NOVEMBER 2013 : ISSUE #03

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INTRODUCTION 007 ART NEWS 016 JORGE CAVELIER 023FEATURED ART GALLERY 026 FEATURED ARTIST 027 TEN OLDEST MUSEUMS 028

008 Vienna Showcase International Art FairAt Museum Of Young Art, Palais SchÖnborn

014 Swab BarcelonaReview

016 Ceiling Painting at the UN Genevaby Miquel BarcelÓ

018 Global Art Awards WinnersThe winter 2013 awards ceremony

020 A Tribute ToFrida Kahlo

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IntroductionIssue #003

Welcome to the THIRD issue of Condign Art Magazine.World Contemporary Art Magazine created for Art lovers, Art enthusiasts, Art collectors, Art crional artists, galleries, organisations and societies.

We were invited to the Vienna Showcase International Art Fair and WOW! What a great talent from all over the world, artists from as far as Japan, USA, Russia, Amsterdam, Poland, Africa, and also rest of Europe, exhibited at the very special venue of MOYA - Museum of Young Art in the Palace of Schonborn.

We were also there to witness the amazing Global Art Awards 2013.

Let us tell you more about it in this third issue of Condign Art Mag.

Enjoy issue #003Editor @CondignArt

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Artists from as far as Japan, US, Russia, Peru, Africa, Mexico, UK, Germany, came to Vienna on 25-26 October this year for the ‘Vienna Showcase’ international art event. They exhibited a selection of fine contemporary arts at the art-historical jewel “Palace of Schönborn” (1600) in which the MOYA, Museum of Young Art is today, originally Palace Batthyány - located in Vienna’s first district - is a piece of art in itself!

On exhibition was a fine selection of Contemporary Art, Paintings, Photography Art, Illustrations, Printmaking, and Sculptures. Vistors enjoyed themselves much and admired the art on show to the fullest, there was the opportunity to meet & greet with the artists, whilst enjoying a glass of Champagne during the Vernissage on Friday evening 25th October.

On Saturday 26th October the doors opened at 10.00am and at 16.00pm the Global Art Awards ceremony took place announcing the ‘Best Vienna Showcase Artist Award’ and the ‘Best Global Artist Winter Award’ by the Global Art Agency organisation and Guest Judge Werner Szendi - famous for his healing Art.

Palais SchönbornMuseum of Young Art

Art Collectors even from Spain visited the event, and were impressed by the talent on show. Local press as well as international press attented the Vienna Showcas Art Fair. Camera crew interviewed the exhibitors for global broadcasting.

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Vienna ShowcaseInternational Art Fair

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SOURCE: Biennale by Maurizio Bortolotti .And VB. Duran p. 009

Giulio Gomesgiulio.art@live.nl

Ekaterina Kruchkovawww.ekaterinakruchkova.com

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viennashowcaseexhibitors

Milly Martionouwww.millymartionou.com

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“A brilliant exhibition! The Museum of Young Art in Vienna was a fabulous place to showcase work against a sumptuous historical backdrop.” - Leslie Lismore

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Leslie Lismorewww.leslielismore.com

Igor Zovkowww.igorzovko.wix.com/artiz

Kerr Mcllwraithwww.penetc.co.uk

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“Thank you Global Art Agency and all the artist for best two days of my life!” - Mariusz Kędzierski

Mariusz Kędzierskiwww.facebook.com/MariuszKedzierskiArt

Aneta Srodon ‘Anetart’www.anetart.com

Ansgar Dresslerwww.an-dre-art.comp. 012

“An enormous and precious gift for the artist...” - Tatiana Loguinova

Catherina Zavodnikwww.catherina1.com

Tatiana Loguinovawww.tatianaloguinova.com

Jose De Oliowww.theartofjosedeolio.com

Gianni Cordawww.face book.com/giannicordaartdesign

From October 3 – 6, Barcelona – Spain’s second largest city and the capital of Catalonia – hosted the international contemporary art fair known as Swab Barcelona 2013. This was the first time that the fair was held in the autumn; the previous five years it had always been held in May.

26 galleries took part in the main exhibition. Ten from Barcelona, and the rest from London, Berlin, Budapest, Paris, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, and the Italian cities of Milan and Naples, among others.

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Besides, “Swab Stairs” through collaboration between Kognitif and TMB, provides opportunity for students from five schools in Barcelona to design and create some vinyl that will be present in the access stairs of five subway stations of most central stations in the city.

