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Ellsworth Kelly VS Adam Szentpétery

Ellsworth Kelly (born May 31, 1923) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and the minimalist school. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing simplicity of form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland. Kelly often employs bright colors. He lives and works in Spencertown, New York.

Adam Szentpétery (born 24 February 1956) is a Slovakian artist of Hungarian origin and the department Head/Professor of the Studio of Contemporary Image at the Faculty of Arts at the Technical University of Košice, Slovakia. He is known primarily for his abstract painting with strong geometrically organised canvases in a highly original manner with a very intense but at the same time refined colorism

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Michelangelo Pistoletto

From 1947 until 1958, Pistoletto worked in his father’s restoration workshop in Turin. In the 1950s, he started painting figurative works and self-portraits. In 1959, he participated in the Biennale di San Marino. In the following year, he had his first solo exhibition in the Galleria Galatea in Turin. In the beginning of the 1960s, Pistoletto started painting figurative works and self-portraits which he painted on a monochrome, metallic background. Later on, he combined painting with photography using collage techniques on reflective backgrounds. Eventually, he switched over to printing photorealistic scenes on steel plates polished to a high finish. He did that using the screen-printing method which made the observer almost completely melt in with what was depicted.[1] In the mid-1960s, gallery owner Ileana Sonnabend brought him into contact with an international audience. In 1965/1966, he produced the series of works Oggetti in meno (Minus Objects), which belongs to Pistoletto’s early sculptural works. In 1966, Pistoletto had his first solo exhibition in the USA, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. In 1967, his work was awarded first prize in the Biennale de São Paolo. In the same year, Pistoletto started focusing on performance, video art and theatre. He founded an action art group, called "Zoo Group", which gave several performances between 1968 and 1970. These took place in the studio, public buildings or on the streets of Turin or other large cities. As was already the case with Pistoletto’s 2-dimensional and sculptural works, the aim was to display the unity of art and everyday life.[2] Pistoletto is represented by the Simon Lee Gallery in London and the Luhring Augustine Gallery in New York.

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Monday CULT dictionary: CODE :Maurizio Cattelan

maurizio cattelan 'untitled' (2009)

taxidermied horse, steel and felt-tip pen on wood, 55 x 201 x 189 cm

installation view photo: zeno zotti, courtesy maurizio cattelan's archive

Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960) 

La Nona Ora (The Ninth Hour) 

wax, clothing, polyester resin with metallic powder, volcanic rock, carpet, glass

dimensions variable.

Cattelan started his career in Forlì (Italy) making wooden furniture in the 1980s where he came to know some designers like Ettore Sottsass.

He made a catalogue of his work which he sent to galleries. This promotion gave him an opening in design and contemporary art. He created a sculpture of an ostrich with its head buried in the ground, wore a costume of a figurine with a giant head of Picasso, and affixed a Milanese gallerist to a wall with tape. During this period, he also created the Oblomov Foundation.

Cattelan’s personal art practice has led to him gaining a reputation as an art scene’s joker.[1] In 1995 he began his line of taxidermied horses, donkeys, mice and dogs; in 1999 he started making life-size wax effigies of various people, including himself.[2] One of his best known sculptures, ‘La Nona Ora’ consists of an effigy of Pope John Paul II in full ceremonial dress being crushed by a meteor and is a good example of his typically humorous approach to work. Another of Cattelan’s quirks is his use of a ‘stand-in’ in media interviews equipped with a stock of evasive answers and non-sensical explanations.

Between 2005 and 2010 his work has largely centered on publishing and curating. Earlier projects in these fields have included the founding of “The Wrong Gallery”, a store window in New York City [1], in 2002 and its subsequent display within the collection of the Tate Modern from 2005 to 2007; collaborations on the publications Permanent Food, 1996–2007- with Dominique Gonzalez Foerster and Paola Manfrin- and the slightly satirical arts journal "Charley", 2002–present (the former an occasional journal comprising a pastiche of pages torn from other magazines, the latter a series on contemporary artists); and the curating of the Caribbean Biennial in 1999.[3] Along with long-term collaborators Ali Subotnick and Massimiliano Gioni, Cattelan also curated the 2006 Berlin Biennale. He frequently submitted articles to international publications such as Flash Art [2].

Cattelan’s art makes fun of various systems of order – be it social niceties or his regular digs at the art world – and he often utilises themes and motifs from art of the past and other cultural sectors in order to get his point across. Cattelan saw no reason why contemporary art should be excluded from the critical spotlight it shines on other areas of life and his work seeks to highlight the incongruous nature of the world and our interventions within it no matter where they may lie. His work was often based on simple puns or subverts clichéd situations by, for example, substituting animals for people in sculptural tableaux. Frequently morbidly fascinating, Cattelan’s dark humour sets his work above the simple pleasures of well-made visual one-liners.

