ART NEWS:Dec.01

Each of the artists in the group exhibition “Thirty Shades of White”, applies his/her own artistic vocabulary and colour aesthetics in a subjective or objective personal journey into the world of shades. White is a demanding colour it reflects the light that all the other filter, dispersing it by refraction so the other colours can delight us. White sheds light on art itself, Malevitch, Opalka, Lewitt, Newman, Twombly, Ryman, Reinhardt, Manzoni, Kelly and many others brilliantly made use of this colour. White symbolises the unity that precedes diversity, rites of passage, balance, grace and a moment frozen in time just before disappearance, obliteration, renunciation, abdication and bereavment. Info: Praz-Delavallade, 5 rue des Haudriettes, Paris, Duration: 28/11/15-23/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 11:00-19:00, www.praz-delavallade.com

The exhibition “Isa Genzken: Mach Dich hübsch!” presents a survey of the oeuvre of Isa Genzken, one of the most influential artists of the last forty years. The exhibition is the first major retrospective of Genzken in the Netherlands and is her largest survey to date, comprising over 200 works, is an odyssey through four decades of an astonishing practice defined by artistic freedom and bold inventiveness. Info: Curator Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museumplein 10, Amsterdam, Duration: 29/11/15-6/3/16, Days & Hours: Fri-Wed 11:00-18:00, Thu 10:00-22:00, www.stedelijk.nl

The South Korean artist Moon Kyungwon present new installation works and research results that have emerged from the three-year “Promise Park Project”, focusing on “park of the future” since its launch back in 2013. Focusing on the “park” as a place where the activities of humans across different ages and cultures come together, the project aims to explore the meaning of the park from its establishment and discuss future forms of public spaces with experts from various fields. At the same time, it can also be understood as a platform for various engineers and researchers to engage in research and discussion. Info: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), 7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, Duration: 28/11/15-14/2/16, Days & Hours: Wed-Mon 11:00-19:00, http://promise-park.ycam.jp

“Dunhuang-Song of Living Beings”, is the first major exhibition of Dunhuang grottoes art in Shanghai, showcases 165 sets of original works and artifacts representing all the core aspects of Dunhuang art and culture. Highlights include eight replica caves that embody the highest artistic value of the Dunhuang grottoes, 11 copies of painted stucco sculptures, 60 copies of cave murals produced by the founding pioneers of the National Dunhuang Art Institute, 25 copies of silk paintings, 10 carved brick replicas from the Dunhuang tombs of the Han Dynasty, and 51 cultural relics from Dunhuang. Info: Shanghai Himalayas Museum, 3F, No. 869, Yinghua Rd., Pudong District, Shanghai, Duration: 1/12/15-20/3/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00, www.himalayasmuseum.org

Largely gathered around the fledgling, yet intense, art scene located in and around Venice, California, during the 1970s, artists of the Light and Space Movement were influenced by the distinctive atmospheric qualities of the landscape of Southern California’s Westside beachfront communities. “LAX – MIA: Light + Space” reimagines and re-contextualizes notions that fostered the artistic practices of these artists, giving their works a parallel and fresh life on Florida’s eastern coastal edge. Info: Curator: Parallel (Terry Riley, Joachim Pissarro, John Keenen), The Surf Club, 9011 Collins Ave., Surfside, Duration: 1-12/12/15, Days & Hours: Daily 11:00-17:00, http://thesurfclub.com

“Space Shuttle in the Garden” brings together and connects, for the first time, a selection of works by Petrit Halilaj from recent years as well as new ones conceived specifically for the occasion. Setting out from the life and history of the artist and from the changes that have occurred in his native country (Kosovo), the exhibition explores universal themes such as memory, the search for identity, and the concept of home as both a shared and private space, arriving at reflections on community and on the creation and preservation of a common cultural heritage. Info: Fondazione Pirelli HangarBicocca, Via Chiese 2, Milano, Duration: 3/12/15-13/3/16, Days & Hours: Thu-Sun 11:00-23:00, www.hangarbicocca.org

