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• The Unique Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design in Berlin ~ Was and Is A One Of A Kind Educational Museum ~ Says Our Editor
• Giorgio de Chirico at Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM)
• Haunch of Venison will host UK Solo of Bengali-American Artist Rina Banerjee
• Paris Photo 2009 to Spotlight Arab and World Photography in November
• 50 Solo Gallery Exhibitions to be Part of New York Gallery Week 2010
• Frye Art Museum to exhibit " Dreaming the Emerald City "
• "The Antidote" at Claire Oliver features Works by Seven Artists
• Simon Linke solos at Mireille Mosler, Ltd. in New York
• Sculpture by Hervé Wahlen
• Luc Tuymans Solo Exhibition at Wiels Contemporary Art Center in Brussels
• The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Presents Photography, Film, and Video by Sam Taylor-Wood
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) to show Lawrence Weiner ~ 'As Far as the Eye can See'
• Stuart Shave/Modern Art shows Second Solo Exhibition with Jacqueline Humphries
• Julio Valdez 'Water Paintings' at June Kelly Gallery
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

The Unique Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design in Berlin ~ Was and Is A One Of A Kind Educational Museum ~ Says Our Editor Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:22 PM PST The Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design, in Berlin, collects items, documents and literature which relate to the Bauhaus School (1919 - 1933), one of the most influential schools of architecture, design, and art of the 20th century and puts them on public display. The museum features the most complete collection of the school's history and work. The collection is installed in a building drafted by the famous architect Walter Gropius, the school's founder. Spanning art forms including fine arts, photography, industrial design, architecture and urban design it was forced to move from provincial Thuringia to Dessau and then to Berlin following threats from the Nazi regime. The entire spectrum of the school´s activities is represented in the Bauhaus Collection: architecture, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, photography, stage pieces and student work from the preliminary course, as well as works created by the school´s famous teachers, including Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Josef Albers, Oskar Schlemmer, László Moholy-Nagy and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Even today, the "Bauhaus Lamp", the "Wassily" armchair, Bauhaus wallpaper and other pieces are regarded as modern classics. This presentation of paintings, drawings, sculptures and models by Bauhaus masters and students from the world´s largest collection of Bauhaus artifacts illustrates its lasting influence. Researchers have access to over 28,000 volumes (books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues) on the history and reception of Bauhaus ideas and activities in the library. The document collection contains manuscripts, letters, printed matter, drawings, plans and photos, as well as the Gropius Estate. The programme of the museum is complemented by at least four special annual exhibitions, numerous lectures, podium discussions, workshops, readings and concerts. The educational and social claim to a new configuration of life and a corresponding environment could not be so easily achieved. The school's name became a synonym for the ongoing trend. However, changes in the directorship of the school and among teachers, as well as artistic influences from various sources and the political situation in which the school's experimental work was staged, resulted in a permanent transformation. The Bauhaus began with an utopian definition: "The building of the future" was to combine all the arts in ideal unity. This required a new type of artist beyond academic specialization, for whom the Bauhaus would offer adequate education. In order to reach this goal, the founder, Walter Gropius, saw the necessity to develop new teaching methods and was convinced that the base for any art was to be found in handcraft: "the school will gradually turn into a workshop". Indeed, artists and craftsmen directed classes and production together at the Bauhaus. This was intended to remove any distinction between fine arts and applied arts. The numerous consequences of the experiment flow into contemporary life even today. The Bauhaus was the 20th-century's emblematic, most important school of design, architecture and art, and has thus left its mark on design to the present day. The painting "A II" ( above) illustrates how Moholy-Nagy translated his efforts to manipulate light "as a new plastic medium" onto the painted canvas. In the first painting, the colored parallelograms and circles appear to be almost translucent as one plane overlaps the next and their hues shift accordingly. In the second, the intersecting transparent forms read as converging beams of light. A