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Times and Dreams: Form and Fancy at fordPROJECT
an essay by Grant Pooke, FRSA
April 17, 2012
Form and Fancy is Valentina Battler’s first major solo-exhibition in the US featuring a range of ink on paper and watercolour compositions on Xuan and Yupo paper. The selection of work is ambitious in scope, spanning genre scenes, vignettes (contemporary and more historical), meditations, portraits and fantasy images. As the exhibition’s title suggests, Battler’s aesthetic deploys metaphor, association and allusion to signify a range of expressive and imaginative states [...]
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Interview with Peter Dayton
April 4, 2012
Frank J Miles sits down with the "rocknrollshrink" to discuss the Beatles, Salvador Dalí, Paris and more. [click above to read full Interview]
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Vinyl Memories and the Sport of Kings at f/P
an essay by Grant Pooke, FRSA
fordPROJECT’S March exhibition showcases two very different examples of contemporary practice, although closer observation suggests some intriguing links with recent trends in hybrid painting and cultural themes more generally.
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PS 342 | Public Art for Public Schools Program
f/P would like to congratulate Vargas-Suarez Universal on being the commissioned artist for the upcoming school PS 342 in Manhattan. The project is scheduled to complete in 2014 and will include five of Vargas-Suarez Universal’s works.
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Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial | Puerto Rico
April 28 2012
Vargas-Suarez Universal participates in the third edition of the "Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial: El Panal/The Hive." Opening on April 28, 2012, the Triennial will be held at the most emblematic buildings of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in Old San Juan: the National Gallery, Casablanca, and the Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española.
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Frieze Art Fair | New York, NY
May 4-7, 2012
f/P is happy to congratulate Virginia Overton on her participation in the Frieze Art Fair New York! She has been selected along with eight other artists to create a pop-up village on Randall's Island Park, the location of the fair's first edition in New York.
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Des Lee Gallery | Washinton University, St. Louis, MO
February 3 - March 9, 2012
The work of Lisha Bai will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at Des Lee Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri. The exhibition entitled “Two Sides of a 45: Lisha Bai, J. Michael Deane and Jane Fox Hipple” will open on February 3 and run through March 9, 2012.
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Thomas Brambilla Gallery | Bergamo, Italy
November 21, 2011 – February 11, 2012
Solo Exhibition
Curated by Stefano Raimondi
f/P congratulates Brendan Lynch on his first solo show! Lynch presents a series of works created for the exhibition during a residency period in Bergamo, Italy.
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Freight + Volume | New York, NY
January 21 - February 25, 2012
f/P congratulates Kristen Schiele on her current group exhibition at Freight + Volume in a show titled “MIE: A Portrait by 35 Artists.” The show, “features 35 contemporary prominent and emerging artists, working in every medium—painting, drawing, video, sculpture and performance—who have achieved a unique voice in the realm of portraiture.”
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Guillochon Gallery | The London Art Fair
Veronica Smirnoff recently participated in the successful Art Projects segment of The London Art Fair with Guillochon Gallery. The art fair took place from January 18 through the 22, 2012. Guillochon Gallery is a Contemporary Art Gallery based in Putney, London.
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Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair | Brand New Gallery
January 19 - 22, 2012
Congratulations to Jason Gringler on exhibiting at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair. The fair is now in its third year and is considered the International Contemporary Art fair of the West Coast. The artist was featured at Brand New Gallery's booth with nine recent works, two of which were previously featured at f/P's November show "Name.Date.Title.". The fair ran from January 19th to January 22, 2012.
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Liz Magic Laser's "I Feel Your Pain" - A favorite of Performa 11
Performa 11 | New York, NY
November 25, 2011
f/P would like to congratulate Liz Magic Laser on her effectual performance in Performa 11.
This year, Liz Magic Laser’s "I Feel Your Pain," was among the favorite of 130 performances presented overall from November 1st to the 21st. As detailed in a review for “The New York Times”, Mrs. Laser’s performance “brought audience, performers and camera crews together in what felt like a new kind of space.”
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Alessandro Belgiojoso's "Redentore #1" wins first prize at FotoWeek DC
FotoWeek DC International Award Competition | Washington D.C.
November 5 –12, 2011
fordPROJECT congratulates Alessandro Belgiojoso for winning first prize in FotoWeek DC's International Award Competition! Belgiojoso's "Redentore #1" won first prize in the Single Image, Fine Art category and was on view during the festival. "Redentore #1" was also recently featured in fordPROJECT's exhibition "Summer Affair."
