In This Issue
Artes Mundi / UWIC international conference TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Presented by Artes Mundi and UWIC (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) CLIMATE CHANGE - GAUGING THE TEMPERATURE 23rd & 24th April 2008 at UWIC, Llandaff Campus, Cardiff A two day conference for those interested in the visual arts discussing the response of visual artists to the challenge of global climate change. Presentations by the artists shortlisted for the third Artes Mundi Prize, scientists working in this field, international curators and other cultural commentators.
Art Breaks for shoppers in Cardiff
The Artes Mundi 3 Exhibition
Community Art Trail
Vexilia Mundi - new work by students of Cardiff School of Art and Design
Artes Mundi Education Pack with interactive gallery and slideshow
Evening lecture by Xu Bing, winner of the first Artes Mundi Prize.
Price £75 (£35 concessions)
including refreshments and transport between Central Cardiff and the Llandaff campus
For more information and booking forms visit http://www.artesmundi.org/conference.php
or phone +44 (0)29 2055 5300
Take a break from shopping and be a 15 minute artist with Artes Mundi
Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6 April
St David's Shopping Centre, outside Marks & Spencer and Debenhams
Take the opportunity to make your own artworks and find out more about art, artists and Artes Mundi. All activities have been designed to take no longer than 15 minutes with the aim of providing a fun and informative way of enjoying art for busy people! See you at St David's Shopping Centre, outside Marks & Spencer and Debenhams on Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6 April.
Artes Mundi 3 Exhibition and Prize
15 March - 8 June 2008
National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Wu Chi Tsung and Michael Tooby
in conversation at the
2006 conference
Artes Mundi presents Artes Mundi 3, the third major biennial exhibition of international contemporary art exploring different perspectives on life, art and humanity. Featuring large-scale video, photography, textiles and paintings the exhibition presents new and recent work by the nine artists shortlisted for the third Artes Mundi Prize (worth £40,000).
"The nine artists were selected following a global search in 2007 and represent some of the most outstanding artistic talents emerging from around the world" says Tessa Jackson, Artistic Director of Artes Mundi 3. The artists are Lida Abdul (Afghanistan), Vasco Araújo (Portugal), Mircea Cantor (Romania), Dalziel + Scullion (Scotland), N.S. Harsha (India), Abdoulaye Konaté (Mali), Susan Norrie (Australia) and Rosângela Rennó (Brazil).
In this exhibition each artist tells a different story, heightening our senses and prompting us to question how we see ourselves. Works featured include:
Come give us a speech (2007/8), a new large 6-panelled painting, specially created for Artes Mundi 3 by Indian artist N.S. Harsha. Harsha paints in the Indian miniature tradition but on a very large scale. His works are full of wit and playfulness but the closer you look, the more disoriented you become at what he presents.
A major film installation by Susan Norrie from Australia, first seen at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. Called HAVOC (2007) it observes the devastation an unstoppable flow of boiling mud caused to a community in East Java, leaving thousands homeless.
More than Us (2007), a photographic installation by Scottish artists Dalziel + Scullion that explores the landscape from a perspective other than human, in this case, the slender Scotch burnet moth. It is a story of warning, warmth and colour.
Brick Sellers of Kabul (2006), a film depicting a line of boys waiting to redeem bricks collected from the rubble of ruined buildings destroyed by the Taliban. The work, by Afghan artist Lida Abdul, speaks of violence and devastation but also survival and rebuilding.
The exhibition also includes new works by Vasco Araújo and Abdoulaye Konaté.
The Artes Mundi 3 prize will be awarded on 24 April 2008. A fully illustrated publication with essays by international authors accompanies the exhibition.
The Artes Mundi Community Art Trail
18 March - 28 April 2008
The Artes Mundi Student Forum celebrate the launch of VEXILLIA MUNDI
26 March 2008 at 3pm
The Artes Mundi Student Forum (students from the Cardiff School of Art and Design) would like to invite you to a celebration of their work at Cardiff Bay Station, between
Tea and cakes will be served.
Vexillia Mundi (Flags of the World) reflects the Artes Mundi theme of humanity and is a metaphor for the networks and links between nations.
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Dalziel + Scullion
More than us 2007
at Artes Mundi 3
N S Harsha
Come Give Us A Speech (background) 2007-08
and
The School Within 2008
at Artes Mundi 3
young artists from Fairbrige
with their artworks
photo: Jeff Morgan
photo: Viv Turner
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