Posts Tagged ‘February’

Jeu de Paume: Esther Shalev-Gerz, Lisette Model and Mathilde Rosier

Jeu de Paume
9 February – 6 June 2010

Esther Shalev-Gerz was born in Vilnius, raised in Israel and has lived in Paris since 1984. She is internationally recognised for her seminal investigation into the nature of democracy, citizenship, cultural memory and spatial politics.

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K21 Ständehaus: Ana Torfs


Ana Torfs
Figure A, 2002
© Ana Torfs

K21 Ständehaus
27 February – 18 July 2010

With five large-format slide projections, several photo series, and a song project for the Internet, K21 presents the first museum-based overview of the work of Belgian artist Ana Torfs (born 1963 and, lives and works in Brussels).

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Mark Grotjahn @ Blum and Poe


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Mark Grotjahn: Seven Faces
February 27 – April 3, 2010
Blum and Poe

Posted: March 3rd, 2010
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Fotomuseum Winterthur : The Subversion of Images Surrealism, Photography, and Film


Roger Livet, Une regrettable affaire (A regrettable affair), c. 1947, from the album of the same name with 19 photographs, created during the revision of the film Fleurs meurtries (Bruised Flowers) c. 1929 ?Vintage gelatin-silver print, 22,3 x 28,1 cm? Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’art moderne, Paris ?© J.-E. Livet

Fotomuseum Winterthur
27 February – 24 May 2010?

From February 27 to May 24, 2010, the Fotomuseum Winterthur is presenting the exhibition The Subversion of Images – Surrealism, Photography, and Film, an extraordinarily rich survey of Surrealist photography.

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Wooster Meet-Up Tomorrow Night in Cape Town

Tomorrow night (Friday February 26th) we’ll be meeting up with local artists and art lovers at The Waiting Room, a bar on Long Street. We’ll be there at 9:30 pm (21:30) on the upper balcony.

Join us if you can!

Marc and Sara

Posted: February 25th, 2010
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NMF’2010 – program preview – week 09

NewMediaFest’2010
10 Years :||cologne
global heritage of digital culture
1 January – 31 December 2010
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Program preview of week 09 – 22-28 February 2010
http://2010.newmediafest.org/?p=608

Feature of the week 09
JavaMuseum – I-Highway – netart from Canada (2003)
more details on http://2010.newmediafest.org/?p=603

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Program of today – 22 February 2010
http://2010.newmediafest.org/?p=602

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NewMediaFest’2010
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calls for entries –> for NewMediaFest’2010
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Posted: February 22nd, 2010
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K21 STÄNDEHAUS: Silent Revolution – A new presentation of the permanent collection

K21 STÄNDEHAUS
27 February – 13 June 2010

The foundation of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is an art collection of the highest conceivable quality. Preceding the reinstallation of the collection in July 2010 in an area measuring more than 10,000 m² is a singular presentation in the Ständehaus of K21, one that juxtaposes key works of classical modernism with central positions of contemporary art.

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Centre international d’art et du paysage – Vassivière island: Rosa Barba: Is it a two-dimensional analogy or a metaphor?


Rosa Barba
“The long Road”, 2010
Courtesy of the artist, Carlier | Gebauer and Galleria Giò Marconi

Centre international d’art et
du paysage – Vassivière island
28 February – 4 July 2010

Rosa Barba’s Is it a two-dimensional analogy or a metaphor? is an exhibit, presented from 28 February to 4 July 2010 and opening at 5 p.m. on 27 February 2010, entirely constructed around, and inspired by, water and light – the fundamental elements of the island of Vassivière in the heart of France. The lake around the island is used metaphorically as a screen and its nature is revealed by a cinematographic light.

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Posted: February 21st, 2010
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Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA): John Baldessari. Pure Beauty


John Baldessari
Heel, 1986
© John Baldessari
Photo © 2009 Museum Associates/ LACMA

Museu d’Art Contemporani
de Barcelona (MACBA)
11 February – 25 April 2010

Born in National City, California, in 1931, John Baldessari is undoubtedly one of the most influential artists of our time. His long-term exploration of language and image coupled with his inquisitive approach to art-making has expanded the parameters of what we consider art.

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Raven Row : A History of Irritated Material

Raven Row
25 February – 2 May 2010

‘A History of Irritated Material’ includes Group Material, Inspection Medical Hermeneutics, Sture Johannesson, Ad Reinhardt, and Lygia Clark, from Object to Event, produced by Suely Rolnik. Activist films from Disobedience, an ongoing video archive will also be shown.

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