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• 'Orientalism from Delacroix to Kandinsky' at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung in Munich
• The Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux ~ Eclectic & Challenging Art
• Michael Jackson's ' Thriller', Muppets Among 25 Honored in United States Film Registry
• Painting: Process and Expansion From the 1950s Until Now at MUMOK
• Growing Conversion of Movies to 3-D Draws Mixed Reactions
• Tim Burton and the Lurid Beauty of Monsters at MoMA
• Laura Owens Hosted at Camden Arts Centre
• Ryan Mosley's First Major Solo Exhibition at Alison Jacques Gallery
• Getty Center to Exhibit "Urban Panoramas" by Three Noted Photographers
• Leonora Carrington ~ The Talismanic Lens ~ at Frey Norris Gallery
• Survey of Surf-Themed Art at Three Galleries in Chelsea
• The Library of Congress administers Swann Foundation Awards for 2009-2010
• Works on Paper by Helen Frankenthaler on View at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe
• Ted Vasin Paintings with HyperSonic Sound
• Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

'Orientalism from Delacroix to Kandinsky' at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung in Munich Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:09 PM PDT Munich, Germany - With some 150 paintings and sculptures, the major exhibition 'Orientalism in Europe: from Delacroix to Kandinsky' presents the diverse interpretations of the Islamic Orient, North Africa and the Middle East by almost 100 western European artists. This survey starts with Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (1798–1801) and continues through to the Modernism of the early 20th century. Masterpieces by Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme, Renoir, Sargent, Klee and Kandinsky present Orientalism as a diverse artistic theme that transcends styles, artistic perspectives and national borders. Also awaiting discovery are magnificent works by lesser known artists like Lawrence Alma Tadema, Gustav Bauernfeind, Jaroslav Cermák, Henri Evenepoel, Fabio Fabbi, Osman Hamdi Bey, John Frederick Lewis, Alberto Pasini, Edward Poynter and José Villegas y Cordero. The exhibition runs until May 1st 2011. Any exhibition that is dedicated to such multifaceted and complex subject matter is compelled to consider the social, political, ethnical and religious aspects in addition to the numerous artistic perspectives. Fascination with this geographical region, spanning three continents and ruled for a long time by the Ottoman Empire, has abounded in the western world for as long as knowledge of their cultures and trade with them has existed. However, during the 19th century, the situation changed dramatically. Until this point, orientalism as a courtly art form was largely expressed in so-called Turqueries or Chinoiseries, yet very few artists had actually travelled that far afield. Then Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign heralded a veritable "Egyptomania" all over Europe. The French army was accompanied by 167 scholars and artists who consequently gave rise not only to new scientific disciplines but also to a new orientalism in art. Many artists now started actually travelling to various locations as official emissaries of western governments or on their own initiative in order to document cultures that were considered to be unspoiled. Some of them even settled there permanently. In turn, their paintings and photographs fostered further tourism and shaped a particular image of the Orient that was strongly influenced by colonial motivations. Some dreamt of sensual pleasures from the 'Tales of 1,001 Nights', which are reflected in the numerous depictions of drug and harem fantasies. Others were fascinated by the emotionality of a forbidding culture that had been considered 'barbaric' until then. During the 19th century, Islamic cities were rediscovered in southern Spain, thereby sparking off a great deal of curiosity for the Orient. For academic artists, the search for the roots of civilisation was of prime importance. This included not only the classical monuments but also those landscapes that were considered unchanged since the time of Jesus Christ, in order to represent historical and biblical paintings more realistically. The infinite expanse of the desert offered a unique artistic challenge, and the developing sciences of ethnography and anthropology were also reflected in art. The exhibition concludes with works by several modern artists who were equally unable to resist the allure of the Orient and who interpreted the topic with a new pictorial expression. In the globalised world of the 21st century, the different moral concepts of east and west are still colliding and the original fascination with this foreign culture is sadly lacking in the discussions on burkas and minarets. Thus, an exhibition that documents the West's view of the Orient not only presents magnificent works of art but also some of the history of the conflicts and projections. One successful aspect of the exhibition would be if it manages to uncover a wider diversity of facets on this topic, thereby leading to a greater understanding of today's positions. The 'Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung' (the Exhibition Gallery of the Hypo-Cultural Foundation) is the best known and most important entity of the Hypo-Cultural Foundation. This exhibition space on Munich's Theatinerstraße, is located within the busy pedestrian zone in the very city centre. More than 80 exhibitions have been presented since the opening of the venue in 1985. In 2001, the Kunsthalle moved into new premises within the city block complex called 'Fünf Höfe' (the five courtyards), which has been designed by the renowned Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The exhibition space of some 1200 square meters is equipped with the latest technical, security, and climate-control requirements. High artistic quality and thematic variety have always been the guiding force in establishing the exhibition program, which has included art dating from 5,000 BC up to the present day. Themes addressing a broader cultural context, such as prehistoric or non-European civilizations, have been featured in exhibitions like "Sudan", "Korea, The Ancient Kingdoms", or "The Gold of the Scythians". An interdisciplinary exhibition was first organised in 2005, and dealt with the subject of water. The heart of the exhibition program, however, is based on western art including works by Old Masters ("Madame de Pompadour" or "Frans Hals and Haarlem Painting") and classical modern art, featuring artists like Chagall, Gauguin, Giacometti, Kirchner, Magritte, Munch, or Picasso. Some of the best visited exhibitions of the past years include "Monet and Modern Art" (237,000 visitors), followed by "Folkwang the First Museum of Modern Art", as well as "Mark Rothko - Retrospective". With an average of more than 300,000 visitors annually, the Kunsthalle has welcomed some 7 million art lovers since its inauguration in 1985. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.hypo-kunsthalle.de