sense of layered space, echoing the artist's three-dimensional plastic "paintings" constructed with clear, projecting planes, was thus achieved. The contrived play of shadow and illumination on these canvases underscores the artist's conviction that light could be harnessed as an effective aesthetic medium, "just as color in painting and tone in music." László Moholy-Nagy's utopian view that the transformative powers of art could be harnessed for collective social reform—a tenet embedded in much Modernist theory—reflected his early association with a coalition of artists devoted to the fusion of art and political activism. It was also tied to his long-standing affiliation with the Bauhaus, the German artistic and educational community founded by Walter Gropius and dedicated to the development of a universally accessible design vocabulary. With his Bauhaus colleagues, who included Josef Albers, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Oskar Schlemmer, he strove to define an objective science of essential forms, colors, and materials, the use of which would promote a more unified social environment.Moholy-Nagy firmly believed that the art of the present must parallel contemporary reality in order to successfully communicate meaning to a public surrounded by new technological advancements. Hence, he considered traditional, mimetic painting and sculpture obsolete and turned to pure geometric abstraction filtered through the stylistic influence of Russian Constructivism. Inspired by the structural and formal capacities of modern, synthetic materials, Moholy-Nagy experimented with transparent and opaque plastics, particularly Celluloid, Bakelite, Trolitan, and Plexiglas. In 1923 he created his first painting on clear plastic, giving physical form to his profound interest in the effects of light, which would later be manifest in film and photography as well as in transparent sculptures, such as the kinetic Dual Form with Chromium Rods. Comprehensive shows are organized in parallel to the permanent collection, which occupies the larger part of the exhibition space. These have been devoted to the central Bauhaus artists Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Georg Muche and Herbert Bayer, to the Bauhaus architects (Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) and to the specific Bauhaus workshops (pottery, metal, photography, and advertising). 1993 saw a large exhibition on the work of Henry van de Velde. Guest shows (i.e. 1988 in the Bauhaus in Dessau, or 1995 in Tokyo) lead to a better knowledge of the Bauhaus beyond the "homestead"; likewise, important exhibitions (i.e. 1983 the presentation of the Busch-Reisinger-Museum of Harvard University Art Museums, or 1987 the School of Design in Ulm) came to Berlin. The Bauhaus Archive is now not only treating historical themes from the Bauhaus context, but also actual questions concerning contemporary art, architecture and design. In the exhibition 'From Art to Life : Hungarians at the Bauhaus', the work of the group is presented as an integral part of Bauhaus history. All of the artistic genres that were practiced by the school are represented. The show includes pieces from the period prior to the Bauhaus years of these artists — particularly Cubo-Expressionist works created by the seven Bauhäusler who came from the southern Hungarian city of Pécs. Other major themes are the early Constructivist phase of Lászlo Moholy-Nagy and Sándor Bortnyik, as well as the furniture of Marcel Breuer and the contribution of the Hungarians to architecture and theatre at the Bauhaus. An individual section is devoted to photography and weaving – whereby the latter category is demonstrated through the work of Otti Berger, the most prominent weaver during the late Bauhaus period. ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Editor has been invited to visit Museums and cultural sites in mainland China, Korea, Vietnam. Myanmar, Thailand (Siam), Singapore, Bali and mainland Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, Malaysia, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and now Germany. Because of the Editor's travel we will be posting many interesting articles from our archives, some of the BEST Articles and Art Images that appeared in your magazine during the past six plus (6+) years . . Enjoy.

Giorgio de Chirico at Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:21 PM PST VALENCIA, SPAIN - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) presents The century of Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysics and Architecture, on view through February 17th, 2008. The exhibition The Century of Giorgio De Chirico. Metaphysics and Architecture inquires into the close relation between Giorgio De Chirico's paintings (Bolos, Greece, 1888 – Rome, 1978) and 20th century architecture. It is the first exhibition devoted to this theme in Spain and featuring a number of art works, never exhibited before in our country, by the founder of the artistic movement named scuola metafisica.

