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Arts News For: August 08, 2008

Zhou Jun – Bird’s Nest Project
Rossi and Rossi - London, UK United Kingdom

China’s rapidly increasing economic growth as well as the lead-up to the Olympics has led to an explosion of construction and development in cities and villages, and this urbanisation is reflected in the work of many Chinese artists including the photographer Zhou Jun. Born in 1965 in Nanjing, Zhou Jun graduated from the Department of Photography at the Art School of Nanjing Normal University. Three solo exhibitions have been held of his photographs in Beijing and Shanghai and he has participated in other group exhibitions in China. Rossi & Rossi are now proud to bring his work to Europe for the first time from 7 to 29 August 2008. Read Indepth Article

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE Vol.1: An Exhibition in Partnership with Spier
AVA - Association for Visual Arts - Cape Town, ZA South Africa

Scratching the Surface Vol.1 at AVA in Cape Town from August 5 to 21 , 2008, combines new and re-visited visual and performance work by artists working individually and in collaboration, between places on the planet that are becoming less and less disparate as we charge ahead to a global imagining. The result of the first curatorial project of Gabi Ngcobo and Mwenya Kabwe as collective manje-manje projects (m-mp), the exhibition functions as a site for research and experimentation. Triggered by a desire to obliterate - reveal - satisfy - mark - damage, the contagious act of scratching suggests contact between surfaces: walls, grounds, steel, skin etc, the proverbial 'itch' transferred to scratch card and suitcase for the gambler and nomad respectively. Read Indepth Article

Call for Artists: National Juried Digital Art and Photography Exhibition
Asylum Gallery - Sacramento, USA United States of America

Digital artists and photographers are invited to submit work for the National Juried Digital Art & Photography Exhibit at Asylum Gallery, 1719 25th St., Sacramento CA 95816. Entries are limited to original digital art and photography. Offset reproductions, or reproductions of artwork originally produced in another medium will not be accepted. Submitted work may not have been exhibited in any other Asylum Gallery show. September 25, 2008 is the entry deadline. Jurors for this show are Kent Lacin for Digital Photography and Marcelle Wiggins for Digital Art Read Indepth Article

Artist Jason Stauffer Curates Three-Man Show Exhibiting a Northwest Sense of Adventure
La Familia Gallery - Seattle, WA USA United States of America

Rogue artist Jason Stauffer was the recipient of a 2008 PONCHO artistic merit award with work from his first Seattle exhibition at La Familia Gallery. This August, Stauffer will present his first curated show exhibiting the work of three artists related by careers executing commercial art work. The yet untitled show: What these artists-by-day do at night in their personal studios. Each developing his concept for a minimum of 8 years, these artists are ready to end their hiatus from the exhibiting world. The show opens August 7, 2008 and runs until August 30, 2008. Read Indepth Article

Artists from the Thomas Erben Gallery
Chatterjee and Lal - Mumbai, IN India

Thomas Erben Gallery is excited to announce a group show of gallery artists held at Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai. This exhibition establishes many firsts; not only is this the first presence, albeit temporarily, of a foreign gallery in India but, for the first time, diasporic artists such as Chitra Ganesh and Yamini Nayar are seen in Mumbai. Also on view are works by American compatriots Dona Nelson and Krishna Reddy, Korean painter Haeri Yoo, German film artist Matthias Mueller, Lahore based Mahbub Shah, the rarely exhibited Indian artist Kiran Subbaiah and, in his local gallery debut, Ashok Sukumaran. Read Indepth Article

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INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST SIGAL M. BUSSEL
Laurie Lamson, USA

L.A.-based Sigal Bussel came to her art from a nontraditional background. She earned a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She spent a considerable amount of time volunteering for various public and charitable organizations.

While working on Wall Street, Bussel felt a rising need to make a difference. Art became her way of reaching out to the world. She has exhibited around the U.S, China, Israel and Mexico, and has also been commissioned to work on a number of public art projects. To see more visit www.sigalbussel.com.

Laurie: You just came back from Beijing a couple of months ago?

Sigal: What a remarkable experience. I had a solo exhibition at the Beijing World Art Museum. It was very humbling to be one of the only foreign artists to exhibit during the period leading up to the Olympic games. It made it that much more special.

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