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Still, something about VIP Art Fair...

«Dear Friend,

Thank you for your patience and continued interest in the VIP Art Fair.
Following some technical difficulties on the opening day, Saturday January 22, the website has now undergone repair and is quick and easy to navigate. Unfortunately the chat function is off, therefore we have not been able to communicate directly with many of you who may have questions or inquiries regarding works displayed or additional available works we have in our private rooms.

VIP Art fair will close on Sunday 30 at 11:59pm which still leaves you time to wonder around the fair! For those who haven't registered yet, please find below our complementary VIP Pass.

We encourage you to visit our gallery booth in the VIP Premier Medium section of the Fair, where we have curated a selection of artworks by our artists, including ... . We would be pleased to extend an email invitation to you to access one of our Private Rooms, where additional works by ... amongst others, are available.


For further inquiries, please contact us via email or call ... to learn more.

Thank you again for your interest. We look forward to hearing from you.


Best wishes,
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Ruido Rosa
Dentro
2010

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Norway's representation at the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, will consist of two programmes, running consecutively throughout 2011: 'The State of Things', a series of lectures by internationally renowned intellectuals in various cultural and academic institutions in Venice, and 'Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS', a teaching programme by artist Bjarne Melgaard at Università Iuav di Venezia.

'The State of Things'
A Series of Public Lectures in Venice
June–November 2011

'Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS'
An M.A. Teaching Programme at Iuav led by Bjarne Melgaard
February–May 2011

About 'The State of Things':

At the end of World War I when a series of citizenship laws across Europe resulted in masses of refugees on the continent, Norwegian diplomat and explorer Fridtjof Nansen created the Nansen Passport — an identity card issued by the League of Nations in 1922 that enabled refugees to move across borders in search of political and intellectual shelter. Reflecting upon the principles of the Nansen Passport today, the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), as commissioner of Norway's representation at the 54th Biennale di Venezia, organises 'The State of Things', a series of public lectures that will be held throughout the Biennale period.

The lectures will reflect upon themes such as Europe, diversity, the environment, peace-making, human rights, capital, sustainability, migration, asylum, aesthetics and war. Each presentation aims to tackle the 'state of things' today, drawing from the speakers' fields of activity and research, and from what they consider the intellectual and political priorities of today. The programme will commence at Venice's Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in the days leading up to the official opening of the Venice Biennale as follows:

Wednesday, 1 June / 17:00
Jacques Rancière
Professor Emeritus at the Université de Paris VIII, Saint-Denis, France and Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Rancière has focused his research on emancipatory politics, aesthetics and the relationship between aesthetics and politics.

Thursday, 2 June / 11:00
Leo Bersani
Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, California, Bersani has worked on 19th- and 20th-century literature, psychoanalysis and the visual arts, as well as general cultural criticism.

Friday, 3 June / 10:00
Vandana Shiva
Founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in India, Shiva is a prolific author, philosopher, environmental activist and eco-feminist who advises the International Forum on Globalization and the Women's Environment and Development Organisation.

Friday, 3 June / 11:00
Jan Egeland
Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Co-Chair of the High-Level Taskforce for the Global Framework for Climate Services, Egeland is an active participant in humanitarian, human rights and peacekeeping processes in an international context.

June–November 2011
Confirmed speakers for the continuing programme include architectural theorist Eyal Weizman on Thursday, 30 June, gender theorist Judith Butler on Thursday, 21 July, media theorist and activist Franco Berardi on Thursday, 8 September, and concluding with a presentation by art historian T.J. Clark on Friday, 25 November.

About 'Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS':

Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard will serve as Guest Professor for the Graduate Programme of Visual Arts at the Faculty of Design and Arts, Università Iuav di Venezia, organising 'Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS,' an M.A. course that will look at the history and present of the AIDS crisis, and its reflection within contemporary art and discourse. With reference to the work of theorists such as Leo Bersani, Guy Hocquenghem and Lee Edelman, writers such as James Robert Baker and artists such as David Wojnarowicz, Melgaard will study, from the perspective of his artistic practice, how AIDS has shaped responses in the artistic and cultural sector, as well as behaviour and responses within a wider social and political context. The programme will include the participation of Leo Bersani as a Guest Lecturer. The M.A. course will commence in February 2011, and conclude in May 2011.

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Markus Schinwald (Salzburg, Austria in 1973) is representing Austria at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011

Tamara, 2010
Oil on canvas (72,5x55,5cm)

Markus Schinwald's "works deal with the interrelated themes of the cultivation of the body, and altering perception through whimsical prosthetics in a freestyle trans-historical and trans-cultural fashion. The result veered between the macabre or slightly freaky and the quaint and amusing [...]