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux ~ Eclectic & Challenging Art Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:08 PM PDT Located in an old harbor warehouse built in the 19th Century, the Museum of Contemporary Art in the City of Bordeaux (MCACB) presents all the major movements in the art world since the 1960s. Works are displayed in monographic or thematic categories, and many young (and local French) artists are given pride of place. Visitors can admire a selection from the almost 1,700 works in the permanent collection as well as several temporary exhibits, which altogether unite around 200 artists. The first contemporary art exhibition to be held in Bordeaux took place in 1973, organized by Jean-Louis Froment. After the success of that exhibition, the Contemporary Arts Center (CAPC) was established in the 'Laine' Warehouse. The building, designed by Claude Deschamps), dates from 1824, when it was established with a license to import and re-export goods (including sugar, coffee, cocoa, cotton, spices etc.) from the French colonies. During the twentieth century the building fell into disuse as the main shipping activities in Bordeaux moved, and by the 1970s the warehouse was facing demolition. A campaign to save the building, have it listed in the inventory of historical monuments and purchased by the city was successful and in 1973 the building was taken over by the city and work started to transform it into an arts center. Works were divided into 2 stages, the first to stabilize the building's structure and provide art facilities (stages, galleries and exhibition areas) was completed by the early 1980's and took place while the CAPC built up its permanent collection and held regular exhibitions (including Andy Warhol amongst other prominent artists) in the site. In 1984, the young art center, which had quickly been noticed on the international scene, was renamed the Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Bordeaux. At the time, only the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, could match its dedication to, and collection of, contemporary art. The first items in the collection came from loans, donations and the acquisition of works shown in exhibitions. The second stage of the works at the Laine Warehouse started in 1984 shortly after the CAPC was renamed. Again, largely being carried out while the museum remained open, the second stage saw the addition of more galleries and exhibition space, a storage facility, library, restoration facilities and restaurant. All works were completed in 1990, and since then, the museum has occupied the entire building along with the 'Rainbow Dream' architectural center, displaying works from the collection alongside multiple temporary exhibitions. The reopening was celebrated with a major exhibition of works by Richard Senna alongside highlights from the permanent collection. In 2006 Charlotte Laubard became head of the MCACB, taking over from Maurice Fréchure and embarked on a program to reposition the MCACB as a leading international center for contemporary art in all fields, extending the museum's activities into music, architecture, cinema and literature as well as mass media and popular culture. Visit the museum's website at … www.capc-bordeaux.fr The Museum of Contemporary Art in the City of Bordeaux collection contains almost 1,700 works by some 200 artists, presenting European and American trends of the 1960s and 70s through to the modern day, including Land Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera. The basis of the collection dates to the early days of the CAPC. Acquisitions and donations were obtained in an ad-hoc manner, sometimes reinforcing the axes and the foundations of the historical collection, sometimes favoring a new generation of artists whose works took the collection in new and exciting directions. However, overall, the history of the museum's collection reflects what was current in the emerging art scene at the time. The major historical works in the collection mostly favor the artists of the late '60s and early '70s (Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Wolfgang Laib, Richard Serra) and are marked by a shift in thinking about art, a