Its aim is to offer an insight into the latest trends in contemporary art through a careful selection of exhibiting galleries.

Source:arteritory.com / N.V. Bertran

There weren’t any galleries representing the Baltic States this year. Individual sections of the fair were reserved for US and Asian galleries. Swab Barcelona has a special program for collectors, having specially invited 60 art connoisseurs and potential buyers from around the world.

The development of Swab as other years, include activities such as the “As Sun as Possible” where Volkswagen & Swab Barcelona join hands to promote artists and young designers, inviting the best national design schools to participate in the project of the new vinyl for the new Beetle Cabrio that will be presented under the “Swab Off”.

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Ceiling Painting at the UN in Geneva by Miquel Barceló

Art News

On november 18th, the spanish government offi-cially presented miquel barceló’s latest art installa-tion in the UN’s palace of nations in geneva. the controversial work of art is a massive sculptural installation located on the domed ceiling of the building’s newly created human rights and alliance of civilizations chamber. the work consists of mul-ti-coloured stalactite forms that appear to be dripping from the ceiling.

Miquel Barceló’s work often features natural ele-ments and imagery but the chamber’s ceiling takes this idea literally by recreating the natural stalac-tite forms, albeit through the artist’s lens. barceló has revealed that the concept for the project came to him while he was in Africa.

At the unveiling barceló explained, ‘on a day of immense heat in the middle of the sahel desert, I recall with vivacity the mirage of an image of the world dripping toward the sky’. the vivid idea later took shape as he planned out the work.

Barceló and a team of engineers and architects created this new elliptic domed ceiling that is made from extra-strength aluminium. once in place Barceló and his team of 20 assistants began construction of the sculpture.

The work began by building a raised floor that allowed the team to work closer to the high cei-ling. Then a plaster substance was applied to the ceiling in a variety of ways with a special consis-tency that created the cave-like forms. Barceló consulted with particle science laboratories to en-sure this mixture was the correct consistency. This material was mostly applied by hand but also using non-traditional tools like paintball guns. Once the entire ceiling was covered in the plaster and all the dripping forms were complete, the ceiling was allowed to set.

35 tons of paint was then brought onto the sight to apply to the artwork. the paints used were made with special pigments sourced from all the world.

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Art News

The paints were applied to the ceiling with special spray tools, as well as common objects like brooms for touch-ups. a series of different colours were ap-plied to the ceiling. red, green, yellow, blue and al-most every colour conceivable was applied to the ceiling as if the paints had exploded onto it. This multi-coloured layer was allowed to dry and the second coat was applied. Unlike the vibrant hues of the first coat, the second on used only a single greyish blue tone. Further-more, the second coat was applied form only one direction. Because only one side was exposed to the direc-tional spray, the other side was left bare, revealing the multi coloured first layer. barceló has used this directional painting technique in his artwork for almost 20 years.

After 13 months of work the ceiling of the UN chamber was complete. the ceiling’s total area mea-sures a whopping 4,600 square feet and is comple-tely covered in the special plaster and paint. The work’s size is so expansive that it is impossible to see it in its entirety. Because the sculpture is so lar-ge, viewers are forced to circle around the room. As they move around the room and the sculptu-re the directional painting technique comes into play. The piece’s appearance alters depending on the viewer’s perspective in the room.

At the unveiling on Novmeber 18th, Barceló gave a short speech in french, catalan and castilian. In this talk he revealed his main sources of inspira-tion for the installation’s appearance: a cave and the sea. He explained that the piece was executed to com-bine the two simultaneously. barceló further exp-lained, ‘the cave is a metaphor for the agora, the first meeting place of humans, the big african tree under which to sit to talk, and the only possible future: dialogue, human rights’.

ONUART was the project’s key financer, giving 60% of the funding from its member spanish corporations and banks. the spanish government provided the other 40% of the project’s funding, which had a total budget of 25.4 million USD. This budget went to fund the artwork as well as the construction cost to renovate the chamber and upgrade it with the latest technology.

It took 13 months, 35 tons of paint and 25 million USD for Miquel Barcelo to

turn UN’s Palace of Nations in Geneva into this surrealistic cave. The area of the

ceiling is 427 square meters (4600 square feet).

The main cause for the controversy was the origin of the money given by the spanish government. The money came from the spanish foreign minis-try branch of the government. the ministry took some of the 633,000 USD from a budget for over-seas development aid and international organiza-tions like the united nations. This ignited fire among spain’s political right, who argued the money was supposed to be used to alle-viate poverty and help health care in poorer parts of the world.In response, the ministry has insisted that the fun-ding for Barceló’s work was separate.

