Lene Berg,
From Stalin by Picasso, 2007.
Courtesy of the artist
Taipei, Taiwan
Curatorial team: Manray Hsu and Vasif Kortun
13 September, 2008 – 4 January, 2009
Press Preview: 11 and 12 September
Participating artist from Norway:
Lene Berg
The 6th edition of the Taipei Biennial, curated by Manray Hsu and Vasif Kortun, a guest at OCA's International Visitor Programme (IVP) in April 2008, takes place between 13 September, 2008 and 4 January, 2009 at the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan and in various sites throughout the city. This year's biennial originates from a constellation of correlated themes all connected to neo-liberal capitalist globalization. The threads of investigation in the exhibition, such as circumstances for immigrant and illegal labor, mobility and borders are processed and witnessed through do-it-yourself practices, individual stories, and humor. The curators have invited around 50 artists among them, Superflex, Allan Sekula and Lara Almárceguia.
At the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, Lene Berg will exhibit Stalin by Picasso, which has as its point of departure an old dispute about Picasso's portrait of Stalin with a moustache and feminine features. According to curator Kristine Jærn Pilgaard, 'On one level, it (Stalin by Picasso) is about how two icons from the 20th Century, Stalin and Picasso, once were perceived and how much their public personas have changed since then. On another level, it is about art and artistic freedom, or un-freedom, and of ways of reading and using images, particularly images of so-called great men. But perhaps the most interesting aspect of this comical, and a bit sad, anecdote from the beginning of the Cold War, is how one simple charcoal drawing can initiate so many feelings, discussions and intrigues as this one did'.
Parallel programming includes a conference co-presented with the Dictionary of War; a film programme related to the themes of the exhibition co-hosted by the Urban Nomad Film Festival; and in collaboration with Taipei Drift, an International Workshop for Art Academics, 2008. For the parallel programming complete schedule, please visit the The 6th Taipei Biennial website or contact the biennial at info@taipeibiennial.org. For accreditation and media inquiries, please contact Juillet Lu at juillet@tfam.gov.tw.
The 6th Taipei Biennial has been supported by 03–funding*.
Hans Hamid Rasmussen,
Lake, 2007. Courtesy of the artist
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
Curatorial team: Gao Shiming, Sarat Maharaj and Johnson Chang Tsong-zung
6 September – 16 November, 2008
Opening Preview: Saturday, 6 September
Participating artists from Norway:
Hans Hamid Rasmussen
Curated by Gao Shiming, Sarat Maharaj and Johnson Chang Tsong-zung, the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, entitled Farewell to Post-Colonialism, opens on 6 September in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. According to the curatorial team, this year's triennial 'attempts to open new frontiers for creativity with a critical review of the role cultural discourses of Post-colonialism and Multi-culturalism has played in contemporary art'. Hosting 181 artists from over 40 countries, the triennial exhibition is structured into four sections: Projects in Progress, Thinking Room, Free Radicals and Independent Projects.
Withing Free Radicals, Hans Hamid Rasmussen will exhibit a new work in textile which follows the conceptual notion of ones social body as the mediator of geographical places, or as said by the artist: 'everyone seems to use the globe from the classroom as a reference'. Among other artists exhibiting within the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial are Amy Cheung, Vik Muniz and Matthew Buckingham.
In addition to the main exhibition, the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial will host a series of lectures in Beijing, People's Republic of China. For full schedule please visit the triennial's website. For more information please contact Adela Liao or Nikita Huang at gztriennial.reception@gmail.com or gztriennial.reception@yahoo.com.cn. For press inquires, please send a email to gztriennial.press@gmail.com.
The 3rd Guangzhou Triennial has been supported by 03–funding*.
The Office for Contemporary Art Norway is a private foundation and was founded by The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs and The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Fall 2001. The main aim of the Office for Contemporary Art Norway is to develop collaborations in contemporary art between Norway and the international art scene. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway aims to become a profiled contributor to the discourses of contemporary art.
*03–funding: The purpose of the 03-funds as allocated by the MFA to OCA is to further develop cooperation and professional networking between OCA and the constituency of artists, independent cultural producers, and organizations that are located in designated countries or associated with 03-countries. This includes but is not limited to "professional research visits by cultural producers, artists, and curators", "short-term residencies for cultural producers and artists", "the development of seminars, conferences, art projects, workshops, etc. that focus on the further development of professional exchange and networking between and among countries", "project development and pilot projects" on an international scale."
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