Diary.AR'S CHOICE OF CURRENT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS AUSTRIA WILLIAM EGGLESTON William Eggleston (born July 27 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with securing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium to display in art galleries. : LOS ALAMOS Los Alamos (lôs ăl`əmōs', lŏs), uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. Until 24 April Albertina, Vienna The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print room collections in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphics Widely regarded as the father of contemporary art photography using the medium of coloured film, Eggleston combined pioneering technique with an acute eye. 'Los Alamos' is a series of works from 1966 to 1974 during trips through the Southern states Southern States U.S. Confederacy government of 11 Southern states that left the Union in 1860. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73] Dixie popular name for Southern states in U.S. and for song. [Am. Hist. . www.albertina.at DENMARK GERHARD RICHTER: IMAGE AFTER IMAGE Until 29 May 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 Major retrospective of Richter's thought-provoking oeuvre, which examines the modern world and its relationship with images. www.louisiana.dk JAPAN THE ELEGANCE OF SILENCE: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM EAST ASIA Until 19 June Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Work by contemporary artists from Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan showing that despite globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation , economic instability, Western influences and advances in technology, many artists in East Asia continue to engage creatively with the traditions of their region. www.mori.art.museum THE NETHERLANDS THE CITY AS LOFT Until 1 May Netherlands Architecture Institute, Wiebengahal, Maastricht Ways of restructuring urban areas, with a particular emphasis on former docklands, industrial estates and railroad terrains. www.nai.nl UNITED KINGDOM THE ENGINEERING CLUB Until 16 April The Building Centre, London Sports shoes, monocoque mon·o·coque n. A metal structure, such as an aircraft, in which the skin absorbs all or most of the stresses to which the body is subjected. bicycles and biomimetic structures are some of the exhibits in this new show of cutting edge engineering. www.buildingcentretrust.org UNITED STATES THE CITY OF ALEPPO Until 25 May Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge Exhibition on the rehabilitation of the centre of the 5000 year old Syrian city, recently awarded the Veronica Rudge Green Prize for Urban Design. www.gsd.harvard.edu |
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