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Uros at Tribeca Issey Miyake | Opening Reception

grimanesa — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:57:31 +0000

Uros Island at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam

grimanesa — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:29:20 +0000


	Wereldmuseum Rotterdam The Netherlands Future Pass
With *Future Pass, the Wereldmuseum is presenting the new aesthetics that will dominate the 21st century, just as abstract art dominated the 20th century. After its successful showing at the Venice Biennale, this international exhibition will open at the Wereldmuseum on December 8th. Future Pass* is a production of the Wereldmuseum, the Today Art Museum in Beijing, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung, and the UNEEC Culture and Education Foundation in Taipei. It was achieved in cooperation with the Fondazione Claudio Buziol. Curator Victoria Lu (Creative Director, Today Art Museum, Beijing) is responsible for the exhibition’s content. OPENING December 8th – March 11th, 2012 LOCATION Willemskade 25, 3016 DM Rotterdam, 010-2707172 HOURS Tuesday through Sunday, 10 AM – 8 PM Wereldmuseum offers, by its outstanding ethnographic collection, a unique place to absorb and experience a variety of cultures. Every year the museum presents two high quality theme exhibitions. These theme exhibitions, comprising masterpieces from museums and private collectors from all over the world, are displayed over a two-storey high exhibition area. The exhibition theme will be carried through the entire museum. Besides these temporary exhibitions, the museum also features a permanent exhibition, ‘the Collection’, which consists of over 2,000 art pieces of the highest quality, from Asia and Oceania. fondazioneclaudiobuziol.org \| todayartmuseum.com \| foundation.uneec.com \| wereldmuseum.nl \| ntmofa.gov.tw For more information about Future Pass visit www.wereldmuseum.com Please contact Wendy Liang, Studio Manager for Grimanesa Amorós Studio at studio@grimanesaamoros.com for information about Grimanesa Amorós.

Uros at tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE

Dara — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:02:47 +0000

November 14, 2011 – January 14, 2012

tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE is proud to present Uros by Grimanesa Amorós.

Off the coast of Puno, Peru are the Uros Islands. They are floating islets made of totora reeds grown in Lake Titicaca. The pre-Incan Uros, who live on these forty-two self-fashioned floating islands, build everything out of this material – from houses to boats to watch towers. Amorós created Uros to reflect the natural elegance of sea foam and totora reeds.

tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE is a Frank Gehry designed US flagship store featuring all Issey Miyake collections.

LOCATION tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE, 119 Hudson Street at N. Moore, New York City

tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE, opened in 2001, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary as the site for the Miyake US headquarters and flagship store carrying all Issey Miyake collections. Featuring a titanium “intervention” or sculpture by Frank Gehry that winds its way through the space, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE acts as a retail store, laboratory, and atelier; a place for new talent, the unexpected, and the excitement that lies within the power of creation. For these reasons, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE often hosts up-and-coming and established artists, as well as lectures, and performances.

For further information regarding Grimanesa Amorós and the Uros installation, or tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE respectively please contact:
Robert von Leszczynski, Marketing Communications Officer, Issey Miyake USA, 212.226.1334 ext. 222, robert@issey.com and visit tribecaISSEYMIYAKE.com
Wendy Liang, Studio Manager, Grimanesa Amorós Studio, 212.941.9787, studio@grimanesaamoros.com

Centre D’Art D’Alcoi – Voyager

Dara — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:01:14 +0000

VOYEUR / VOYAGER is a retrospective of videos by Grimanesa Amorós.

September 22 – December 4

OPENING Reception September 22
LOCATION Centre D’Art D’Alcoi

The Retrospective at Sala Net Art of Grimanesa Amorós consists of 7 videos representing her latest work. Amorós’ diverse interests in scientific research, social history and critical theory have greatly influenced her work. She utilizes art to help us better understand our notions of personal and community identity and as an agent of empowerment to engage all audiences regardless of their background or environment.

