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Ramin Hachemian Leading New York Art Dealer Impacts New York City with More Than 500 Art Exhibitions
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National Art News: Major Exhibition by Kaws to Open at High Museum of Art in February 2012
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Around the Area:OCEAN CITY - What's happening in Ocean City? Well, there are a couple of things...
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International Art News - Arabic: Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012 Winners Announced
 Ramin Hachemian Leading New York Art Dealer Impacts New York City with More Than 500 Art Exhibitions,/div>
Prominent New York art dealer Ramin Hachemian is playing an important role in the New York City art scene, with over 500 art exhibitions. His exhibitions include art by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, Tamara de Lempicka, Piet Mondrian, Auguste Rodin, Amedeo Medigliani, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, Robert Indiana, Jasper Jones and dozens of other significant artists.
Hachemian is the owner of several art galleries located in central New York City. In addition, he is a modern and contemporary art dealer. Not only does Hachemian's exhibitions house hundreds of classic artist's work, but he also scouts out new and upcoming artists to include more contemporary talent. Many artists noticed by Hachemian go on to become recognized as famous artists.
"I feel as though it is important for New Yorkers and those visiting the area have the opportunity to see real, beautiful pieces of art," said New York art dealer Ramin Hachemian. "My background in fine arts has given me such a passion for scouting art and exposing others to the fabulous works of such talented artists. Having 500 art exhibitions in New York City alone has allowed me to share my love for art with thousands of others."
Hachemian is a prominent modern and contemporary art dealer. He plays a significant role in the art space with continual involvement with Asian, European and American artists. In 2012, Hachemian will be expanding his global presence with an exhibition in Dubai.
Ramin Hachemian is the CEO of Ramin Hachemian Fine Arts. Based in central New York City. Hachemian has over 500 art exhibits in New York City and additional exhibits in Beverly Hills, California. In addition to displaying art by famous artists, Hachemian scouts new talent and supports new artists with great potential. Hachemian graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from New York City before launching into his successful career in the fine arts industry. Before becoming the CEO of Ramin Hachemian Fine Arts, Hachemian was a Director at Marisa Del Re Art Gallery. Hachemian is a prominent modern and contemporary art dealer.
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National Art NewsMajor Exhibition by Kaws to Open at High Museum of Art in February 2012
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ATLANTA, September 12, 2011 – The High Museum of Art will premiere a major multi-site exhibition of work by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS. “KAWS: Down Time” will open on February 18, 2012, with a 22-foot-high, site-specific mural painted in the Margaretta Taylor Lobby of the High’s Wieland Pavilion, along with a 24-foot-long triptych hung in of the Museum’s Robinson Atrium. In addition, a gallery installation of paintings, drawings and sculpture will feature a grid of 27 tondo paintings, each 40 inches in diameter. Visitors will be able to watch KAWS over the course of a week in early February as he creates the mural exclusively for the High. The exhibition will also include KAWS’s monumental sculpture “Companion” (2010), which will be installed on the Museum’s piazza on November 18, 2011. “KAWS: Down Time” has been organized exclusively for the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and will be on view from February 18, 2012, through May 27, 2012.  “From their saturated palettes and seductive surfaces to their complex spatial geometries, KAWS’s paintings have a formal elasticity that is humorous and playful as well as complex, sophisticated and discursive,” said Michael Rooks, the High’s Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. “KAWS has created a new order of American Pop—one that suggests the protean universe of New York abstraction re-imagined within the frame of Cartoon Network. His work is uncannily familiar but foreign at the same time, like in a dream, and it unites the often distant worlds of fine art and youth culture.” An influential member of a new generation of street artists who have successfully united commercial enterprises with their artistic practices, KAWS employs his skill and delight as a designer of toys and other objects in his practice as a painter and sculptor. The objects he produces for commercial consumption are in direct dialogue with his art; in fact, he thinks of his t-shirt designs as “drawings.” His new paintings in this exhibition allude to pop culture sources such as Sponge Bob Square Pants, as well as the more obscure work of artist H. C. Westermann, who also drew upon popular cartoon imagery in his work. “Companion,” which will be installed on the Museum’s Sifly Piazza, represents one of several hybrid figures created by KAWS who are part of a growing cast of characters. Enlarged to a monumental scale, “Companion” fuses a Mickey Mouse-inspired body with an inflated skull-and-crossbones head, an image that has become emblematic of KAWS. The sculpture’s contemplative pose recalls Rodin’s famed “The Thinker,” provoking us to wonder what is on the character’s mind and inviting us to empathize with its tragicomic posture. Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, emerged as a street artist in the early 1990s, painting his moniker on walls and billboards in and around Jersey City and New York City. In the mid-1990s he began modifying advertisements in bus shelters and on phone booths with paintings of his emblematic skull-and-crossbones motif. He continued to develop this image for the next few years, conducting guerilla interventions on advertisements in bus shelters and phone booths not only in New York City, but also Paris, London, Berlin and Tokyo. This work led to direct collaborations with the commercial photographers and designers who produced the original ads and has been featured in numerous publications. It was exhibited most recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, as part of the groundbreaking exhibition “Art in the Streets.” KAWS studied at The School of Visual Arts in New York City and currently lives in Brooklyn. His work has been exhibited internationally in Japan, France, Spain and The Netherlands. KAWS is represented by Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, and Galerie Perrotin, Paris. Organization and Support “KAWS: Down Time” has been organized exclusively for the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, by the High’s Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Michael Rooks. The exhibition will be on view from February 18 through May 27, 2012. “KAWS: Down Time” will be accompanied by a fully illustrated exhibition catalogue and will coincide with a public program featuring KAWS and Michael Rooks in conversation at the Alliance Theatre. The program starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, as part of the High’s Conversations with Contemporary Artists lecture series. High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 12,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High Museum has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American and decorative art; significant holdings of European paintings; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. The High is also dedicated to supporting and collecting works by Southern artists and is distinguished as the only major museum in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to the field of folk and self-taught art. The High’s media arts department produces acclaimed annual film series and festivals of foreign, independent and classic cinema. In November 2005 the High opened three new buildings by architect Renzo Piano that more than doubled the Museum’s size, creating a vibrant “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in midtown Atlanta. For more information about the High, please visit www.high.org. The Woodruff Arts Center The Woodruff Arts Center is ranked among the top four arts centers in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines four visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opened in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art and Young Audiences. To learn more about the Woodruff Arts Center, please visit www.woodruffcenter.org. #  Arounf the Area;OCEAN CITY - What's happening in Ocean City? Well, there are a couple of things... Indian Summer Weekend Events: What eventually evolved into Ocean City’s Indian Summer Weekend block party was started 32 years ago, in an effort to extend business in the spring and fall season. City Public Relations Director, Mark Soifer, noticed a neighborhood block party on Haven Avenue and thought that maybe a downtown block party might be a good event for the community. Jean Mimnaugh, who was working for Soifer at the time, agreed. She said: “And I know lots of crafters who would like to be part of it.” The first block party was held in the spring of 1983. It was two blocks long. It became so successful that four years later Norman Bock, who was then president of the Retail Merchants Assn., urged the City to schedule a second one in the fall. Over the years, the City and Retail Merchants Assn. have run the block parties. The person who brought the events to a new level of organization and effectiveness was the late Carolyn Murphy, owner of Boyd’s TV with her husband Charles. Carolyn ran the programs for over 15 years. The Chamber of Commerce staff now coordinates the events with the merchants and a volunteer committee. The block party became the centerpiece of a Fall Festival, the Indian Summer Weekend. It is always scheduled for the Saturday of the Columbus Day Weekend-this year set for Oct. 8. Over 400 crafters will participate. Show hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be entertainment, plenty of food, free pony rides for the children and First Night Admission buttons for our New Year’s Eve gala will be on sale. The Boardwalk Merchants have latched on to the event and helped to extend the celebration through the weekend. They will present a huge fireworks display scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Saturday. The show will be fired from a barge off the 9th Street Beach. There will be a seafood center at the Music Pier, Boardwalk and Moorlyn Terrace, Oct. 8-10.Boardwalk and Downtown Merchants will hold table sales on these days. There’s more! The Ocean City Tabernacle, 5th and Wesley Ave., will present a Block Party Concert at 7 p.m., Sat., Oct. 8 featuring the Atlantic Brass, a 30 piece British style group, winners of the North American Brass Band competition. Tickets are $15 at the door, $13 in advance, call (609)399-1915. New this year is a three day free Music Festival, produced by Bubba Mac, the Blues Band icon assisted by J.T. Williams of