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The Alternative Guide to the Universe, Hayward Galleryfrom 06/11/13 to 08/26/13The CAAC is contributing works by Bodys Isek Kingelez to the Hayward Gallery's exhibition "The Alternative Guide to the Universe".
This exhibition surveys the work of individuals who create alternatives in art, science and architecture.
The exhibition is focused on self-taught practitioners whose work is generally produced outside of established channels and official institutions.
The Alternative Guide to the Universe features a range of contributors from fringe physicists to the inventors of new languages, from artists who map cities of the future to others who design imaginary technologies.
Inspiringly original and bracingly eccentric, their work re-imagines our social and cultural conventions in ways that fearlessly depart from accepted ways of thinking.
Taken together, it conjures a kind of a parallel universe where ingenuity and inventiveness trump common sense and received wisdom. |  |
Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Netherlands from 01/29/12 to 05/06/12As early as 1846, the Vlisco company, based in Helmond, served the West African market with Dutch Wax textiles. From 29 January through 6 May, 2012, the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem will present Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design, an exhibition about how Vlisco’s Dutch textiles became a part of various West African cultures and found their way into international fashion, the visual arts, and photography. The exhibition Six Yards is a tribute to Vlisco textiles: over a hundred years old, born in Indonesia, designed in the Netherlands, loved in Africa, and desired in the West. These colourful fabrics make their way to fashion shows in Paris, the markets in Ghana, and galleries in London and New York. The exhibition Six Yards focuses on all the relevant angles, from their presence and meaning in the work of artist Yinka Shonibare, to the stories in the oral tradition that have come from the fabrics. The works of artists Bodys Isek Kingelez and Seydou Keïta will be featured. | |
Postmodernism, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UKfrom 09/24/11 to 01/15/12Of all movements in art and design history, postmodernism is perhaps the most controversial. This era defies definition, but it is a perfect subject for an exhibition. Postmodernism was an unstable mix of the theatrical and theoretical. It was visually thrilling, a multifaceted style that ranged from the colourful to the ruinous, the ludicrous to the luxurious.
What does postmodernism mean, and where did it come from? The V&A will explore these questions in the exhibition Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970–1990.
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''Mondes inventés, Mondes habités'', MUDAM, Luxembourg from 10/08/11 to 01/15/12 Mondes inventés, Mondes habités (“Invented Worlds, Inhabited Worlds”) unveils the singularity of universes developed by artists who are in turn thinkers, engineers and architects investigating the forces and flux that control and make up our universe, as well as the dynamics that animate it. Attentive to the mechanics of the world, sensitive to its potential energy, as well as to the streams of thought which irrigate it and define it, their work tackles questions of a scientific and metaphysical nature. Thus, these often complex artworks reveal the beauty of forces in action, as in the case of Conrad Shawcross and Miguel Palma, or are inspired by artworks such as “Bridges” by Chris Burden. Others, like Isa Melsheimer, are interested in architecture as a means of developing ideas about the space we inhabit, the conception we have of it but also its instability. Finally, some (such as David Altmejd) play on materials, whether mineral or organic, recreating fantasmagorical worlds.
Curators
Marie-Noëlle Farcy
Clément Minighetti
Mudam Luxembourg
3, Park Dräi Eechelen
L-1499 Luxembourg
info@mudam.lu |  |
JAPANCONGO, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russiafrom 07/08/11 to 08/20/11German artist Carsten Höller has created JapanCongo, an exhibition featuring works from the art collection of Jean Pigozzi.
The exhibit brings together the world of African and Japanese art under one roof. Fifteen Congolese artists will be displayed including the talents of Peter Bodo, Chéri Samba, Pathy Tshindele, Jean Depara, Cheik Ledy and Bodys Isek Kingelez. An equal number of Japanese artists will also be displayed with works from Natsumi Nagao, Nobuyoshi Araki, Akihiro Higuchi, Kazuna Taguchi, Kaneuji Teppei, Hiroki Tsukuda and Keiichi Tanaami.
JapanCongo was first exhibited in France at Le Magasin in Grenoble. It will travel to Russia at The Garage - Center for Contemporary Culture of Moscow in summer 2011.
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Location
Garage Center of Contemporary Culture
127055
19A Ulitsa Obraztsova
Moscow
T (+7 495) 645-05-20
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JAPANCONGO: Carsten Höllerʼs double-take on Jean Pigozziʼs collection, Magasin, Grenoble, Francefrom 02/06/11 to 04/24/11German artist Carsten Höller has created JapanCongo, an exhibition featuring works from the art collection of Jean Pigozzi.
The exhibit brings together the world of African and Japanese art under one roof. Fifteen Congolese artists will be displayed including the talents of Peter Bodo, Chéri Samba, Pathy Tshindele, Jean Depara, Cheik Ledy and Bodys Isek Kingelez. An equal number of Japanese artists will also be displayed with works from Natsumi Nagao, Nobuyoshi Araki, Akihiro Higuchi, Kazuna Taguchi, Kaneuji Teppei, Hiroki Tsukuda and Keiichi Tanaami.
JapanCongo opens in France at Le Magasin - Centre National d'Art Contemporain in Grenoble, from February 6th to April 24th 2011. Then it will travel to Russia at The Garage - Center for Contemporary Culture of Moscow in June 2011 and Italy at the Palazzo Reale - CIMAC of Milan in September 2011.
Curator: Carsten Höller
Venue: CNAC - Le Magasin
Centre National d Art Contemporain
Site Bouchayer-Viallet,
155, cours Berriat
F-38000 Grenoble
Tel: 04 76 21 95 84
Fax: 04 76 21 24 22
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Dreamlands, Pompidou Center, Paris, featuring Bodys Isek Kingelez amazing model city from 05/05/10 to 08/09/10Présentée dans la grande galerie du Centre Pompidou du 5 mai au 9 août 2010, l'exposition Dreamlands développe un propos inédit : montrer comment les modèles de foires internationales, d'expositions universelles et de parcs de loisirs ont influencé la conception de la ville et de ses usages.
Démultipliant la réalité par la pratique de la copie, jouant d'une esthétique de l'accumulation et du collage souvent proche du kitsch, ces mondes clos et parallèles ont en effet inspiré les démarches artistiques, architecturales et urbanistiques au XXe siècle, au point de s'ériger en possible norme de certaines constructions contemporaines. | |
Why Africa? from 10/06/07 to 02/03/08Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
Turin, Italy |  |
100% Africafrom 10/12/06 to 02/18/07The Guggenheim Bilbao
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ARTS OF AFRICAfrom 07/16/05 to 09/04/05From traditional arts to the Jean Pigozzi contemporary collection
Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
July 16th to September 4th, 2005, Espace Ravel |  |
African Art Nowfrom 01/29/05 to 06/05/05Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion
Photo: ©Tom Dubrock |  |
Documenta XIfrom 06/08/02 to 09/15/02Kassel, Germany
June 8 - September 15, 2002 |  |
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