Benaki Museum of Islamic Art || Exhibition: Aegean Desert ~ Prince Nikolaos || until 19.01.2020

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Two experiential installations in two cities, Athens and Doha, inspired by the vastness and fluidity of nature.

Having studied the connection between the desert of Qatar and the Aegean Sea, Prince Nikolaos created two experiential installations in Athens and Doha, in which pictures from the Qatari desert and photographs of the Aegean Sea will be exhibited side by side. These works underline the beauty and the individual character of variegated landscapes, while in some of them, their distinguishing features, sand and water, are fused to produce playful illusions. Based on local architecture and enriched by traditional music, the installations accentuate the cultural dialogue through art. Besides, the interaction between themes, media and stimuli is the key concept in the Prince Nikolaos’s work. In a world where visual representations are prevalent, the artist attempts an interactive play with the visitors and urges them to see, listen and feel and thus participate in the creative activity.

The Qatari desert was captured by the lens of Prince Nikolaos while he was visiting Doha as a guest of Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, one of the most significant figures in the field of art worldwide. In Athens, the photographs will be exhibited in a Bedouin tent (bait al shaar) designed especially for this event at the courtyard of the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art. Additionally in Doha, the photographs will be shown in a traditional windmill of the Aegean Sea, which will be erected in the Katara Cultural Village.

DURATION:

10/10/2019 – 19/01/2020

OPENING:

08/10/2019, at 20:00

OPENING HOURS:

Thurday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00

TICKETS:

€5, €3

€12, €10 (temporary plus permanent exhibition)

ORGANISED BY:

CURATORS

Marilena Koutsoukou

HASHTAG EXHIBITION:

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Benaki Museum of Islamic Art || Exhibition: Aegean Desert ~ Prince Nikolaos || until 19.01.2020

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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art || Exhibition: Marsden Hartley || until 19.1.2020

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020stomouseio Leave a comment

Hailed as “America’s first great modern painter of the 20th century” and “one of the most intriguing art historical subjects of all time”, Marsden Hartley remains relatively unknow to a European audience. This Louisiana presentation marks the first major retrospective exhibition of his work in Europe in over 60 years.

The work of the American painter and poet Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) can be regarded as a bridge between European and American modernism. Hartley lived much of his life nomadically between Europe and the USA, and his travels produced a number of profoundly original groups of works from 1906 until 1943. Among these we can count a series of abstract paintings created with a point of departure in military symbols from the horrors of the First World War; desolate, almost surreal landscapes from New Mexico; feminized figure paintings of muscular working men.

The Marsden Hartley exhibition is generously supported by the Augustinus Fonden and Terra Foundation For American Art.

Before World War I Marsden Hartley participated in Gertrude Stein’s famous salons in Paris and visited Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter in Munich, and Franz Marc invited him to show his mysterious pictures at the famous exhibition Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon in Berlin in 1913 alongside the other members of Der Blaue Reiter.

In his home country too Marsden Hartley mixed with the artistic elite. In New York he was a member of the circle of the famous photographer and forward-looking gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, who helped him financially on all his travels and spread knowledge of him. Despite his central position on the art scene of the time, Hartley has remained a neglected name in the USA and an unknown figure in Europe, perhaps because of the many-faceted character of his oeuvre, which has made it difficult to place him in the history of art.

Louisiana’s Marsden Hartley Retrospective is one of the largest presentations of the artist’s work to date and the first major exhibition of his work in Europe since 1960. Presenting more than 110 paintings, the show will emphasise the artist’s dual role as both a painter and poet.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art || Exhibition: Marsden Hartley || until 19.1.2020

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SCAD Museum of Art ||Exhibition: Michael Cinco ‘Impalpable Couture’ || until 12.01.2020

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SCAD Museum of Art presents the first solo museum exhibition of Michael Cinco, the Philippine-born, Dubai-based fashion designer. Cinco is best known for his opulent gowns that combine Swarovski crystals, precise beadwork, and embroidery with masterful craftsmanship to great effect. His stunning designs have secured elite clients who commission glamorous, one-of-a-kind pieces. This exhibition explores Cinco’s unique global perspective, evident in his use of French couture techniques alongside traditional Filipino textiles and embroidery methods.

Truly an international designer, Cinco has shown his work in fashion capitals such as Dubai, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris to name a few. A 2014 presidential award winner for Outstanding Filipinos Overseas, Cinco is part of the Asian Couture Federation, an exclusive organization of the best designers in Asia. Growing up on the island of Samar in the Philippines, Cinco found early inspiration in glamorous Hollywood stars such as Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly, Joan Crawford, and Audrey Hepburn. Now, today’s celebrities come to his Dubai design studio in search of his impalpable, ethereal creations. On view at SCAD Museum of Art are pieces worn by Beyoncé, Aishwarya Rai, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, and Sofia Vergara to performances and prestigious international red-carpet events, from the Met Gala to the Cannes Film Festival and Golden Globes.

CREDITS

Impalpable Couture, curated by Rafael Gomes, director of fashion exhibitions at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, grants visitors an exclusive, intimate look at the details that make Cinco’s work extraordinary.

MUSEUM ADMISSION

The exhibition is free for museum members and SCAD students, faculty and staff with a valid SCAD Card. Open to the public with the cost of museum admission.