Arrivals>Art From The New Europe: Publication Launch at Venice Biennale
MAY 2007
Modern Art Oxford and Turner Contemporary are pleased to announce the launch of Arrivals>Art from the New Europe on Thursday 7 June 2007, 6.45pm in the New Forest Pavilion, Palazzo Zenobio at the 52nd Venice Biennale.
The publication marks the completion of a two-year collaboration between Modern Art Oxford and Turner Contemporary introducing the work of artists from the expanded European Union.
The publication covers the ten Arrivals countries: Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary and Malta and includes images of the artists’ works, installation shots from the exhibitions, behind the scenes photographs and specially commissioned essays by gallery directors, curators, critics and art historians from across the EU.
“This book documents twenty remarkable exhibitions and projects, all with artists who have been unfailing in their enthusiasm and commitment to the programme. Arrivals has enabled thousands to experience new work presented for the first time in the UK and opened up a dialogue and friendship between the visual arts community of the South East and the new Europe, the reverberations of which will be felt for many years to come.”
Andrew Nairne, Director of Modern Art Oxford.
“Arrivals has been a unique programme to organise, curate, and engage with. The process has given us new insights into the art of our time and its ability to constantly refresh how we comprehend the world. Most of all we have enjoyed the conversations that have started: between artists, curators, critics, and the thousands who have experienced Arrivals exhibitions or participated in events in both Margate and Oxford. We hope this publication will encourage others to contribute to the dialogue.”
Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary.
Artists include: Pawel Althamer, Norbert Francis Attard, Nikos Charalambidis, Jakub Hošek, Szabolcs KissPál, Miha Knific, Girts Korps, Žilvinas Landzbergas, Anetta Mona Chisa, Ilona Németh, Lucia Nimcová, Kristina Norman, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Katerina Šedá, son:DA (Metka Golec & Miha Horvat), Alnis Stakle, Lucia Tkácová, Raphael Vella, Beáta Veszely, Darius Žiura and Artur Zmijewski.
Contributors to the publication include: Allia Ali, Zdenka Badovinac, Inese Baranovska, Juraj Carný, Karel Císar, Suzanne Cotter, Gavin Delahunty, Maja and Reuben Fowkes, Dóra Hegyi, Lucy Kirke, Alberto Di Stefano, Karen Eslea, Lolita Jablonskiene, Louli Michaelidou, Gregor Podnar, Victoria Pomery, Hanno Soans, Miria Swain, Aneta Szylak, Rob Tufnell and Raphael Vella.
For further details visit www.modernartoxford.org.uk or www.turnercontemporary.org
ARRIVALS>ART FROM THE NEW EUROPE
Suzanne Cotter, Andrew Nairne and Victoria Pomery (eds.)
Published June 2007, English
Design: (APFEL) A Practice for Everyday Life, London
170 x 240mm, 240 pp, colour, softcover
ISBN 1-901352-331
ISBN 978-1-901352-33-7
Price £19.95
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