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documenta 12 | Bill Kouelany / Untitled | 2007 | Aue-Pavillon

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under blogs, news | Comments Off

.ack-online.de posted a photo:. documenta 12 | Bill Kouelany / Untitled | 2007 | Aue-Pavillon. documenta 12 2007 Kassel.

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Alejandro Gutierrez

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under Contributors, blogs, news | Leave a Comment

Temple
 
Brilliant Blue Incident
 
Apparition #1
 
Burning Bush
 
 
Born 1966, Colombia
the artist lives and works in Buffalo, NY, USA

Alejandro works with extinct pigments, those that have been cast out by the industries that created them, adding a variety of water-soluble mediums and other re-purposed materials, such as ground glass, mica, sand, carbon, wax and wood. Since he was six years old, Alejandro has been exploring the alchemy of seemingly coincidental occurrences that lock a chain of events together into a new something. It isn’t about picturing, but about expression.
He was born in Medellín, Colombia in 1966, and in 1972 began studying art at the David Manzur Academy in Bogotá. He arrived to the United States in 1982 and is now a citizen. His paintings have been widely shown in the Western New York area, currently at the Albright-Knox and Art Dialogue galleries. He is the President of the Board of the Western New York Artists Group.

Website: Federico Alejandro Gutierrez Perez
Contact email: info@alejandrogutierrez.org

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Yael Bartana. In the army I was an outstanding soldier

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under blogs, news | Comments Off

Ha esposto tra l’altro a Documenta 12, 2007; alla Biennale di Istanbul, alla Bienal de São Paulo, a Manifesta 4, a New York al PS1 e in molti altri spazi internazionali. Galleria di riferimento: Annet Gelink di Amsterdam.

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russell anderson

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under Contributors, blogs, news | Leave a Comment

solar bug
 
bubble machine 2
 
apparatus for attracting attention
 
teabag jiggler 2
 
 
Born 1972, Australia
the artist lives and works in Redcliffe, QLD, Australia

Russell’s art practice is focused on whimsical kinetic sculpture - small and large. His artworks are a play on consumer behavior - creating desirable but completely unnecessary ‘appliances’ that seduce people to ‘buy’. He often makes art in series as a way of exploring concept as well as amplifying the appliance’s absurdity - “So you built this Bubble Machine from scratch? What? You’ve built two? And you’re working on a third?!?!”.

Although it doesn’t negate the need for a conceptual basis, Russell strongly believes a person should be able to access and appreciate artwork without having a degree. He thinks this is especially true of work in the public realm; the general public isn’t making an active decision to engage with artworks (eg visit a gallery) - the artwork is in ‘their’ space. He endeavours to address this issue in his work by providing multiple access points including visual aesthetics, attention to detail, sense of whimsy, complexity and the balance of form and function. Public appreciation for his artwork ranges from pure fun and enjoyment (children running after the bubble machine) to serious discussion of the mechanics “looks like a rolling beam suspension you’ve got there laddie”.

Website: russell anderson artist + designer
Contact email: info@russellanderson.com.au

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Glen Martin Taylor

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under Contributors, blogs, news | Leave a Comment

“Chairwoman”
 
“Yellow Twins”
 
“Angel of Death”
 
“Star Twins”
 
 
Born 1957, U.S.A.
the artist lives and works in Centerville, Ohio, U.S.A.

glen martin taylor, self-taught painter,
several solo shows in ohio in the past few years.
“i paint the human figure. it has been and always will be the most important subject in art.”

Website: Glen Martin Taylor
Contact email: glenmartintaylor@woh.rr.com

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Elisabeth Coddington

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under Contributors, blogs, news | Leave a Comment

Doorway 1
 
Doorway 2
 
Columbine Flower
 
Graveyard 1
 
 
Born 1975, USA
the artist lives and works in Ohio, USA

What can I say that hasn’t been said a million times over? I am sure you have heard it all before…my work is from my heart. I paint like I can’t breath without it. I paint because I can not help it. Sometimes I paint like my life depends on it. Painting is my great release, my orgasm on canvas. Pure and raw and unfiltered. Hope you enjoy these pieces of me…

Website: The Coddington Collection
Contact email: ecoddington@yahoo.com

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Pfaffenhofen – Querformat – Ausstellung 2007 – Städtische Galerie

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under blogs, news | Comments Off

Nur 10 bis 15 % der Befragten in einer Studie zu diesem Thema auf der „documenta 12“ in Kassel wollten das wirklich. Der potentielle Käufer will also doch nicht so viel eigene Energie in seinen Entscheidungsprozess einfließen lassen.

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Cretian Scultpure

Posted on October 26, 2007 - Filed Under Contributors, blogs, news | Leave a Comment

Gallery: Artery Gallery

2007-2008 St. Andrews, Fife 01334 478221, Scotland
“Ariadne’s Clue” is based on a Greek myth.
The young Athenian Theseus, son of King Aegeus of Athens, volunteered himself as a sacrifice to the Minotaur in Crete. Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos fell in love with the aspiring hero, and to aid Theseus, she gave him a ball of string, or in Old English, a clewe of thread. Theseus left a trail of this thread as he made his way through the Labyrinth, thus helping him to find his way out again. This is where the modern spelling of clue originated from, meaning “something that helps solve a puzzle”. Theseus slew the Minotaur, followed the thread out of the Labyrinth, and ran off with Ariadne.

Manolis Patramanis was born in Heraklion, Crete. He studied pottery at the School of Free Studies in Chania, Crete. He has worked on many commercial exhibitions including The International Fair of Frankfurt. He has also worked as an instructor for pottery seminars organised by the Center for Professional Training.

In 1988 he set up his own workshop in Heraklion where he lives and works today.

Manolis continues to exhibit exclusively in the UK through Artery Gallery of St Andrews and Crieff.

Website: Artery Gallery
Contact email: enquiries@arteryuk.com

Ariadne’s Clue
 
Puzzle
 
Face Barrio
 
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paolo robaudi

Posted on October 26, 2007 - Filed Under Contributors, blogs, news | Leave a Comment

…less army
 
 
Born 1967, Italia
the artist lives and works in milano, Italia

Born in milan, master degree in the Accademy of Brera, like multimedia artist, it’ s skill working on experience by the way, and over, usually work with digital enviroment, used along all body arts.
Using reportage to approach a social issues in his work, on news marketing and customer service too.
work on emotions and feelings about advertising language.
Plaing his role like social artist, for an artistic breakthrough, and for a new society where art is not only a place for market, but for a new renaissance of ethics in the new global era.

Website: studiomorgagni
Contact email: paolorobaudi@studiomorgagni.com

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15 June 2007 Is " The El Bulli Experience " Art?

Posted on October 26, 2007 - Filed Under blogs, news | Comments Off

For the next 100 days, his restaurant is the location of the ” Documenta 12 “, the annual event normally in the centre of the Kassel, at the bottom of the Museum Fridericianum in Barcelona, for the presentation of new & acclaimed

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