Contemporary Art News: November 20, 2009   

Indo-American Arts Council's Erasing Borders 2009 Gallery at Penn College - Williamsport, PA USA United States of America   The Indo-American Arts Council’s 6th Annual Erasing Borders Exhibition (sponsors) features work by 27 artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent. Twenty million people of Indian origin shifted countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. Implicit in the term Diaspora are the concepts of change and adaptation. Cultural dislocation generally produces unexpected and powerful results. Subject matter is often drawn from the country of origin, while many of the aesthetic values and political concerns come from the artists’ newfound situations. Included in the exhibition is Antonio Puri who has promoted his work with a Portfolio at absolutearts.com since the websites' inception in 2000. Read Indepth Article

MINE : Works by 9 Artists KZNSA - KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts - Durban, ZA South Africa   Elizabeth Sparg, Renee Leslie, Simmi Dullay, Lesley Magwood-Fraser, Angie Arbuthnot, Bheki Kambuhle, Mbekheni Mbili, Cally Lotz and Lee Scott Hempson are the participants in the second KZNSA Professional Practice Course. Over the past three months, this group has engaged in an interactive process of theory and practice in exploring the essential requirements of how to make it big in the art world. The title of their exhibition – MINE – alludes to one of the core requirements of success in this highly competitive field: the development of a visual language that is unique, bold, and exciting; that says something new and says it in a manner that has never been seen before. Read Indepth Article

Walter King : Argentina Remembered - Reprised Watercolors from Cordoba and Salta Provinces Columbus College of Art and Design - Columbus, OH USA United States of America   Columbus College of Art and Design is proud to present Sabbatical Exhibitions Fall 2009, which comprises three exhibitions, shown simultaneously, of work completed during recent sabbaticals by CCAD faculty. All three exhibitions will be on view in the Canzani Center Gallery from Nov. 19 through Dec. 19. Highlighted here is Walter King exhibition "Argentina Remembered - Reprised Watercolors from Cordoba and Salta Provinces". Walter King has been a Premiere Portfolio Member at absoltuearts.com since 2001. Read Indepth Article

Call for Curators : 2010 EMILY HALL TREMAINE EXHIBITION AWARD Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation - Meriden, CT USA United States of America   The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation is offering curators, in partnership with an established non-profit exhibition space, the opportunity to be awarded the 2010 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award -- a grant of up to $150,000 for the realization of an innovative thematic exhibition concept that challenges the boundaries of contemporary art. For the first time, the application for the award is being extended to exhibition spaces that have been established for a minimum of 5 years (a change from the prior guideline requirement of 10+ years). Read Indepth Article

Davide Tranchina : Big Bang Nicoletta Rusconi - Milano, IT Italy   In his solo exhibition entitled "Big Bang", Davide Tranchina is presenting a cycle of new works in which he has experimented with a different use of the photographic medium that, although it is more conceptual, seeks to explore new possibilities of expression.These works are large format black and white close-ups obtained by scanning the negative shadow images left on photographic paper by everyday objects placed in contact with it (known in English as "photograms"). These light effects appear to be the fleeting traces of spectral presences, producing in the black space of the background images that are familiar yet surreal at the same time. They recall ghost ships, atomic mushroom clouds, stellar spaces and galaxies located in a remote and mysterious universe, permeated not only with magic realism but also solitude. Or else they may seem to be evanescent fragments of a dream and imagined realities emerging from our inner depths, where the most secret passions dwell. Read Indepth Article

First Annual Best of The Best Artisan Sale and Show Low Country Artisan Collective - North Charleston, SC USA United States of America   The Low Country Artisan Collective presents their First Annual Best of The Best Artisan Sale and Show for three days - November 20 , 21, 22, 2009 - from 12 Noon to 6 PM at 10 Storehouse Row, The Old Naval Base, North Charleston. Participating is absolutearts.com Premiere Member Hampton R. Olfus, Jr. who has promoted his work on the site since 2008. In addition to Olfus, visitors to the exhibition will be able to meet world renowned artists living in greater Charleston community. Read Indepth Article

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First Annual Best of The Best Artisan Sale and Show
Indo-American Arts Council's Erasing Borders 2009
Francoise Issaly : De l'illusion du Sens
Christmas Exhibition
VILIAM SULIK - NAUSEA
Pharmacist Turned Artist Exhibits on Internet and in Hamburg
Elena Osterwalder : From Earth
Catherine Foster and Sheryl Allen CoHost New Radio Show
Parallel Worlds : Solo Exhibition by Joanna Borkowska
Bai Yiluo Solo Exhibit : Spring to Autumn
Dennis Jones : Text Based Paintings
Call for Artists : 2009 INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMPETITION - 4th Edition
Awakenings : New Work by Marsha Bowers
Digita l'09 : Mysteries in Science
My Healing Journey : Darla Fisher-Odjig's New Book
Wayne Quilliam Named 2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year
Works on Paper, A Global Perspective
Works by Hana Grosova to be Featured
Wayne Quilliam with Koori Mail Wins 2008 Human Rights Award for Print Media

Additional Contemporary Art News:

Jack Diamond - USA
Daniel Nie - USA
Mickie Bellah - USA
Jonas Fisch - USA
Demetrios Vlachos - Greece
Jesse La Flair - USA
Maciej Hoffman - Poland
Elena Osterwalder - USA

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