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Track down artAZ members’ activities for JULY
Socratis Argitis is participating at the Illustration Lifo exhibition at Benaki Museum (Pireos St. Building).
Duration: To July 25.
Christina Mitrentse is participating at the Print Salon show at Mews Project Space (Osborne Street, alley behind the Whitechappel Gallery, London, UK).
Duration: Throughout July, by appointment.
Nansy Anastpoulou, Irene Efthimaki and Irene Spyridaki are participating at the "Greek Colors Abroad-ΙΙ" exhibition
(curated by Michail Romanos) at the Melina Merkouri Cultural Center (66 Heraklidon & Thessalonikis St., Thisio).
The exhibition is also presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington.
Duration: To July 9.
Vassilis Botoulas is participating at the Sensitivity Questioned exhibition (curated by Iliana Fokianaki) at Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center (48 Armatolon & Klefton St.).
Duration: To July 3.
George Tsioutsias directed & designed Coco Electrik’s new video 'Fire and Ice' from their new album 'White Ink'
(out this July).
Argyris Saraslanidis has designed GREEN magazine’s cover
(July – September issue).
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Welcome to THE BOX gallery!
It couldn’t come soon enough: artAZ member Argyris (SER) Saraslanidis takes a massive step forward for the Greek Street
Art scene opening the first (& only) graffiti/ street art gallery in Greece. The Box Gallery, which only just opened its doors in
Thessaloniki, has a mission to introduce to the wider audience this unique art form that, beyond trends and temporary fads,
is underlined by a strong philosophy and a particular, subversive way of living.
The gallery will present all the idioms and expressions of street art and will keep us updated on all the latest trends, intro
ducing the work of renowned and emerging artists of the genre, from Greece and abroad. The gallery also operates as an
art shop, featuring art objects, art toys and editioned works by Greek and international artists.
The gallery’s official exhibition schedule will start running from September. It goes without saying that you shouldn’t expect
to see the usual stuff – the philosophy, aesthetics and rules of the street will be in Box. full effect for The Box.
Like SER says: «We come from the streets!». We can’t wait!
The Box Gallery is - of course - supported by artAZ.
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Harrier & Jaguar
Tate Britain latest Duveens Commission “Harrier and Jaguar” by Fiona Banner was unveiled on June 28. Banner’s largest
work to date, Harrier and Jaguar brings the highly-charged physicality of two real fighter jets, both previously in active
military service, into the unexpected setting of the neoclassical Duveen Galleries.
For Banner these objects represent the 'opposite of language', used when communication fails. In bringing body and
machine into close proximity she explores the tension between the intellectual perception of the fighter plane and physical
experience of the object. Harrier and Jaguar achieves a powerful presence loaded with the seductive and yet troubling qualities of these objects of war, which remain ambiguous objects implying both captured beast and fallen trophy.
Harrier and Jaguar is curated by Tate Britain Curator Lizzie Carey-Thomas in collaboration with the artist.
Catch it to January 3, 2011.
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Ideas of Stone
Two years before the official opening, dOCUMENTA (13) begins its activities by planting a tree in the park. On the festive
occasion of the summer solstice " the citizens of Kassel, Lord Mayor Bertram Hilgen, dOCUMENTA (13) Artistic Director
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, and artist Giuseppe Penone came together to inaugurate Penone’s Idee di Pietra (Ideas of
Stone) near the Orangerie in the Karlsaue park in Kassel as the first artwork on the way to dOCUMENTA (13).
The work, a 9 metre high bronze scultpure in the form of a tree trunk with a rock lodged in the top, is offered to the people
of Kassel in the lead up to June 9th 2012, the date that dOCUMENTA (13) will officially open.
"This artwork", said Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, "celebrates the relation between nature and culture in our contemporary world through an ecological perspective.
Like a tree, the dOCUMENTA (13) will grow organically over the next two years.
Watch the video here:
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Giuseppe Penone: Idee di Pietra
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As cool as it can get!
A unique opportunity to work together with renowned artist John Baldessari and create your own, highly sophisticated still
life in one go! With the opportunity of Pure Beauty, the retrospective exhibiton held in his honor at LACMA, the artist just
launched In Still Life 2001-2010, a super cool interactive art application (in the form of a website & iphone app) through
which everyone can create their own version of the Abraham van Beyeren’s classic work Banquet Still Life (1667).
The process is simple: visit the www.in-still-life.com website. The work is waiting for you on the main page. On your right
you will find all the essentials (candlesticks, bowls, grapes, peaches, lobster etc). Select with your mouse and drag to the
desired location. If you change your mind midway it is not a problem - all actions are reversible. Once you are satisfied
with the result simply save your work. You can upload it to a specially created gallery on Flickr if you wish to. Do note that
once you have completed the work of art it belongs to you! In the website you will also find info on the authentic symbolic
meaning attached to the various objects. Don’t miss out on giving it a shot – it is totally worth it!
Here is our own take - In Still Life 2001-2010 by artAZ!
