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Category Archives: Contemporary

Panorama
Centre d’art contemporain, Genève

Panorama Centre d’art contemporain, Genève (CH) March 25 – June 26, 2011 Curator: Schönherwehrs with Katya García-Antón Statement: «Panorama, projet développé par Schönherwehrs – studio de communication visuelle basé à Genève – en collaboration avec Katya García-Antón, est une exposition sur les pratiques et les productions récentes du graphisme en Suisse romande. Elle entend en […]

Kunstkammer
12mail, Paris

Kunstkammer: The Representation of an Amateur Room 12mail [a Red Bull Space], Paris, FR January 28 – March 25, 2011 Curator: Charlotte Cheetham (Manystuff) Statement: «Representations of amateur wonder-rooms of the 17th century present numerous private canvas collections: in a private interior, walls are covered in an accumulation of juxtaposed canvases with no hierarchy, frame […]

The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA January 20 – February 5, 2011 Curator: Jon Sueda Statement: «Wide White Space investigates graphic design’s evolving relationship with the practice of exhibition making as it intersects with the visual arts and the work of both artists and curators. […]

Connecting the Past and the Future
Graphic Design Museum, Breda

Connecting the Past and the Future Graphic Design Museum / Museum of the Image, Breda, NL January 15 – May 29, 2011 Statement: «The past and the present are always connected. And this has persuaded the Graphic Design Museum to make connections between the history and the future of graphic image culture. The exhibition Connecting […]

Graphic Design Worlds

Graphic Design Worlds Triennale Design Museum, Milan, IT January 6 – March 27, 2011 Curator: Giorgio Camuffo Assistant curator: Maddalena Dalla Mura Statement: «The Triennale Design Museum presents Graphic Design Worlds, the first major exhibition totally devoted to graphic design, that will be curated by Giorgio Camuffo. The Triennale Design Museum carries out this way […]

Some Things Better Change
HBKsaar HfBKunst, Saarbrücken

Some Things Better Change HBKsaar Hochschule für Bilende Kunst, Saarbrücken, DE November 6 – December 12, 2010 Statement (by Paulien Barbas, exhibition design): «Some Things Better Change was a solo exhibition by graphic design studio Our Polite Society at HBKsaar Gallery in Saarbrücken, Germany. In collaboration we made a work emphasizing the problem of presenting […]

Graphisme… Architecture
MAV – NDPC, Lille

Graphisme… architecture Maison de l’Architecture et de la Ville du Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille, FR October 19 – December 23, 2010 Curators: Étienne Hervy and Vanina Pinter Statement: «La MAV propose une exposition qui met de nouveau en relation l’architecture et les arts appliqués. L’image et l’illustration font aujourd’hui partie intégrante de nos bâtiments : […]

The Situation Room
P/////AKT, Amsterdam

The Situation Room P/////AKT platform voor beeldende kunst, Amsterdam, NL April 8-24, 2010 Statement: «The Situation Room [is] an exhibition of works by graphic designers Hilde and Janna Meeus, Our Polite Society, Karl Nawroth, Young Na Kim and Nina Støttrup Larsen. […] The Situation Room is a 150 square meter temporary set up and documentation […]

Infodecodata

Infodecodata Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL February 20 – September 5, 2010 Statement: «The weatherman on TV has been replaced by the shower radar; you can check whether your train is delayed with your iPhone App. We use transitory media such as internet and the mobile telephone to find information much more quickly, in any […]

Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication (the book)

Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication «Since 2001, Christoph Keller’s famous archive “Kiosk – Modes of Multiplication” has been exhibited 27 times all around the world, in institutions such as the ICA (London), the Witte de With (Rotterdam), Artists’ Space (NY), the Emily Carr Institute (Vancouver), MUDAM (Luxembourg) and some biennials such as Manifesta 4, the 25th […]