FotoWeek DC is an internationally recognized photography festival. It is a city-wide celebration of photography in all forms, including photojournalism, fine art photography and the work of both emerging and established artists. For more information please visit the site: http://fotoweekdc.org/index.php
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Gretchen Ryan Solo Show: "Cheers in Heaven"
Fred Torres Collaborations | New York, NY
November 15, 2011 – January 7, 2012
Gretchen Ryan's "Cheers in Heaven" is currently on view at Fred Torres Collaborations, 527 West 29th Street, 10 am – 6 pm.
Last January, Gretchen Ryan's work was featured in fordPROJECT's inaugural exhibition "When the fairy tale never ends," curated by Lara Pan.
For more information on her current solo show at Fred Torres Collaborations please visit the gallery's website at www.fredtorres.com
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Signs, Senses and Simulacra: "Name. Date. Title." at fordPROJECT
an essay by Grant Pooke, FRSA
Nov 7 - Dec 22, 2011
"Signs, Senses and Simulacra: Name. Date.Title. at ford/PROJECT"
Name. Date.Title. These seemingly blank, spare words capture gallery and exhibition signage the world over; the discrete labels of uniform size, colour and typeface. In the late modern age of international art fairs and biennales, they have become part of the curatorial lingua franca which has helped to shape the experience and reception of art practice for a generation of spectators.
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"Die Like You Really Mean it": a group exhibition featuring Christopher Saunders
Allegra La Viola Gallery | New York, NY
October 26 - December 6, 2011
Curated by Frank Webster and Paul Brainard, "Die Like You Really Mean It" features the work of twenty-one artists including Christopher Saunders whose dreamy cloud-like paintings were recently featured in fordPROJECT's group exhibition entitled 'Summer Affair'.
Opening October 26th, "Die Like You Really Mean It" will remain on view through December 6th at Allegra LaViola Gallery. For more information, including the exhibition press release, visit: http://www.allegralaviola.com/Shows-Detail.cfm?ShowsID=40.
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"Bad Romanticism" featuring Shin il Kim
ARKO art center | Seoul, Korea
September 15 - October 30, 2011
This fall the ARKO Art Center in Seoul, Korea will feature the work of artist Shin il Kim in the group exhibition entitled "Bad Romanticism". The exhibition will remain on view through October 30th, if in the area, be sure to stop by.
Recently featured in f/P's own exhibition "Summer Affair," Shin il Kim has also made a selection of special editioned works available through fordPROJECT. Take a moment to view the work at: http://fordproject.com/editions/and34still-life-on-deskand34/
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Valentina Battler Solo Show: Music of Silence
Rogue Space Gallery | New York, NY
September 7 - September 12, 2011
Don't miss Valentina Battler's solo exhibition 'Music of Silence'. Works will remain on view through September 12th at the Rogue Space Gallery, 508 West 26th Street, Studio 9F, 10 am - 6 pm. For more information visit the artist's website at www.valentinabattler.com
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Through a Glass Darkly: Self Portraiture and Self Exposure at fordPROJECT art space
an essay by Grant Pooke FRSA
September 14 - October 14, 2011
“In the mirror, the Japanese seek the reflection of their personalities and the effect of their actions and words on others”. (Rachel Vancelette, Curator ‘Reflections’)
Reflections showcases paintings by three contemporary Japanese artists; Hideaki Kawashima, Makiko Kudo and Toru Kuwakubo. Their work has been selected and curated by fordPROJECT’s managing director Rachel Vancelette in an inaugural collaboration with the Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo.
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SISLEJ XHAFA, FROM NAPLES TO TORONTO
Exibart.com | Italy
July 12, 2011
Madre’s museum in Naples dedicated him a (still ongoing) solo exhibition; not only, he will participate in the collective exhibition Rebus from July 21st with a work at Simon Lee Gallery in London and he is now at The Power Plant in Toronto with the Rearview Mirror collective show- New Art from Central and Eastern Europe. Let's talk about Sislej Xhafa, Albanian artist who for years worked on the concept of immigration and social reflection with irony, provocation and much wisdom...
