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2016 April

ZHANG ZHENYU | DUST II

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2016 March
ROKNI HAERIZADEH | REIGN OF WINTER  -  March 5 - April 2, 2016
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2015 November
Fadi Yazigi : Contemporary Art From Syria | November 5-28
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2015  June

Vapor and Dust - Su wenxiang / Xu Qu - 16 June - 10 July

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2015 March
The Belief is Still Nihilistic - 13th-16th March | ART CENTRAL

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2014 October
 



















































Early abstraction in China 1978-1992 - Wednesday January 28th 2015 -  Feb 28th 2015
Ding Yi, Huang Rui, Cai Jin, Li Shan, Liu Ming, Wang Peng, Yu Youhan, Zhang Wei, Zhang Zhenyu, Yamada Masaaki, Ha Chong-Hyun, Yun Hyong-keun, Lee Ufan


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Book Launch -  CHINA The New Generation in Paris, during FIAC 
The first book to focus on Chinese artists born in the 1980s, CHINA The New Generation explores the advent of a new group to appear on the national and international scenes, This visinary, forward-looking selection of twenty young artists is the work of two key figures in China's art scene, namely the curator Jerome Sans, internationally known, co-founder of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and former director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing, and Jean - Marc Decrop, a specialist in contemporary Chinese art with the CNES (French National Chamber of Experts) and the CEDEA (European Confederation of Experts).
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The Importance of staying quiet
Hamra Abbas / Zahoor ul Akhlaq / Fahd Burki / Ayesha Jatoi / Ali Kazim
Rashid Rana / Lala Rukh / Sara Salman / Anwar Jalal Shemza / Iqra Tanveer
Saturday 4 October
Exhibition runs until November 3, 2014

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2014 September
 Istanbul Art Scene : Horasan + Nejat Sati
 an exhibition in collaboration with the gallery Pi- Artworks (Istanbul/London)
 Wednesday September 3rd, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
 Exhibition runs until Saturday September 27th

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2014 May
Today and Tomorrow Indonesian Contemporary Art
An exhibition guest curated by Rifky EFFENDY

Thursday May 15th, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Exhibition runs until Saturday June 7th


This ambitious exhibition of 18 artists is revealing the specificity of contemporary art practice in Indonesia in its variety, from Post reformation (mid 1990's) to Post market (the most recent generation).

Works exhibited are not minimal, they don’t follow the trends of international art in Los Angeles, New Y ork or Berlin, they are deeply rooted in the Indonesian psyché, with most of the artists coming from 2 vibrant art scenes in Indonesia: Y ogyakarta and Bandung. They have a distinct flavour, and whisper a different voice in this globalized art world. 

Yogyakarta was centuries ago the glowing spiritual center of South Asia with temples and study centers for both Buddhism (Borobudur) and Hindiusm (Prambanan), a spirituality that can be found today in the work of Albert Yonathan Setyawan, one of the 5 artists from last year Venice Biennale pavilion or in the conceptual works of Wiyoga Muhardanto, and Melati Suryodarmo. 

Other works have a strong link with Nature and popular culture, with religious beliefs, divinities and voodoo, with black magic, as in the art of Entang Wiharso, Eko Nugroho, and Agus Suwage. The popular practice of shadow Wayang puppets where in each village social, political, public events of the community are discussed, and represented has been a source of inspiration for many artists in Indonesia. The buffalo skin puttpets of Eko Nugroho, presented in the 2009 Lyon Biennale are featured in the exhibition as well as metal works by Agung Kurniawan andEntang Wiharso based on this shadow theater. The collective Taring Padi of which artist Ucupis the leader is engraving wood-blocks in an expressionist manner to defend peasants rights or any other oppressed social group. Bambang Toko from the former group Apotik Comic draws scenes with characters from popular culture on top of oil barrels lids while Maryanto scratches plastic panels in his comic-like compositions. Taking her roots from representational Balinese art, the work of Sri Astari, the Frida Khalo of Asia, is based on her very personal autobiographical history , while Christine Ay Tjoe expresses her anxieties, desires and tensions in expressive, semi-abstract oils and dry-point engravings. Arin Sunaryo uses ashes from volcano eruptions of Merapi or Mount Kelud as a medium for his abstract compositions, whileAriadithya Pramuhendra medium is charcoal on canvas for his dark and futuristic visions. From Bandung, 2 young artists affiliated with the collective Platfom 3, Benzig and Mujahiddincreate contemporary works with plexiglass or paper that are related to political and religious propaganda. 

The exhibition is curated by Rifky Effendy , the curator of the first Indonesia pavilion at last year V enice Biennale, but also the originator of 2 alternative platforms for young artists in Indonesia, one in Jakarta: Inkubatorasia and one in Bandung: Platform3.

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J. Ariadithya Pramuhendra
Lucky Leap
2014
Charcoal on Canvas
150 x 200 cm

2014 Mar
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2013 Oct
Silk Highway 21C
8th November - 30th November 2013 
An exhibition curated by Brahim Alaoui



“21st C – SILK HIGHWAY” recalls trade along the ancient Silk Road that, since ancient times, has linked China and the Middle East and thereby fostered an intense movement of people, material and ideas.

The "21st C - SILK HIGHWAY" curated by Brahim Allaoui, presents a selection of contemporary Arab artists including : Halim Al Karim (Irak), Mahmud Al Obaidi (Irak), Zoulikha Bouabdellah (Algeria), Ali Chirri (Lebanon), Mohamed El Baz (Morocco), Mounir Fatmi (Morocco), Youssef Nabil (Egypt) et Faisal Samra (Saudi Arabia).

The changes that have occurred in Asia and the Middle East since the coming of the era of globalization have contributed to the emergence of vibrant arts scenes that have changed the geography of art and which today are trying to create new bridges between each other. Contemporary Arab artists are participating in this by taking up an aesthetic of communication or through practicing cultural nomadism. Together, they are exploring new territories, confronting alterity and participating in the emergence of a modernity of multiple and universal resonances.

The "21st C - SILK HIGHWAY" exhibition will offer a selection of this recent artistic output including paintings, sculptures, photographs and installations. As many works echoing the artists’ cultural interferences, their evolving world and their creative potential.


ABOUT BRAHIM ALAOUI
Brahim Alaoui, art historian and curator. Both his writing and the exhibitions he organized, Brahim Alaoui is one of the few mediators establishing a connection between a living contemporary art in the Arab world and the European and international art scene.


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MOHAMMED ELBAZ   MOROCCO
Love Supreme 
Bricoler l'incurable
2011
Photograph on plexiglass 
120 x 120 cm, Ed. of 2 

 


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