Source:artdialy.com / designboom.com / onuart

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At the Vienna Showcase 2013 the Best Global Artist Winter 2013 and the Best Vienna Showcase Award were announced. With the help of the Guest Judge Werner Szendi, and GAA Curators the winners were chosen.

The GAA Awards competition hosted on our Facebook page, with over 300 entries from around the world. From the top 20 most voted the winners were picked:

GAA Awards Winter 2013:1st Prize: John ‘Josimo’ Paaterson. www.lovejosimo.com

Also a big congrats to the runner up:2nd place: Mariusz Kedzierski. www.facebook.com/MariuszKedzierskiArt

The Best Vienna Showcase Awards was Curated and Judged by GAA and with the great help of Guest Judge and well-known Vienna based Artist: Werner Szendi - who is famous for his Healing Energy paintings - judged the Vienna Showcase exhibitors on talent, style, expression, quality, technique, and concept. www.szendi.at

Best Vienna Showcase Awards 2013:1st Prize: Souren Mousavi. www.sourenmousavi.co.uk

Also a big congrats to the runner ups:2nd place: Asmita Rajiv. www.asmitarajiv.com3rd place: Jorge Cavelier. www.jorgecavelier.com

John ‘Josimo’ Paaterson & Souren Mousavi have both won the GAA Trophy, they will be exhibiting at the Oxford International Art Fair.

Congrats to all!

Winners John josimo Paaterson & Souren Mousavi

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Artwork by Souren Mousavi Artwork by Asmita Rajiv

Artwork by John Josimo Paaterson

Artwork by Jorge Cavellier

Mariusz Kedzierski Artwork by Werner Szendi

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A TRIBUTE TO

FRIDA KAHLO

When asked why she painted so many self-portraits, Frida replied:

“Because I am so often alone....because I am the subject

I know best.”

Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954, was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán. Perhaps best known for her self-portraits, Kahlo’s work is re-membered for its “pain and passion”, and its intense, vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblema-tic of national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for its uncompromi-sing depiction of the female experience and form.Mexican culture and Amerindian cultu-ral tradition figure prominently in her work, which has sometimes been cha-racterized as Naïve art or folk art. Her work has also been described as “surrea-list”, and in 1938 one surrealist descri-bed Kahlo herself as a “ribbon around a bomb”.

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Kahlo suffered lifelong health problems, many of which stemmed from a traffic accident in her teenage years. These is-sues are reflected in her works, more than half of which are self-portraits of one sort or another. Kahlo suggested, “I paint myself because I am so often alo-ne and because I am the subject I know best.” She also stated, “I was born a bit-ch. I was born a painter

Frida was one of four daughters born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a mother of Spanish and Mexican Indian descent. She did not originally plan to become an artist. A survivor of polio, she entered a pre-med program in Mexico City. At the age of 18, she was seriously injured in a bus accident. She spent over a year in bed recovering from fractures to her spine, collarbone and ribs, a shattered pelvis, and shoulder and foot injuries. She endured more than 30 operations in her lifetime and during her convales-cence she began to paint. Her paintings, mostly self-portraits and still life, were deliberately naïve, and filled with the colors and forms of Mexican folk art. At 22 she married the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rive-ra, 20 years her senior. Their stormy, passionate relationship survived infide-lities, the pressures of careers, divorce, remarriage, Frida’s bi-sexual affairs, her poor health and her inability to have children.

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Once when asked what to do with her body when she dies, Frida replied: “Burn it…I don’t want to be buried. I have spent too much time lying down…Just burn it!”

a truck. She was placed in her bed and four men carried her in to the waiting guests.

Once when asked what to do with her body when she dies, Frida replied: “Burn it…I don’t want to be buried. I have spent too much time lying down…Just burn it!”

On the day after her death, mourners gathered at the crematorium to witness the cremation of Mexico’s greatest and most shocking painter. Soon to be an in-ternational icon, Frida Kahlo knew how to give her fans one last unforgettable goodbye. As the cries of her admirers filled the room, the sudden blast of heat from the open incinerator doors caused her body to bolt upright.

Her hair, now on fire from the flames, blazed around her head like a halo. Fri-da’s lips seemed to break into a seducti-ve grin just as the doors closed. Her last diary entry read: “I hope the end is joyful - and I hope never to return - Frida.”.

