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Contemporary Art News:
October 07, 2008
Call for Artists: Proposals for CAPE 09
CAPE Africa Platform -
Cape Town, ZA South Africa
 The CAPE AFRICA PLATFORM (CAPE) is a groundbreaking cultural project located in Cape Town, South Africa. CAPE aims to culturally connect Cape Town, South Africa, Africa and the Diaspora by creating a contemporary African art event - rooted in the local but global in impact. CAPE is seeking multiple proposals from artists for CAPE 09, its second biennale exhibition of contemporary African Culture, to take place from 2 May till 19 June 2009. Read Indepth Article
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Michael Pettit: A Two Part Solo Exhibit
AVA - Association for Visual Arts -
Cape Town, ZA South Africa
 THE AVA in partnership with Spier invites you to two solo exhibitions by
MICHAEL PETTIT: FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS - Part 1 of Pettit's double exhibition at the AVA, AND LYRICAL ABSTRACTS - Part 2 will be held at the Joao Ferreira Gallery. Michael Pettit will show his new paintings in a double exhibition at two Cape Town galleries in October, his figurative works at the AVA and opening two days later his lyrical abstracts at the Joao Ferreira Gallery.
At the AVA, Pettit's paintings explore images and archetypes of theatre, opera, clown and magician. The characters presented are like travelling players, artists who creatively transform the absurdity, pain and brevity of life into wit, invention and transcendence. Sacred play, surreal leaps and poetic conjunctions abound.
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Details of Architecture:Photographs of Urban Artifacts by Ellen Fisch
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum -
Newburgh, NY USA United States of America
 The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum presents "Details of Architecture: Photographs of Urban Artifacts by Ellen Fisch"
from Friday, October 3 continuing through Friday, October 31, 2008. Ellen Fisch is an artist in many media and subjects, but she has always had a special passion for the details of architecture created in various materials on building facades. Since studying photography at Brooklyn College, she has dedicated herself to capturing these often-unnoticed details--flowers, gargoyles, arabesques, and interlocking bands--that decorate public and private structures, preserving a visual record of peripheral elements that provide insight into the architectural aesthetics of their period. The motifs that she has preserved with her lens include ornamental details influenced by the art and cultures of Africa, Asia, and Europe as well as the United States, celebrating a craftsmanship that makes, as the artist has noted, “even the most modest establishment a structure of beauty.” Her work both satisfies the eye and records an important part of New York City’s architectural heritage. Ellen Fisch has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2004.
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WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
Vancouver Art Gallery -
Vancouver, BC CA Canada
 WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution takes over two floors of the Vancouver Art Gallery from October 4, 2008 to January 11, 2009, featuring the innovative and risk-taking work that emerged from the convergence of art and feminist thought in the late 1960s and 1970s. Widely acclaimed on its United States tour, the exhibition organized the by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is the first comprehensive, international museum survey illuminating the profound impact of feminism on art. The exhibition, which makes its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver Art Gallery, brings together the work of more than 120 artists from 22 countries, including the addition of Canadian works selected by Vancouver Art Gallery chief curator/associate director Daina Augaitis. Read Indepth Article
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-EMERGENTISM- Group Exhibition of Frank Vigneron, Au HoiLam, Li TinLun, Wai PongYu, Yan LingXiao, Liu Deng, Lee KangWook
Edge Gallery -
Hong Kong, HK Hong Kong
 Edge Gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition of seven artist: (Hong Kong) Frank Vigneron, Au HoiLam, Li TinLun, Wai PongYu, (China) Yan LingXiao, Liu Deng, (Korea) Lee KangWook. Opening reception will take place on Saturday 4 October, 2008, 6pm-8pm at Edge Gallery, G/F 60C Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Media Friends are all welcome to meet the Hong Kong artists and have interviews with them during the opening. Please contact us for reservations.
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