lørdag den 14. maj 2016

Govert Lund

I LOVE THIS GUY

GOVERT LUND

a great artist, with a modest smile. Through him I met the artistic element in life. In my young days in the 1970s. Long nights filled with creativity. Govert created and gave generously of himself.

Govert´s amazing anatomical studies I have benefited a lot from and still seem to sense the freshness and lightness that characterized our young years.

fredag den 13. maj 2016

Pierre Alechinsky

Pierre Alechinsky (born 19 October 1927) is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951.

His is a member of the COBRA movement and his work is related to abstract expressionism.

Alechinsky was born in Schaerbeek
In 1944 he attended the l´Ecole d´art Brussels where he studied illustration techniques, printing and photography. In 1945 he discovered the work of Henri Michaux.

Mounira Al Solh

Mounira Al Solh works with video, painting and photography. She engages with issues related to the story of Lebanese immigrants and the socio-political and religious conflicts. She uses a fictional and, at times, even fantastical approach, through which she transforms the dramatic into the ironic. Her work links issues of personal identity with aesthetics, such as in ‘As If I Don’t Fit There’ (2005), a video installation presented at the Lebanese Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007). The video explores her personal fear of ceasing to be an artist and her doubts about her own place in the art world, as she slowly takes on the identity of four fictional artists she presents in her work. In ‘Rawane’s Song’ (2006), Al Solh expresses her ‘refusal to talk about the war.’ As critic Hans Beerekamp wrote, the video is a ‘work of fiction about running away from reality and finding yourself.’ Al Solh is also Editor-in-chief of NOA (Not Only Arabic) Magazine, the third issue of which will centre around ‘Language and Schizophrenia’, a topic she started working with in 2010. Her interest in spoken language and its effect on visual imagination can be seen in ‘The Mute Tongue’ (2010). In the video, she staged, in silent vignettes, 19 Arabic proverbs that she uses in daily life.

Al Solh’s work can be found at: Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon, + 961 1 566 550

Ayyam Gallery

Collectors (and cousins) Khaled and Hisham Samawi started their adventure with commercial art in 2006, when they opened Ayyam Gallery in Damascus, Syria. With time, they used their expertise to branch out both in Beirut and Dubai. Ayyam Gallery Beirut aims to provide visitors with an overview of some of the best contemporary artists from the Middle East. Despite its status as an independent gallery, Ayyam sounds a lot like a museum in its profound commitment to education, so much so that a publishing house was founded in collaboration with the gallery, with the task of releasing monographs of the showcased artists. Art appreciation is also promoted through the Young Collectors Auction, an array of artworks sold at affordable prices, aimed at newcomers to the world of art collecting.

Ayyam Gallery, Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, Zeitoune Street, Beirut, Lebanon,

+961 1 374 450

The Sursock Museum’s collection of modern and contemporary art is comprised of works by predominantly Lebanese artists, from the late 1800s to the early 2000s. Primarily works on canvas and paper, the collection also comprises sculptures and mixed media works. Of particular note is our collection of Lebanese art from the first half of the twentieth century, including key modern Lebanese artists such as Shafic Abboud and Amine el Bacha.
The collection is closely linked to the history and evolution of the Salon d’Automne, as artworks were often acquired by the Museum following the Salon. As such, the collection’s scope and breadth give insights into Lebanese modern art. Major Lebanese artists featured in our collection include Shafic Abboud, Etel Adnan, Assadour, Daoud Corm, Paul Guiragossian, Jean Khalife, Hussein Madi, Jamil Molaeb, Omar Onsi, and Aref el Rayess.
Please note that the selection of images below is not a comprehensive selection of the Sursock Museum's modern and contemporary art collection. Our database is currently under construction, and we are working toward making it accessible online.http://www.sursock.museum/

Ali Cherri

What stories do objects tell? How do ancient artefacts relate to contemporary cultures and value systems?

Using material gathered from archaeological digs, wildlife parks, and auction houses around the world, this new body of work by Ali Cherri raises important and timely questions regarding the value we place on historical artefacts, their complicity in fuelling conflict, and our complicity in their life and death.
Filmed in a wildlife park in the UAE desert, the video installation Petrified takes us on a journey tracing the life of archeological objects and their inscription into the discourse of value and authenticity.
The installation Fragments looks at the market value of history, assembling together artefacts, both real and fake, from auction houses in Paris. Here, historiography is reflected through the lens of our desire for material possessions.
The film The Digger will be screened regularly throughout the run of the exhibition. Shot in the Sharjah desert in the UAE, The Digger follows the everyday life of Sultan Zeib Khan, the Pakistani caretaker who has been guarding the ruins of a Neolithic necropolis for twenty years.

To mark the opening of his exhibition, A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects, Ali Cherri will be in conversation with the Sursock Museum’s Head of Programs and Exhibitions Nora Razian on Thursday 12 May, from 19:00 to 20:00. The discussion will focus on Cherri’s new body of work investigating the relationship between the construction of historical narratives and the market-driven circulation of archeological artifacts.

Ali Cherri (b. 1976 Beirut) is a visual artist working across film, installation, and print making. Recent exhibitions include But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise, Guggenheim New York (2016), The Time is Out of Joint, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE (2016), Desires and Necessities, MACBA, Spain (2015), Lest the Two Seas Meet, Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (2015), Mare Medi Terra, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Spain (2015), and Songs of Loss and Songs of Love, Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea (2014).

Charles Khoury

Charles Khoury was born in Lebanon in 1966 and is known for his colourful paintings and sculptures influenced by tribal and ancient cave art.

søndag den 8. maj 2016

Ursula Reuter Christiansen

Ursula Reuter Christiansen, was born in Trier and studied literature and sculpture under Joseph Beuys at the Academy of Art at the Rhine in North Rhine Westphalia. In 1969 she moved to Denmark and continued her artistic work: now with film and painting.

The pictures were recorded at the Charlottenborg Kunsthal,
May 8, 2016

As an auction in consciousness hit this installation with the dress on the wall and the ax in the showcase. The romatic white lace dress, awakening thoughts of a bride or a young, innocent girl and executioner tools ...the ax !

A few black / white photo states with little red colour made the associations to speed up. The transition, the abrupt termination of life as a result of the innocence in life spring.