Wednesday, May 27, 2009
ART & OLFACTION - May 209 - June 7, 2009
Olfaction presents nine pieces of visual art which contain an element
or an allusion to the sense of smell. Attempts have been made by
national and international artists to subvert the dominance of the
visual sense with the introduction of the olfactory. The works will
emit smells amongst other artworks in small intimate spaces at the
Empty Shop Gallery.
Empty Shop
94C Gilesgate
Durham
DH1 2JA
http://www.emptyshop.org/
Artists:
Mark Bell
Alice Bradshaw
Barbara Anna Husar
Naomi Kendrick
Mark Porter
Ashley Rowe
Alex Rhys-Taylor
Guiliana Sommantico
thickandtasty
Curated by Diana Ali
Foreword by Daniel Jones
(Edited extract from 'The Whiff of the Real')
Olfaction is the neglected sense of the fine art world. Though an art
work has to metaphorically ‘smell’ or at least create a stink in order
to seduce me, tradition dictates the obfuscation of odour in the
gallery space. Marshall McLuhan charts the prioritising of the visual
sense over others through the invention of the printing press and the
spread of universal literacy, a historical development he describes as
superseding the ‘acoustic space’ that dominated pre-Guttenberg (the
inventor of typeset printing blocks) civilisation. It would be
interesting to read a parallel analysis of how our changing sense of
and emotional reaction to smell has influenced the way we receive
information, make decisions and form aesthetic (and sometimes ethical)
judgements. Olfaction has become the C21 pariah sense. The explosion
in personal hygiene over the past century or so, combined with the
ability to synthesize almost any scent imaginable has left us divorced
from an ontological relationship with our olfactory perceptions.
Polite society and most art forms require the neutering of the sense.
I have heard audiences complain of the body odour of dancers and
actors on stage – though personally I am always impressed by this
signifier of the performers’ committed endeavours. Art galleries are
scrubbed to sterilisation, so that only the lingering traces of
cleaning products remain. Yet our love affair with ersatz scents
dominates our social lives and fills up our bathroom shelves.
Olfactory art also resists commoditisation and fixed meaning. The
scent exists for the moment and cannot be captured by technology or
recording devices. The persistence of the work is only possible
through the memory and associations of the gallery audience. As Proust
declaims in A la recherché des temps perdu "When nothing else subsists
from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken
and scattered· the smell and taste of things remain”. The peculiarly
emotive impact of smells is explained and confirmed by scientific
studies. Olfaction transits messages to the cortex AND the limbic
system, the new and old parts of the brain, meaning that our
interpretation and analysis of smells is simultaneously emotional and
cognitive: moody and rational.
http://olfactionexhibition.blogspot.com/
or an allusion to the sense of smell. Attempts have been made by
national and international artists to subvert the dominance of the
visual sense with the introduction of the olfactory. The works will
emit smells amongst other artworks in small intimate spaces at the
Empty Shop Gallery.
Empty Shop
94C Gilesgate
Durham
DH1 2JA
http://www.emptyshop.org/
Artists:
Mark Bell
Alice Bradshaw
Barbara Anna Husar
Naomi Kendrick
Mark Porter
Ashley Rowe
Alex Rhys-Taylor
Guiliana Sommantico
thickandtasty
Curated by Diana Ali
Foreword by Daniel Jones
(Edited extract from 'The Whiff of the Real')
Olfaction is the neglected sense of the fine art world. Though an art
work has to metaphorically ‘smell’ or at least create a stink in order
to seduce me, tradition dictates the obfuscation of odour in the
gallery space. Marshall McLuhan charts the prioritising of the visual
sense over others through the invention of the printing press and the
spread of universal literacy, a historical development he describes as
superseding the ‘acoustic space’ that dominated pre-Guttenberg (the
inventor of typeset printing blocks) civilisation. It would be
interesting to read a parallel analysis of how our changing sense of
and emotional reaction to smell has influenced the way we receive
information, make decisions and form aesthetic (and sometimes ethical)
judgements. Olfaction has become the C21 pariah sense. The explosion
in personal hygiene over the past century or so, combined with the
ability to synthesize almost any scent imaginable has left us divorced
from an ontological relationship with our olfactory perceptions.
