SOLO SHOW PASCAL GRANDMAISON

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Le photographe et cinéaste montréalais Pascal Grandmaison prend plaisir à capter les détails presque cachés qui souvent nous échappent dans lʼagitation de la vie du XXIe siècle – la beauté dʼune ligne, le poids dʼun geste.

Eponyme > Art Rotterdam. 08.02.2012 > 12.02.2012.


HEAR US MARCHING UP SLOWLY

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Dorothée Smith, à travers ses différentes séries photographiques et l’installation vidéo C19H28O2 (Agnès), produite par le Fresnoy en 2011 explore la question du (trans)genre.

Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris. 27.01.2012 > 25.02.2012


ADIOS #4 — THE EXHIBITION

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The exhibition celebrates the release of the book Adios # 4 presenting artworks from 10 Nordic artists that share a common interest in the visual innovations of alternative lifestyles and socio-political revolution started in the late 1960’s. Selection of Websites: Nadine Byrne, Ragnar JonassonKonsta Ojala, Danilo Stankovic and Arvid Wretman.

Alice Gallery, Bruxelles. 19.01.2012 > 17.02.2012.


VIERØ — PITTELOUD

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International Pastime by Marianne Vierø consists of recent wall work, installation and photography. The show investigates a potential equilibrium between the symbolic and the real.
Annaïk Lou Pitteloud presents two works that play with the notion of measurement and appropriate esthetical, conceptual or theoretical references, playfully using the context of art history as a flexible grid on which reflections can be placed.

Ellen de Bruijne projects, Amsterdam. 07.01.2012 > 18.02.2012.


SALOMANIA

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Like historians, Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz build intellectual bridges. Salomania simultaneously explores the queer potential of the character of Salomé and the practice of drag performance.

Marcelle Alix, Paris. 12.11.2011 > 28.01.2012.


LIPS THAT WOULD KISS

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Accompagné de Julie Cortella, auteur du texte venant en vis-à-vis des photographies, Benoît Grimbert a recueilli des signes de l’univers de Ian Curtis à Manchester.

Livre édité à 23 exemplaires (+ 7 ex. hors commerce), chez Bartleby & Co., Bruxelles.
Présentation le 15 décembre 2011 à 18:00.


EIGHTEEN ANALOGUE DOUBLE EXPOSURES

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I am attracted to pictures that aren’t appreciated in contemporary art, but only if they have what you could call mythical potential. A cliché is only interesting if it contains a hidden truth.
(Torbjørn Rødland in Contemporary Dialogues)

Standard, Oslo. 09.12.2011 > 14.01.2012.


JULIEN GUINAND — FORCES

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Des photographies aux contenus méditatifs: personnages concentrés, objets isolés, nature abandonnée, feux éphémères ou animaux à l’arrêt… Mais le calme n’est qu’apparent. Toute l’œuvre de Julien Guinand s’attaque à la représentation des forces.

Graphisme : Bureau 205. Disponible à partir du 8 décembre aux Éditions 205.


FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE

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The exhibition is associated with a zine that has been produced for and by THE BAKERY and for which selected artists interpreted the saying FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE. Selection of Websites: Ralf BrückMiguel FerrazAude JamierChristina Oswald,  Tobias Röttger.

THE BAKERY, Berlin. 09.12.2011 > 21.12.2011


OPTIMISM AS A CULTURAL REBELLION

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Since 2004 Matthew Stone has developed a personal philosophy of Optimism, defining it as “the vital force that entangles itself with and then shapes the future”. The exhibition focuses on the intersections between the ideas, photography and sculptures that define Matthew’s work.

The Hole, New York. 01.11.2011 > 10.12.2011.