JT Productions, Oct. 7-9 inside the Music Pier and on the Boardwalk. The concerts will be held Fri. evening at the Pier, Sat. evening at the Pier and at 6th and 9th Sts. on the Boardwalk and Sunday afternoon at the Pier. The program will feature a variety of music including blues, rock, classic rock, reggae, gospel and Christian rock. For a complete schedule access www.bubbamac.com or Ocean City Patch or call the Public Relations Office, (609) 525-9300. Parking is Free on City Lots all weekend. Oct. 8: Also on Indian Summer Weekend Stephen Serwatka will present his New Jersey Nature Program at the Bayside Center 5th and Bay Ave. at 1 p.m. This is a fun, educational session display with wild and tame animals. Admission is free. Sponsor is the Ocean City Gardens Civic Assn. Oct. 9: Another highlight of the Indian Summer Weekend will be the Operafest, brought to Ocean City by talented soprano, Nancy Fox, who operates Fox Vocal Arts. The opera Little Red Ridinghood will be performed on Sun., 4 p.m. at St. Peters United Methodist Church, 8th and Central Ave. The Opera will feature German students from the Westerland area and their American counterparts who worked together last May in Germany under the direction of Fox and their German teachers. Admission is by donation. For up front seating, call Fox Vocal Arts, (609) 399-7291. Reminder, Oct. 7: Ocean City will continue its support of Breast Cancer awareness by painting pink ribbon emblems in the end zones and at yard markers on the grounds of Carey Stadium for the Ocean City-Millville football game starting 7 p.m. Ocean City employees are making donations through their union and part of the gate receipts will be given to the Carolyn M. Ochs Memorial Fund that helps Breast Cancer patients pay their everyday bills while going through treatment. The unique promotion was the idea of Mike Lenhardt, the City’s Supervisor of Recreation Maintenance, whose first wife died of Breast Cancer. What's Happening at the Library, 17th and Simpson Ave. The Ocean City Free Public Library has many events scheduled for October. Here is just a sample: Every Wed. in Oct. plus Nov. 2, 9 at 7 p.m. The Jazz History Appreciation and Analysis Lecture Series. Free programs presented by Michael Pedicin of the Somers Point Jazz Society, in the Main Lecture Room, N110 Listen to and learn about Jazz, “America’s True Art Form.” For information, call (609)399-2434, Ext.5233. Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Music, a monthly lecture, 6:30 p.m. Tues., Oct.11, it’s all about Mahler, with Paul Mack Somers of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony; Jonathon Mayberry, New York Times Best Selling and Multiple Bram Stoker Award Winning Author, Sat., Oct. 15 at 11 a.m., will talk about Zombie and Horror novels, Main Lecture Room. There will free movies, Halloween Magic and Puppet Shows for the children and much more. Call the Library (609) 399-2434 ext. 5231 or access newsletters@oceancitylibrary.org for a complete listing of its free events. Oct. 9: The Down Buddy Walk for Downs Syndrome: Registration and pre-walk party 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Sports and Civic Center, 6th St. off Boardwalk. One mile fun walk on boards, 1-2 p.m. Free rides at Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, 2-4 p.m. for each child who raises $30 in sponsors. Pre-Walk Party includes food, fun activities for children and live music by Garry and the Kid. Walk benefits Downs Syndrome Awareness and family support group, call 609-390-5645 or visit www.21down.org. Month of Oct.: The Ocean City Arts Center presents the work of Egg Harbor Twp. resident Lois Adam, who is an active member in the O.C. Fine Arts League. A free Meet the Artist Reception is set for Fri., Oct. 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The artist specializes in collage paintings. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the Tri-State area including at the Limmer Gallery in New York. For information on the many classes offered by the Arts Center, call (609) 399-7628. Coming Events: The Junior Miss Ocean City Pageant, 7 p.m., Oct. 15 at the Music Pier, call (609) 525-9300 The Ocean City Halloween Parade, Oct. 27 at 7:15 p.m. on Asbury Ave. The Annual Fright Night Costume Party, sponsored the Community Arts Project, Oct. 28 at the Flanders Hotel from 7 to 11 p.m. Call 609-425-2687 The crowning of Dog of the Year, noon, Sun., Oct. 30 at the Port O’ Call. More information about these events next week. International Art News - Arabic:Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012 Winners Announced
The 2012 winners are an internationally acclaimed and diverse group who combine outstanding artistic ability with a desire to engage and champion the arts throughout the region. All the winners have a strong exhibition history regionally and internationally, and are actively involved in inspiring the next generation of artists from the region to achieve success. The winning artists are:
• Taysir Batniji (Palestine) • Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige (Lebanon) • Wael Shawky (Egypt) • Risham Syed (Pakistan) • Raed Yassin (Lebanon)
Following a successful precedent established in 2010, the five artists will work with one guest curator, who for the first time was selected through an open submission process. Nat Muller (Netherlands) was chosen by the Selection Committee as guest curator for 2012 and is working closely with the artists in supervising the production of the artworks, their display at Art Dubai, and the publishing of an annual catalogue which will be designed by renowned designer Huda Abi Fares, Director of the Khatt Foundation, The Netherlands.