Polite society and most art forms require the neutering of the sense.
I have heard audiences complain of the body odour of dancers and
actors on stage – though personally I am always impressed by this
signifier of the performers’ committed endeavours. Art galleries are
scrubbed to sterilisation, so that only the lingering traces of
cleaning products remain. Yet our love affair with ersatz scents
dominates our social lives and fills up our bathroom shelves.
Olfactory art also resists commoditisation and fixed meaning. The
scent exists for the moment and cannot be captured by technology or
recording devices. The persistence of the work is only possible
through the memory and associations of the gallery audience. As Proust
declaims in A la recherché des temps perdu "When nothing else subsists
from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken
and scattered· the smell and taste of things remain”. The peculiarly
emotive impact of smells is explained and confirmed by scientific
studies. Olfaction transits messages to the cortex AND the limbic
system, the new and old parts of the brain, meaning that our
interpretation and analysis of smells is simultaneously emotional and
cognitive: moody and rational.
http://olfactionexhibition.blogspot.com/
Monday, May 11, 2009
TURNER MUSEUM, SARASOTA, FLORIDA REOPENS
THE TURNER MUSEUM SHEDS ITS WINTER COAT AND BLOSSOMS IN SPRING FINERY
Sunday May 10th 2009 - Sarasota, Florida
"Congratulations on the impressive new website! Also on Turner and Italy."
Dr. Selby Whittingham - United Kingdom
"Douglass, your efforts have surely been great and rewards with your
"beautiful new site" are well deserved. It is an exciting new age for those
entranced by the great Turner's work."
Robert Setters - Canada
"The new site is so wonderful. Everything about it is so much more inviting,
right there. You've done so much work!!!!! Bravo"
Trulee Jameson - United States
"I really like Turner's new site!"
Dan Levesque - Switzerland
J.M.W. Turner has created waves of interest world-wide with a series of 8
exhibitions, starting with the National Gallery in Washington in a 2008
'block-buster' followed by Houston; New York at the Metropolitan Museum and
Moscow; also three "Turner and Italy" shows in Ferrara, Edinburgh and
Budapest plus the first ever Turner show in China in 2009 and now our own
Turner in Italy has Turner's name on everybody's lips. Truly, is not Turner
the "hottest" name among old masters these days?
Experience Turner in Italy at the new Turner Museum website:
www.turnermuseum.org. This latest exhibition features 30 Turners, first-ever
displayed in such a novel way to the public. We have increased many fold the
"thumb-size" gem-like Italian vignettes - thus we can trace every detail of
the "finest lines ever produced", to cite John Ruskin. This small but
trend-setting exhibition traces Turner's development starting with his
teenage years, through to the full flowering of his genius evident in the 26
Italian vignettes, culminating in our exhibition's show-stopper, the
celebrated St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and Her Nurse, 1842, a
magnificent engraving on copper. Only the genius of Turner could transport
Romeo and Juliet from Verona to Venice and in the process transform a
tragedy into a spectacular celebration of life.
Visit the rejuvenated Turner Museum Store http://www.turnermuseum.org/store/
for this bestseller as well as many other unique and beautiful works of art.
The Turner was founded in 1973 in Denver in a historic Victorian mansion -
the phenomenal 24 year run there resulted in The Turner being listed among
the top 99 art museums in America.
Contact:
Douglass Montrose-Graem
Turner Museum
Sarasota Florida
email: turnermuseum@turnermuseum.org
Ph 941.365.1649
www.turnermuseum.org
Sunday May 10th 2009 - Sarasota, Florida
"Congratulations on the impressive new website! Also on Turner and Italy."
Dr. Selby Whittingham - United Kingdom
"Douglass, your efforts have surely been great and rewards with your
"beautiful new site" are well deserved. It is an exciting new age for those
entranced by the great Turner's work."
