Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS DENMARK CINDY SHERMAN: 30 YEARS OF STAGED PHOTOGRAPHY Louisiana Museum of Modern Art The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is located directly on the shore of the Øresund in Humlebæk 35 kilometers north of Copenhagen in Denmark. It has a wide range of modern art paintings, sculptures and videos, including works by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Anselm , Humlebaek Until 20 May This exhibition traces the career of Cindy Sherman who uses herself as model and photographs herself in changing disguises. Manipulating her body with make-up, clothes and artificial body parts, she appears in different forms ranging from the humorous to the violent. www.louisiana.dk GERMANY ANSELM KIEFER This article should be [ translated] from material at . Anselm Kiefer (born March 8, 1945, Donaueschingen) is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Joseph Beuys during the 1970s. His works incorporate materials like straw, , clay, lead, and shellac. Vitra Design Museum The Vitra Design Museum is an internationally renowned, privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. , Weil am Rhein Weil am Rhein is a German town and commune situated on the east bank of the River Rhine, and close to the point at which the Swiss, French and German borders meet. It is the most southwesterly town in Germany. Until 3 September German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer studied with Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys (IPA: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; May 12, 1921 – January 23, 1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. in the '70s and is among the most well-known, most successful yet most controversial postwar German artists. Nazi rule figures strongly in his works, which are in a dull, destructive style. The exhibition is structured round a large series of works Kiefer has been working on since the '90s. www.design-museum.de JAPAN LE CORBUSIER Le Corbusier (lə kôrbüzyā`), pseud. of Charles Édouard Jeanneret (shärl ādwär` zhänərā`), 1887–1965, French architect, b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. :ART AND ARCHITECTURE--A LIFE OF CREATIVITY Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 26 May-24 September Each morning before going to his atelier, Le Corbusier would paint. In this exhibition paintings, drawings and other artworks account for half of the display, the rest is devoted to his architecture and urban planning. www.mori.art.museum SWITZERLAND URBAN REANIMATIONS AND THE MINIMAL INTERVENTION Architekturmuseum, Basel Until 27 May A discourse on the reactivation reactivation to become active after a period of quiescence or, as in bacterial and viral infections, latency. cross reactivation and transformation of spaces and architectures with minimal means and resources is illustrated with an exhibition of several built projects, reshaping notions of usable, and useful, space. www.architekturmuseum.ch UK ETTORE SOTTSASS: A LIFE IN DESIGN Design Museum, London Until 10 June Best known as founder of the groundbreaking 1980s design group Memphis, doyen of Italian design Ettore Sottsass also designed glass and ceramics for Alessi and landmark electronic products for Olivetti. To mark his 90th birthday is an exhibition of his most iconic designs. www.designmuseum.org Subscribe using the enclosed form or click on our website www.arplus.com |
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