ART NEWS:Dec.02

A central figure in European post-war sculpture, Eduardo Chillida produced an extraordinary body of work over 50 years, establishing himself amongst Spain’s most distinctive and internationally acclaimed artists. The exhibition “Chillida: Rhythm-Time-Silence”, delves into Eduardo’s Chillida longtime exploration of space as material, as well as his philosophical investigations into the relationships between sculpture, architecture, nature and site. Info: Ordovas, 488 Madison Avenue, New York, Duration: 30/10/15-7/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 10:00-18:00, www.ordovasart.com

Bringing the artist’s past and present work together in an entirely new installation, this exhibition “The Promise of If” realizes Minouk’s Lim longstanding interest in the North-South-divided Korea and the consequent issues of the dispersed families. The exhibition takes its theme from the 1983 KBS live broadcast Finding Dispersed Families, as it empathetically looks back on the remaining traces of the diaspora that is inevitably fading away over time. Info: Curator: Soyeon Ahn, PLATEAU Samsung Museum of Art, 55 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul, Duration: 3/12/15-14/2/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00, www.plateau.or.kr

“The Inoperative Community” is a group exhibition of experimental narrative film and video that address ideas of community and the shifting nature of social relations. It draws on work made since 1968 for cinema, television and the gallery, reflecting the overlapping and entangled histories of these sites. The exhibition focuses on a period that could be described as the long 1970s (1968-84), all the works were either made during this time, or reflect on the radical social and political movements of the era. Info: Curator: Dan Kidner, Raven Row, 56 Artillery Lane, London, Duration: 3/12/15-14/2/16, Days & Hours: Wed-Sun 11:00-19:00, www.ravenrow.org

The exhibition “Spatial Illumination – 9 Lights in 9 Rooms”, is comprised of nine separate rooms containing artworks encompassing a variety of genres, including installation, sculpture, video, sound and design. The exhibition aims to show the potential of light to evolve as an artistic medium, offering new and unfamiliar stimuli to our consciousnesses and senses. Info: D MUSEUM, 5-6 Dokseodang-ro 29-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Duration: 5/12/15-8/5/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Wed, Fri & Sun 10:00-18:00, Thu & Sat 10:00-20:00, www.daelimmuseum.org

“Contaminated Zones”, is a project by the Swedish artist Jesper Nordahl. The project contains two video works that are interconnected with the political and economical deviations that accompany the process of privatization in Sri Lanka. The project contains two video works that are interconnected with the political and economical deviations that accompany the process of privatization in Sri Lanka, “Katunayake Free Trade Zone” and “Untitled-An interview with Nimalka Fernando”. Info: Curators: Basak Senova & Branko Franceschi, Museum of Fine Arts (Galerija Umjetnina), Ulica kralja Tomislava 15, Split, Duration: 10/12/15-7/1/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-14:00, www.galum.hr

Associating different generations of artists, the exhibition “Collection’15” is a testament to the IAC’s longstanding support for French and international artistic creation. Initiated more than 30 years ago, and bringing together more than 1,700 works of art, the mandate of the IAC collection is to make itself available on a local level in the Rhône Alpes region, and indeed on a national and international level. Info: Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, 11 rue Docteur Dolard, Villeurbanne, Duration: 11/12/15-14/2/16, Days & Hours: Wed-Fri 14:00-18:00, Sat-sun 13:00-19:00, http://i-ac.eu

An artwork by many and a central site for the European idea: In 2004, the citizens of Bochum in the Ruhr-area of Germany first followed the invitation of internationally renowned artist Jochen Gerz and gave a promise to Europe. Everyone kept their promise to themselves, but the names of those who pledged were inscribed into the ground of the Square of the European Promise. It took 11 years to finalise the participatory work commissioned by the city of Bochum and like so many times before in its history, Europe has changed during those years. Inauguration: 11/12/15, Christuskirche Bochum / City Hall, Bochum

The exhibition “The world is our home. A poem on abstraction”, features works by Robert Motherwell, Bruce Nauman, Tomie Ohtake, and Tang Chang. The exhibition takes as its point of departure a moment in the abstract movement of the post-war era, when dominant international vocabularies became entangled with traditional Asian painting in the work of a few artists, working independently and in disparate contexts. Info: Curators: Cosmin Costinas & Inti Guerrero, Para Site, 22/F Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, Duration: 12/12/15-6/3/16, Days & Hours: Wed-Sun 11:00-19:00, www.para-site.org.hk