questioning of artistic practices and status of the work itself (Joseph Kosuth, On Kawara, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Long). The works of Bruce Nauman put the human body to the test and introduce the question of limits, both artistic and physical. The crisis of the contemporary art market in France in the late '60s, encouraged the emergence of groups like BMPT (Buren, Mosset, Parmentier, Toroni) or 'Supports/Surfaces', represented in the collection by artists including Bioulès, Dezeuze , Viallat Pages. These artists, influenced by American painter such as Mark Rothko became solely concerned with the act of applying paint to canvas, producing increasingly abstract works. In contrast, the 1980's saw a return to figurative painting in France, well represented in the museum collection with works by Francis Boisrond, Combas, Jean Charles Blais and Hervé Di Rosa as well as contemporary Spanish artists like Jose Maria Sicilia or Miquel Barceló. The "Exposure Traffic" exhibition in 1996 by Nicolas Bourriaud caused a switch in the acquisitions policy to concentrate on young artists who favor relational aesthetics and user-friendly devices (including Andrea Zittel, Dominique Gonzalez Foerster, Philippe Parreno, Liam Gillick). Other more intimate works from a generation of artists marked by the social changes of the late twentieth century include pieces by Nan Goldin, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Jack Pierson and Wolfgang Tillmans. The MCACB collection has recently added significant selections of works by Guillaume Leblon, Diego Perrone, Vincent Lamouroux and Vittorio Santoro. Recent exhibitions that update the relationship between art and popular culture triggered a new line of collection development, forming a coherent set of works acquired by artists such as Stéphane Dafflon, Olaf Breuning, Bruno Peinado and Dewar & Gicquel. The history of the collection of MCAB is also closely linked to the arts in Bordeaux, and local artists such as Buy-sellf, Lawrence Deunff, Benoît Maire, Damien Mazières, Chantal Raguet, Sabrier Jean and Jean-Paul Thibeau all featured strongly. Two major exhibitions can currently be viewed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the City of Bordeaux. Until the 4th of April 2011, works from the permanent collection are displayed under the title of 'Le Chateau (The Castle)", a journey around thirteen rooms, punctuated by the works of twenty artists and articulated around concepts such as work and the real, the material or its simulacrum, the mental or material, the entry in the space, memory, metaphor of a project. These works offer other views, other possible worlds. The exhibition features both recent acquisitions and pieces from the collection which have not been displayed for some time. "Johan Furåker: Pathological Tourism" is a major travelling exhibition on show at MCACB until 24th April. Dromomania (or travelling fugue), is an uncontrollable psychological urge to wander. People with this condition spontaneously depart from their routine, travel long distances and take up different identities and occupations. Months may pass before they return to their former identities. The term comes from the Greek, dromos (running) and mania (insanity). The most famous case was that of Jean-Albert Dadas, a Bordeaux gas-fitter. Dadas would suddenly set out on foot and reach cities as far away as Constantinople, Prague, Vienna, Istanbul, Moscow or Algeria with no memory of his travels and having always managed to lose all his papers. A medical student, Philippe Tissie, wrote about Dadas in his doctoral dissertation in 1887. In this exhibition, the Swedish artist Johan Furåker explores the fascinating story of Dadas. Many of the works in the exhibition are almost photographic hyper-realistic, but based entirely on Furåker's imagination, since there is little in the way of a photographic record of either Dadas or Tissie (even in the Bordeaux records). Furåker Johan was born in Uppsala in 1978 and lives in Malmö (Sweden). He graduated from the Art Academy of Malmö. The exhibition at the CAPC is his first solo exhibition in an institution. It is accompanied by a catalog with texts by Gertrude Sandqvist and Alexis Vaillant.