He's "work focuses on the body. In particular he studies movement and expressive gestures, and the ways in which these are governed by props, prosthesetic attachments or clothing (he originally studied fashion design). The figures in his films and performances represent bodies without emotion, personality or psychology. Taking these concerns a step further, he has made a number of life-size marionettes, which can be seen as a prosthetic substitution for the whole body [...]

Markus Schinwald's work alludes in a very individualistic way to historical myths, psychoanalysis, and cultural theories. He occupies an important position in contemporary artistic discourse. In his artworks, Markus Schinwald focuses on the many-faceted cultural and historical significance of the body and its medial staging. Prostheses and mechanical apparatuses often put the protagonists of his films and photographs under marionette-like constraints which transform the human body into a cultural artifact. In stage-like installations, interventions with articles of clothing, and photographic or filmic artworks, the artist works with a wide variety of techniques whose aesthetics he adapts for his stories in order to create idiosyncratic and mystical habitats [...]

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Michael Parekowhai (Porirua, New Zealand in 1968) is representing New Zealand at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011

Driving Mr. Albert (detail), 2007. Taxidermied sparrow, polyurethane, automotive paint. 1600x300x300mm. Photography Kallan MacLeod, courtesy of Michael Lett

Michael Parekowhai's narratives are often complex as he draws on an abundant range of both vernacular and collective vocabularies which he manufactures into the narrative structures and formal languages of his work. Although key themes of his practice may be described as deliberate takes on the notions of introduced species and culture, the potentially overt political dimensions are downplayed [...]

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«To coincide with its 40th anniversary, The Photographers’ Gallery, London will stage a Charity Auction at Christie’s South Kensington on Thursday 17 February 2011.

Corinne Day (1962-2010)
Tara, Wales, 1997 (image 4 of 7)
£1,200-1,800
$1,900-2,700
€1,400-2,000

Gift of the Estate of Corinne Day

«Designed to help raise the final funds to transform its Ramillies Street premises, the event will comprise a Live and Silent Auction, offering 70 lots. With estimates ranging from £600 to £10,000, this will be the perfect opportunity for collectors of photography to add to their collections, while supporting a new state-of-the-art photography gallery in London.

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Artist' Impression of the redeveloped _ Rineke Dijkstra (1959)
Photographers' Gallery, _ Évora, Portugal, May 1, 1994 (image 7 of 20)
16 - 18 Ramillies St, London, W1 _ £7,000-10,000
© The Photographers' Gallery, London/ _ $11,000-14,000
CGI created by Maganglo Ltd. _ €7,900-10,000

_ From The Photographers' Gallery 1994 Print Circle

«There will also be a Silent Auction of more than 30 lots, with bidding available throughout the viewing period, enabling photography collectors at every level to show their support for The Photographers’ Gallery.

Sally Mann _ Richard Misrach
Untitled (Mississippi, 1998) _ Desert Fire No. 1, (Burning Palms)
2010 _ 1986


Gregory Crewdson _ Tom Hunter
Production Still (Trailer Park 05) 'Beneth the Roses' _ The Vale of Rest
2008 _ 2000

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pointing to a position in space - making sense out of marks in bi-dimensional deconstructed spaces

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Something about VIP Art Fair...

«Querido amigo/a,

Como habréis podido comprobar al entrar en los stands de la VIP Art Fair es punto menos que imposible, desde el principio ha habido problemas porque el servidor contratado no ha proporcionado la banda suficientemente ancha para tantos y tantos contactos que se producen constantemente, procedentes de diferentes países del mundo.

Parece ser que para que podáis entrar en nuestros stands y ver las imágenes de las obras, han tenido que suprimir otros servicios, entre ellos el chat, es decir, que podéis ver las imágenes de los stands pero lo que no podéis es contactar con nosotros. Para facilitar este contacto con mi galería te propongo uno de los procedimientos convencionales y te recuerdo los números por los cuales nos puedes contactar:

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Ya que parece que el asunto no tiene remedio, te ruego un poco de paciencia y que para cualquier cosa que quieras o necesites uses cualquiera de estos tres procedimientos y nosotros nos pondremos inmediatamente en contacto contigo para atender tus deseos.

Gracias por tu paciencia y lamento que esta falta de previsión por parte de la organización nos esté perjudicando a todos.

Cordiales saludos,

...

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the art of laying down things on a wall and leave stuff on the floor

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The 2011's Presidential Elections ... in a theater near you. By your tickets at the usual places. An Oficina Ilusão's production, together with Sábados' magazine, DIário de Notícias' newspaper, and Oeiras' and Lisbon's boroughs.

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'5 + 1' : a beginning or an ending? Life is full of it, remnants of just another tasty chronicle. While bearing in mind moments already gone it draws out the natural condition that lies deep inside every one - examining materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. (continue to test)

enjoying what's natural in life...

