tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.comments2023-03-26T06:13:47.783-07:00pureartsgrouppureartsgrouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-28332623301746516542012-01-05T23:39:31.695-08:002012-01-05T23:39:31.695-08:00I am really thankful to you for this great read!! ...I am really thankful to you for this great read!! You did a very great job, keep it up. 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The random curation really adds an interesting edge to the look and feel .....<br />DLWP cafes pretty good too! amazing views of Beachy Head from the balcony.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-24795560719203506432011-04-21T14:46:25.728-07:002011-04-21T14:46:25.728-07:00Went today. Definitely a must see exhibition. Pers...Went today. Definitely a must see exhibition. Personally I loved the early work, the mid years collages and the later years massive tryptichs. <br />Symbolic surrealism is not to everyones taste, however, Miro's work reflects a particular place and time in history and one mans response to the world he found himself in.....pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-45411699051993672162011-04-06T15:14:50.436-07:002011-04-06T15:14:50.436-07:00Went to see this exhibition today. Totally worth t...Went to see this exhibition today. Totally worth the effort and expense. This is one of two, pay to enter exhibitions the V&A are currently showing, the other being the Yamamoto retrospective.<br /><br />The cult of beauty exhibition is quite small and took about an hour or so to view. It is beautifully curated and very nurturing in its style and layout. You feel you are being very gently guided through the experience not blasted with information and imagery, as can sometimes be the case. In fact you feel like you are in someones private home not a large public museum space.<br /><br />Even the non historical content is beautiful. The wall projections of peacocks and flowers..... <br /><br />I would thoroughly recommend a visit.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-34022812257396714572011-03-12T08:02:00.191-08:002011-03-12T08:02:00.191-08:00I went I saw and i was blown away. my favourite Th...I went I saw and i was blown away. my favourite The Stag for sure.....sadly i don't have a spare £8,500, but if i did i would have spent it!<br />These paintings will look amazing in a Parisian Maison....i'm sure nick will sell out.<br />Go tomorrow if you can...i thoroughly recommend the effort.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-76258374161627020672011-02-25T11:18:24.712-08:002011-02-25T11:18:24.712-08:00We went. It was incredible....definitely worth the...We went. It was incredible....definitely worth the trip.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-14247393808559158372011-02-22T11:16:42.353-08:002011-02-22T11:16:42.353-08:00Votes for Ai Weiwei as China's "Artist of...Votes for Ai Weiwei as China's "Artist of the Year" Spur Censorship Panic<br />Courtesy AFP/Getty Images<br /><br />By Madeleine O’Dea, ARTINFO China<br />Published: February 22, 2011<br /><br /><br />BEIJING— The Chinese authorities may not love Ai Weiwei, but they know only too well that he has a large and engaged following in China. So what happened when sina.com, a leading Chinese infotainment portal, included his name in an online poll to choose the 2010 "Artist of the Year"? It became an object lesson in the creativity of the Chinese people when it comes to maneuvering around both government censorship and the country's atmosphere of self-censorship.<br /><br />As one of China's most popular Web sites, Sina — which also presides over the wildly successful microblogging site Sina Weibo — has accordingly had more than its fair share of exposure to the country's dogged censors, who routinely ask Sina Weibo to block certain terms in users' Tweets. (Most recently the verbotten words have included "Egypt" and "jasmine," as in Tunisia's Jasmine revolution.)<br /><br />The "Artist of the Year" poll was planned as Sina's contribution to Art Value magazine's annual "Art Power List," for which it was a media partner. Someone decided that a bit of popular participation would add to the excitement surrounding the list, which was otherwise to be decided by the editorial team at Art Value. The poll was duly posted on Sina with 15 artists to choose from, including Ai. He immediately opened up a commanding lead over fellow luminaries like Gu Wenda, Xu Bing, and Zhang Xiaogang — a development that posed a problem for the site, which recognized that crowning a renowned anti-government dissident as "Artist of the Year" would not be a good strategy for a Chinese media company.<br /><br />So Sina removed the poll from their Web site, replacing it with one less likely to get them into trouble — or so they thought. This poll involved a popular vote for the "Art Institution of the Year," with nominations including leading galleries and auction houses.<br /><br />Determined Ai Weiwei supporters immediately saw another opening. Among the nominated institutions was Beijing's Three Shadows Photography Art Center, on whose advisory board sits none other than Ai Weiwei. Votes for Three Shadows climbed into the thousands, but a late (and, some thought, suspicious) surge for China's Guardian Auctions put them across the line for first place.<br /><br />Asked to comment on the issue, Sina's spokesperson said that the voting was always intended to only be a "reference," with the final results to be decided by the "experts." The "Power List" was duly announced last night, with Zhou Chunya acclaimed as "Artist of the Year."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Ai Weiwei had a mixed result in another vote this month. In 2009 a group of some of China's most interesting young critics launched two new annual contemporary art awards. One, the Golden Palm, is aimed at honoring the best artworks of the year, while the other, the Golden Raspberry, heaps shame on the worst. Last week Ai achieved a remarkable double in winning both awards for 2010, with the critics dividing down the middle in their judgement on his widely admired "Sunflower Seeds" installation at the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-10870569267677489032011-02-19T05:12:28.017-08:002011-02-19T05:12:28.017-08:00Are we entering a new aesthetic era?
