‘Rising Stars’ – an exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese & Chinese Art presented by OcEo Art takes place at the Air Gallery, November 2nd-7th. As part of Asian Art week in London, this event showcases the work of two painters, He Hong Wei and Phan Thanh Minh.
A new exhibition opens next week at The Air Gallery – a collection of new paintings by Rory Nugent of the Hebrides and Devon.
Born in 1971, Rory trained at the Royal College of Art. He works in oil paint on slate, wood and canvas, describing his paintings as ‘enclosed fragments’ representing the elemental beauty of land, sea and sky, capturing the abstract serenity and simplicity of what he sees in Nature. This new work reflects the insularity of the artist in the landscape, each image depicting nature as a wild entity in itself – in his words ‘unhumanised, sublime and untamed’.
He has shown his work in numerous group and solo shows including Cork Street, The Barbican Centre and The Royal Academy. Rory lives and works in Devon.
The exhibition is open each day from 10:00am-6:00pm Monday 19th until Friday 23rd October, and on Saturday 24th October from 11:00am-4:00pm.
Rory’s work can be seen at www.rorynugent.co.uk and contacted at info@rorynugent.co.uk
One of Georgia’s most famous artists Zurab Nijaradze will be exhibiting at The Air Gallery from 5-10 October. A painter with decades of experience, Zurab is also Professor of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts and is an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Born in 1928 and now in his eighties, he is visiting London for the first time since the 1960s. Zurab may be entering his twilight years, but his energy, ideas and enthusiasm continue to flow and shows no signs of slowing down. His life and career have spanned over many years of constant changes and he has had to face and adapt to many challenges in Georgia.
In the 1960s he was one of the artists who openly opposed Socialist Realism. He was expelled twice from the Academy of Arts for Formulism. He introduced a different, new artistic reality, a new direction and a new way of thinking into the construction of his work; he was regarded as being one of life’s true innovators.
His unique style, ideas and tastes have conquered viewers. The series of portraits and genre paintings are impressed with unusual spiritual depth and lavishness of colour. These pictures have become a great source of inspiration for artists, admirers and collectors in the former Soviet Union. From his popularity it was impossible for the authorities to ignore and gradually they admitted this by officially recognising his talent in honouring him the prestigious title of the People’s Artist of Georgia.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the restrictions eased and the borders became more open. This new situation now allowed an international audience to appreciate and admire the works of all the great Georgian artists- Zurab being one of them.
It is a difficult time in Georgia and only people who are highly organised and highly intellectual are able to go on with their work, remaining at their easels, wrapped in warm shawls, keeping their personalities untouched. This is Zurab Nijaradze, a versatile artist, an intellectual.
His works are like small glasses in a magic pipe – they mix and shine as the surface of the sea, as the blue sky, as reddish mountains covered with autumn woods.
“Circus” –playfulness, lightness, glitter of colours; his nudes are on the surface of the canvas as a memory, as an anticipation, or love. Pictures – kaleidoscopes, pictures – treasures, pictures – endless as life.
God bless Zurab and give him strength to work and overcome obstacles.
Natasha Nesterova, Artist
Zurab’s work can be found in public collections such as the State Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Theatre and Cinema in Tbilisi, The State Tretyakov Gallery and Museum of Eastern Peoples, Moscow, The National Gallery of Rio de Janeiro and the Museum of Modern Art, Aakhen, Germany.
His paintings also form important additions to many private art collections such as those of Pope Paul II, Madeleine Albright (former US State Secretary), Gerhard Schroeder (former German Chancellor) and Hans Dietrich Genscher (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany).
This exhibition has been kindly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Monument Protection of Georgia and is organised by theEnglish Speaking Union of Georgia
Curated by Marina Tsitsishvili & George Laliashvili
5th – 10th October 2009
11am-6pm Monday- Saturday
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How creative advertisement can be often political is shown by the “Art Directors Club Deutschland” in Frankfurt, Germany, at the moment.
Among some of the awarded works are illustrations, photography, advertising campaigns and many more media. The whole backround is the idea of trowing a tart into the faces of the common dictators in the world in relation to ’60 years anniversary of human rights activation’.
„Ausgezeichnet“
The best works of the Art Directors Club Deutschland
8. September until 1. November 2009
Museum für Kommunikation
Schaumainkai 53 (Museumsufer)
Frankfurt am Main
Experience Fashion Exclusively
“Contemporary creativity have to remind us that fashion is an art… …and that art is fashionable.”
Please Apply through us to be invited to their Opening Event on September 10th, 2009 in Paris.
Dear Artitions,
I would like to invite you to see Nick Brandt’s fantastic works ‘A Shadow Falls’ on safari wild life in East Africa in the Air Gallery in London.
The Air Gallery is delighted to be showing The Atlas Gallery’s exhibition of work by contemporary photographer Nick Brandt.
A Shadow Falls continues the photographer’s ambitious project to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. Brandt’s wide-screen panoramas of animals and landscapes capture an epic vision of a wild Africa which is steadily vanishing.
In the last six years Brandt has risen to prominence as a major figure in contemporary photography on both sides of the Atlantic which major exhibitions from Berlin to Los Angeles, with celebrity buyers and established collectors queuing to buy his work, which range from 20 x 24″ prints to almost life size 60 x 80″ large format pigment prints.
The exhibition runs from 8th September until 3rd October ( Mon-Fri 10-6 and Sat 11-6). For more details call +44 20 7224 4192 or look at www.atlasgallery.com
AS TIME GOES BY : ARTWORKS CONCERNING TIME
Berlinische Galerie
Alte Jakobstraße 124-128
10969 Berlin
Germany
Peter Berndt, Durchreiselandschaft (Sommer),
1976
© VB Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008
Friday 27th February – Monday 31st August
Opening:Thursday 26th February 19:00 – 19:00
http://www.berlinischegalerie.de
If you fancy a nice fashion exhibition in London, I can only recommend Hussein Chalayans recent exhibition at the Design Museum. It ends on the 17th May so hurry up, if you are interested.
Hey Folks,
A little self promotion from me 
I’m having my Final Exhibition on the 19th May 2009 at the London College Of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London. If anyone is near there at that time you are more than welcome to join and also see the other students great works, from interior design to photography, almost every type is being exhibited.
For more visit: http://www.christianhuhnt.com/Glow_in_the_night.html
Best
© artition by KCS 2009
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