Michael Jackson's ' Thriller', Muppets Among 25 Honored in United States Film Registry Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON, DC (AP).- Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with that unforgettable zombie dance, will rest among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. The Library of Congress hosts the National Film Registry, said to be the world's largest archive of film, TV, and sound recordings. An honor to be asked to participate, the 25 inductees were on the short list of the hundreds of titles considered. The 1983 Jackson music video directed by John Landis, though still the subject of lawsuits over profits, was one of 25 films to be inducted for preservation in the 2009 National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

Painting: Process and Expansion From the 1950s Until Now at MUMOK Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:06 PM PDT VIENNA.- The exhibition deepens and sharpens the definition of two central aspects present in the postwar development of abstract painting: painting as a processual, self-reflecting medium as well as the expansion of painting into the domain where it references objects and space and which accompanied the dissolution of the picture. Almost two hundred works testify to painting in the throes of a crisis in respect of traditional notions of the art form, the conception of picture-making, and the attempt to overcome them. Starting out from positions that were already historical at the time, an arc is drawn into the present and the impressive–in terms of both quantity and quality–Austrian contribution to these developments is presented. On view 9 July through 3 October.

Growing Conversion of Movies to 3-D Draws Mixed Reactions Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:05 PM PDT New York Times - For weeks, Hollywood has sat in judgment of a last-second decision by Warner Brothers to convert its two-dimensional "Clash of the Titans" into 3-D after filming was finished. James Cameron cried sacrilege, Michael Bay said such quickie conversions resulted in "fake 3-D" and fanboy bloggers lambasted Warner and urged people to skip it. But what about regular moviegoers — would they even notice anything amiss with the movie's 3-D? It's no small question for Hollywood. With at least 70 movies in the 3-D pipeline — including many similar conversion projects — studios and theater owners are betting heavily that audiences will snap up increasingly expensive 3-D tickets. Mr. Cameron, whose "Avatar"sparked this fervor by racking up nearly $2.7 billion in global ticket sales, fretted to Deadline.com that Warner is "expecting the same result, when in fact they will probably work against the adoption of 3-D, because they'll be putting out an inferior product."

Tim Burton and the Lurid Beauty of Monsters at MoMA Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:03 PM PDT New York, NY - A director of fables, fairy tales, and fantasies, with an aesthetic that incorporates the Gothic, the Grand Guignol, and German Expressionism, Tim Burton has created a body of films—fourteen features released over two and a half decades thus far—that reveal an uncompromised auteurist vision. Burton's striking visuals and indelible characters make even his blockbuster studio films intimately personal. From adaptations to musicals to stop-motion animated films, his work bears a distinctive, unmistakable point-of-view, and his unique interpretations of well-known comic and literary characters, real-life personalities, and beloved childhood icons have resulted in creations that sometimes surpass their sources.

Laura Owens Hosted at Camden Arts Centre Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:01 PM PDT LONDON - A new exhibition opens at Camden Arts Centre by leading LA-based artist Laura Owens of her paintings from the last 10 years.  Owens is the most prominent amongst a generation of young artists who re-invigorated painting in the 1990s.  Her canvases, known for their exuberance and inventiveness, will be shown alongside preparatory studies on canvas. Blending an extraordinary range of techniques, Owens sources material from Western art history, folk and decorative art.  She creates distinctive and multi-layered surfaces which glide between representation and abstraction.  Her sheer pleasure in the act of picture making is evident in these emotionally heightened works.  On exhibition 29 September – 26 November 2006.