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Free the artist within you
Artist, Naroa Lizar Redrado’s cool new brand, believes art should be for everyone. All those contemporary pieces that you always wanted to have but couldn´t afford can finally become yours with the fabulous iArtist kits - the world’s first affordable DIY high art sets. The boxes, containing all the necessary elements, enable you to recreate major contemporary art pieces from the comfort of your home - you only have to concentrate on creating.
It's quick, it's easy and (more importantly) you don't need any artistic training or ability to start making great pieces! The catalogue, so far, features works by Damien Hirst, Tracy Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Marc Quinn, and Banksy. Prices are extremely friendly so everyone can have access to the art that truly suits their life. As a result, for the bargain price of
£15.99 you can recreate Tracey Emin’s Everyone I have Ever slept with 1963-1995. The “iEmin” kit contains camping
tent for 2 people, sewing kit, colorful threads, assorted fabrics and, of course, instructions. Why spend millions?!
http://www.iartistlondon.com/
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The iEmin
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Breaking news – The Onion reveals Banksy’s identity!
Alternative media giant “The Onion” manages art art scoop of the decade: The online newspaper revealed Banksy’s true identity! At a recent press conference (apparently held only for the Onion correspondent) in London, 89-year-old Rose
Biggin, a grandmother from the Camden Town neighborhood of North London, announced that she was in fact the internationally renowned graffiti artist known only as Banksy.
Quoting directly from the newspaper, story has as follows: "Those drawings? Oh, yes, those are mine," said the diminutive octogenarian, who admitted to scaling buildings and climbing fences in order to put up life-sized stenciled images that satirize modern society's mores and its inherent political power structures. "It sure does help to pass the time." Biggin then returned home, where along with some of her "dearest friends," she sipped tea, sampled some nice ginger cake, and planned the necessary destruction of dominant capitalist paradigm.
Congratulations to The Onion for solving the persistent mystery!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-grandmother-comes-forward-as-banksy,17604/
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Athens Photo Festival 10 – Call for submissions
Athens Photo Festival 2010, held this fall by the Hellenic Centre for Photography, is a cultural event of international appeal, dedicated to the art of photography.
With the announcement of this year’s festival, the Hellenic Centre for Photography is issuing an invitation to artists wishing
to participate in:
- the exhibition program of the Athens Photo Festival 10, whose central theme is Interfaces.
- Young Greek Photographers 2010
Submissions close on Sunday, July 18.
For further information and submissions please visit
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Selection of auctions - JULY
Sotheby’s
1 July-1 Aug: Sotheby's at Sudeley Castle, A Selling Exhibition Gloucestershire, UK
6 July: Old Master & British Drawings London, UK
7 July: Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, London, UK
8 July: Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, London, UK
8 July: Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art, London, UK
Christie’s
1 July: Post War & Contemporary Art Day Auction, King Street, London, UK
6 July: Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Evening,
King Street, London, UK
7 July: Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day, King Street, London, UK
9 July: Old Masters & 19th Century Art, South Kensington, London, UK
15 July: 20th Century British Art, South Kensington, London, UK
Bonhams
5 July: Works of Art, Chester,
5 July: Pictures and Prints, Chester, UK
6 July: The Chester Sale: Asian Art, Chester, UK
7 July: Old Master Paintings, New Bond Street, London, UK
8 July: The Chester Sale: Works of Art, Chester, UK
13 July: Modern Pictures, Knightsbridge, London, UK
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This JULY around the world
Art Osaka
9 – 11 July, Osaka, Japan,
http://www.artosaka.jp/index.html
The aim of ART OSAKA is to produce an art fair in which the work and concepts of contemporary artists are introduced to museums, collectors and others related to the art world. For a fresh perspective, emerging new galleries are invited to exhibit alongside more established ones from both Japan and abroad.
Arteclasica10
14-19 July, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
http://www.arteclasica.com.ar/english/index.html
Buenos Aires holds a classical Art Fair that every year is dedicated to promote the different expressions of the artists from Argentina and abroad. Through its several editions ARTECLASICA has been consolidated as the Argentina Art Fair which offers the true plurality of visual tendencies to its visitors with a strong cultural and commercial profile.
Art SantaFe
15-18 July, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA,
http://www.artsantafe.com/
Art Santa Fe provides a total experience that includes not only a high class mix of excellent contemporary galleries from all over the globe but does so in a unique setting that offers visitors the ultimate arts and culture experience. Inside Art Santa Fe, viewers explore the best of the art world, with participating galleries from across the United States, China, Japan, Europe, and Latin America. This year Art Santa Fe celebrates its ten-year anniversary.
Scope Hamptons
22 – 25 July, Hamptons, USA,
http://www.scope-art.com/index.php/hamptons/
SCOPE is one of the largest and most global art fairs in the world featuring emerging contemporary art. Its goal is to present the most innovative galleries, artists and curators, through a unique program of solo and thematic group shows presented alongside museum-quality exhibitions, collector tours, screenings, and special events.
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