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Monica Jahan Bose's Latest Exhibition, "Weather The Storm," Runs March 31 To April 21, 2018 At Civilian Art Projects (Washington D.C.)

3/27/2018

Monica Jahan Bose's latest exhibition runs March 31 to April 21, 2017 at Civilian Art Projects (Washington D.C.). There will be a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 31.

Jahan Bose's work is often part performance, part installation and always have a point, are always aimed to enlighten and educate.

This exhibit includes new paintings that arise from a number of performance and climate art actions. The title comes from a Bengali song.. There have been recent performances in Miami, Washington DC, Honolulu, Paris and Katahali Village (Bangladesh).

All of these performances used the coconut as a symbol of climate resilience. This new symbol uses the artist's use of the sari. Her "performance pieces" are not just art but community activism.

This exhibit is accompanied by a new publication, Rising Up to Climate Change: Storytelling with Saris. This is funded, in part, by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (part of the NEA). Bose's pieces employing sari's have been ongoing for many years.

In addition to the opening there will be a Sari Workshop & Sing-A-Long at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14 and an Artist Talk/Closing Reception at 3 p.m. Saturday April 21.

Facebook Releases "Open Form" A Book Celebrating Five Years Of Their Artist In Residence (AIR) Program

11/3/2017

The book features 225 origina art installations that were part of AIR. It also features an introductory essay from Natasha Boas on the intersection between tech and art as well as the evolution of counterculture and cyberculture. Facebook releases Open Form, a book celebrating five years of their Artist in Residence (AIR) program.

The book is a work of art in itself. You might be afraid to open it. No way you want a coffee stain or crumbs to get on this. Open Form calls to mind the catalog from many years of Art Basel Miami, excepting that the binding and presentation is more elegant. They really went all in on this book and in the selection of these artists. The curators are to be
congratulated.

AIR began at Facebook's headquarters and is now global. There are four dedicated curators in the four regional areas Facebook has an office (Chicago, Dublin, Sao Paulo and Seattle). The point isn't just to display art but to create a connection to the artists and offer local artist's a chance to make new, large scale art--notably site-specific installations.

You can check out video profiles of the artists participating HERE. You can purchase a copy of the book for $85 HERE.

Kenneth Josephson's "The Light Of Coincidence" At Robert Koch Gallery (San Francisco) April 28 To July 2, 2016

4/21/2016

Kenneth Josephson's The Light Of Coincidence at Robert Koch Gallery (49 Geary St. San Francisco) April 28 to July 2, 2016. There will be a reception and book signing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28.

The exhibit is in conjunction with a release of a monograph, also titled The Light of Coincidence. Josephson is an early American conceptual photographers and this exhibit will span 60 years of his black and white work. His photographs often include pictures within pictures. This is his third solo exhibit with the gallery. There are different genres represented in the exhibit including: Nature/Landscape,
Man-Made/Urban, Self-Portrait, Studio/Objects, Women, and Family.

Josephson is originally from Detroit and received a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He earned an MS from the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago). He was a professor at the Art Institute of Chicago for 30 years.

Art Basel Celebrates 44th Year With A New Book

2/13/2014

Art Basel is set to publish a new book in conjunction with JRP|Ringier in celebration of the 44th year of Art Basel (which was 2013). The book documents the 2013 shows in Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong and will contain essays, interviews, personal highlights from participants. As you might expect there will also be images.

Featured are artists and authors such as John M Armleder, Nicholas Baume, Harry Bellet, Dara Birnbaum, Maurizio Cattelan, Chris Dercon, Florence Derieux, Harald Falckenberg, Herzog & de Meuron, Gianni Jetzer, David Juda, Tadashi Kawamata, Hicham Khalidi, Arto Lindsay, Christine Macel, Massimo Minini, Elaine Ng, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Adam Szymczyk, Franklin Sirmans, Mickalene Thomas, Adrian Wong, David Zwirner and many others.

The book will be available at Art Base shows, at European bookstores in April and in the USA/Asia in May. The cost (in US$ is $80).

More information HERE.

44 Flood's "Tome 2-Melancholia" Kickstarter Funds In One Day

6/27/2013

44 Flood is a fairly new publisher of art books etc based in Chicago. They feature work by artists such as Menton 3, Ben Templesmith, Christopher Ulrich, David Stoupakis and literally dozens of other artists--in every medium from paint to song to food to design etcetera.

