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Arts News For:
July 23, 2008
Noguchi and Iconic Designers
Yorkshire Sculpture Park / Garden Gallery -
Wakefield, UK United Kingdom
 One of the great artists of the 20th century, Isamu Noguchi often blurred the
boundaries between art and design, creating a broad range of products for
everyday living, including tables, chairs, sofas, lamps, and tableware, and with
Charles Eames, Paul Laszio and George Nelson, produced a catalogue of
modern furniture widely considered to be the most influential of its time.
As part of the first major European exhibition of work by Isamu Noguchi,
Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents Noguchi and Iconic Designers; a focus on
Noguchi’s innovative furniture and design alongside a select display of work
by other iconic designers. All work is manufactured by Vitra and available
to purchase.
The Noguchi exhibition at YSP will be introduced by a dramatic wave of Akari
light sculptures in the Visitor Centre’s long concourse. Noguchi created more
than 100 Akari models, many of which are still in production half a century later.
The YSP display will feature lights of various forms and sizes, including
a globe six feet in diameter. Read Indepth Article
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The Vibrant Edge: Paintings of Karl Benjamin from the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s
Oceanside Museum of Art -
Oceanside, CA USA United States of America
 Oceanside Museum of Art presents the radiant work of Karl Benjamin in the upcoming exhibition The Vibrant Edge: Paintings of Karl Benjamin from the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, which opened with a preview reception Saturday July 19th. The exhibition is on view through October 19, 2008. The Vibrant Edge illustrates how this West coast painting icon became known as one of the founding fathers of Hard Edge. “Color is the subject matter of painting” according to Benjamin, whose oeuvre spans over a half-century. Since the early 1950s, Benjamin has been filling canvases with carefully orchestrated color that vibrates in geometric shapes with clean, crisp edges. He was one of four artists featured in the landmark 1959 exhibition “Four Abstract Classicists,” along with Lorser Feitelson, John McLaughlin, and Frederick Hammersley.
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Josep M(tm) Pahissa
Hotel del Arte -
Barcelona, ES Spain
 Hotel Estela Barcelona and World Gallery, invite you to the opening of the exhibition by Josep M(tm) Pahissa which took place in the artistic hotel on Sunday July 20th, 2008, and which may be accessed throughout the month of August. The artist from Barcelona presents his latest work in which we appreciate a remarkable evolution from his last exhibition. He is still showing an iconographic search through characters very close to surrealism. Concerns generated in some early figurative stage, created by the very nature of the artist, for his need to find a common language and own world through which to express those feelings and emotions that only those who know how to translate, as Pahissa, beyond the limitations of figurative imitation of reality, to move to communicate an inner world that needs to relate to the external environment. Hotel del Arte promotes their artists' works with a Gallery Portfolio at absolutearts.com. Read Indepth Article
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DARK CLOUDS by IAN TEH
Kiang Gallery -
Atlanta, GA USA United States of America
 Kiang Gallery is pleased to present the award winning photojournalist, IAN TEH, whose recent work, Dark Clouds, explores man’s impact on his environment. The artist focuses on coal related industries in China, exploring the dark side of China's economic rise and the environmental costs suffered due to the developing nation's increasing need for energy.
China’s economy is exploding and behind the scenes of this ‘economic miracle’, helping to build and sustain it, is an industrial revolution powered by cheap labor and driven by an insatiable need for coal. Coal for electricity, coal for steel, coal for cement; coal is the fuel on which China’s economy runs. Read Indepth Article
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Call for Artists: Bobbi Lane and Tony Sweet at The Sundance
Sundance Photographic Workshop -
Sundance, UT USA United States of America
 Renowned, award-winning photographers Bobbi Lane and
Tony Sweet will serve as instructors at the Sundance Photographic Workshops,
August 25-29, 2008, at the Sundance Resort, Utah.
World-class commercial photographer Bobbi Lane specializes in creative
portraits on location and in the studio. Her course, “Portraits on
Location,” provides an opportunity for students to explore the diverse
elements of successful portraiture—working with natural light and strobes,
studio or portable flash, and photographing models using locations for
composition and story-telling. Read Indepth Article
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Actors as Artists
Michael Corbin, USA
Sometimes summer afternoons aren't meant for lounging outdoors - they're occasionally better spent finding artful surprises in bookstores.
Such was the case on this day, an unremarkable one until my wandering eye locked onto something of promising note. A book. By the way, most people would agree that they venture into bookstores seeking books. After my experience today, I must say that I disagree. People shop in bookstores because they crave surprises. Yes, in all likelihood, the thing you've been looking for will indeed be a book, but is it the book or the thrill of surprise that has you hooked? Hmm. Mystery and philosophy. Do questions never cease?
Anyway, as my gaze ventured down the frittering possibilities among the art book shelf, suddenly a love connection. I saw the book "Actors As Artists. "Hmm, I thought. "Let's take a look. What a nice surprise.
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This Week in the Arts:
Call for Artists: Bobbi Lane and Tony Sweet at The Sundance - Sundance Photographic Workshop
Josep M(tm) Pahissa - Hotel del Arte
Noguchi and Iconic Designers - Yorkshire Sculpture Park / Garden Gallery
The Vibrant Edge: Paintings of Karl Benjamin from the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s - Oceanside Museum of Art
DARK CLOUDS by IAN TEH - Kiang Gallery
Call for Artists: Residence Application for Artist in 2009 - CENT QUATRE
Solo Exhibition: Trisha Lambi - Kerala Gallery
Start: The Nivea Art Award - KZNSA - KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts
On the Edge, Juried by Alan Avery - Atlanta Photography Group and Gallery
Baseline: Remnant Grasslands of Weereewa/Lake George, Beth Hatton and Christine James - Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre
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