|
|
The first Michelangelo exhibition at the British Museum in thirty years, Michelangelo Drawings: closer to the master offers an extraordinary insight into the creative thinking of one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
Sponsored by BP, the exhibition spotlights Michelangelo's particular brilliance as a draftsman.
The Florentine fulfilled the Renaissance ideal of universal artistic genius, excelling as a sculptor, painter and architect.
The common strand linking his achievements is drawing, as the originality of his works in paint, marble or architectural design was arrived at only after an exhaustive process of refinement on paper.
The central importance of drawing remained a constant in Michelangelo's artistic practice, and it is only through this medium that the course of his career can be comprehensively followed.
From pen studies made when he was in his early twenties to the visionary Crucifixion scenes carried out six decades later shortly before his death, this exhibition reunites material not seen together since the posthumous dispersal of his studio in 1564.
It offers a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of Michelangelo's remarkable artistic powers, and to witness the invention and development of some of his most celebrated works.
more
Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master
added by
Elif SUNGUR
|
|
|
|
Alexandra Munroe, who resigned as vice president of arts and culture at Japan Society in New York last summer, has been hired as the Guggenheim Museum's first full-time curator of Asian art.
The Guggenheim has been seeking to open a branch in Asia, exploring partnerships in Hong Kong and Singapore, among other possibilities, and the creation is an indication of the institution's commitment to expanding Asian programming and acquisitions.
The Guggenheim has been seeking to open a branch in Asia, exploring partnerships in Hong Kong and Singapore, among other possibilities, and the creation is an indication of the institution's commitment to expanding Asian programming and acquisitions.
Ms Munroe guest-curated a survey of postwar Japanese art 'Scream against the sky' at the Guggenheim SoHo branch in 1994, and recently mounted an exhibition at the Japan Society curated by Takashi Murakami.
Most recently, she has been working on an exhibition about the influence of Asian art on American modernism to be shown at the Guggenheim in 2009 and will possibly travel internationally.
The museum has also hired Monica Ramirez-Montagut as assistant curator for architecture and design.
She has served as a curator at the Price Tower Art Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, which is fundraising to build an exhibition
more
www.the... (247)
added by
Elif SUNGUR
|
|
|
|
A traveling retrospective exhibit of 48 pieces by Kent Ullberg, widely recognized as one of the world's leading wildlife sculptors, will be on display at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado until March 12, 2006, the last stop of an 18-month, nationwide tour.
The Museum is located at 809 Fifteenth Street in Golden.
David Wagner, Ph.D., is the exhibit's curator and tour director.
Ullberg maintains studios in Loveland, Colorado and Corpus Christi, Texas.
Exhibition sculptures were selected from the more than 50 monuments and 250 smaller castings Ullberg has produced in his career and represent creatures from land, sea and air.
Models give insight into Ullberg's sense of design and mechanics.
Others are smaller sculptures of unique and delicate beauty.
Pieces in the exhibition span from 1969's 'Owl' to 2004's 'Archipenkos Heron,' and includes "Wind in the Sails," a 1999 stainless steel sculpture that stands in Stockholm, Sweden.
The exhibit premiered at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, and was mounted in response to a monumental public art commission created by Ullberg for the new First National Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
The bank installation, of epic scale, involves 58 bronze and stainless steel geese with eight-foot wingspans lifting off from a downtown fountain and entering
more
Kent Ullberg Retrospective Sculpture Exhibition
added by
Elif SUNGUR
|
|
|
|
Leading British artists Anthony Gormley, John Bellany, Chris Orr and David Mach have caught on to it, gallery owners are already collectors of it and the art public awaits it.
Exciting, enlightening, challenging and truly revolutionary - Contemporary Asian Art is the market to watch.
Interest has been fever-pitched with international exhibitions throughout the globe showcasing an explosion of artworks by an emerging generation of young Asian artists from China, Japan and Korea.
Bonhams is one of the leaders in recognising the potential of the avant-garde material from the region and are delighted to announce its inaugural sale of Contemporary Asian Art this coming June.
'Some of the best work being produced today is coming out of China, Korea and Japan,' says Howard Rutkowski, Director of Contemporary Art at Bonhams.
'Its global impact, acknowledged by curators, collectors and gallery owners, is a truly extraordinary phenomenon that the market has not seen before.'
Many of these works breakdown the barriers of East and West through the creation of art.
They heighten imagery to challenge preconceptions of society and evoke the transience of life in a spellbinding way.
While many western countries have a great understanding of the emerging commercial power of the East, few of countries, until now, have
more
New Eastern Art Takes West by Storm
added by
Elif Sungur
|
|
|
|
Susan Gunn, wife of former Norwich City goalkeeper, Bryan Gunn, hit the back of the net fair and square with a massive red contemporary image titled Specto Spectus I & II - winning the first Sovereign Art Prize, a Pan European prize launched this year.
Sir Peter Blake, Chairman of the judging panel for the inaugural Sovereign European Art Prize, announced that the 25,000 Euro (£17,000) prize had been won by the British artist Susan Gunn.
Sir Peter is famed for designing many of the LP covers for The Beatles, including the iconic image for Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The Prize was presented by Howard Bilton, the founder and chairman of the Sovereign Art Foundation, at a special gala dinner and auction held at Bonhams, New Bond Street on Friday 13th.
Commenting on her win Susan Gunn said: "I'm a over the moon, ecstatic!
I suppose I'm a bit of wreck just now as this is just such a big step for my career.
It is a really brave decision by the judges as there are more established artists in the competition and I'd class myself as an emerging artist.
I hope to repay their confidence in me and my work."
The large 245 x 306 x 10cm work which dominated the finalists exhibition at Bonhams is a carmine-coloured painting whose subtle surface textures speak of an
more
Susan Gunn Takes Euro Arts Prize With Powerful Red Work
added by
Elif Sungur
|
|
|
