image by Perfornika
Courtesy Dept.of
Culture Murcia and LegalMusic

FESTIVAL SOS 4.8 MURCIA CALL FOR ARTISTS
Murcia (Spain)

Curators:
Christiane Paul
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Paco Barragán

Organized by Dept. of Culture Region Murcia
and LegalMusic

Reception proposals until 15 March 2008 inclusive
For Terms & Conditions see
http://www.sos48.com

International Call for Artists
Visual Arts, Visual Jockeying (VJ), Net Art, and Performance

Murcia launches the Event SOS 4.8: 48 hours of non-stop artistic creation related to the concept of sustainability

The City of Murcia has been very active these past years in the field of contemporary culture. One of the outstanding institutions is the CENDEAC (Centre for Documentation and Advanced Studies of Contemporary Art) which has organized conferences, panels, and symposiums with key thinkers such as Antonio Neri, Slavoj Zizek, Zygmunt Bauman, Nicolas Bourriaud, and James Clifford.

Pedro Alberto Cruz, former director of CENDEAC and actual Counsellor of Culture of Region Murcia, explains that Murcia has always had a great interest in promoting the study and production of contemporary art practices. And in this sense –he proceeds- the Festival SOS 4.8 aims to be an original proposal to contemporary cultural practices reflecting around the concept of sustainability and allowing a fruitful dialogue among disciplines like visual arts, Visual Jockeying (VJ), net art, performance, music, and theory.

INCLUSIVE SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability basically means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In words of the artistic director, Paco Barragán, SOS 4.8 understands sustainability not only in exclusively ecological terms –an issue that has become very urgent but at the same time very trendy these days-, but also as a concept that allows us to reflect and re-frame visual culture, democracy, information society, techno-sustainability, consumer society –CULTURE- as well as tourism, immigration, nature, and
urbanism –ENVIRONMENT.

48 HOURS FORMAT
New times impose new challenges, and as a result suggest new formats. Thus
SOS 4.8 has been conceived as an intense laboratory where during 48 hours artistic creation and exhibition will go hand in hand blurring the strict lines between artist and audience. Thus, all the selected works will be produced in situ in 24 hours and exhibited the next 24 hours. The artist will have the exhibition site or the city of Murcia as stage to carry out his or her proposal.

FROM INTERPASSIVITY TO INTERACTIVITY
From the traditional artistic institutions interpassivity (Robert Pfaller), wherein communication is only one-way, hierarchical, and imposed on the visitor, SOS 4.8 proposes a more democratic and exciting concept of interactivity by allowing the public to assist and be part of the artistic process. Culture, art and artistic practices are not any longer medium-based but idea-based. So visual artists, not only stick to their medium but engage with Visual Jockeying (VJ) and Digital Film -Micha Klein-, or play in a gothic rock band -Marc Bijl-, thus creating challenging exchanges between contemporary culture and arts.

CURATORIAL TEAM
SOS 4.8 has selected a diverse and distinguished international curatorial team:
-Christiane Paul, Adj. Curator New Media Whitney Museum (USA)
-Rirkrit Tiravanija, artist and curator, (Argentina/Thailand)
-Paco Barragán, independent curator and artistic director SOS 4.8 (Spain)

OPEN CALL AND SECTIONS
SOS 4.8 is a mix of invitational and open call. All artists are invited to take part in the open call, regardless of their nationality, residence or age. A total of 6 artists will be selected by the curators from the proposals sent via the open call to our website http://www.sos48.com for the following sections:
I) Visual Arts
II) Net Art or Visual Jockeying (VJ)
III) Performance

The 6 artists from the open call will be invited, together with 6 artists selected directly by the curators, and 3 artists from Murcia selected by the Artistic Director, to come to Murcia to carry out the selected proposal on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2008.

ARTIST PER DIEM AND PRODUCTION BUDGET
The selected artists will receive the following:
I) (Total) Artist fee of 2..500 Euros
II) Production/Equipment materials up to 2..000 Euros
III) Flight and Hotel up to 2.500 Euros

For further information and participation, please look into the SOS 4.8 website http://www.sos48.com . NOTE: Please read the FAQs and conditions carefully before sending your proposal.

The EVENT SOS 4.8 MURCIA is organized by the Department of Culture, Youth, and Sports of the Region Murcia and LegalMusic.
Email: info@sos48.com Website: http://www.sos48.com

Cabinet

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- Christopher Turner on the trepanation-state
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- Shelley Jackson on the color of opportunity
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