Antipodes Video on FB - Live at the Opening
A successful opening on July 29th 2016 at the Fridge Gallery in Washington DC
Antipodes Video on FB - Live at the Opening
It was a successful exhibition opening - great crowd!
Pictures in the slide show are from the day before during set-up, and the actual opening on July 9th
posted by Otto Rapp
WATCH VIDEO: A Lethbridge student's art piece is being called, by some, too controversial for elementary school students. The Lethbridge Public School Board asked the Southern Alberta Art Gallery to take the piece down after a parent complained.
A piece of art created by a Lethbridge high school student has been taken down from where it was hung at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) after someone filed a complaint about it. .............. Kimberly Tams from CBC has more.
My own 2 cents worth of comment:
Is this for real? It sounds like a bad Saturday Night Live spoof about this Alberta hick town, or maybe something one would expect to happen in ISIS controlled parts of Syria. Certainly not in a modern Western Society. That the Lethbridge School District 51 would give in to a complaint by a obviously uncultured prude is astonishing; laughable if it were not such a sad reflection on what misunderstood 'political correctness' has come to dictate, forcing the moral position of one onto the general public. What next? This piece is a brillant collage by this grade 12 student, a tribute to historical art. Next would be banning any depictions of Michelangelo's work found in places such as the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Good enough for the pope, but oh, not suitable for the morals of prudish Lethbridge. And again, Southern Alberta's Lethbridge makes it self the laughing stock of Canada and the world! Way to go!
But it appears this made the rounds already, here is a write-up in Metro News:
A student's work has been deemed too racy for a Lethbridge school board's elementary school children after parent complaints. The classic art remix, a collage of works including the Birth of Venus, has been whisked away to a private viewing room. All of the schools in Lethbridge participate in an arts program to submit student work chosen by teachers to the Southern Alberta Art Galley (SAAG) – it’s called Art’s Alive. The works range from kindergarten-aged children to students in Grade 12. On Wednesday of last week the Lethbridge School District No. 51 took down a Grade 12 student's work after a parent, or several parents, complained “about the content of the work.” ...... read more by Helen Pike Metro News
UPDATE:
I had posted the original CBC article on Facebook. One comment I found particularly fitting was by a Portuguese artist friend:
Crazyness! I would call it the "Fig Leaf syndrome". I recall the Michelangelo's David episode... but that happened in the Victorian era . Nowadays, people with such psychological disorders would make better use of their time getting adequate therapy instead of spending time in galleries. Just sayin'...
Exhibition in the "Figarosaal" in the "Palais Palffy" in Viena, Austria. from 03.06. to 18.09. 2016 Opening at the 03.06. 2016 - 18:00 www.palais-palffy.at posted by Otto Rapp Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung Carl Jung, known as the founder of analytic psychology, overcame his own introversion and neurosis in order to share his theories with the world. read more ► Biography A 1990 Documentary about Carl Gustav Jung that explains his standpoints mainly by using footage of him talking. ▼ ''A LEGACY OF LIGHT ~ Generations of Vision'' |
Here is some background information about the book by Ortega y Gasset "The Dehumanization of Art" I was also able to find a English translation as well, and include it here as a PDF ► |
The monumental work by Ernst Fuchs at the St. Egid Chapel
KILROY WAS HERE
70 by 44 inches. Collaborative Micron pen drawing on 20 pieces of 11 x 14 inch Bristol Paper.
Participating Artists:
Ben Tolman, Joe MacGown, Joseph H. MacGown, Julianne MacGown, Ryan Thornburg, Otto Rapp, Marnie Pitts, Pizo Meyer, Zachary Nolin, Chloe Marsters, Jay Garfinkle, Marcel Bakker, Paulo Cunha, Alexander Bostic, Deborah Valentine, Gil Perry, and Lars Peterson
LUSO - AMERICAN SURREALISM of the 21st Century: Mississippi State, MS
from January 21 to February 19, 2016
The Antipodes Project was a collaborative art project started by Ben Tolman in 2006. It was an ongoing, evolving project dedicated to exploring the antipodes of our collective mind. The project was later continued by fellow artist Joe MacGown. |
this is just one of the project pieces artists were working on. There may be more completed in future.
Joe told me some time ago that there might be additional panels on this one as well - it is a growing work!
For more news, if you are on Facebook,
check out the Antipodes Project Group ►
Homage to HR Giger January 27th to March 6th 2016 Opening times: Tue - Sat .: 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM; Sun .: 11:00 AM to- 6.00 PM Admission: 5 € (teenagers under 18 are admitted free) | Hommage an HR Giger 27.01. - 06.03.2016 Öffnungszeiten: Di. - Sa.: 14.00 - 19.00Uhr; So.: 11.00 - 18.00Uhr Eintritt: 5 € (Jungendliche unter 18 Jahren haben freien Eintritt) |
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