Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Welcome to art forum berlin
The art forum berlin – the International Art Show – will be taking place for the fourteenth time from 24 to 27 September 2009.
At the start of the autumn season for European art fairs some 130 of the leading galleries from the world’s main art centres will be presenting their stars and their newcomers in Berlin.
This year, the art forum berlin presents several innovations. Thus, for the first time, in the sector galleries, in addition to galleries for contemporary art, a series of galleries will be admitted which present art since 1960. With this expansion of the exhibition offers – without detracting from the main emphasis on contemporary art – the International Art Show will become more varied and even more attractive and interesting for the visitors.
The sector focus allows young galleries – in existence for less than 5 years – an appearance which will attract a lot of attention. Furthermore, the International Art Show will introduce the sector plein air for the presentation of installations and sculptures in the attractive summer garden at the Palais am Funkturm. The presentation of cultural institutions and international art magazines rounds off the exhibition programme. Additionally, panel discussions with leading experts from the international art world are organized.
During art forum berlin, the Berlin museums, galleries and private art institutions will offer a varied programme of outstanding exhibitions. Thus the New National Gallery will present Pictorial Dreams. The Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection and Thomas Demand, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, the exhibition Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst 2009: Keren Cytter, Omer Fast, Annette Kelm und Danh Vo.
At the same time as art forum berlin, upon the initiative of Berlin galleries there will be the abc exhibition with the title def – drafts establishing future. This exhibition will show models, drawings, sketches, installations and videos of art projects specifically created for the public space in Berlin. Exclusive receptions and events will be further attractions and meeting points all over the city.
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
For the 6th edition of the widely renowned yearly “Art Trek” expo, 14 young international artists present their illustrative works in a collective exhibition questioning the art scene’s boundaries.
Brecht Vandenbroucke (BE), Brent Wadden (CA), Ephameron (BE), Escif (ES), Esther Pearl Watson (US), Gemma Correll (UK), Julien Kedryna (FR), Louis Reith (NL), Marcus Oakley (UK), Mark Todd (US), Pacolli (BR),
Raymond Biesinger (CA), Sammy Stein (FR) and Ward Zwart (BE).
Held at the gallery of renowned comic book store Mekanik Strip in Antwerp, Belgium, the name “Art Trek” was invented as an analogy to the science fiction tv show “Star Trek”. Hence also the show’s subtitle – this is the new generation of young artists who don’t pretend to make “Art” with a capital A, but who want to express themselves with the means most interesting to them, and show their works to the outside world.
Every year during summer, 14 selected artists expose for at least a month. From stencils, silkscreen prints, comic books and paintings over computer designed drawings and collages, every artist has his or her unique style, all of them representing the graphic image of the new millennium.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
The Cartoon Art Museum proudly presents Once Upon a Dream: The Art of Sleeping Beauty, celebrating 50 years since the original release of the classic animated feature from Walt Disney Studios.
Once Upon A Dream explores the creation of one of Walt Disney Studios’ most enduring films, from pencil art and model sheets to animation cels, color guides and behind-the-scenes photographs of the cast and crew. Almost ten years in the making, Sleeping Beauty was designed to look like no other Disney film, drawing from both medieval illustrations and cutting-edge 1950s graphic design. Artist Eyvind Earle, who supervised the film’s look and hand-painted most of the dozens of lavish backgrounds, gave the film its unique blend of lush detail and bold, stylized designs. Disney production designer Ken Anderson developed these elements into a visually arresting feature, much of it animated by members of the Nine Old Men, Walt Disney’s most trusted cadre of animators. Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film to use fully hand-inked animation cels and one of only two ever filmed in 70mm widescreen. A box-office hit when it premiered in 1959, it’s now renowned as one of the most beautiful and beloved animated films ever made.
This exhibition also includes a spotlight on Disney artist/illustrator Ron Dias, whose first professional job in the animation industry was as an in-betweener to clean-up animator on Sleeping Beauty. Dias went on to become one of the most highly-regarded and sought-after background artists and color stylists in the business. The Cartoon Art Museum will feature a selection of his background paintings and color concepts from The Secret of Nimh, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Little Mermaid.
About Ron Dias:
In 1956, Ron Dias, an 18-year-old kid fresh from Hawaii, came to Hollywood to work for the Walt Disney Animation Studios. After finishing his assignment in the Animation Department on Sleeping Beauty, Ron worked throughout Hollywood as a scenic artist for 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures and MGM Studios. He returned to the animation field to work with such studios as Hanna-Barbera (Jonny Quest), Warner Brothers (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny), Don Bluth (The Secret of Nimh), and many others, ending with Disney’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid feature and television series.
In recent years, Dias has created artwork for Disney Imagineering’s “Disney Seas” murals in Tokyo, Japan, and has collaborated with noted marine life painter Wyland on a series of paintings featuring characters from The Little Mermaid. Dias now lives in central California and has gone full circle with his career, creating fine art as he was trained to do at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. He is still actively creating work for the Disney Studios, as well.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
The 2nd Annual Contemporary Art Competition and exhibition in aid of the charity: Children of Peace
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
This summer, sculptor Antony Gormley invites you to help create an astonishing living monument. He is asking the people of the UK to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, a space normally reserved for statues of Kings and Generals, in an image of themselves, and a representation of the whole of humanity.
Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break, different people will make the Plinth their own. If you’re selected, you can use your time on the plinth as you like – to demonstrate, to perform, or simply to reflect. One & Other is open to anyone and everyone from any corner of the UK. As long as you’re 16 or over and are living, or staying, in the UK, you can apply to be part of this unforgettable artistic experiment. Participants will be picked at random, chosen from the thousands who will enter, to represent the entire population of the UK. The rules are simple: you must stand on the plinth alone, for the whole hour; you can do whatever you want, provided it’s legal; and you can take anything with you that you can carry.
You can play your part in making this idea a reality – either by volunteering yourself, by telling others about it, or by experiencing it online or on the square itself.
How to take part
- Register online at oneandother.co.uk, or by post.
- The final draw, for places on the plinth in October, will be on 1 September. Successful applicants are notified by email.
One person. One hour.
One & Other.
“Through elevation onto the plinth, and removal from the common ground, the body becomes a metaphor, a symbol… In the context of Trafalgar Square with its military, valedictory and male historical statues to specific individuals, this elevation of everyday life to the position formerly occupied by monumental art allows us to reflect on the diversity, vulnerability and particularity of the individual in contemporary society. It could be tragic but it could also be funny.”
Antony Gormley
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