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Bem! Quando, lá fora, estão cerca de 8º (pelo menos, aqui na província da periferia mundial) acompanhados por um delicioso sopro invernoso, mas demasiadamente arrepiante para se querer sair de casa, qual é o interesse em ficar retido, pelo aconchego de um monitor, entre a privacidade das quatro paredes brancas de uma sala?

Se já não existe o óbvio inconveniente de termos de traçar uma rota para podermos visitar as galerias que nos interessam, dentro do prazo de tempo disponível, sem esquecermos de visitar quem é quem neste mundo, enquanto perdemos a noção do que já foi visto ou ainda não foi visto, outra das razões pela qual é apetecível visitar a primeira feira de arte contemporânea virtual – a VIP (Viewing in Private) Art Fair inaugura hoje, dia 22 de Janeiro de 2011, e continuará acessível, ao público global, até ao próximo dia 30 de Janeiro, num computador perto de si – está, mediante uma pequena quantia (US$100), na possibilidade de navegar entre e saber o valor aproximado de uma peça de arte ou, de uma forma democrática, termos a oportunidade de visualizar os estúdios (videos produzidos pela empresa online Art21) de alguns dos mais interessantes artistas da actualidade, como William Kentridge (o artista descreve como associações e ideas complexas emergem do simples acto de "colocar pedaços de papel juntos", por exemplo), Cindy Sherman, Cai Guo-Qiang, Bruce Nauman, Allan McCollum, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla e Paul McCarthy, entre outros. Tudo de acordo com a nossa agenda e interesse individual.

No entanto, continua, como é normal neste género de eventos, em especial efémeridades de impacto global, a existir durante algum tempo uma certa e determinada dificuldade em nos deslocarmos e movimentarmos no espaço - situação menos difícil de suportar tendo em conta o contexto onde nos encontramos enquanto esperamos.

Sem qualquer galeria portuguesa presente, mas com 137 galerias originárias de 30 países (A Gentil Carioca do Rio de Janeiro; Juana de Aizpuru de Madrid; David Zwirner e Lehmann Maupin de New York; White Cube e Maureen Paley de London; Yvon Lambert de Paris; Bose Pacia/Nature Morte de New Dehli; Annet Gelink de Amsterdam; e Sprüth Magers de Berlin; entre outras) esta feira virtual apresenta algumas dos mais interessantes e importantes espaços comerciais de arte contemporânea a jogar no xadrez económico internacional. Das economias emergentes às economias já estabelecidade e líderes. Conjuntamente estão ainda presentes 17 instituições, como revistas ou jornais de arte (The Art Newspaper) e companhias de seguros (AXA Art Insurance Corporation).

Mas nem tudo é menos bom para o mercado artístico contemporâneao Português: Carlos Bunga (peças com valor entre €5 mil e €15 mil) e Fernanda Fragateiro (entre €25 mil e €50mil) na Galeria Elba Benitez (Madrid), Joana Vasconcelos (€25 mil e €50 mil) e Jorge Queiroz (€10 mil e €25 mil) na Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris/Brussels) são alguns dos artistas nacionais apresentados.

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The turkey in the movie is taking a long time to perform a specified action. This domesticated game bird native to North America needs to be induced into discuss informally something frankly and straightforwardly; about something that is extremely or completely unsuccessful, especially through a play or movie.

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'4 + 1' : a beginning or an ending? Life is full of it, remnants of just another tasty chronicle. While bearing in mind moments already gone it draws out the natural condition that lies deep inside every one - examining materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

enjoying what's natural in life...

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«Art Dealer Gregor Muir Named Director of London's Troubled ICA : Now London has a new art-dealer-turned-museum-director, too. The city's Institute of Contemporary Arts has appointed Gregor Muir, director of Hauser & Wirth's London gallery, as its new head — meaning that, in addition to navigating the gap between the commercial and curatorial spheres, Muir will inherit an institution in crisis, which was almost forced to close last year due to financial troubles. The former executive director, Ekow Eshun, a broadcaster and journalist who had held the post since 2005, resigned in August, as did the chair of the board. Muir's appointment was announced today, and he will take the reins of the ICA on February 7 [...]

Another good new news that thrive in 2011

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India’s art summit, by James Lamont

«Now in its third year and spanning four days (including a VIP and press preview on January 20), the summit has steadily grown in size. When its doors open on January 21, 84 galleries from 20 countries will show the works of an estimated 500 artists. As many as 60,000 visitors are expected to attend, compared to 40,000 in 2009. In 2008, fewer than 10,000 people came, and sales were little more than Rs100m ...

