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CANAN TOLON | Sidesteps — Solo Exhibition @ Parasol unit, London

Canan Tolon: Sidesteps

15 January - 16 March 2014

Preview: 14 January 2014, 6.30 – 9 p.m.

Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is delighted to present a solo exhibition of works by Turkish-born artist Canan Tolon. This, her first major exhibition in a London institution, provides in-depth insight into her works from 1986 to the present day. It includes Futur imparfait, 1986–1999, a series of 33 ink-wash and crayon figurative drawings that were recently acquired by the British Museum. At Parasol unit they will be on show all together for the first time in the UK.

Canan Tolon was born in Istanbul and grew up in various European countries. After earning her baccalauréat from the École Française d’Istanbul in Turkey, in 1975, she studied design in Edinburgh and London. In 1980, she received a BA from Middlesex Polytechnic / Architectural Association, London, and that same year moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco to study for a Masters in Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. After graduating in 1983 she worked for about ten years in several architecture offices while continuing her work in the visual arts. Her paintings and installations have been exhibited internationally. She has works in a number of major public collections, including the British Museum, London; Istanbul Modern; IKSV (Istanbul Foundation for Culture and the Arts); the Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, Istanbul, Turkey; and the di Rosa Collection, Napa, USA.

Canan Tolon lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA and in Istanbul, Turkey.

This exhibition is curated by Ziba Ardalan, Founder/Director of Parasol unit.

Canan Tolon: Sidesteps is accompanied by a comprehensive book, including an artist interview by Ziba Ardalan and essays by Bill Berkson and John Yau, published by Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art. A related programme of educational events at the gallery will include lectures, poetry readings, animation and storytelling workshops.

Read the full press release.

Parasol unit is grateful for the generous support of Berna and Tolga Tuglular, Mehves-Dalinc Ariburnu, Isik Kececi Asur, Mine - H.Cem Bahadir, Aylin Benardete Sarihan, Şeli Elvaşvili, Nesrin Esirtgen, Öner Kocabeyoglu, Caroline Landin, Derin Mermerci, Ebru Ozdemir, Aysegul - Ömer Özyürek, Yosun Reza, Edwina Sponza, Billur-Atilla Tacir, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and those who wish to remain anonymous.

View online @ Parasol unit

Epic: Joseph Stashkevetch Drawings @ Denver Art Museum

 

Joseph Stashkevetch, Ask the Dust (detail), 2011
Conte crayon on watercolor paper
Courtesy the artist and Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
Photo courtesy Christopher Burke

 Epic: Joseph Stashkevetch
Drawings November 17, 2013 – July 13, 2014

Installation photos by Jeff Wells

Epic: Joseph Stashkevetch Drawings | Denver Art Museum

Joseph Stashkevetch, Memory Palace (detail). 2011
Conte crayon on watercolor paper
Courtesy the artist and Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Photo courtesy Christopher Burke.

Epic in size, epic in content, Joseph Stashkevetch’s drawings assault one’s senses by their obsessive detail, incredible size, and links to civilizations past and present. The disintegrating towers in Memory Palace might poke our recognition of a past life where civilization thrived, but look again and we might see it as an imaginary place influenced by an amalgamation of former cultures. In the seven lifelike drawings that comprise this exhibition, the artist critiques the questionable conclusion that modern times are an improvement from the past.

View @ Denver Art Museum

 

ROSEMARIE FIORE | Savannah Now Review

Rosemarie Fiore
“Firework Drawing #13,” 2009,
lit firework residue on paper
Courtesy of the artist and SCAD Museum of Art

Art & Soul: Rosemarie Fiore's fireworks paintings coming to SCAD museum

By Allison Hersh

 

Over the past decade, New York artist Rosemarie Fiore has used lawn mowers, waffle irons, pinball machines, floor polishers and even amusement park rides to create critically acclaimed paintings.
“I’ve chosen to collaborate with machines to create my work,” she says. “I use machines as mark-making tools. For me, paint just isn’t enough.”

In her latest work, Fiore harnesses the pyrotechnic power of fireworks to create series of experimental collages on paper. Her “Firework Drawing” series — on display at the SCAD Museum of Art through May 12 — illustrates her experiments with fireworks, smoke bombs and smoke canisters to create large-format abstract works. 