Can we esca...Are we entering a new aesthetic era? <br /><br />Can we escape the transient and materialistic 90's and naughty's .<br /><br />Can we re promote the idea of 'art for art's sake'.<br /><br />Love it simply for its intrinsic beauty not because it feeds our ego or fits our home styling! Can I have that in pink!!!pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-69394602206752162462011-02-17T07:25:35.158-08:002011-02-17T07:25:35.158-08:00Tuesday session now full. Book for Wednesday or Th...Tuesday session now full. Book for Wednesday or Thursday!<br />Half Term Painting class for Year 6 students and above<br />Sara and beverly are running 3 sessions of 'Art School' classes over half term. Students will be taught by 2 professional practicing artists. Sara Habgood and Beverly Rouwen (represented by the Fairfax Gallery). Fun, relaxed, exciting and a lovely, educational experience.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-61378245608623635232011-02-14T15:52:23.511-08:002011-02-14T15:52:23.511-08:00I am going on sunday... i will be careful not to i...I am going on sunday... i will be careful not to inhale deeply....pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-43420757493818494872011-02-14T15:51:17.380-08:002011-02-14T15:51:17.380-08:00This is a copy of the article posted by uk press a...This is a copy of the article posted by uk press assoc on the 29th jan<br /><br />Tate exhibit contains lead traces<br /><br />A vast carpet of more than 100 million porcelain "seeds" in the Tate Modern contain traces of lead, an investigation into the exhibition has discovered.<br /><br />The installation was declared out of bounds to art lovers only two days after it opened because it poses a health threat due to dust.<br /><br />But further analysis of the seeds and dust has shown they contain traces of the poisonous metal.<br /><br />Visitors to the London gallery were initially allowed to walk on the imitation sunflower seeds - which cover 1,000 square metres of its Turbine Hall - but were banned shortly after the piece opened in October.<br /><br />A Tate spokeswoman insisted that the exhibition poses "no health risk". She said: "Tate did testing on the seeds to check their robustness before the work was installed in the Turbine Hall. Tate also undertook further testing on the dust generated by the enthusiastic interaction of the public in the first days of opening.<br /><br />"We were advised following the second test, the dust could be damaging to health following prolonged exposure. The tests show that traces of lead are present in the material of the seeds and the dust that resulted from the interaction with the work by visitors.<br /><br />"Specialist advice confirmed that due to the limited length of time with the work their exposure to the dust has not led to a health risk. The results showed that exposure to the dust during the period when the work could still be walked on was below the relevant Workplace Exposure Limits. The installation as currently seen in the Turbine Hall poses no health risk."<br /><br />She added that staff involved with the project were also informed about the contents of the dust.<br /><br />The installation can still be viewed from a bridge in the gallery.<br /><br />The seeds, which were individually handcrafted by skilled artisans, are the idea of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The ceramic seeds were moulded, fired at soaring temperatures, hand-painted and then fired again over the course of two years.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-56115379044503794862011-02-13T11:27:25.687-08:002011-02-13T11:27:25.687-08:00Last week on a TV programme - actually I think it ...Last week on a TV programme - actually I think it was the news - they said the ceramic sunflower seeds were giving off a toxic substance!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13252254412775743732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-73572513630300021152011-02-11T15:43:29.217-08:002011-02-11T15:43:29.217-08:00Just because......Just because......pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-6771364491178536882011-02-03T08:07:20.769-08:002011-02-03T08:07:20.769-08:00Brendas exhibition at the Curwen & New Academy...Brendas exhibition at the Curwen & New Academy opened last night and saw quite a crowd.<br />For lovers of Brendas work it was a veritable feast for the eyes.<br />Much animated chat went on in the environs of these beautiful pieces of work and before we left many red dots had appeared to adorn the walls, which was very pleasing.<br />A rare treat for London art lovers, now that Brenda spends most of her time in the country. Definitely a show to see....you will be pleased you made the effort.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-81888472490193734042011-01-29T08:05:59.599-08:002011-01-29T08:05:59.599-08:00Tate exhibit contains lead traces