Haunch of Venison will host UK Solo of Bengali-American Artist Rina Banerjee Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:19 PM PST LONDON.- In April 2010 Haunch of Venison London will present Forever Foreign – the first UK solo show of Bengali-American artist Rina Banerjee, introducing the New York-based artist's complex, seductive, corporeal oeuvre. Banerjee's drawings, sculptures and assemblage depict mythical, visionary worlds, reflecting the artist's Western and Indian backgrounds with intense colours and hybrid flora and fauna. The fantastical floating world Banerjee creates is reminiscent of Indian miniature paintings.

Paris Photo 2009 to Spotlight Arab and World Photography in November Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:18 PM PST PARIS.- Held at the Carrousel du Louvre from 19th to 22nd November Paris Photo, the world's leading fair for 19th Century, modern and contemporary photography will feature 102 exhibitors including 89 galleries and 13 publishers. With 75% of selected participants coming from 23 countries, the 2009 edition is remarkable in terms of its geographical diversity. With 11 galleries Germany is first among the foreign participants, followed by the United States with 10 galleries, the United Kingdom (7), the Netherlands (6), Japan and Spain (5 galleries each), Italy (3), two each from South Africa, Denmark the United Arab Emirates, Finland, Tunisia, and finally one for Austria, Belgium, China, South Korea, Hungary, Portugal, Russia, Lebanon and Morocco. France is represented by 21 galleries, among which several newcomers make their debut such as La B.A.N.K, Patricia Dorfman, Dominique Fiat, Françoise Paviot and la Galerie RX.

50 Solo Gallery Exhibitions to be Part of New York Gallery Week 2010 Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:16 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- New York Gallery Week, a new initiative organized collectively by 50 Manhattan-based contemporary art galleries and 7 not for- profits – spanning Chelsea, SoHo, the Lower East Side/Bowery, the Upper East Side, and 57th Street – will launch its pilot program in May 2010. With a shared desire to refocus the art world's attention toward the city's longstanding exceptional gallery programming, a group of emerging and established galleries have come together with a mission to put the spotlight back on the galleries and the artists.

Frye Art Museum to exhibit " Dreaming the Emerald City " Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:13 PM PST   SEATTLE, WA - Dreaming the Emerald City unites two of Seattle's foundational art collections for the first time, demonstrating how Charles and Emma Frye and Horace C. Henry—founders of the Frye Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery, respectively—enhanced the city's cultural fabric through the acquisition, display and donation of world-class paintings in the early twentieth century. On view Nov. 3, 2007 through April 6, 2008, the exhibition is curated by Robin Held, the Frye's chief curator and director of exhibitions and collections.

"The Antidote" at Claire Oliver features Works by Seven Artists Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:11 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- In the 160 years since French painter Paul Delaroche proclaimed "from today painting is dead", many scholars and critics of art have echoed his sentiments. As each new concept or movement in the visual arts comes to the fore, judgment is passed on all that came before it. In Delaroche' time, the advent of photography changed the usefulness of painting as documentation, in the 20th century, modernist painting transitioned paint from a representational two dimensional medium to art grounded in codes rather than images. In our contemporary culture of instant access and short attention spans, painting has once again reinvented itself.

Simon Linke solos at Mireille Mosler, Ltd. in New York Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:09 PM PST New York City - Mireille Mosler, Ltd. announces a solo exhibition of Simon Linke's Artforum advertisement paintings dating from 1988 to the present. The classic square Artforum ad (the grid-like design of which was conceived by Ed Ruscha,) serves as an indelible endorsement of the exhibition it announces. Although Artforum is respected for its serious editorial content, its advertisements have become an increasingly significant component of the magazine. Often seen before or in lieu of the actual exhibition, advertisements encourage pre-judgment based on commercial qualities such as graphic design, recognizable gallery logos, or the artist's assumed prestige. With humor, critique, and technical precision, Linke reproduces these familiar images to displace the ego and reclaim art's conceptual content. On view through 25 October, 2008.