Source: fridakahlo.com / geh.org / wikipaintings

During her lifetime, Frida created some 200 paintings, drawings and sketches re-lated to her experiences in life, physical and emotional pain and her turbulent relationship with Diego. She produced 143 paintings, 55 of which are self-por-traits. When asked why she painted so many self-portraits, Frida replied: “Be-cause I am so often alone....because I am the subject I know best.”

In 1953, when Frida Kahlo had her first solo exhibition in Mexico (the only one held in her native country during her li-fetime), a local critic wrote:“It is impossible to separate the life and work of this extraordinary person. Her paintings are her biography.”

This observation serves to explain why her work is so different from that of her contemporaries. At the time of her exhi-bition opening, Frida’s health was such that her Doctor told her that she was not to leave her bed. She insisted that she was going to attend her opening, and, in Frida style, she did. She arrived in an ambulance and her bed in the back of

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Anita Kovacevicwww.fineartbyanita.com“My art reflects me; my thoughts, my emotions, my life experience; and is

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Under the pen name “Gallo”, works in paintings and fine arts. His labor reveals a strong personal impression, due to his self-taught technic and the energetic origin of his activity. Liberty and creativity are overwhelmingly proved in his drawings. Born and lives in Buenos Aires. From a working class italian family, he needed to choose and define his own future at early age, and did it by linking his strong emotions. At 16 years old (1986) created “Nosepick”, one of the first skater t-shirts brands in Argentina. Designed and produced by himself, he managed to open his own skateshop 2 years later and reached a well known possition since in the actual scene. Established in the textile industry, and after overcoming an important financial crisis, Gallo takes the art path since

2007. Versatile, finds his own way to the crative process, and does so by creating new characters and illustrating possible relations between them. Rey ki the dog, Bocota (big mouth), El gallo or Pez (fish), are some of the recurrent identities that emphasize his personal style. Nature inspiration, heavy black strokes, a bright and genuine color palette, stand out in his work. This unique story that blends art and industry, is traveled firmly by Gallo with no prejudments. His paintings and objects join together with joy into different boundaries, shining with great vitality.

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Jorge Cavelier | www.jorgecavelier.comWhite Semioround Forrest. Jorge Cavelier@ 2012. Stainless steel laser cut, powder coated white on black plexiglass plataform, crystal sphere ø4 inch. H 13 1/2 x w 24 x d 12 inch. 13,5 x 60,9 x 30,5 cms.

Martina Kollewww.martinakolle.eu

Abschied und VorfreudeEvery topic, the colours and composition of each single painting, are given to me in quiescence and are then transferred onto

canvas. My oil on canvas paintings are compensators. The interplay of the objective and the non–objective generates tension: You can find patterns if you look for them, but the real importance lies in the disconnection of

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Born,1978,in Japan, KO-HEY! ARKAWA is one of the representa-tive artists in Japan. His artworks contain a visual vocabulary.Bright

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10 OLDEST MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD

Unless time traveling is made possible anytime soon, the only way that we can “travel” back in time is to step inside a museum. Sure reading books is also a good method but nothing will compare to seeing items that were actually from certain periods in history. And if you want a comprehensive journey to the milestones of mankind all over the world, visiting the oldest mu-seums we have today is imperative. Aside from archeological discoveries, these places will also introduce you to the artists that have made a huge impact in our lives. From paintings to sculptures to other inspiring items, the things you will learn from these museums can rival

anything you might possibly pick from a semester of World/Art History.

1. Musei Capitolini / Rome

3. Amerbach Cabinet / Basel

2. Musei Vaticani / Vatican City

4. Royal Armouries / United Kingdom

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10 OLDEST MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD

MUSEI CAPITOLINI / ROME

This place is comprised of several museums in art and archeology. The first step in the crea-tion of these museums was taken in 1471 when Pope Sixtus IV donated bronzes of ancient origins to Rome. He placed these artifacts in Capitolini Hill. In 1536, Michelangelo Buona-rroti designed a place with three palazzi and a piazza in the middle. This place, housing

the museums, took over 400 years to complete. When you visit the Musei Capitolini, you will be able to admire medieval and Renaissance art, ancient Roman statues, coin and jewelry

collections, and many others.

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9. Belvedere / Vienna

5. Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’archéologie / France

7. British Museum / United Kingdom

10. Musee du Louvre / Paris

6. Ashmolean Museum / Oxford

8. Uffizi Gallery / Florence

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