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Archeology of Wonder
curated by Kristina Newman-Scott
REAL ART WAYS
October 4, 2008 —January 4, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4-7PM
Performance by Valerie Garlick, 4:30PM
Closing reception: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 3-5PM
56 Arbor St
Hartford CT 06106
860 232 1006
www.realartways.org

Archaeology of Wonder brings together two disparate approaches to the past - archaeology with its meticulous discipline, and wonder with its radical subjectivity - to examine contemporary works of art. This exhibition was conceived and is being curated by Kristina Newman-Scott, Real Art Ways’ Director of Visual Arts.

Central to the concept of the exhibition is the symbolic significance of archaeology: Freud used archaeological excavation as a metaphor for the process of remembering experiences in therapy. Indeed, such language has worked its way into our daily parlance; we often speak of “unearthing” facts and memories. Archaeology of Wonder posits questions about the way we use artifacts and art to approach those relationships to the past that are difficult to pin down, yet evoke inescapable reactions in the mind of the viewer, thus linking them to the world of wonder.

Artists include Elia Alba, Tom Bogaert, Julia Brown, Brian Burkhardt, Harriet G. Caldwell, Chad Curtis, Valerie Garlick, Heather Hart, Jennifer Knaus, Simone Leigh, Brian Lund, Justin McAllister, Sally B. Moore, Julia Gail Oldham, Javier Piñón, and Yuko Suzuki. Each of these artists incorporates historical items and facts-objects of existence-in ways that stimulate a lasting, emotional response in the viewer in his or her effort to decode their meaning

Ethnographies of the Future, Redux
curated by Sara Reisman
The Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation
September 10 - November 24, 2008
55 Exchange Place, Suite 406
@ Broad Street
New York, NY 10005
646.747.2248
Exhibition on view during business hours: 10am to 5pm and by appointment

The B Sides
@ALJIRA, Ac CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
curated by Edwin Ramoran
November 22, 2008 to February 28, 2009
The major group exhibition The B Sides will bring together the cultural production of various artists based in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area who have been influenced by dance music culture or have produced works within the context of club and house-ball culture. The exhibition will include works in various media including dance, drawing, fashion, installation, music, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video. A forthcoming catalog will provide some background and perspectives on dance music and contemporary art and culture and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Curator: Edwin Ramoran, Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art.
THE NEW YORK TIMES (08/01/08) Karen Rosenberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/arts/design/01gall.html?ref=arts

ARTINFO (07/10/08) Claire Barliant
http://www.artinfo.com/news/photos/1095/11983/

ARTFORUM (07/03/08) Colby Chamberlain
http://www.artforum.com/archive/id=20671

RHIZOME (7/7/08) Ed Halter
http://rhizome.org/editorial/news/?timestamp=20080707

ARTNET (8/8/08) Elisabeth Kley
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/kley/kley8-4-08.asp

I have a few projects coming up to share with you.  I will be at Kala’s opening this Thursday, October 9, in Berkeley, and on October 20 at the artist reception for my first exhibition in London.  Presented by Rose Issa, I will be exhibiting works from a number of series including The Alphabet of Silence, Most Wanted as well as a new series of work entitled Heroes, Martyr, Legends.  I then head for Tehran in November to embark on a new project One Day that invites local artists to reflect on their everyday experiences.  The project will be developed and shared with audiences at Intersection for the Arts in May 2009.  Hope to see you in London/Tehran or the Bay Area soon!

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Kala Art Institute

Artist Fellowhship Award Exhibition 4

Adriane Colburn, Taraneh Hemami, Leslie Shows

Oct 2-November 22, 2008

Opening Reception: Thursday october 9, 6-8 pm

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

The Kala Gallery is proud to present the last in our four-part exhibition series, Residency Projects, featuring work by our 2007-2008 Fellowship artists. Kala Fellowships are awarded annually to eight innovative artists working in printmaking, photography, book arts, installation, video and digital media. Fellowship artists are selected from a competitive field of applicants from the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.

Who`s The Fairest of Them All?

Women Artists Considering Social Justice in the Everyday

Nov 1- November 21, 2008

Artist, KC Rosenberg and Hang Art Director, DJ Harmon join curatorial forces in an exhibition entitled Who’s The Fairest of Them All? on view at Hang Art Annex in San Francisco. Featured in this group show are women artists who consider social justice in the everyday. Through the artists hands, eyes and thoughts these works share the theme in a range of bold, beautiful images to obsessive processes that comment on injustices as visual murmurs as well as outcries, touching on issues of healthcare misdiagnoses, economic imbalance and psychological pressures that can create doubt and chip at confidence.

Coming up in Spring:

Theory of Survival at the San Francisco Public Library, Civic Center

February- March 2009

One Day at Intersection for the Arts, Valencia/16th

May 2009

All the best,

taraneh

taranehhemami.info

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