Artes Mundi Advance
Aspects of Humanity – presenting international artists
Join us in Cardiff for Aspects of Humanity, when we bring international artists to the UK to show and discuss the ideas behind their work.

Tuesday 23 January 2007, 7.15pm
Artists Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström from Sweden will kick start the programme, showing their extraordinary film The Last Supper for the first time in the UK. The film explores the enduring tradition of giving condemned death row inmates a final meal of their choosing. They will talk about the making of this work, which was one of the most discussed pieces at the Singapore Biennale.

Bigert & Bergström, Brian Price
ex-convict and prison chef with wrapped last supper,
Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA
Still from the film
'The Last Supper' 2005

Tuesday 20 March 2007 , 7.15pm
Eija-Liisa Ahtila Finnish artist and 2006 Prize recipient returns to Cardiff to show and talk about her work. This is an opportunity to hear her trace where her ideas come from and talk about her interest in visualising altered mental states.

Tuesday 22 May 2007 , 7.15pm
The third international artist that we are bringing to the UK will be announced shortly on Artes Mundi’s website and in a future e-bulletin.

All the evenings take place at the Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff. Entry is free but admission to each event is by ticket only. These are available from the Gate Box Office The Gate, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff, CF24 3JW after 2 January 2007

T 029 20 48 3344
E info@thegate.org.uk

Aspects of Humanity is presented in partnership with ATRiuM, Cardiff School of Culture and Creative Industries.

Gearing up for Artes Mundi 3
As 2006 comes to an end we have completed a review of Artes Mundi 2 and are already gearing up for Artes Mundi 3.  The Artes Mundi Advance programme for 2007 is underway with Aspects of Humanity and the Exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff will take place between March and June 2008.  The £40,000 Prize will be awarded in late April. 
We are currently inviting nominations for the 2008 shortlist.  The closing date is 28 February 2007 and our selectors will be announced earlier that month.  Artists cannot nominate themselves, but should be nominated by someone who knows their work and isknowledgeable about the contemporary visual arts. For more information on the simple procedure and to download a quick to complete nomination form click here.

Who I Really Am
Don’t miss the opportunity to experience ‘Who I Really Am’ an exhibition of extraordinary artwork by 16 women of Pakistani background. The work which was stimulated by Artes Mundi 2 and exhibited at the National Museum Cardiff, will continue its tour showing at The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff from 20 January. For images and more information click here

Rahat Akhar
'Silent Rickshaw' 2006

Prize 2 Artists
Since Artes Mundi 2 our selected artists have been very busy with a wide range of exhibitions and residencies.

The recipient of the Artes Mundi 2 Prize, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, has featured in exhibitions in Tokyo, France, Mexico and Norway and has forthcoming shows at MOMA, New York, Contemporary Art Venue, Auckland and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
Over the summer Thomas Demand had a solo exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London and has a forthcoming show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Amongst many other exhibitions Dias & Riedweg have exhibited their work at the Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam and the 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006.
Leandro Erlich is currently producing new work in his studio.
Subodh Gupta is currently showing in the ‘Channel Exhibition’, Tokyo and will be showing his work in Manchester in July 2007, as part of the The Rusholme project.
Sue Williams’ solo exhibition "small talk, high heels" has toured the Glynn Vivian Gallery and Oriel Mostyn, Wales, and will go on to tour to the National Gallery, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Wu Chi-Tsung has gone on to complete two residencies in the UK, at Site Gallery, Sheffield and Glenfiddich , Scotland , and has exhibited in the Shanghai Biennale 2006.

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