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Art Athina

ART ATHINA
23 - 25 MAY 2008

OPENING/PREVIEW: 22 MAY

HELEXPO PALACE CONFERENCE
AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
ATHENS, GREECE

http://www.art-athina.gr

RESTARTED

Art Athina successfully launched its restart in May 2007.
This year, the fair makes a dynamic comeback, after having received warm feedback from international and local galleries. The fair will collaborate once more with Greek and international art professionals, among them Marina Fokidis, Bettina Busse, Sarah Belden, Isabella Bortolozzi, in order to deliver a rich, stimulating programme of projects and events that balance a commercial and curatorial approach.

Basic Plan
The main fair section includes participations from Greek and international galleries:
a.antonopoulou.art (Athens, GR), AD Gallery (Athens, GR), Agathi (Athens, GR), Astrolavos Art Galleries (Athens, GR), Batagianni Gallery (Athens, GR), Blow de la Barra (London, UK), C. Grimaldis Gallery (Baltimore, USA), Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos (Nicosia, Cyprus), Cheapart (Athens, GR), Christian Nagel Gallery (Cologne/Berlin, Germany), Dollinger Art Project (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ekfrasi - Gianna Grammatopoulou (Athens, GR), Eleni Koroneou Gallery (Athens, GR), Federico Bianchi Contemporary art (Gorgonzola (MI), Italy), Francoise Heitsch (Munich, Germany), Frissiras Art Gallery (Athens, GR), Groeflin Maag Galerie (Zurich, CH), Habres & Partner Gallery (Vienna, Austria), Heinz Martin Weigand (Ettlingen, Germany), Kalfayan Galleries (Athens/Thessaloniki, GR), Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge (Athens, GR), Marcdepuechredon (Basel, CH), Mot International (London, UK), Medousa Art Gallery (Athens, GR), Mirko Mayer (Cologne, Germany), Mirta Demare (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
, Monitor (Rome, Italy), Nice & Fit (Berlin, Germany), Peres Projects (Berlin, Germany), Perugi Artecontemporanea (Padova, Italy), Potnia Thiron (Athens, GR), QBox (Athens, GR), Reinhard Hauff (Stuttgart, Germany), Rodeo (Istanbul, Turkey), Selini Gallery (Athens, GR), The Apartment (Athens, GR), The Breeder (Athens, GR), Tint Gallery (Thessaloniki, GR), Titanium Yiayiannos Gallery (Athens, GR), Tsatsis Projects (Thessaloniki, GR), Vamiali’s (Athens, GR), Xippas Gallery (Athens, GR), Zina Athanassiadou Gallery (Thessaloniki, GR)

‘9+1’
In this invitational section within Basic Plan, Isabella Bortolozzi (Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin) invites cutting edge international galleries: Ancient & Modern (London, UK), Andreas Huber Gallery (Vienna, AU), Balice – Hertling (Paris, FR), Croy Nielsen (Berlin, DE), Dependance (Brussels, BE), Francesca Pia (Zurich, CH), Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery (Berlin, DE), Micky Schubert (Berlin, DE), Laura Bartlett Gallery (London, UK), Standard (Oslo, N).

Open Plan
Art Athina’s curatorial section, introduced in 2007, is brought back this year with a stronger exhibitional feel. Curator Bettina Busse (Berlin) invites interesting international art galleries to exhibit sculptures and installations, stretching the limits of the traditional art fair, offering new opportunities to buyers. Participating galleries are: a.antonopoulou.art (Athens, GR), AD Gallery (Athens, GR), Galerie Antje Wachs GmbH & Co Kg (Berlin, Germany), Charim (Vienna, Austria), Hubert Winter (Vienna, Austria), Ekfrasi-Gianna Grammatopoulou (Athens, GR), Eleni Koroneou Gallery (Athens, GR), Kalfayan Galleries (Athens/Thessaloniki, GR), Krinzinger Gallery (Vienna, Austria), Krinzinger Projekte (Vienna, Austria), Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge (Athens, GR), Medousa Art Gallery (Athens, GR), Galerie Mirko Mayer (Cologne, Germany), Nice & Fit (Berlin, Germany), Potnia Thiron (Athens, GR), QBOX (Athens, GR), Rodeo (Istanbul, Turkey), Sassa Truelzsch (Berlin, Germany), The Apa
rtment (Athens, GR), Zoumboulakis Gallery (Athens, GR).