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ichwan noor Beetle BOX

Year : 2006

Material : Polyester Resin Painted

Size : 460 x 160 x 16 cm

      Year : 2011

Materials : painted aluminium casting & original parts of VW Beetle 1967

Size : 140x140x140 cm

PROFILE

ICHWAN NOOR

  SOLO EXHIBITION

Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, 1993

Phatom of the Bodies at Sigiart Gallery, Jakarta, 2008

The Maker at  Mon Décor Gallery, Jakarta, 2011

  GROUP EXHIBITION

1995

Outdor Sculpture Exhibition at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

Non Bloc Countries Sculpture Exhibition at Edwin’s Gallery Jakarta

1997

Asean Youth Sculpture Workshop & Exhibition, Brunei Darussalam

2000

‘Patung 2000′ Sculpture Exhibition at Taman BudayaYogyakarta

2001

‘Patung 2000′ Sculpture Exhibition of Indonesian Sculptor Association (Asosiasi Pematung Indonesia/API) at Natour Garuda Hotel, Yogyakarta

2002

“ Alam Hati Kecil” Exhibition at Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta

2003

“In Search of Peace” Sculpture Exhibition of Indonesian Sculptor Association (Asosiasi Pematung Indonesia/API) at WTC, Jakarta

“25x25x50 Sculpture”Exhibition, Benda Art Space Yogyakarta & Lontar Gallery, Jakarta

2004

“Mc(row) media” Exhibition at Langgeng Gallery, Magelang

2005

Sculpture Expanded at CP Art Space, Jakarta

“Nasi Campur”Exhibition at TAKSU Gallery, Jakarta

2006

“Small Works”Sculpture Exhibition at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

“Small Works” Sculpture Exhibition at Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta

“Embodying The Present” at Tony Raka Gallery, Mas Ubud, Bali

2007

“Relation”contempory sculptures exhibition at Pakuwon City Surabaya

“BUZER.COM” Exhibition at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

2008

Fine Art Exhibition at CG Fine Art Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta

“Manifesto” Exhibition at National Gallery, Jakarta

“Off Base” Exhibition at Langgeng Gallery, Magelang

“Unfold”Sculpture Exhibition at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

2009

“In Rainbow” Fine Art Exhibition at Sampoerna Art House, Surabaya

“Exploring Root of Identity” Indonesian Arts Festival at Jakarta

“Exposign”Fine Art Exhibition at Jogja Expo Center, Yogyakarta

“Narasi” Sclupture Exhibition at Syang Art Space, Magelang

“Common Sense”Exhibition at National Gallery, Jakarta

“Biennale”Jogja X, Yogyakarta

2010

“Pleasures Of Chaos” at Primo Marella Gallery, Milano Italia

“PercakapanMasa” Manifesto, at National Gallery, Jakarta

“Art Stage” at Singapore

“SBinArtPlus“ 2010 at Singapore

“Making Is Thinking” at Bale Pare Exhibition Hall, Bandung

“Mall Art” at Green Carnaval, Pasific Place, Jakarta

2011

“MIART-MILANO” at Milan, Italy

“Scope Basel” at Basel, Switzerland

“Intersection” Indonesia Contemporary Sclupture at Grand Indonesia, Jakarta

“Ekspansi” at National Gallery, Jakarta

“Indonesia Art Motoring” Motion & Reflection at National Gallery, Jakarta

“Flight for Light: Indonesian Art and Religiosity” Inagural Exhibition at Mon Decor Gallery, Jakarta

“PMR Cube Contemporary Sculpture” at Sampoerna Strategic Center, Jakarta

“Lintas” Sculpture Exhibition at Edwin Gallery

2012

“Kembar Mayang” Group Exhibition at Museum H.Widayat, Mungkid, Magelang

“Pameran Seni Patung Baru Indonesia” at Salihara Gallery, Jakarta

2013

Art Bassel Hongkong, “Insight” at Hongkong

  AWARDS

2005 – The Winner of Monument Compertition “ Kudus KotaKretek “at Kudus, Central Java

2011 – The Best Artworks on “Indonesia Art Motoring”, Motion & Reflection at National Gallery, Jakarta

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Pauline Boty, Chichester

Pauline Boty is a mythical figure from London’s 1960s pop art scene. The “Wimbledon Bardot”, as she was known, twists on the dancefloor alongside other RCA alumni, David Hockney and Peter Blake in Ken Russell’s documentary, Pop Goes The Easel. An aspiring actress and party girl as well as a painter, she also danced on Ready, Steady, Go!.  more:http://www.theguardian.com/

Pallant House Gallery, Sat 30 Nov to 9 Feb

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Jake And Dinos Chapman, London

The Chapman brothers have been turning gratuitous bad taste into an art form for over two decades now, but they’re a long way from outgrowing their rep as Brit Art’s enfants terribles.

read more:

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/nov/29/jake-dinos-chapman-exhibitions-gallery

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good morning mrs. Teacher

Inspired by Peter Jakubik’s 2010 creation the ‘Blackboard Cabinet,’ Jakubik designed cabinet so that it can draw on its surface (surface of the cabinet is designed as a blackboard). Peter Jakubik wants you to have fun with this appealing cabinet storage.

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Blackboard storage cabinet

A storage cabinet seeks an inspiration in the trend of "open source" with the possibility of endless variations of the final product. An Appearance of the product can user set easily as changing colour of the monitor background in your netbook. art object name: Blackboard material: mdf designer: Peter Jakubik instructional video by: Marussiac and Jakubik and co.

- See more at: http://www.peter-jakubik.com/2011/01/blackboard-chalkboard-storage-cabinet.html#sthash.1drSQtVf.dpuf