Ryan Mosley's First Major Solo Exhibition at Alison Jacques Gallery Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:59 PM PDT LONDON.- Already acknowledged as one of the most distinctive of the ʻNewspeak' painters, British artist Ryan Mosley's first major solo exhibition opened at Alison Jacques Gallery. Admired for what Art Review has described as 'hyperfigurative psychocubism', and an approach to painting which is at once both historical and fantastical, Mosley's work simultaneously acknowledges a profound debt to the received genres and traditions of art history and an exuberant willingness to subordinate such categories to a uniquely personal painterly vision. On exhibit until 13 February, 2010.

Getty Center to Exhibit "Urban Panoramas" by Three Noted Photographers Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:57 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, CA.- On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, February 2 through June 6, 2010, "Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim" brings together bodies of work by three contemporary photographers that recently entered the Museum's collection. Each artist explores a specific city and how various modes of transportation define the urban infrastructure. Selections from Catherine Opie's "Mini-malls" series, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao's "Habitat 7" series, and Soo Kim's "Midnight Reykjavík" series will be on display. This exhibition will run concurrently with A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans.

Leonora Carrington ~ The Talismanic Lens ~ at Frey Norris Gallery Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:55 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, CA . – Frey Norris Gallery presents "The Talismanic Lens," the result of a five year endeavor of collecting, studying and getting to know Leonora Carrington, one of the last surviving Surrealist artists and writers. It has been almost ten years since such a major collection of her work has been on display (her last solo exhibition in California was at the Mexican Museum in San Francisco in 1991). On exhibition 7 February through 30 March, 2008.

Survey of Surf-Themed Art at Three Galleries in Chelsea Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:53 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Nyehaus, Friedrich Petzel Gallery and Metro Pictures present "SWELL" —curated by Tim Nye and Jacqueline Miro—a survey of surf-themed art that opened July 1st at the three locations in Chelsea. Each gallery focuses on a different aspect of this work, Metro will be exhibiting many of the core group of Venice Beach artists associated with Light and Space or Fetish Finish (many of them surfers) including DeWain Valentine, Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Moses, as well as the Ferus Gallery artists Craig Kauffman, Ed Ruscha, Wally Berman, Bruce Conner, and Llynn Foulkes, and associated L.A. artists John McCracken, Ken Price, Joe Goode, George Herms, Tony Berlant and Helen Pashgian.

The Library of Congress administers Swann Foundation Awards for 2009-2010 Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:49 PM PDT Washington, DC - The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress, announces fellowship awards to three applicants for the academic year 2009-2010: Yasemin Gencer, Amanda Lahikainen and Jason E. Hill. Because of an unusually large number of strong applications, the foundation's advisory board did not award a single fellowship this year but instead decided to support three applicants' projects with smaller awards. New York advertising executive Erwin Swann (1906 1973) established the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon in 1967.  An avid collector, Swann assembled a large group of original drawings by over 500 artists, spanning two centuries, which his estate bequeathed to the Library of Congress in the 1970s.

Works on Paper by Helen Frankenthaler on View at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:47 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe is presenting an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928). "Helen Frankenthaler" will remain on view through January 23, 2010. This marks the fourth exhibition of the artist's work at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe. Helen Frankenthaler is one of the country's most distinguished living artists. Born in New York City in 1928, Frankenthaler attended the Dalton School where she studied under Rufino Tamayo and later graduated from Bennington College in Vermont.

Ted Vasin Paintings with HyperSonic Sound Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:46 PM PDT   San Francisco, CA - The Summer Group Exhibition at Frey Norris Gallery features Ted Vasin who is unveiling his new large scale multi-panel painting - "Everything You Know Is Wrong (Descend Into Manifestation)". The piece also includes a wall-mounted "hyper-sonic" device that "beams" a directional sound episode in front of the painting. Stand to the left or right of the painting and you won't hear a thing. Stand directly in front of it and you will hear Ted's sound episode, like a materialized ghost whispering in your ear.

Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:44 PM PDT Philadelphia, PA – On view until July 30, 2006 for the first time in this seminal exhibition ICA presents a look at the mythic and art historical significance of Cologne, Germany, bringing together three generations of European and American artists in "Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne."

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:43 PM PDT 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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