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize is awarded on the basis of a proposal for art projects submitted earlier in 2011. The Selection Committee includes leading experts in the field of the visual arts including: Antonia Carver, Director, Art Dubai; Dana Farouki, Patron; Ali Khadra, Publisher and Editor in Chief, Canvas Magazine; Salwa Mikdadi, Executive Director, Arts & Culture Program, Emirates Foundation; Jessica Morgan, Daskalopoulos Curator, International Art, Tate; Elaine Ng, Editor, Art Asia Pacific; Glenn Lowry, Director, the Museum of Modern Art and Sharmini Pereira, ACAP 2011 Guest Curator.
Marking the announcement, Frederic Sicre, Partner at Abraaj Capital and Head of the Abraaj Strategic Stakeholder Engagement Track (ASSET) said: “The Abraaj Capital Art Prize presents a unique platform for aspiring artists in the region to showcase their work to the global arts community. Heading into its fourth year, this prize embodies Abraaj Capital’s unwavering commitment to the promotion of the arts throughout the region and has become a powerful tool to empower individual potential and nurture exceptional artistic talent.”
Savita Apte, Chair of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize, added: “We have an outstanding group of winners this year who come from incredibly diverse backgrounds and are actively engaged in developing dynamic cultural experiences within the arts sector in their respective home countries. It will be exciting to see how these five artists will work with our guest curator for the collaboration that will be unveiled at Art Dubai in March 2012”.
Former winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize have subsequently gone on to achieve further accolades. Nazgol Ansarinia, ACAP winner 2009 has a solo project at the Istanbul Biennial (along with 2012 winners Taysir Bayniji and Wael Shawky) and Nadia Kaabi-Linke, ACAP winner 2011 is currently a resident at the Delfina Foundation. The ACAP artworks are regularly exhibited internationally, for example Nadia Kaabi-Linke and Jananne Al-Ani in ‘The Future of a Promise’ in Venice which is open until November 2011 and Hala Elkoussy at City Hall as part of the Shubbak Festival in London.
Abraaj Capital, a leading alternative asset manager, investing in the rapidly growing economies of the Middle East, Turkey, Asia and Africa, launched the Abraaj Capital Art Prize in 2008 to foster and reward artistic development in the region.
-Ends-About the Abraaj Capital Art Prize:
The Abraaj Capital Art Prize was founded in 2008 and is in its fourth edition. The aim of the prize is to reflect Abraaj Capital’s dedication to empowering potential in the region, giving talented artists the opportunity to break new ground and showcase the rich artistic and cultural heritage of the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region. It rewards chosen artists from this region on the basis of a proposal rather than completed works-of-art. The winning artists then go on to create the works. The Prize is aimed at curators and artists working together as opposed to a single artist. To date, the 2009, 2010 and 2011 works were unveiled at Art Dubai and artworks have been exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York; City Hall, London; MAXXI, Rome; Galleria Civica, Modena; ‘Future of a Promise’, collateral event of the 54th Venice Biennale; Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai and the Maraya Arts Centre, Sharjah.
For more on the history and future of the prize visit www.abraajcapitalartprize.com Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AbraajCapitalArtPrize Twitter http://twitter.com/AbraajArtPrize Laura Egerton Curator, The Abraaj Capital Art Prize Email: laura@artdubai.ae ; Mobile: +97150 956 4021 |