Alex Hartley, the artist responsible for the controversial Nowhere Island Olympic project, proves his salt at Victoria Miro Alex Hartley: The World is Still Big is an innovative collection of original works that proves his credentials for representing the UK in the major Cultural
Olympiad project, Nowhere Island.
2014 Slipstream at Heathrow's Terminal 2 Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong, in partnership with the RA 2012 De La Warr Pavilion Roof, Cultural
Olympiad Project, London 2011 Vertu Global Art Commission, London and Shanghai 2010 Solo show: Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin, Germany Shack Stack, London 2009 Works Projects Gallery, Bristol 2007 Cross Keys House, Moorfields, Liverpool 2006 Storey Gallery, Lancaster Curve Gallery, Barbican Arty Centre, London 2005 Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, Italy Lincoln City & Archaeological Museum Yokohama Triennale, Japan
This May will bring «Revolution», a commissioned temporary public artwork by Michelle Deignan for «Bus - Tops», a London 2012 Cultural
Olympiad project.
Not exact matches
Grants supported local and national arts events, including the Big Draw, and this year a number of societies are supporting
projects based around the cultural
Olympiad.
Projects included the construction of Auditorium Park on the beach at American Avenue, the Woodland Terrace Theater at Recreation Park, a championship golf course at Recreation Park, high tide breakwaters at Alamitos Bay State Park, the creation of a municipal nursery, comfort stations, tennis courts, preparations for the 10th
Olympiad and club house renovations.
In 2012 Shawcross, along with Chris Ofili and Mark Wallinger, was invited to create works inspired by Titian's masterpieces for the
project Metamorphosis: Titian 2012, an ambitious collaboration with the National Gallery and Royal Ballet for the Cultural
Olympiad.
This multi-arts
project, part of the Cultural
Olympiad's London 2012 Festival, draws on the powerful stories of change found in Titian's masterpieces, revealing how these spectacular paintings continue to inspire living artists.
Recent collaborative
projects include Metamorphosis: Titian 2012, in which contemporary artists were invited by London's National Gallery and Royal Opera House to respond to Titian's works as part of the Cultural
Olympiad.
Called Frieze
Projects East, the
project is part of the London 2012 Festival, the climax of the Cultural
Olympiad.
The
project was part of the 1996 Cultural
Olympiad and included a documentary broadcast on public television and a large body of artwork (produced over a three - year period) that was exhibited internationally.
Commissioned as part of the South East's Cultural
Olympiad's
project RELAY, Ådlandsvik was asked to respond to the archives of the National Spinal Injuries Centre archive at Stoke Mandeville hospital.
She was also one of the founding directors of Situation Leeds which ran festivals of art in the public realm in 2005 and 2007 and worked with cultural partners to deliver the Artist Taking the Lead
project in Yorkshire as part of the Cultural
Olympiad 2012.
Other recent
projects include a poster design for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a major commission as part of the Cultural Olympiad, Frieze Projects East which she produced in collaboration with Nichola
projects include a poster design for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a major commission as part of the Cultural
Olympiad, Frieze
Projects East which she produced in collaboration with Nichola
Projects East which she produced in collaboration with Nicholas Byrne.
In October 2009 nowhereisland was announced as the winning Artists Taking the Lead
project for the South West of England, the London 2012 Cultural
Olympiad's most ambitious event.
It considers the programmes and
projects developed by the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad (BOCOG) and the initiatives of relevant Beijing Municipal Government Departments, Bureaus, Agencies and Commissions within the boundaries of the municipal territory.
NOWHEREISLAND, Alex Hartley's island
project discovered during the 2004 expedition, wins 2012 Cultural
Olympiad...»