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Kim Chong Yung Museum | Seoul, Korea
June 24 - July 28, 2011
Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Museum in Seoul, Korea hosts a solo exhibition of the artist's work through July 28th, titled "Shin il Kim". For images and information about the show visit the museum's website at: http://kimchongyung.com/museum/
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Bonjour Tristesse: Tales of love, chance and the contingent. 'Summer Affair' at fordPROJECT
an essay by Grant Pooke FRSA
June 29 - August 10, 2011
In David Lean’s classic British film romance, Brief Encounter, (1945) adapted from Noёl Coward’s one-act play, Still Life, Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson play two thwarted lovers. Their chance meeting offers the prospect of an irrevocably changed life for both, but hemmed in by convention, guilt and family, the film’s title instead becomes the epitaph for their unrealised relationship. Among the reasons for its undeniable cinematic and visual power is the dynamic of shared choice and decision-making which the film dramatises. (... click title to read more)
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Lisha Bai featured in upcoming exhibition: 'Entanglement'
Curated by Regina Rex at ART BLOG ART BLOG and REGINA REX
June 24 - July 9, 2011
'Entanglement' is an exhibition in two locations: the temporary site of ART BLOG ART BLOG at 508 W. 26th Street in Chelsea and REGINA REX at 1717 Troutman St. in Queens. Exploring simultaneity, symmetry and seriality, all ten artists are each presenting the same or closely related works in each space. Including sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, wall-drawing and video, the exhibition address the intrinsic and cosmic likeness of things made by any individual. Despite difference in context and subtle changes in form or scale, Entanglement acknowledges the entirety present within the piece. Participating artists include: Lisha Bai, Anne-Lise Coste, Louise Despont, Elise Ferguson, Dave Hardy, Ryan Jones, Carlos Reyes, Robot + Horse, Adam Thompson and Leonie Weber.
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The Wassaic Project features Lisha Bai
Summer Group Exhibition | Curated by Eric Gleason & Ethan Greenbaum
July 9 - August 28, 2011
The work of Lisha Bai will be featured in the upcoming summer group exhibition at The Wassaic Project, curated by Eric Gleason and Ethan Greenbaum. The Wassaic Project is a residency program and exhibition venue located in Wassaic, New York that holds an annual exhibition and festival in an architecturally restored grain elevator. The exhibition will be on view from July 9th - August 28th, and the annual Wassaic Festival will take place August 5th - 7th.
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Ryan McGinley featured in upcoming OHWOW Los Angeles Group Show
"Post - 9/11" | OHWOW, Los Angeles
June 30 - August 27, 2011
fordPROJECT is pleased to announce that Ryan McGinley will be participating in a group show entitled 'Post-9/11' at OHWOW Gallery in Los Angeles, on view from June 30th to August 27th. The show, which features the works of eight additional artists, aims to illustrate the complex histories of the 21st century’s first decade through multiple artistic mediums.
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"The World Belongs To You" : A Group Exhibition Featuring Sislej Xhafa
Palazzo Grassi | Venice, Italy
June 2 - December 31, 2011
fordPROJECT is proud to announce that Sislej Xhafa has been selected to participate in the group exhibition entitled "The World Belongs To You" opening June 2nd at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Italy. The opening of the exhibition coincides with the start of the 2011 Venice Biennale. Curated by Caroline Bourgeois, "The World Belongs To You" explores artists’ relationships to history, reality and its own representation all the while revolving around major themes of contemporary history.
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REFINERY29: '10 Up-And-Coming Artists To Buy Before They're Famous'
By Kristian Laliberte, Casey Fremont
May 18, 2011
In REFINERY29's recent article '10 Up-And-Coming Artists To Buy Before They're Famous,' Art Production Fund Director, Casey Fremont, names Olympia Scarry and Eloise Fornieles among her picks for the top 10 artists to watch out for - Scarry and Fornieles were both recently featured in Neville Wakefield's exhibition 'Involuntary' at fordPROJECT (Mar-Apr 2011).
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Times Square, NYC
May 3, 6, & 7, 2011
fordPROJECT would like to congratulate Liz Magic Laser for being selected to participate in Times Square Arts last week (May 3, 6 and 7). In a series of performances, Laser presented 'Flight' to tourists and New Yorkers in Duffy Square. She collaborated with actors Nic Grelli, Elizabeth Hodur, Liz Micek, Michael Wiener, Max Woertendyke and Lia Woertendyke.
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Franklin Art Works | Minneapolis, MN
April 1 - May 26, 2011
Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis, MN) presents a solo show of works by Lisha Bai. On view through May 26th, visit the gallery's website for more information: http://www.franklinartworks.org/
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Sislej Xhafa exhibits at MADRE
(Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina Napoli)
April 21 – September 12, 2011
Curated by Mario Codongnato
www.museomadre.it
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Things Fall Apart: Entropy Dissolution and the Post Conceptual
an essay by Grant Pooke FRSA
May 4, 2011
“Life doesn’t last; art doesn’t last. It doesn’t matter…” (Eva Hesse)
“In the arts, the desire to find new things to say and new ways of saying them is the source of all life and interest...Beauty, like order, occurs in many places in this world, but only as a local and temporary fight against the Niagara of increasing entropy.” (Norbert Wiener)
The group exhibition Heading for a Fall: the Art of Entropy presents work by four emerging New York based artists: Lisha Bai, Lucy Indiana Dodd, Alexander May and Naama Tsabar. Collectively, their practice variously explores themes of ‘entropy, alteration, and deformation’, subjects which are mediated through the use and combination of wide-ranging materials and hybrid assemblages