Fiore uses fumage, an innovative technique pioneered by Austrian Surrealist Wolfgang Paalen in the 1930s, to “paint” with smoke. The results are nothing short of explosive. By igniting commercial fireworks and harnessing the dense smoke in canisters, she blends colors, enhances textures and captures the singed residue on paper. Her preferred fireworks include color smoke bombs, jumping jacks, monster balls, rings of fire and lasers.

“My work is a battle between control and chaos,” she admits. “I can’t completely control the process because the smoke is unpredictable.”

Fiore first discovered this unconventional process in 2001 during an artistic residency in Roswell, N.M. 

“I dropped a device on the floor on the Fourth of July by accident,” she says. “It rolled and created a dotted blue line.”

She quickly realized the mark-making potential of fireworks and began experimenting with incendiary devices. Inspired by Yves Klein’s fire paintings created with blowtorches and John Cage’s use of chance to compose music, Fiore developed a technique using coffee cans, buckets and other containers to harness the pigment-rich smoke.

“When I start lighting things off, I get lost in the process,” she says. “It’s like time slows down, and I’m able to manipulate and control the process.”

“Firework Drawings” offers a selection of five large-scale collages comprised of vibrant geometric forms marked by burns, scars and singe marks. Some of the collages suggest cosmic themes, while others allude to molecular activity. 

In “Firework Drawing #13,” she layers richly colored circles to suggest the movement of planets through space. Hues ranging from pale melon and light sage to deep crimson and midnight blue evoke mutable interstellar orbs. 

By contrast, “Firework Drawing #65” embodies the explosive violence of fireworks in an image strategically sliced and reassembled, angular shards of colors defining the central axis.
Fiore drags canisters across paper to create elongated forms recalling shooting stars. These works create the illusion of depth in two dimensions through combinations of color and form.

Defined by a sophisticated manipulation of line, color and texture, her work captures the raw energy and childlike excitement of a nighttime fireworks display. The ethereal nature of the material appeals to Fiore, who continues to experiment with a wide range of unconventional materials at her studio in the Bronx.

“I’ve spent many years working with smoke,” she says. “I love the ephemeral nature of the medium. That’s what draws me to it. It’s there one second, and then it’s gone. I love capturing its presence.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in New York in 1972, Rosemarie Fiore earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been featured in dozens of solo and group exhibitions and has earned critical acclaim.


IF YOU GO

What: “Rosemarie Fiore: Firework Drawings” 

Where: SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. 

When: Through May 12; reception at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 as part of the 2013 deFINE ART Gallery Hop

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 

Cost: $10 general admission, $8 senior/military; $20 family admission (3 or more); $5 SCAD alumni; free for SCAD students, faculty and staff and children younger than 14 

Info: 912-525-7191, www.scadmoa.org

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ROSEMARIE FIORE @ SCAD Museum of Art

Rosemarie Fiore, "Firework Drawing #6,"
lit firework residue on paper, 82.5" x 66", 2009.
Courtesy of the artist.

Rosemarie Fiore

 

Firework Drawings

Jan. 8 - May 12, 2013

 

"Firework Drawings" is a selection of large-scale works on paper created using live fireworks and their pigments. Employing this distinctive medium in a performative process, Fiore strikes a balance between control and chance, the lasting and the evanescent.

This dynamic selection demonstrates a strong interplay between powdery, amorphous ground and a complex and sophisticated manipulation of line, color and collage that in turn translates the raw energy and refined excitement of a fireworks display.

Presented as part of the 2013 deFINE ART program

Reception: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 6:30-8 p.m.

The exhibition is free with SCAD Museum of Art admission.

The reception is free and open to the public as part of the deFINE ART gallery hop.

Learn more about exhibitions and events at other SCAD galleries.

