Chiharu Shiota
TRACE OF MEMORY

Non classé

The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, USA

Du 12 septembre 2013 au 31 mai 2014 The site-specific installation of new works by Shiota will fill the eight rooms in the building at 516 Sampsonia Way—a 19th-century row home with a storied past—which is suited to the artist’s work. Its interior is cosmetically untouched; the raw condition of the building lends itself well to reflections on the past and the conjuring of memories. Learn more about 516 Sampsonia Way from former tenant Richard Morris. (…)

Chiharu Shiota
TRACE OF MEMORY

The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, USA

From September 12th 2013 to May 31st 2014 The site-specific installation of new works by Shiota will fill the eight rooms in the building at 516 Sampsonia Way—a 19th-century row home with a storied past—which is suited to the artist’s work. Its interior is cosmetically untouched; the raw condition of the building lends itself well to reflections on the past and the conjuring of memories. Learn more about 516 Sampsonia Way from former tenant Richard Morris. (…)

Jan Fabre
LE REGARD EN DEDANS

Non classé

Escalier royal, Musées Royaux des Beaux-arts à Bruxelles, Belgique

Installation permanante dans l’Escalier Royal du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgique. (…)

Jan Fabre
LE REGARD EN DEDANS

Royal Staircase, Fine Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium

Permanant installation in the Royal Staircase in Fine Art Museum in Brussels, Belgium
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Jitish Kallat
AROUND THE TABLE, STAGE ONE: JITISH KALLAT: EPILOGUE

Non classé

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, USA

Du 6 septembre 2013 au 20 avril 2014 Food punctuates daily life and shapes family traditions. It is a manifestation of commonality and culture. Your childhood may have been nurtured by food memories—of meals and mealtimes, of abundance or want, of family roles and rituals. We each may take our small comforts from Wonder Bread, roti, pita, tortillas, challah, injera, or bánh….(…)

Jitish Kallat
AROUND THE TABLE, STAGE ONE: JITISH KALLAT: EPILOGUE

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, USA

From September 6th 2013 to April 20th 2014 Food punctuates daily life and shapes family traditions. It is a manifestation of commonality and culture. Your childhood may have been nurtured by food memories—of meals and mealtimes, of abundance or want, of family roles and rituals. We each may take our small comforts from Wonder Bread, roti, pita, tortillas, challah, injera, or bánh….(…)

David LaChapelle
FLOWERS AND MUSHROOMS

Non classé

Museum der Moderne, Mönchsberg, Salzbourg, Autriche

Du samedi 27 juillet au dimanche 27 octobre 2013 The comprehensive exhibition Flowers & Mushrooms presents current positions of contemporary representations of flowers and mushrooms and their newly developing levels of meaning.  For some time now, there has been a renaissance of flowers and mushroom themes in fine art. The works of leading “portraitists” of flowers and mushrooms, such as Peter Fischli/David Weiss, David LaChapelle, Marc Quinn, Sylvie Fleury, Nobuyoshi Araki or Carsten Höller, continue the multi-faceted and long pictorial tradition of flowers, which is unparalleled in the history of art. At the same time no other motif is so easily suspected of trivialism. The question arises of how a subject that is frequently accused of being trivial and shallow has been able to gain ground in a field of art that is generally regarded as serious and sophisticated. The picture of a flower is too easily associated with the idea of harmless beauty and the mushroom with cliché-like hallucinogenic states of conscousness. Nevertheless many artists increasingly adopt these motifs, adapt them and find individual ways to put them into the context of sociocritical, feminist, political and media-reflexive art. (…)

David LaChapelle
FLOWERS AND MUSHROOMS

Museum der Moderne, Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria

From Saturday 27th July to Sunday 27th October 2013 The comprehensive exhibition Flowers & Mushrooms presents current positions of contemporary representations of flowers and mushrooms and their newly developing levels of meaning.  For some time now, there has been a renaissance of flowers and mushroom themes in fine art. The works of leading “portraitists” of flowers and mushrooms, such as Peter Fischli/David Weiss, David LaChapelle, Marc Quinn, Sylvie Fleury, Nobuyoshi Araki or Carsten Höller, continue the multi-faceted and long pictorial tradition of flowers, which is unparalleled in the history of art. At the same time no other motif is so easily suspected of trivialism. The question arises of how a subject that is frequently accused of being trivial and shallow has been able to gain ground in a field of art that is generally regarded as serious and sophisticated. The picture of a flower is too easily associated with the idea of harmless beauty and the mushroom with cliché-like hallucinogenic states of conscousness. Nevertheless many artists increasingly adopt these motifs, adapt them and find individual ways to put them into the context of sociocritical, feminist, political and media-reflexive art. (…)

Chiharu Shiota
LETTERS OF THANKS

Non classé

The Museum of Art, Kochi, Japon

Du dimanche 7 juillet au lundi 23 septembre 2013 Our next exhibition will feature new works by Chiharu Shiota, an artist who is the focus of attention in art circles all over the world. Born in Osaka, Chiharu Shiota is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Deemed a young artistic master with artworks of epic proportions, she actively creates new works in various countries, and her next move constantly attracts much attention. Her roots lie in Kochi’s Ogata Town (current Kuroshio Town)—her parents’ hometown—and her memories of the many childhood summers spent here were the catalyst for her creation of art. (…)