Sculpture by Hervé Wahlen Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:08 PM PST   NEW YORK CITY - Barry Friedman Ltd. is pleased to presents Dinanderie, an exhibition of sculpture by French artist Hervé Wahlen, from February 21 through March 15, 2008. This exhibition demonstrates Wahlen's mastery with the rare and unusual art of dinanderie, the manual shaping of copper metal sheeting and its subsequent decorative processes, including hammering, shaping, soldering and welding, cutting and patination. The resulting organically shaped objects are both sensuous and enigmatic.

Luc Tuymans Solo Exhibition at Wiels Contemporary Art Center in Brussels Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:06 PM PST Brussels, Belgium - This is the first solo exhibition of Luc Tuymans in Brussels. The artist will present, in world premiere, twenty new paintings. The works are the third and last part of a triptych that began with the series Les Revenants about the power of the Jesuit Order and continued with Forever. The Management of Magic, about the Walt Disney phenomenon. In this new series, Tuymans continues his work focusing on virtual reality, fantasies and illusions in images and concentrates on virtual images and images without any sense of reality. Thus, Tuymans continues his research on the illusion and manipulation of images and gives answers through his painting practice.

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Presents Photography, Film, and Video by Sam Taylor-Wood Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:04 PM PST HOUSTON, TX - The British are coming to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston with the exhibition Sam Taylor-Wood, on view August 2 – October 5, 2008. Organized by Margo A. Crutchfield, senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, this is the first major U.S. museum exhibition of work by London-based artist Sam Taylor-Wood, acclaimed for her photography and film-based installations. Her work examines the shared social and psychological conditions of the human experience, often through depictions of highly charged and emotional situations.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) to show Lawrence Weiner ~ 'As Far as the Eye can See' Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:59 PM PST   LOS ANGELES, CA - The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) will open the exhibit Lawrence Weiner: As Far as the Eye can See on 13 April. The first major United States retrospective of the work of New York-based artist Lawrence Weiner (b.1942, Bronx, NY), one of the key figures associated with the emergence and foundations of conceptual art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner: As Far as the Eye Can See provides a comprehensive examination of Weiner's remarkable and cohesive oeuvre, assembling key selections and bodies of work from throughout his 40-year career.

Stuart Shave/Modern Art shows Second Solo Exhibition with Jacqueline Humphries Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:57 PM PST LONDON.- Modern Art presents their second solo exhibition with the American painter Jacqueline Humphries. In this new body of work, completed in 2009-2010, Humphries continues her engagement with metallic silver pigment as a means to challenge conventional norms of painted space. The new paintings shimmer with lush reflectivity that changes dramatically as the viewer moves in relation to them. Her silver surfaces reference the contemporary abstract found in stray urban light, architectural chrome and glass, flat screens and cinematic space. On view 25 March to 24 April, 2010.

Julio Valdez 'Water Paintings' at June Kelly Gallery Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:54 PM PST   New York City - Water Paintings, an exhibition of new work by Julio Valdez in which he displays his continuing mythic fascination with the sea, will open at the June Kelly Gallery, 591 Broadway, NYC, on September 6. The exhibition, the artist's inaugural show at the gallery, will remain on view through October 2.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:53 PM PST This is a new feature for the subscribers and visitors to Art Knowledge News (AKN), that will enable you to see "thumbnail descriptions" of the last ninety (90) articles and art images that we published. This will allow you to visit any article that you may have missed ; or re-visit any article or image of particular interest. Every day the article "thumbnail images" will change. For you to see the entire last ninety images just click : here . When opened that also will allow you to change the language from English to anyone of 54 other languages, by clicking your language choice on the upper left corner of our Home Page.  You can share any article we publish with the eleven (11) social websites we offer like Twitter, Flicker, Linkedin, Facebook, etc. by one click on the image shown at the end of each opened article.  Last, but not least, you can email or print any entire article by using an icon visible to the right side of an article's headline.

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