ROGER ACKLING | Selected Museums & Collections

Five Sunsets in One Hour 1978
TATE

British Council

 The Courtauld

Untitled (sunlight on wood)

Whitechapel Gallery (exhibited), London, England

1992

wood

References
Exh: Whitechapel open; London: Whitechapel Gallery; Jun - Aug 1992

Photograph
Type: A-negative
Negative number: A92/662
Copyright: © Courtauld Institute of Art

 Roger Ackling Voewood, 2004

Harvard / Art Museums

Art Gallery North South Wales

(Selected)

 

Weybourne, 1992

Voewood, 1999

Norfol, 199

 The British Museum

Roger Ackling (Drawn by); Three Lines in Kenya; three horizontal lines. 1977 Three panels of scorch marks on cardboard

Roger Ackling (Drawn by); 1 HR/ BROKEN/ 8.40-4.40/ 13/4/76; tightly spaced horizontal lines filling two thirds of page. 1976 Scorch marks on cardboard

Roger Ackling (Drawn by); One Hour Sun Drawing (Cloud Study); broken horizontal lines. 1977 Scorch marks on cardboard

 

ROGER ACKLING | Selected Group Shows

The world’s largest open submission contemporary art show, now in its 244th year, continues the tradition of showcasing work by both emerging and established artists in all media including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, architecture and film. 

Installation view of Gallery III, Summer Exhibition 2012 @ Royal Academy of Art

The Summer Exhibition attracts a high volume of entrants annually with over 11,000 entries received this year. Royal Academician Tess Jaray is the co-ordinator for Summer Exhibition 2012.
The exhibition begins in the Wohl Central Hall, which this year pays homage to Matisse’s The Red Studio. The vibrant gallery provide a backdrop to a selection of paintings whose main concern is colour. Gallery III, the grandest space in Burlington House, is curated by Tess Jaray RA. Containing a large quantity of smaller paintings, the gallery demonstrates that work of a more modest scale can be as powerful as larger work. As a former teacher at the Slade School of Art, Jaray is mindful of providing a forum for established and younger artists to show their work to the public.
Chris Wilkinson RA and Eva Jiricna RA have curated the architecture gallery of the Summer Exhibition. Their curatorial direction seeks to blur the boundaries between architecture and the fine arts

Further highlights include a video room dedicated to the work of Jayne Parker and a gallery of Scottish and Irish artists arranged by Barbara Rae RA. Other artists exhibiting this year include Michael Craig-Martin RA, Michael Landy RA, Tracey Emin RA, Ken Howard RA, Anselm Kiefer Hon RA, Raqib Shaw, Calum Innes and Keith Coventry.

Following on from last year’s successful BBC TWO Summer Exhibition Culture Show Special, the Royal Academy of Arts is delighted to be working with the BBC once more. 'The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Culture Show Special with Alastair Sooke’ will be broadcast on Friday, 15 June at 6pm on BBC2.

Read more @ The Royal Academy of Arts

Full list of Artists @ ArtSlant

Group Show Collectie Piet en Ida Sanders. Piet and Ida Sanders. A Life with Art 

Stedelijk Museum Schiedam Hoogstraat, Netherlands  

June 30th - October 21st 2012

From 30 June to 21 October 2012, to mark the hundredth birthday of Piet Sanders and in memory of his wife Ida Sanders, the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will present the exhibition entitled Piet en Ida Sanders. Een Leven met Kunst (Piet and Ida Sanders. A Life with Art). The exhibition contains a selection of more than a hundred works that were present in the Sanders’ household, as well as a selection of the artworks they donated to the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.

It is a great honour for the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam to be able to display this exhibition. In this way, the Museum can show its gratitude for the donations that it has received over the past few decades, for the important role that Piet Sanders played in the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam from the early 1950s onward, and the inexhaustible commitment of the Sanders couple to the dissemination of modern and contemporary art, both inside and outside the walls of their dwelling, and in museums and public space. Besides being a private collector and art promoter, Piet Sanders was also a professor at the Faculty of Law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and played a significant role in post-war international relations.