Robert Setters - Canada
"The new site is so wonderful. Everything about it is so much more inviting,
right there. You've done so much work!!!!! Bravo"
Trulee Jameson - United States
"I really like Turner's new site!"
Dan Levesque - Switzerland
J.M.W. Turner has created waves of interest world-wide with a series of 8
exhibitions, starting with the National Gallery in Washington in a 2008
'block-buster' followed by Houston; New York at the Metropolitan Museum and
Moscow; also three "Turner and Italy" shows in Ferrara, Edinburgh and
Budapest plus the first ever Turner show in China in 2009 and now our own
Turner in Italy has Turner's name on everybody's lips. Truly, is not Turner
the "hottest" name among old masters these days?
Experience Turner in Italy at the new Turner Museum website:
www.turnermuseum.org. This latest exhibition features 30 Turners, first-ever
displayed in such a novel way to the public. We have increased many fold the
"thumb-size" gem-like Italian vignettes - thus we can trace every detail of
the "finest lines ever produced", to cite John Ruskin. This small but
trend-setting exhibition traces Turner's development starting with his
teenage years, through to the full flowering of his genius evident in the 26
Italian vignettes, culminating in our exhibition's show-stopper, the
celebrated St. Mark's Place, Venice - Juliet and Her Nurse, 1842, a
magnificent engraving on copper. Only the genius of Turner could transport
Romeo and Juliet from Verona to Venice and in the process transform a
tragedy into a spectacular celebration of life.
Visit the rejuvenated Turner Museum Store http://www.turnermuseum.org/store/
for this bestseller as well as many other unique and beautiful works of art.
The Turner was founded in 1973 in Denver in a historic Victorian mansion -
the phenomenal 24 year run there resulted in The Turner being listed among
the top 99 art museums in America.
Contact:
Douglass Montrose-Graem
Turner Museum
Sarasota Florida
email: turnermuseum@turnermuseum.org
Ph 941.365.1649
www.turnermuseum.org
Monday, May 4, 2009
CALL TO NEW ENGLAND ARTISTS FOR PUBLIC ART PROPOSALS - May 15, 2009
The Boston Public Library and the Mattapan Branch Library Public Art Committee invite artists/designers working in all media to forward qualifications for the Mattapan Library Branch Exterior Art Project at the new 21,000sf branch library designed by William Rawn and Associates. This project is open to all artists//designers residing in New England. Artists/designers with experience in the areas of public art and community involvement processes are encouraged to apply.
Contact:
Christina Lanzl
Urban Arts Institute
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
617-879-7973
http://www.massart.edu/Documents/www.massart.edu/about_massart/urban_arts_institute/Mattapan-Library-CafE.pdf
Christina.lanzl@massart.edu
Contact:
Christina Lanzl
Urban Arts Institute
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
617-879-7973
http://www.massart.edu/Documents/www.massart.edu/about_massart/urban_arts_institute/Mattapan-Library-CafE.pdf
Christina.lanzl@massart.edu
NATIONAL MINIATURE SHOW COMPETITION - September 28, 2009
10th Annual National Miniature Show , Competition , Workshop October 1-31, 2009. A multi media cash awards competition. Jana Schefeik Van Housen, will judge and conduct an oil workshop October 9-11, 2009. Reception Friday, October 9th, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Entries shipped or brought to be at the art center by September 28, 2009. Entry fee.
Contact:
Prairie Winds Art Center
112 W 3rd St
Grand Island NE 68801
308-381-4001
http://www.prairiewindsart.com
Contact:
Prairie Winds Art Center
112 W 3rd St
Grand Island NE 68801
308-381-4001
http://www.prairiewindsart.com
CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS - June 20, 2009
A new gallery in Orlando, Florida, is now accepting submissions. Entry fee.
