AN art project pursued since 1985 is being celebrated with two major exhibitions.

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Liquid Architecture turns its ears south, drawing up sounds from the Antarctic Continent

In 2012, Liquid Architecture anticipates the centenary of Mawson’s Expedition south to Antarctica with a festival dedicated to our planet’s mammoth ice continent – Antarctic Convergence.

Debuting new works from artists including Philip Samartzis (aus), Douglas Quin (usa), Werner Dafeldecker (au), Robin Fox (aus), Scott Morrison (aus) and Lawrence English (aus) – Liquid Architecture offers without question it’s most vital and compelling program.

Over the two evenings each of the artists offer unique and profound rendering of Antarctica, its residents, landscapes and environments. There has never been a better time to tune your ears to the ice and listen deeply.

Duration: 2.5hrs

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Theme: Skiing or mountains

You can submit photos of mountains/landscapes in summer or winter, skiresorts or actionphotos of skiers.

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• $250 giftcard at skis.com

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Exhibition dates: 14th October – 16th December 2011

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Many thankx to the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.

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Bill Henson
Untitled
1990-91
55/100 from the series Paris Opera Project
Type C photograph
130 × 130cm
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection

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“Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) holds one of the largest collections of photographs by Bill Henson. With its concentration on work made between 1977 and 1992, the MGA collection represents a significant survey of Henson’s early career, from which twenty-nine works have been selected for the Bill Henson: early work from the MGA collection exhibition.

Henson has been described as a ’passionate and visionary explorer’, and has been exhibited extensively nationally and internationally for over three decades, yet this is the first exhibition dedicated to this major artist’s work to be presented in Adelaide.

Passionate discussion about Henson’s work in the Australian media in recent times, has served to illuminate an important debate about the nature of art. But while many of us may be familiar with Henson’s images through reproduction, to view a museum exhibition of the artist’s photographs offers a much deeper appreciation of his art, and is a rare opportunity for audiences to themselves experience his work first hand.

The ‘in conversation’ event is a highlight to accompany a very special exhibition at the Samstag Museum from one of Australia’s most distinguished artists. Bill Henson: early work from the MGA Collection, with selected recent landscapes offers South Australians a unique opportunity to experience the power and beauty of the work of Bill Henson, Australia’s best-known contemporary photographer. This is the first exhibition dedicated to this major artist’s work ever to be presented in Adelaide.

The exhibition features twenty-nine iconic images from many of Henson’s major series from the 1970s through to the early 1990s, all drawn from the Monash Gallery of Art, who hold one of the largest collections of Henson’s work in the country.

For many, the experience of Henson’s extraordinary work has been through its reproduction in the media. However, it is important to view the actual photographs as this offers a much richer visual experience. All of the early work in the exhibition was printed by hand in the darkroom, and consequently the uneven surfaces of the black and white photographs have a mysterious, alchemic quality not present in reproductions of Henson’s images.

Alongside the MGA Collection exhibition, the Samstag Museum is presenting a selection of recent landscape photographs by Henson. These are works of compelling power and continue the artist’s fascination with a diverse range of subject matter. Through them we explore an island of rocky outcrops, monoliths rising dramatically from the ocean and waterfalls captured in a blaze of light.”

Text and press release from the Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art website

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Bill Henson
Untitled 61
1985/86
Type C colour photograph
128 × 100cm
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection

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Bill Henson
Untitled 57
1985/86
Chromogenic print
106.0 x 86.0 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection

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Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
Hawke Building, City West campus
University of South Australia
55 North Terrace, Adelaide
T: (08) 8302 0870

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Saturdays and Sundays 2 – 5pm

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PALESTINIAN CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARTISTS

Documentary filmmakers often insist on maintaining a distance between themselves and their subject. ArtAsiaPacific states that “this hardly exists in the case of Palestinian artists making work about Palestine’s history and present condition,” despite their prolific use of the medium.

Emily Jacir's text-and-photo piece "Where We Come From" (2001 to 2003). As winner of the 2008 Hugo Boss Prize, Jacir's work was on display at the Guggenheim in New York from 6 February to 15 April 2009.

According to the feature, published in 2011 in ArtAsiaPacific‘s 74th issue, artists of Palestinian descent have been using “documentary-based techniques” and “socially proactive” performance art since the late 1990s.

The utilisation of documentary-based techniques by Palestinian artists over the past decade has not only provided crucial testimony of social conditions in the Occupied Territories but also has been used increasingly to capture specific acts of resistance and to furnish conceptual models of alternative pasts, presents and futures.

Click here to read the article, called “No Occupation Without Representation: Artists in Palestine”, in its entirety on the ArtAsiaPacific website.

Yazan Khalili's '20" | f 18', part of a 2011 photographic series called "Landscapes of Darkness".

In its exploration of the development of contemporary Palestinian art, or at least this facet of it, the article identifies a number of key areas of concern for the region’s artists, shows how intimately linked these artists are with the political and social conditions in the Occupied Territories and how their artworks and projects are often acts of defiance against the “impositions of the occupation on Palestinian society” or attempts to preserve still remembered but rapidly fading cultural histories. Artist and artist groups discussed include Emily Jacir, Yazan Khalili, Khaled Hourani, Decolonizing Architecture Institute (DAI), Jumana Emil Abboud and Khalil Rabah.

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Related Topics: Palestinian artists, political art, documentary

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

This international contest is dedicated to nature and environment photography.

Categories:

• LANDSCAPES
• MAMMALS
• BIRDS
• ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS
• PORTFOLIO: PHOTOGRAPHIES THAT TELL A STORY
• UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
• PEOPLE AND POPULATIONS
• PLANT WORLD
• HOME FRIENDS
• SHOOTING TECHNIQUES

Prizes:

• The winner will receive the trophy Oasis Photo Contest 2011 and a check for $ 2,000
• For each of the 10 sections three winners will be selected. The first winner of each category will get a prize of 500 euros. The awards for the second and third place will be listed on the site.
• Among all Italian authors a winner will be selected and will be awarded the title of Best Italian Author 2011, and the Africa Wild Truck prize, which consists of a trip to Zambia for two people

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 Exhibitions of Gainsborough landscapes and institutional critique art are currently on view at Bristol’s Arnolfini and Bath Holburne Museum.

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 ARTINFO talked to the collaborators behind the self-titled new tome, which showcases the art, objects, and landscapes that inspire the label’s designs.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Theme: Intimate Landscape

Landscapes conjure images of vast, sweeping scenes, but the details captured by a photograph can turn a seemingly impersonal setting into an intimate story. It’s up to the artist to define what constitutes an intimate landscape, be it representational, non-representational, urban, suburban or rural.

Awards:

• $300 Juror’s Selection Award Photography
• Publication in the book

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Submit one photo why Mexico’s landscapes, culture, Mayan legacy and hospitality make you want to return.

Prizes:

• 1st place- return flight tickets for 2 people to Mexico City
• 2nd place- Mexican meal for four at “Santos” in Portobello Road
• 3rd place – Mexican meal for 2 at Wahaca Restaurants, London

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