Focus: Berlin
This year’s special tribute will focus on emerging, cutting-edge galleries from Berlin, invited by Sarah Belden (Curators without Borders gallery, Berlin).

Participating galleries: Galerie Air Garten, Curators Without Borders, Gillian Morris, Pitrowski, Stedenfreunde, Tristesse Delux, Upstairs Berlin & Daneyal Mahmood.

Parallel Plan
The fair’s parallel programme provides a platform for curated projects and events, onsite at Helexpo and offsite in venues around the city, including exhibitions, performances, talks and encounters.

This year’s Garage Project, under the title “Athensville” is curated by Marina Fokidis, who will focus on local artistic production.

The Art Athina Art Talks will feature discussions between art professionals on various subjects, such as narcissism, ownership, consumption and criticism. Among the participating speakers are Catherine David, Christian Viveros-Faune, Roger Buergel, Ruth Noack, November Paynter, and Bonnie Marranca.

The offsite exhibitions include:
The exhibition “Five Seasons of the Russian Avant-Garde. Works from the Costakis Collection”, organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art, in collaboration with the State Museum of Contemporary Art and coordinated by ArtBOX.gr | creative arts management. This is the first time that part of the Costakis Collection is presented in Athens, after its acquisition by the State Museum of Contemporary Art.

The exhibition “Lion under the rainbow. Contemporary Art from Tehran”, curated by Alexandros Georgiou, will present works by 19 artists based in Tehran. The exhibition is a production of D-ART – Non-Profit Organisation.

The exhibition “Elements of Light”, curated by Boris Manner, represents Art Athina’s close collaboration with Stella Art Foundation, that is establishing the first Contemporary Art Museum in Moscow. The exhibition is a co-production of Stella Art Foundation and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, organized in Greece by the Hellenic American University and coordinated by ArtBOX.gr | creative arts management.

Finally, the exhibition “Looking forward to hearing from you..”, curated by Andre Michael, presents contemporary artists from Cyprus, organized by the G. Gounaropoulos Museum, the Ministry of Culture of Cyprus.

Art Athina 2008

With the support of the Cultural Organisation of the Municipality of Athens
Organizing institution: Hellenic Art Galleries Association

General Director: Michalis Argyrou
Artistic Director: Christos Savvidis ( ArtBOX.gr )

Press office: Alexia Korleti ( press@art-athina.gr )

Contact:
T. +30 210 756 7723
F. +30 210 752 6995

Fair opening hours:
Friday 23/05: 12.00-21.00
Saturday 24/05 & Sunday 25/05: 11.00-21.00

Mailing address: 217 Ymittou Str., Mets, 116 32, Athens, Greece
Venue address (fair dates only): 39 Kifissias Ave., 151 23, Maroussi, Athens, Greece

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Centre Culturel Suisse

John Armleder: Jacques Garcia
Centre culturel suisse, 2008
Photo: Sébastien Agnetti

JOHN ARMLEDER:
JACQUES GARCIA
18 May to 28 September 2008

Opening: 17.01 from 6 to 9 pm

Centre Culturel Suisse
32-38, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
F-75003 Paris
eguigo@ccsparis.com

http://www.ccsparis.com

The Centre culturel suisse is pleased to present a bold project by JOHN ARMLEDER especially created for the Centre’s main exhibition space.

The exhibition finally brings to life an idea the artist has nurtured for a long time to question the notions of interior design and appropriation using ornamentation as a conceptual medium.

John Amleder has given the production of the project entirely over to the renowned French interior decorator JACQUES GARCIA, whose creative interiors range from Zen minimalism to neo gothic excess, the exoticism of Egypt revisited and the opulence of Napoleon III.

Jacques Garcia has created for the artist an authentic and meticulously detailed neo-bourgeois apartment containing an entrance hall, dining room, lounge and bedroom.

Here, this essentially private space becomes public with chinoiserie and assorted ornamentation set beside work from John Armleder, George Condo and Helmut Newton.