Contact:
New Concept Art Gallery
11229 East Colonial Dr
Orlando FL 32817
407-429-4721
http://newconceptartgallery.com/submissions
newconceptart@hotmail.com
Contact:
New Concept Art Gallery
11229 East Colonial Dr
Orlando FL 32817
407-429-4721
http://newconceptartgallery.com/submissions
newconceptart@hotmail.com
Sunday, May 3, 2009
CALL FOR CONTEMPORARY QUILT ARTISTS - May 28, 2009
Seeking quilt artists from US and Canada for a juried exhibition at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios in Lowell, MA. This exhibition is one of the venues of the famous Lowell Quilt Festival and will provide an overview of some of the finest quilts being produced. Jurors: Sylvia Einstein, curator and internationally-known quilt-maker, and Judy Becker, well-known contemporary quilt-maker, curator and juror. METHOD OF SELECTION: Digital images on CD only (no slides or photographs). Exhibition dates: August 5 - September 19, 2009. Entry fee.
For complete details and prospectus:
Brush Art Gallery & Studios
256 Market St
Lowell MA 01852
http://www.thebrush.org/Documents/ArtQuiltsLowell2009.pdf
For complete details and prospectus:
Brush Art Gallery & Studios
256 Market St
Lowell MA 01852
http://www.thebrush.org/Documents/ArtQuiltsLowell2009.pdf
ART FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
SIXTY YEARS. SIXTY WORKS. Art from the Federal Republic of Germany
Martin-Gropius-Bau
Niederkirchnerstrasse 7
10963 Berlin
Contact: info@60jahre-60werke.de
www.60jahre-60werke.de
May 1 – June 14, 2009
Opening Hours: Daily from 10 am to 8 pm
'Action teaching' seminars with Prof. Bazon Brock Daily at 3 pm
This year the Federal Republic of Germany is commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the ratification of its constitution. In honor of this jubilee, the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin will present the exhibition 'SIXTY YEARS. SIXTY WORKS. Art from the Federal Republic of Germany' from May 1 to June 14. On view will be 60 works of art including paintings, sculpture, photography and installations created by the most influential German artists since 1949.
The exhibition recounts the history of the Federal Republic of Germany through the aesthetic phenomena of the visual arts and takes as its theme the guarantee of freedom of expression in paragraph 5, article 3 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. As orientation for visitors, a time line featuring sixty monitors will recall actual political and social events that significantly impacted on each of the six decades. Interactive terminals will also provide information on the relevant artistic events of the last sixty years.
Professor Bazon Brock will conduct his 'action teaching' seminars daily throughout the exhibition. Originally developed for documenta 4 in 1968, these seminars and in-depth guided tours aim to cultivate an appreciation of art in a broad range of visitors.
A catalogue will be published featuring reproductions of all the exhibited works as well as essays by well-known authors situating the exhibition in its proper historical context.
The exhibition is an initiative of The Foundation for Art and Culture Bonn (Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. Bonn) and BILD, Germany's largest daily paper. Major funding has been provided by the gas and electric utility company RWE. The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Participating Artists: Kai Althoff, Horst Antes, Stephan Balkenhol, Georg Baselitz, Willi Baumeister, Christiane Baumgartner, Bernd und Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Anna und Bernhard Blume, Walter Dahn / Jiří Dokoupil, Hanne Darboven, Günther Főrg, Rupprecht Geiger, Isa Genzken, K.O. Gőtz, Bruno Goller, Gotthard Graubner, Andreas Gursky, Hans Hartung, Eberhard Havekost, Werner Heldt, Georg Herold, Gerhard Hoehme, Karl Hofer, Candida Hőfer, Rebecca Horn, Jőrg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Martin Kippenberger, Konrad Klapheck, Imi Knoebel, Norbert Kricke, Markus Lüpertz, Heinz Mack, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Jonathan Meese, Olaf Metzel, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Carsten Nicolai, Marcel Odenbach, Albert Oehlen, Palermo, A. R. Penck, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Tobias Rehberger, Daniel Richter, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Bernard Schultze, Emil Schumacher, Thomas Schütte, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, Günther Uecker, Hans Uhlmann, Franz Erhard Walther, Corinne Wasmuht, WOLS