Chiharu Shiota
LETTERS OF THANKS

The Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan

From Sunday 7th July to Monday 23th September 2013 Our next exhibition will feature new works by Chiharu Shiota, an artist who is the focus of attention in art circles all over the world. Born in Osaka, Chiharu Shiota is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Deemed a young artistic master with artworks of epic proportions, she actively creates new works in various countries, and her next move constantly attracts much attention. Her roots lie in Kochi’s Ogata Town (current Kuroshio Town)—her parents’ hometown—and her memories of the many childhood summers spent here were the catalyst for her creation of art. (…)

Jan Fabre
Jean-Michel Alberola
Jim Dine
Gérard Garouste
Kehinde Wiley
LES AVENTURES DE LA VéRITéPEINTURE ET PHILOSOPHIE : UN RéCITCOMMISSARIAT : BERNARD HENRI-LéVY(EXPOSITION DE GROUPE)

Non classé

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence

Du samedi 29 juin au lundi 11 novembre 2013 Pour la grande exposition estivale de cette année 2013, la Fondation Maeght donne carte blanche au philosophe et écrivain Bernard-Henri Lévy. Sur le thème « Peinture et philosophie », Bernard-Henri Lévy, commissaire artistique, propose un itinéraire en sept « séquences » pour comprendre le corps à corps millénaire, entre la philosophie et la peinture, parfois rivales, parfois alliées. Une centaine d’œuvres anciennes et contemporaines, issues de collections publiques et privées, françaises et internationales, sont réunies pour cette exposition événement. (…)

Jan Fabre
Jean-Michel Alberola
Jim Dine
Gérard Garouste
Kehinde Wiley
ADVENTURES OF TRUTHPAINTING AND PHILOSOPHY: A NARRATIVECURATOR : BERNARD HENRI-LéVY(GROUP SHOW)

Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France

From Saturday 29th June to Monday 11th November 2013 Painters and sculptors collaborated with the Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert, creating works which were integrated into the building and the surrounding natural environment: the Giacometti courtyard, the Miró labyrinth with its sculptures and ceramics, the mosaic murals of Chagall and Tal Coat, Braque’s pond and stained glass window and Bury’s fountain. Indoor and outdoor spaces link up with each other through the sculpture garden, the courtyards, terraces and patios. The Maeght Foundation is already famous for its architecture and gardens; it is also home to one of Europe’s richest collections of modern and contemporary art. The greenery of its grounds makes the Maeght Foundation the ideal place to discover the great artists of our time. (…)

Kehinde Wiley
THE WORLD STAGE : ISRAëL

Non classé

Boise Art Museum, Boise, USA

Du samedi 22 juin au dimanche 27 octobre 2013 One of the most significant young artists today, Kehinde Wiley (American, b. 1977) is known for his vibrant, large-scale paintings of black urban men rendered in the self-confident, empowered poses typical of classical European portrait painting. The World Stage: Israel is part of the artist’s series exploring the global black diaspora and the international phenomenon of urban youth culture. Paintings in The World Stage: Israel are based on photographs the artist took of men of diverse religions and ethnicities living in Israel. The elaborate decorative backgrounds are based on historical Jewish designs and motifs. The portraits are complemented by a selection of Jewish textiles and works on paper, loaned by Ahavath Beth Israel synagogue in Boise, to provide examples of the types of traditional artifacts that inspired Wiley, including Torah ark curtains and a marriage contract. (…)

Kehinde Wiley
THE WORLD STAGE : ISRAEL

Boise Art Museum, Boise, USA

From Saturday 22th June to Sunday 27th November 2013 One of the most significant young artists today, Kehinde Wiley (American, b. 1977) is known for his vibrant, large-scale paintings of black urban men rendered in the self-confident, empowered poses typical of classical European portrait painting. The World Stage: Israel is part of the artist’s series exploring the global black diaspora and the international phenomenon of urban youth culture. Paintings in The World Stage: Israel are based on photographs the artist took of men of diverse religions and ethnicities living in Israel. The elaborate decorative backgrounds are based on historical Jewish designs and motifs. The portraits are complemented by a selection of Jewish textiles and works on paper, loaned by Ahavath Beth Israel synagogue in Boise, to provide examples of the types of traditional artifacts that inspired Wiley, including Torah ark curtains and a marriage contract.  (…)

Julião Sarmento
INDEX

Non classé

MACE, Musée d'art contemporain d'Elvas, Portugal

Du samedi 22 juin au mardi 31 décembre 2013 Opening in June at MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (Elvas Museum of Contemporary Art) will be Julião Sarmento’s solo exhibition INDEX, curated by João Silvério. A catalogue designed by Pedro Falcão, with a text by João Silvério (Portuguese and English), will be published to accompany the exhibition. (…)