John Armleder believes that a room is finished conceptually before it is even produced and his work here is clearly the production of this installation by Jacques Garcia following the principles of delegation, which the artist holds dear.

PROJECT ROOM
NIEVES LIBRARY/18.05 - 28.09

With Switzerland the guest country at this year’s International Poster and Graphic Arts Festival in Chaumont, the CCSP is inviting the publishers Nieves, a Zurich-based independent company founded in 2001 by Benjamin Sommerhalder, and specialists in publishing artist’s books and fanzines http://www.nieves.ch .

Artists chosen as guest publishers all have in common a hand-made approach to their work in photography, illustration or graphics and over a hundred artists have contributed to making up the collection, including Rita Ackermann, Larry Clark, Jo Jackson, Thurston Moore and Ed Templeton.

The entire collection can be seen in the Project room and different events and signing sessions will take place throughout the exhibition.

Exhibitions curated by : NICOLAS TREMBLEY

Next exhibitions
Shirina Shahbazi
Project room : autour de Max Bill
(26.10 - 04.01.08)
Opening 25.10 / 6:00 - 9:00 am
The Centre culturel suisse de Paris is the representation of Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland

Handy information:
Open from Wednesday to Sunday / 1 pm - 8 pm / late night Thursday till 10 pm
(entrance by 38 rue des Francs-Bourgeois – at the end of the passage) / free entry
Rendez-vous du jeudi soir
Evenings / 8 pm / reservation recommended 01 42 71 38 38

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Abraaj Capital Art Prize

Application Deadline for 1 Million USD Abraaj Capital Art Prize Set for Mid-June

http://www.artdubai.ae

Artists and curators from MENASA region vie to create innovative projects for Art Dubai 2009

On the heels of a highly successful Art Dubai 2008, international art curators are submitting applications to work with artists from the emerging art centers of MENASA (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia) to participate in the first annual Abraaj Capital Art Prize competition. The formal application deadline is 15 June 2008.

The Abraaj Capital art prize – offering the world’s largest art competition endowment worth a total of 1 million USD - is designed to create a viable platform for individual artists who are revered in their local communities but lack international critical and commercial exposure. In the first year, three artists will be selected to work alongside international curators to hone their talent, and will have an opportunity to widen their international reputation and network by unveiling their projects at Art Dubai 2009. Displaying their work at the Middle East’s largest modern and contemporary art fair will raise the curtain on their talent, affording finalists a global platform.

“Art Dubai has been instrumental in focusing international attention on art being produced in the wider MENASA region; the Abraaj Capital Art Prize aims to empower the potential of emerging artists from these markets by affording them an international platform. The Abraaj Capital Art Prize is an exceptional opportunity for artists to be able to realize their ambitions,” said Savita Apte, Chair of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize committee and director of Art Dubai.

“The competition aims to expand opportunities for winning artists by providing them with the tools necessary to become sustainable contributors to the regional and global art stage by pairing them with internationally-renowned curators who will help take their art to the next level,” said Apte.

The Abraaj Art Prize includes a selection committee comprised of renowned curators, art fair directors, collectors, publishers and designers. The winning artists will create their projects in time for Art Dubai 2009 in March.

“The MENASA region is going through a transformational period, especially from an economic standpoint. By fostering artists from the region through this new art prize, Abraaj Capital is empowering artists to play their part in the renaissance of our societies and cultural heritage,” explained Frederic Sicre, Executive Director of Abraaj Capital.

“Well-functioning societies are not built only on net profit margins, indeed, tolerance, mutual respect, community involvement and free flow of ideas are essential components in addition to economic growth and the arts provide a privileged medium to foster such things,” Sicre added.

Criteria to participate in the Abraaj Capital Art Prize:

• Interested applicants must come from an emerging art center, which is defined as any artistic environment in which an individual artist lacks commercial and critical opportunities to further
their career.
• Applications may only be submitted by curators and must be signed by both participants, and must be received no later than 5:00pm on June 15, 2008.
• Curators may come from any nationality and age bracket, and may submit a proposal for collaboration with an artist from an emerging art center.
• Curators must submit a biography, curriculum of past exhibitions and three written articles.
• Curators must submit a short essay on the work of the artist they are collaborating with in
the competition.
• Applications should be submitted at http://www.artdubai.ae

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