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July 09, 2008
The Art is the Prayer: Setyo Mardiyantoro and Vincenzo Montella
Arciconfraternita dell'Assunta -
VICO EQUENSE, IT Italy
 This exhibition opened Saturday, June 28 and continues until July 31st, 2008, in Vico Equense, Venerable Arciconfraternita dell'Assunta, in Via Monsignor Natale-Old Town, the 6th edition of "The Art is the Prayer” is dedicated this year to St. Paul, on the occasion of his 2000th anniversary of his birth.
The exhibition, curated by the painter Rita Ragni, presents about twenty works including photographic interpretations by Montella and D'Antico and the classical paintings by Narciso, Senatore, Nigro, De Sanctis, Marrandino, then with their the original works by Rita Ragni, Bavenni, Starace, Citro and Bellucci interpret the theme Mardiyantoro and Mercogliano present a work made together called: “Who calls!”, between gold and transparencies. Both Vincenzo Montella and Setyo Mardiyantoro have been Premiere Portfolio Artists at absoltuearts.com since 2001. Read Indepth Article
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Sol Kjøk: Book of Swells
Nordic Museum of Drawing -
Laholm, SE Sweden
 The Nordic Museum of Drawing in Laholm from July 5 until August 31, 2008 presents Sol Kjok - "Book of Swells". Sol Kjok was born in 1968 in Lillehammer, Norway. She currently resides and works in New York. Sol Kjok works on designs based on the human body which has been subjected to physical challenges, such as climbing rope, dribbling a ball, posed on the ropes or balls in her studio. The movements are documented with the camera. Sol Kjok develops the works by cutting out these figures from photos and compiling them into collages. Sol Kjok has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2002. Read Indepth Article
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Call for Artists: Would you like to see your work on a magazine cover
Armory Art Center -
West Palm Beach, FL USA
Would you like to see your work on a magazine cover?
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is accepting submissions from artists whose work is unique, creative and worthy of being published on a magazine cover. All entries must have a "performing arts" theme or motif. Winning entries will be chosen to grace the cover of the Kravis Center's Playbill publication during the 2008-2009 season. A new image will be chosen for each Playbill edition published during the season. With each image submitted, artists must include a 100-word biography that will be published along with winning entries. Each artist whose work is selected will also win 2 tickets to a Kravis Center presentation.
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The Enchanted Forest: Works by Don Murphy
Annex Art Space -
Ester, AK USA United States of America
 The Annex Art Space in Ester opened its next show on July 4, 2008. The show is entitled The Enchanted Forest and presents over 60 works of art: Photography, fantasies, ink jet prints, oil paintings, metal and wood sculpture, all created by longtime time artist and resident of Fairbanks, Alaska, Don W Murphy. The time span of creating the art work is 40 years. Many of these works were created from Mr. Murphys wilderness in Alaska. The main problem, he states, was not in filling a large room with art, but in selecting works from many thousand images I have collected over the years, plus paintings and sculpture. I have gigabytes on my hard drives and over 10,000 35mm film color slides. Don Murphy has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2005.
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Willy Heeks: Recent Works
Brian Gross Fine Art -
San Francisco, CA USA United States of America
 American painter, Willy Heeks, opened a solo exhibition at Brian Gross Fine Art in San Francisco on July 3, with an opening reception on Thursday, July 10 from 5:30-7:30 pm. Heeks, based in Rhode Island, has been creating luminous abstract paintings for over thirty years. In recent paintings, he further explores complex spatial relationships through the use of pattern, organic line, and sensuous fields of color. The exhibition continues through August 16, 2008. In oil and acrylic on canvas, Willy Heeks makes sophisticated, intuitive paintings. He builds the surface with lush paint of vibrant colors in bold brush strokes over atmospheric passages. Read Indepth Article
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The Enchanted Forest: Works by Don Murphy
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To Show or Not to Show: That is the Question
Ellen Fisch, USA
As an artist, I am always tempted to show my work: any of my work. I work very hard to perfect my art and I want and need approval for my efforts. Then, too, I am producing visual creations. The main reasons for creating my art are to express myself through my art and to have others view the work. The question is what do I show? To whom do I show it? When do I show it? Where do I show it? And the answer, I suspect, lies in what I expect to gain from showing my work. I have always known the questions and the answer, but it has taken me a long time to refine and define. Recently, a wonderfully insightful photographer told me to focus solely on my objective and the rest will come. I do believe he is right.
So much of my energy in the past has been centered on proving myself via my art. I am now focusing on creating art and as my friend says: the rest will come - or maybe it won't, but I'm giving it my best shot. For too long I've been concerned with "making it," thus producing work that the public would like and ultimately buy.
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The Enchanted Forest: Works by Don Murphy - Annex Art Space
Sol Kjøk: Book of Swells - Nordic Museum of Drawing
The Art is the Prayer: Setyo Mardiyantoro and Vincenzo Montella - Arciconfraternita dell'Assunta
Willy Heeks: Recent Works - Brian Gross Fine Art
Call for Artists: Would you like to see your work on a magazine cover - Armory Art Center
Reformatting the Still Life: Large-scale prints of Clay Bodvin - ARTROM
a politic: politics, art, creative persuasion, and media access/influence - Reflect-arts, Inc. at Gallery XIV
Two Cultures, One Soul: Work by John Weeronga Bartoo - Toowoomba Regional Gallery
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