Their new project, Tome 2-Melancholia, funded at Kickstarter in less than 24 hours (and has current pledges of over $36,000).

The first Tome book was a magnificent work with an ever expanding group of artists (as the project garnered more financial support). Like that project this one features music, art prints and the Tome 2 book (plus a companion book, Explicitus Ex Liber 2).
Let them explain the details HERE.
At this point the project is funded but as it progresses (there is a month and a half left) you can be sure more will be added to the project. If you purchase via a Kickstarter pledge you will also save money on the price of the book. Many of the prints and extras in the Kickstarter will be available only via Kickstarter pledges.

Another reason why crowdfunding is so great despite the fact that it has become something for angry hipsters to sneer at (go wax your ridiculous mustaches and iron your ironic t-shirts).

Public Works Gallery (Chicago) Presents Limited Edition Book, Image Structure, Event Friday, May 17, 2013

5/13/2013

Public Works Gallery (1539 N Damen Ave, Chicago, ) is set to release Image Structure, a limited edition book related to the recent exhibit Image Structure--Sonnenzimmer. There will be a publication release event at 7 p.m., Friday, May 17, 2013.

The artist talk by Club Club starts at 7:30 p.m. This will be followed by Sonnenzimmer. Limited edition prints by Club Club—published and produced by Sonnenzimmer (an artist duo made up of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi) will be available for purchase. Club Club is an architectural practice of Cyril Marsollier and Wallo Villacorta. The two originally ome from Paris and Lima.

Find out more about Sonnenzimmer HERE.
Find out more about Club Club HERE.
For more on the gallery head to www.publicworksgallery.com.

Jonathan Fineberg To Sign "A Troublesome Subject, The Art Of Robert Arneson" At Brian Gross Fine Art (San Francisco)

4/22/2013

Jonathan Fineberg's, A Troublesome Subject, The Art Of Robert Arneson, came out in March from the University of California Press. Fineberg will be at Brian Gross Fine Art (49 Geary Street, 5th Fl. San Francisco).

Fineberg has a pHd in Art History from Harvard. But his academic interests go beyond art history and into psychoanalysis. He is a fascinating writer, academic and artist in his own right. Find out more about him at jonathanfineberg.com.

Arneson was a sculptor and professor of ceramics at the University of California at Davis. His work was both drawing and ceramics and he often used his own image in his work. His work is in some of the most important collections in the world including; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Chicago Art Institute, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and man others.

Ai Weiwei's Book "Fairytale: A Reader" Chronicles Project At Documenta 12

11/16/2012

Chinese architect, filmmaker, artist and more, Ai Weiwei, has a new book. The book is Fairytale: A Reader and it is based on Weiwei's invitation to 1001 Chinese citizens of all ages and backgrounds, to come to Germany and experience Europe's innovative five-yearly art event at documenta 12 in Kassel and live a "fairytale" for 28 days.

The book is a sort of chronicle of the project and is, indeed, part of the project. It includes texts from a variety of experts, documents, questionnaires all produced during the event. The book offers a view that calls into question the foundation of documenta. It brings up questions of a curatorial, ideological and artistic nature and the problems of these at each event.

Find out more on the book HERE.

Dada Book Launch At Bicha Gallery In London, September 30, 2011

9/2/2011

Bicha Gallery presents the book launch for Dada (aka Coex’ ae Qgam), a Naro artist, dancer and storyteller. The book is by Ann Gollifer and Jenny Egner. The reception takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on September 30, 2011 (or 30 September for you in the UK….how did we wind up writing that differently? Probably same reason we drive on different sides of the road). The event is at Bicha, 7 Gabriel’s Wharf, South Bank, London SE1 9PP. That date coincides with Botswana’s Independence Day

Dada passed away in 2008 at the age of 74 but she was aware of this book project detailing and letting the world know about her life and work. Gollifer and Egner worked compiling material for this book for over 6 years, spending time with the artist and conducting multiple interviews. The idea all along was this book and it sounds like a fantastic project.

Dada was the first woman artist in Botswana to represent her nation around the world. She was an ambassador for a small group of artists working in the Kalahari (the Kuru Art Project), for women and for all marginalized groups around the world. This book is to be her story in words and art.