press release (U...Tate exhibit contains lead traces<br />press release (UKPA) – 19 minutes ago......<br /><br />A vast carpet of more than 100 million porcelain "seeds" in London's Tate Modern contain traces of lead, an investigation into the exhibition discovered.<br /><br />The installation was declared out of bounds to art lovers only two days after it opened because it poses a health threat due to dust.<br /><br />But further analysis of the seeds and dust has shown they contain traces of the poisonous metal.<br /><br />Visitors to the London gallery were initially allowed to walk on the imitation sunflower seeds - which cover 1,000 square metres of its Turbine Hall - but were banned shortly after the piece opened in October.<br /><br />A Tate spokeswoman insisted that the exhibition poses "no health risk".<br /><br />She said: "Tate did testing on the seeds to check their robustness before the work was installed in the Turbine Hall. Tate also undertook further testing on the dust generated by the enthusiastic interaction of the public in the first days of opening.<br /><br />"We were advised following the second test, the dust could be damaging to health following prolonged exposure. The tests show that traces of lead are present in the material of the seeds and the dust that resulted from the interaction with the work by visitors.<br /><br />"Specialist advice confirmed that due to the limited length of time with the work their exposure to the dust has not led to a health risk. The results showed that exposure to the dust during the period when the work could still be walked on was below the relevant Workplace Exposure Limits.<br /><br />"The installation as currently seen in the Turbine Hall poses no health risk."<br /><br />She added that staff involved with the project were also informed about the contents of the dust.pureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595271384450045718.post-40431995909165714622011-01-22T16:12:58.865-08:002011-01-22T16:12:58.865-08:00AI WEIWEI
The Unilever Series 2010
12 October 201...AI WEIWEI<br />The Unilever Series 2010<br /><br />12 October 2010 – 02 Mayl 2011<br /><br />Ai Weiwei, one of China’s leading Conceptual artists and an outspoken cultural and social commentator, has undertaken the eleventh commission in The Unilever Series.<br /><br />Sunflower Seeds is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but actually unique. However realistic they may seem, these life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain. Each seed has been individually sculpted and painted by specialists working in small-scale workshops in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen. Far from being industrially produced, they are the effort of hundreds of skilled hands.<br /><br />Poured into the interior of the Turbine Hall’s vast industrial space, the 100 million seeds form a seemingly infinite landscape. Sunflower Seeds is a sensory and immersive installation, which we can touch, walk on and listen to as the seeds shift under our feet. The casual act of walking on the work’s surface contrasts with the immense effort of production and the precious nature of the material. Porcelain is almost synonymous with China and, to make this work, Ai Weiwei has manipulated traditional methods of crafting what has historically been one of China’s most prized exports. Sunflower Seeds invites us to look more closely at the ‘Made in China’ phenomenon and the geo-politics of cultural and economic exchange today.<br /><br />www.tate.org.uk/modernpureartsgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941238195024030320noreply@blogger.com