For more information about the artist visit aranapoveda.com or call 00.34.91.3896073

Galeria ARANAPOVEDA
C/ Lope de Vega, 22
28014 Madrid

For more information about Centre D’Art D’Alcoi visit tucamon.es/cada

Paul and Lulu Hilliard Museum at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Dara — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:54:36 +0000


	Paul and Lulu Hilliard Museum University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana
The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana is Acadiana’s architectural landmark and the largest art museum between Houston and New Orleans. The Museum features a variety of changing exhibitions and a continuing schedule of lectures and programs. OPENING Reception August 19th, 2011 LOCATION Paul and Lulu Hilliard Museum at University of Louisiana at Lafayette Uros House, a lighting sculpture by artist Grimanesa Amorós, will be on view at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum from August 6th through the end of the year. Recently shown in Times Square, the sculpture was presented as part of the 2011 Armory Show. Uros House, made of polyethylene, steel, metal and computer controlled LEDS, was inspired by structures built by the Uros Indians in Peru. The pre-Incan Uros, who live on forty-two self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca, build everything out of totora reeds, a sub-species of the giant bulrush sedge. According to Amorós, who was born and raised in Peru, the Uros House sculpture “embodies the beauty of sea foam, while maintaining the traditional technique and shape of the Uros islands houses. The structure will seemingly arise from the ground as if it were one with the earth.” For more information about Paul and Lulu Hilliard Museum at University of Louisiana at Lafayette visit museum.louisiana.edu or call 337-482-227

Festival APART | Golden Uros

grimanesa — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:45:02 +0000

GRIMANESA AMORÓS

Golden Uros is a site-specific lighting sculpture installation.

APART 2011 is the 2nd edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Art. It will travel throughout the Alpilles for six weeks.

July 7th – August 17th

Opening Reception:
Thursday, July 7th, 7 PM

Chapelle de la Persévérance
Tarascon, France

For more information visit www.festival-apart.com

Living in Lima, Amorós would travel throughout Peru whenever she could. Amorós’ exposure to the historical sites of the country led her to research the Incan Empire. The Incas’ use of gold and religious beliefs contributed considerably to their way of life. They would make masks of deities forged from pure gold as a form of worship.

The population living on the Uros Islands are descendants from the Quecha and Aymara, Puno being the only place in Peru where both indigenous groups are living unanimously. Walking on the totora reeds of the Uros Islands – the material the islands are constructed from – Amorós was struck by the sense of weightlessness and spiritual connectivity achieved on these floating islands.

Golden Uros explores the duality of ancient beliefs and universal spirituality by incorporating the imagery of Amorós’ golden self-portrait as a deity.

Uros Island at the 54th International Venice Biennale

grimanesa — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:43:59 +0000

54th International Venice Biennale | Collateral Event Future Pass

Dara — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:18:34 +0000

UROS ISLAND by Grimanesa Amorós

La Biennale di Venezia 54th International Art Exhibition
ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations
Collateral Event Future Pass

Future Pass is a collateral event of the 54th International Venice Biennale curated by Victoria Lu, Felix Schoeber, and Renzo di Renzo. It takes place at the Fondazione Claudio Buziol, a private instution based in two venues at the center of Venice. After the Venice Biennale this exhibition will travel to Rotterdam’s Wereld Museum, the National Taiwan Art Museum in Taichung and the Beijing Art Museum in China.

OPENING June 1st – November 6th, 2011

LOCATION Fondazione Claudio Buziol Abbazia di San Gregorio, Dorsoduro 172, Venice

In its two venues, the exhibition brings together artists and artistic groups from every corner of the world. Among the artists of the exhibition are: Grimanesa Amorós (Peru); Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara (Japan); Wim Delvoye (Belgium); Shahzia Sikander (Pakistan); Xu Bing and Zhang Xiaogang (China); Dieter Jung and Rolf A. Kluenter (Germany); Thukral and Tagra and Janice Devali (India); Ay Tjoe and Indieguerillas (Miko and Santi) (Indonesia); Simone Legno, aka Tokidoki (Italy); Lee Dongi and SEO (Korea); Hooger T. Brugge (Netherlands); Phunk Studio (Singapore); Yang Maolin (Taiwan); Natee Utarit (Thailand) and Gary Baseman (USA). Their works employ a variety of media—from painting, interactive installation, animation and video to sculpture, live performance and body art —, defying an any attempt to classify them.

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For more information about Future Pass visit www.labiennale.org
Please contact Wendy Liang from Grimanesa Amoros Studio at studio@grimanesaamoros.com for information about the artist.

The Armory Show 2011

Dara — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:19:46 +0000

We would like to draw your attention a specific sculpture installation by the New York based Peruvian artist Grimanesa Amorós at Times Square, 7th Ave 46th and 47th St. The opening will be on Friday 4th, from 7 to 9 pm and this show will be open from March 1-7, 2011

For more information about the artist please contact:

Diana Geisler at the Nina Menocal Gallery at diana@ninamenocal.com

Wendy Liang from Amoros Studio at wendy@grimanesaamoros.com