Not exact matches
Indiepix Festival Favorites, Volume 2 Value - priced, three film set
of music documentaries: «Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense,» about the modern jazz scene, with Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding; «Echotone,» a lyrical documentary providing a telescopic view into the lives
of Austin's vibrant young musicians as they grapple with questions
of artistic integrity, commercialism, experimentation, and the future
of their beloved city; and «Roaring Abyss,» a stunning audiovisual poem, the product
of filmmaker Quino Piñero's two years
of field recording traditional and modern music from around every corner
of Ethiopia, a
country of eighty different nationalities and
cultures spread amongst mountains, deserts and forests.
This March, the Dallas Museum
of Art, in collaboration with the Mexican Secretariat
of Culture, will open the exclusive U.S. presentation
of México 1900 — 1950: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and the Avant - Garde, a sweeping survey featuring almost 200 works
of painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, and films that document the
country's
artistic Renaissance during the first half
of the 20th century.
The Three
Countries Textile Project brought together artists from Mali, Nigeria and Indonesia for an exchange
of ideas,
culture and
artistic practice.
The book — which questions the uncertainties
of the art world; offers solutions to the challenges
of transmission
of Culture at the beginning
of the 21st century; and It's a witness
of the
artistic potential in European, Anglo - American and Latin - American
countries — will be presented in September in the context
of an individual exhibition, also entitled Hexágonos, at the art gallery Maus Contemporary in the USA.
Born and raised in Larache, Morroco, Hassan Hajjaj moved to London aged twelve and his
artistic practice sees him spend much
of his life travelling between these two
countries and
cultures.
Born in a
country in the full swing
of economic, social, and urban change, and benefiting from global access to information and new technologies, these artists have broken free from any
artistic legacy to draw upon a transversal, worldwide
culture.
The exhibition reveals the possibilities
of merging disparate
artistic communities on Manhattan's Lower East Side, a centuries old magnet for
cultures around the world, while also offering collectors an opportunity to discover new artists and trends from other parts
of the
country.
Since his first trip to India in the 1970s, Francesco Clemente immersed himself in the
country's rich
cultures as well as the everyday life and
artistic practices
of local people.
This final work exemplifies the way in which music and
artistic expression can, and has over centuries, created a universal unity
of emotions amongst different peoples,
countries and
cultures.
Late last week the German
Culture Minister, Monika Gütter, announced a plan that would aim to preserve the
country's
artistic heritage through restricted circulation
of German art — requiring that artifacts valued at $ 150,000 ($ 165,900) or more or that are more than 50 years old receive an export license before leaving the
country.
The exhibition offers an unexpected insight into the
artistic energy
of a
culture that is constantly evolving as Iranians living both in and out
of the
country, come
of age living and working in contentious societies.
«Having grown up between two
countries, I have always felt a sense
of un-grounding that has allowed me to operate between
cultures and
artistic disciplines,» says Aguiñiga.