Curated by Prof. Dr. Gőtz Adriani, Dr. Robert Fleck, Prof. Dr. Siegfried Gohr, Prof. Peter Iden, Susanne Kleine, Ingrid Mőssinger, Prof. Dr. Dieter Ronte, Dr. Frank Schmidt and Dr. h.c. Walter Smerling in collaboration with Prof. Bazon Brock, Laszlo Glozer, Dr. Ariane Grigoteit, and Professor Dr. Matthias Winzen
Press contact:
BUREAU N - Silke Neumann // Fabio Pink
Phone: +49.(0)30.30874075
Mail: silke.neumann@bureau-n.de // fabio.pink@bureau-n.de
Audio guides:
Available in German and English
Martin-Gropius-Bau
Niederkirchnerstrasse 7
10963 Berlin
Contact: info@60jahre-60werke.de
www.60jahre-60werke.de
May 1 – June 14, 2009
Opening Hours: Daily from 10 am to 8 pm
'Action teaching' seminars with Prof. Bazon Brock Daily at 3 pm
This year the Federal Republic of Germany is commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the ratification of its constitution. In honor of this jubilee, the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin will present the exhibition 'SIXTY YEARS. SIXTY WORKS. Art from the Federal Republic of Germany' from May 1 to June 14. On view will be 60 works of art including paintings, sculpture, photography and installations created by the most influential German artists since 1949.
The exhibition recounts the history of the Federal Republic of Germany through the aesthetic phenomena of the visual arts and takes as its theme the guarantee of freedom of expression in paragraph 5, article 3 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. As orientation for visitors, a time line featuring sixty monitors will recall actual political and social events that significantly impacted on each of the six decades. Interactive terminals will also provide information on the relevant artistic events of the last sixty years.
Professor Bazon Brock will conduct his 'action teaching' seminars daily throughout the exhibition. Originally developed for documenta 4 in 1968, these seminars and in-depth guided tours aim to cultivate an appreciation of art in a broad range of visitors.
A catalogue will be published featuring reproductions of all the exhibited works as well as essays by well-known authors situating the exhibition in its proper historical context.
The exhibition is an initiative of The Foundation for Art and Culture Bonn (Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. Bonn) and BILD, Germany's largest daily paper. Major funding has been provided by the gas and electric utility company RWE. The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Participating Artists: Kai Althoff, Horst Antes, Stephan Balkenhol, Georg Baselitz, Willi Baumeister, Christiane Baumgartner, Bernd und Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Anna und Bernhard Blume, Walter Dahn / Jiří Dokoupil, Hanne Darboven, Günther Főrg, Rupprecht Geiger, Isa Genzken, K.O. Gőtz, Bruno Goller, Gotthard Graubner, Andreas Gursky, Hans Hartung, Eberhard Havekost, Werner Heldt, Georg Herold, Gerhard Hoehme, Karl Hofer, Candida Hőfer, Rebecca Horn, Jőrg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Martin Kippenberger, Konrad Klapheck, Imi Knoebel, Norbert Kricke, Markus Lüpertz, Heinz Mack, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Jonathan Meese, Olaf Metzel, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Carsten Nicolai, Marcel Odenbach, Albert Oehlen, Palermo, A. R. Penck, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Tobias Rehberger, Daniel Richter, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Bernard Schultze, Emil Schumacher, Thomas Schütte, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, Günther Uecker, Hans Uhlmann, Franz Erhard Walther, Corinne Wasmuht, WOLS
Curated by Prof. Dr. Gőtz Adriani, Dr. Robert Fleck, Prof. Dr. Siegfried Gohr, Prof. Peter Iden, Susanne Kleine, Ingrid Mőssinger, Prof. Dr. Dieter Ronte, Dr. Frank Schmidt and Dr. h.c. Walter Smerling in collaboration with Prof. Bazon Brock, Laszlo Glozer, Dr. Ariane Grigoteit, and Professor Dr. Matthias Winzen
Press contact:
BUREAU N - Silke Neumann // Fabio Pink
Phone: +49.(0)30.30874075
Mail: silke.neumann@bureau-n.de // fabio.pink@bureau-n.de
Audio guides:
Available in German and English
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