«In 2009, when it was held in August and at a time of cooling art prices, just over half of the works on display were sold, generating about $5.4m. About 40 per cent of these sales were to first-time buyers, showing the curiosity and spending power of a new market ...

«“People still buy what they culturally identify with,” she says ...

«Because of the appetite among Indian collectors to buy works of top international blue-chip artists, she says galleries are bringing in smaller (perhaps lower value) works of the top international artists. Local collectors include the Ambani family’s Harmony Art Foundation, Malvinder Singh, formerly chief executive of pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy, and Kiran Nadar, wife of Shiv Nadar who controls IT company HCL. Big buyers, such as businessmen Mukesh and Anil Ambani, are taking a greater interest in art, as their own travels take them to some of the world’s best known galleries and museums in Europe and the US [...]

Art Lounge Gallery (Lisbon, Portugal) is one of the 84 of the world’s leading art galleries attending the India Art Summit™ between January 20th and 23rd 2011, in New Dehli (India).

Picture: Courtesy IAS

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Greg Miller
'Phantom Lady', 2010
Acrylic, collage and resin on panel, 76.2x101.6cm

Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (€7,200 - €9,600) (Bonhams New Bond Street, January 11th 2011, Lot 30)

California-based artist Greg Miller is inspired by pop culture, as well as conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s, using text and bold images to create billboard-like paintings. His work is included in many significant collections, including Charles Saatchi, Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Playboy, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and the San Jose Museum of Art. [...]

Provenance: Scream Gallery, London
Photo: Copyright © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved

«...The elusive Banksy remains the most bankable name in urban art and works by him carry the two highest estimates in the sale ... A taste of true graffiti art is provided by part of a backdrop for one of the Clash’s “Combat Rock” gigs in 1983, painted by US-born Futura 2000 as the band performed. The untitled piece is estimated at £15,000-£20,000, while Greg Miller’s pop art-inspired “Phantom Lady” is on offer at £6,000-£8,000. Among the best pieces, however, is “Shark” by DNTT (aka Tony D’Amico). While lacking the immediacy of true street art, the 12ft steel, copper and glass predator is every bit as menacing as the real thing. Snap it up for £8,000-£12,000. [...] Urban art, by Simon de Burton

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Me, myself and why, by Emily Stokes

«... She was in her second year at Buffalo’s State University College, she tells me, and her photography class was assigned a new project: to confront something that made them uncomfortable. A number of other students took photographs of passers-by on the street to overcome their fear of photographing strangers; Sherman’s own thoughts turned to a photography field trip that was rumoured to happen the following semester, when “everyone would go into the woods and run around in the waterfalls and take off their clothes and take photos of each other ... Really,” she tells me, wide-eyed, “it was my total nightmare.” In response to the professor’s brief, she took a photograph of herself in her bedroom, entirely naked except for the black lead that connected the camera to the remote shutter in her hand, with which she drew the outline of clothing on her body. The photograph, she remembers, earned her the first good grade in a class she had been failing [...]

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after Joana Bastos' Survive to perform to survive and so on, 2008

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tourism as a hallucinatory experience is caused when going on a trip

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Yael Bartana (1970, Israel) is representing Poland at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011
Yael Bartana Interview by Saatchi Online

Yael Bartana work's investigates society and politics. She has become known for her complex visualizations in the forms of photography, film, video, and sound works and installations [...]

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Yael Bartana (1970, Israel) is representing Poland at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011
Mary Koszmary (excerpt) © Yael Bartana

Yael Bartana's practice evinces a set of hard-won priorities: first-hand experience of war filtered into accounts of aberrant behaviour. ... she seems to side with the idea that life in a conflict zone is defined by simple realities: run to grab a sweater in Israel or Palestine and there’s a substantial chance you may never come back [...]

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gray economy isn't accounted for in official statistics so as the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life or pastoral poems arousing emotions associated with bucolic sceneries

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Women artists outperform the men, by Jan Dalley

«...What it also reveals, when prices are tracked over 25 years, is that women artists are now going up in price much faster than their male equivalents: the Women’s Art 100 began to outperform the largely male Art 100 Index in 2000, and the compound growth rate for the Women’s Art 100 is running 4 points higher, at 11.6 per cent [...]

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Barbara Visser (The Netherlands, 1966) is representing The Netherlands at the 54 La Biennale di Venezia, in 2011
Detail Placebook Panorama © 2010, Barbara Visser

In 2020 the Dutch government strives to attain a position among the top five knowledge economies in the world. The creative industry is one of the five key elements described in this ambition. 
The transition to a knowledge economy requires not only excellent research and education, but also specific spatial conditions, to enable and support new connections between different professional fields [...]

Many of Visser’s works call into question not only the roots ... of authority and authenticity, but also the willingness of an audience to believe what it’s seeing [...]

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