Artists in the exhibition Roger Ackling, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Jean (Hans) Arp, Enrico Baj, Iginio Balderi, Claire Begheyn, Roger Bissière, Pierre Buraglio, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Anne Chu, Geneviève Claisse, Nathan Cohen, Willie Cole, Constant, Corneille and Jean-Clarence Lambert, Wessel Couzijn, Tony Cragg, Michael Creighton, Ger van Elk, Max Ernst, Armand Fernandez, Jackie Ferrara, Barry Flanagan, Lucio Fontana, Naum Gabo, Gilbert & George, Johannes Girardoni, Alphonse Guillot, John Hejduk, Sjef Henderickx, Hendriks, Carol Hepper, Barbara Hepworth, Gottfried Honegger, Willem Hussem, Joolen, Anish Kapoor, Imi Knoebel, Harry van Kruiningen, Hildo Krop, Darren Lago, Maya Lin, Jacques Lipchitz, Charles Long, Marino Marini, Allan McCollum, Julian Opie, Meret Oppenheim, Tom Otterness, Panamarenko, Gaetano Pesce, Pablo Picasso, Serge Poliakoff, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Roger Raveel, George Rickey, Cornelius Rogge, Ulrich Rückriem, Marc Ruygrok, Salvo, Gerard Ernest Schneider, Jan Schoonhoven, Gino Severini, Joel Shapiro, Elise Siegel, Mario Sironi, Susan Smith, Jesús Rafael Soto, Malte Spohr, Susanna Starr, Piet van Stuyvenberg, Tilman, Narcisse Tordoir, Marjolijn van den Assem, Albert Verkade, Claude Viallat, Henk Visch, Carel Visser, Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, David Ben Zadok.

Read more @  Stedelijk Museum Schiedam Hoogstraat

ROLAND FISCHER | FLATZ MUSEUM — 'Unknown Heroes'

FLATZ MUSEUM

MARCO BREUER | 'Line of Sight' Art Practical Review

Marco Breuer: Line of Sight 

Marco Breuer Apr 02 - Oct 02 

de Young Museum 

by Brian Andrews

Spin (C-818), 2008;
chromogenic paper, exposed, embossed, and abraded;
10.8 x 8.5 in.

In 2005 when the de Young "museum opened their new Herzog & de Meuron‑designed facility in Golden Gate Park, the museum endeavored to update their engagement with contemporary art practices. Most visibly, five large-scale works were commissioned from blue chip artists to be featured at the building’s opening celebration, including an immense print by Gerhard Richter, a meditation stupa by James Turrell, a glass installation by Kiki Smith, an outdoor sculpture and crack in the landscaping by Andy Goldsworthy, and a series of paintings by Ed Ruscha. Less sensational but potentially more impactful, the de Young also initiated their Collection Connections program with a series of work by local photographer Catherine Wagner. The program debuted with the objective of integrating contemporary practices with the de Young’s eclectic general collection holdings by asking artists to create a body of work both inspired by and displayed with objects from the de Young’s permanent collection. Marco Breuer: Line of Sight is the latest installment in this program.

Breuer’s studio practice engages the technological apparatus of photographic image-making without participating in the act of photography itself. Rather, Breuer tinkers with photosensitive papers, subjecting them to all kinds of nontraditional physical manipulations prior to chemical processing. To create Untitled (Study for Tremors) (2000), Breuer strafed a heating element from an old frying pan across an unexposed sheet of black-and-white silver gelatin paper. After processing, the transformed chemical elements have merged with the toasted charring of the prints’ base in an abstract image reminiscent of Richter’s squeegee-based paintings. In Spin (C-818) (2008), radial scratches illuminate colors on the surface of chromogenic paper, creating a science fiction wormhole effect. Both his technique and its results demonstrate Breuer’s interest in the obfuscation of image content within an artwork by the methods of its construction and accidents of its history."

Read full review @ Art Practical

Roland Fischer: Major Retrospective @ the Museo Domus Artium DA2 in Salamanca

Roland Fischer: Photoworks 1984 – 2011 

@ the Museo Domus Artium DA2 in Salamanca. 

The exhibition spans over twenty years of the artist’s career and includes work from several series including Fischer’s Pool Portraits, Nuns and Monks, Collective Portraits, Facades and New Architectures. 

Museo Domus Artium DA2 has published a catalogue in conjunction with the exhibition. Please contact the gallery for a copy.

Read more @ DA2 Blog