Julião Sarmento
INDEX

MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal

From Saturday 22th June to Tuesday 31st December 2013 Opening in June at MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (Elvas Museum of Contemporary Art) will be Julião Sarmento’s solo exhibition INDEX, curated by João Silvério. A catalogue designed by Pedro Falcão, with a text by João Silvério (Portuguese and English), will be published to accompany the exhibition. (…)

David LaChapelle
DAVID LACHAPELLE CONFéRENCE ENSBA, PARIS – MERCREDI 5 JUIN 2013 à 18H00

Non classé

ENSBA, Paris

A l’occasion de Still Life, sa première exposition à la Galerie Templon à Paris (6 juin – 26 juillet 2013) le photographe américain David LaChapelle revient sur sa pratique et présente ses nouvelles séries dans le cadre d’une conférence à l’Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Mondialement connu pour ses photographies de mode hautes en couleur et mises en scène baroques peuplées de célébrités, David LaChapelle surprend avec une nouvelle orientation qui met en avant son double intérêt pour l’envers du rêve américain et l’histoire de l’art. Informé d’actes de vandalisme perpétrés au musée de cire de Dublin, David LaChapelle, chasseur d’icônes obsédé par la question de la notoriété, s’est rendu sur place pour documenter ces sosies brisés, et a poursuivi son enquête dans d’autres musées aux Etats-Unis, en Californie et dans le Nevada. Cette recherche est le point de départ de deux séries radicales : Last Supper et Still Life. L’un des photographes les plus publiés ces vingt dernières années, David LaChapelle se concentre depuis 2006 sur l’aspect expérimental et artistique de sa pratique. Ces dernières années, il a fait l’objet de nombreuses expositions personnelles à l’international, notamment au Barbican Museum à London (2002), au Palazzo Reale à Milan (2007), au Musée de La Monnaie à Paris (2009) au Tel Aviv Museum of Art en Israel (2010) qui l’a nommé artiste de l’année 2011. Il a bénéficié ces dernières années de grandes rétrospectives au Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (2010), au Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (2011), au Hangaram Museum en Corée (2012), à la Galerie Rudolfinum à Prague (2011/2012) et au Fotografiska Museet de Stockholm (2012).

David LaChapelle
DAVID LACHAPELLE LECTURE AT ENSBA, PARIS – WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 2013 AT 06:00 PM

ENSBA, Paris, France

On the occasion of Still Life, his first exhibition in Paris at Galerie Templon (June 6 – July 26), American photographer David LaChapelle will be retracing his practice and presenting his new series during a lecture held at the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. World-renowned for his highly colorful fashion photography and flamboyantly baroque portraits of celebrities, David LaChapelle surprises us here with a new approach that bears witness to his interest in the underside of the American dream and the history of art. David LaChapelle is an icon hunter obsessed by the question of notoriety, and when vandals had attacked the Dublin Wax Museum he traveled there to make a record of the broken lookalikes, which led him to investigate many wax museums in the United States (California and Nevada). One of the most widely published photographers of the last twenty years, since 2006 David LaChapelle has been focusing on the experimental artistic sides of his art. In recent years he has exhibited his works at many one-man shows around the world, including the Barbican Museum in London (2002), Palazzo Reale in Milan (2007), the Musée de La Monnaie in Paris (2009) and the Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art in Israel (2010), from which he received the honor of Artist of the Year in 2011.  Also recently, major retrospectives of his work have been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (2010), Museum of Contemporary Art in Puerto Rico (2011), Hangaram Museum in Korea (2012), Rudolfinum Gallery in Prague (2011/2012), and the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm (2012/2013).

Anthony Caro
CARO AU MUSéE CORRER

Non classé

Musée Correr, Venise, Italie

Du samedi 1er juin au dimanche 27 octobre 2013 The splendid rooms of the Museo Correr will be the setting for the first major Italian retrospective dedicated to one of the greatest of living sculptors: Sir Anthony Caro (New Malden, Surrey, 1924).
The versatile British artist has radically “revolutionised” his art. After a strictly figurative beginning, under the influence of his teacher, Henry Moore, he drifted away from sculptural tradition to create revolutionary assemblages, welded and bolted together, painted in bright colours and positioned on the floor within the viewer’s space; these were abstract works but rich in ideal content. This new, fascinating sculptural language established him as a key figure in the development of 20th century sculpture alongside David Smith, Mark Di Suvero and Richard Serra. (…)

Anthony Caro
CARO AT CORRER MUSEUM

Correr Museum, Venice, Italy

From Saturday 1st June to Sunday 27th October 2013 The splendid rooms of the Museo Correr will be the setting for the first major Italian retrospective dedicated to one of the greatest of living sculptors: Sir Anthony Caro (New Malden, Surrey, 1924). The versatile British artist has radically “revolutionised” his art. After a strictly figurative beginning, under the influence of his teacher, Henry Moore, he drifted away from sculptural tradition to create revolutionary assemblages, welded and bolted together, painted in bright colours and positioned on the floor within the viewer’s space; these were abstract works but rich in ideal content. This new, fascinating sculptural language established him as a key figure in the development of 20th century sculpture alongside David Smith, Mark Di Suvero and Richard Serra. (…)