Tomasz Kowalski, who is a key figure among a new generation of Polish artists, will show nine paintings, 11 gouache paperworks, a sculpture, and three self-composed sound installations. His works disclose a terrain existing beyond the certainty of the boundaries between past, present and future, as new forms of knowledge and sensation are opened up. The work’s multiple paths of exploration, through space and time, intermingle material and immaterial worlds engendering an entranced zone where the ghosts of the past and the future are constantly emerging. Info: Tim Van Laere Gallery, Verlatstraat 23-25, Antwerp, Duration: 3/12/15-23/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 13:00-18:00, www.timvanlaeregallery.com

The 2015 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (2015 UABB) features presentations from over 72 exhibitors from five continents who will all explore the theme “Re-Living The City”. The Biennale explores the reimagining, repurposing, and remaking of our existing urban spaces and architecture. Aiming to show ways in which designers can work with people to make the city more useful, just, and sustainable. The biennale will be presented in five primary exhibitions: Collage City 3D, Maker Maker, Pearl River Delta 2.0, Radical Urbanism, and Social City”. Info: Curators: Aaron Betsky, Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner & Doreen Heng Liu, Dacheng Flour Factory, Shekou Harbor Avenue & Pine Lake Road, Shekou District, Shenzhen, Duration: 4/12/15-4/3/16, http://en.szhkbiennale.org

“Selected Works: Raha Raissnia” is an exhibition of the artist’s dense explorations of light which manifest as works on paper, paintings and film installations. Described as a “night-painter,” one that Milton Cruz situates as having a habit of “starting from the other side of things,” Raissnia’s works emerge from stillness, silence and darkness whilst operating at the fleeting moment of being half-awake, as light flutters between the hallucinatory state that is difficult to wrap around consciousness. Info: Ab/Anbar Gallery, No. 2, Roshan Manesh Alley, Khaghani Street, Haftetir Square, Tehran, Duration: 4-31/12/15, Days & Hours: Sun-Fri 12:00-20:00, www.ab-anbar.com

“Mobile M+: Live Art”, the ninth project in the ongoing Mobile M+ exhibition series, expands the definition of the work of art from a static object to a situation. Here, art is recast as conduit rather than form, communication rather than meaning, an active verb rather than a passive noun. Often ephemeral and temporary, as well as variable and adaptable, this kind of art activates the artist or performer’s body as the main medium and looks to voice, breath, movement, and physical effort as channels of expression. Info: Curators: Doryun Chong & Pauline J., Various Locations in Hong Kong, Duration: 4-20/12/15, Details: www.westkowloon.hk

The exhibition “Streamlines: Oceans, Global Trade and Migration” focuses on the metaphor of the oceans for the examination of the cultural effects of global trade and the flow of goods from the “South” to the “North”. The exhibition encourages viewers to think about how oceans are used. Not only the European longing for the exotic has transformed the face of the world, as with the influence of non-European art and cult objects on modern art, but trade and imports of raw materials, such as cacao, coffee, cotton and gold from other continents have also irreversibly shaped Western way of life. Info: Curator: Koyo Kouoh, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Deichtorstrasse 1-2, Hamburg, Duration: 4/12/15-13/3/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00, www.deichtorhallen.de

A retrospective of Gerhard Rühm entitled “Total View”, the artist has always worked as a writer, musician and artist on the edge of each of these disciplines and has made a decisive contribution to their development. When he composes language as music, collages words as pictures, or puts writing to the crucial test as drawings, his lines and sign systems set out his trails of thought. Info: Curator: Roman Grabner, Neue Galerie Graz – Universalmuseum Joanneum, Joanneumsviertel, Graz, Duration: 4/12/15-21/2/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00, www.museum-joanneum.at

The MA Curatorial Practice of the School of Visual Art New York will host “Women Speaking to Power: An Evening of Conversation with Tania Bruguera and Shirin Neshat”. Two of the most significant contemporary artists in the world today, they will speak with each other about their experiences as citizens and artists whose works consider gender, politics, their respective homelands, Cuba and Iran, and beyond. Info: 132 West 21st Street, 10th floor, New York, Date 11/12/15, Registration: www.eventbrite.com