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Category Archives: Exhibition

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. […]

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 : […]

Rebecca Stephany
GfZK, Leipzig

Rebecca Stephany Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Lepzig, DE [INFORM Award for Conceptual Design] October 9 – November 14, 2010 Curator: Barbara Steiner Statement: «INFORM has been awarded on an annual basis since 2007 and is at the crossroads of graphic design and art. The award, which comes with 5,000 euros, was set up by Arend […]

UnCOVERing Women

Uncovering Women Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL September 25, 2010 – May 29, 2011 Curator: Margriet van der Linden Statement: «In the 19th century wealthy women browsed through women’s magazines mainly out of boredom. In the 20th century, women became more aware of their role within the family and at work. Where women’s magazines were […]

Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design
Moravian Gallery, Brno

Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZ 24th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno June 23 – October 24, 2010 Curator: Rick Poynor Statement: «The Surrealist movement of the 1920s and 1930s focused on literature, painting, photography and the object, and the Surrealists’ publishing activities provided only hints of what a fully conceived […]

Shaping Time, by Lev Manovich

Shaping Time Graphic Design Museum Breda, NL May 11 [?] – June 2010 Curator: Lev Manovich Statement: «Lev Manovich is one of the most influential thinkers in the field of new media and digital culture. He is professor of visual arts at the University of California, San Diego and director of the Lab for Cultural […]

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 […]