Highlight #3: The artists in Europe and the art fair in Asia

Major exhibitions across Moscow, Cologne, Basel and Singapore

Russia, MOSCOW <SALVADOR DALI AND MEDIA>

30 October 2014 ~ 1 February 2015_Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Salvador Dalí, one of the most provocative and imaginative artists of 20th-century art, is being celebrated for the first time with a solo exhibition in Russia. Dali’s works are often divided into periods that relate to the geopolitical situation in the world. However, the exhibition is not arranged in typical chronological order. Instead, visitors are encouraged to make their own path inside the show, from within a context of media. Uniquely, the exhibition includes magazine covers, articles, and other publications that introduce the artist as an illustrator and also art director

The selection delineates the role of the Fourth Estate, and although the artist closely collaborated with media, it is a topic that has seldom been covered, save for the 2004 exhibition at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. The Moscow show also coincides with Dalí’s 110th birthday.

<Revista Gran Via de Actualidades, Artes y Letras, 20/08/1960>

Image Rights of Salvador Dali reserved. Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, Figueres, 2014
<Go, 11/1946>

Image Rights of Salvador Dali reserved. Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, Figueres, 2014
<Revista de Actualidades, Artes y Letras, 8-14/09/1955>

Image Rights of Salvador Dali reserved. Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, Figueres, 2014
<Photo Monde, 02/1954>

Image Rights of Salvador Dali reserved. Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, Figueres, 2014
<Ad Bryans Hosiery, Vogue, 01/03/1945>

ⓒ Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, RAO 2014
<Article illustrated by Salvador Dali“Nativity of a New World, Raymond Gram Swing, Esquire: the magazine for men, 12/1942>

ⓒ Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, RAO 2014

Germany, COLOGNE <LUDWIG GOES POP>

2 October 2014 ~ 11 January 2015_Museum Ludwig

As one of leading figures of British pop art, Richard Hamilton once handpicked a selection of keywords with which to describe his work: popular, mass-produced, expendable, cheap, witty, sexy, playful, conspicuous and seductive. These terms also perfectly capture the larger sense of pop art, a fact that is explored in this exhibition. The show provides viewers the opportunity to experience the movement as an expression of modern attitudes toward life. The Museum Ludwig is known for its significant collections of American and British pop art, which often uses imagery and text taken from advertising, comics and other mass media.

The exhibition will bring together for the first time more than 150 major works created by the movement’s key artists. It is a rare opportunity to see art by Jasper Jones, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist and Andy Warhol.

Robert Indiana <Love Rising/Black and White Love(For Martin Luther King)>

1968
Acrylic on canvas 4 parts each 184 x 184 x 6cm Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Andy Warhol <Skull>

1976 Acrylic and screenprint on canvas 183×203×3.5cm Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Roy Lichtenstain <Takka Takka>

1962 Magna on canvas 173×143cm Museum Ludwig, Koln
Richard Lindner <Leopard Lilly>

1966 Oil on canvas 177.8×152.4cm Museum Ludwig, Koln
Mel Ramos <Hippopotamus>

1967 Oil on canvas 180×247cm Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen
James Rosenquist <Untitled(Joan Crawford Says...)>

1964 Oil on canvas 242×196cm Museum Ludwig, Koln

Switzerland, BASEL <PETER DOIG>

23 November 2014 ~ 22 March 2015_The Fondation Beyeler

Peter Doig, one of the most renowned living figurative painters, is having a solo show at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel. He is known as a master of a wide range of techniques and his work often depicts people in nameless landscapes. The landscape motifs are mostly taken from the scenery of Trinidad and snowy expanses of Canada, where he lived in his early life. The settings he paints are mysterious, exotic, melancholic and alluring. The eye-catching visuals are captured in intense colors and luminosity.

He uses a combination of private pictorial materials, found objects and fragments from contemporary life in his large-scale work. The elements can range from photographs, newspaper clippings, movie scenes, pictures of album covers and film posters. One exhibition highlight is a new mural the artist painted in collaboration with his student, painted on the stage of the exhibition venue’s lower floor.

<Gasthof zur Muldentalsperre>

2000-2002 Oil on canvas 196×296cm Private collection, partial and promised gift to The Art Institute of Chicago in honor of James Rondeau
ⓒ Peter Doig All Rights Reserved/2014, ProLitteris, Zurich Photo: Jochen Littkemann
<100 Years Ago(Carrera)>

2005-2007 Oil on canvas 229×359cm Centre Pompidou, Musee national d’art moderne/Centre de creation industrielle, Paris ⓒ Peter Doig All Rights Reserved/2014, ProLitteris, Zurich Photo: Jochen Littkemann

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE <ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2015>

22 January 2015 ~ 25 January 2015_The Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre

The fifth edition of Art Stage Singapore will open to the public in the beginning of 2015. The purpose of this flagship art fair in Southeast Asia is to connect the world not only to the East, but also global contemporary art. There are a total 130 participating galleries from 29 countries, including Australia, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The carefully selected exhibitor list will present a strong showcase of Asia-based galleries, with roughly 70 percent hailing from the region.

In addition, the fair will present several innovative projects through the curatorially focused Platforms, which seek to provide context for participating artists and artworks. The Southeast Asia Platform will present an exhibition titled “Eagles Fly, Sheep Flock: Biographical Imprints-Artistic Practices in Southeast Asia.” ■ with ARTINPOST

Joana Vasconcelos <Tetris 17th Century>

2012 Viuva Lamego hand painted tiles handmade woolen crochet fabrics ornaments polyester MDF iron 378×336×308cm Image courtesy of Pearl Lam Galleries
Suzann Victor <Contours of a Rich Manoeuvre Series>

Image Courtesy of Andreas Kepplinger/OO Kulturquartier
Agan Harahap <Mardijker Photo Studio>

2014 Photographic series Dimensions variable Image copyright and courtesy of the Artist
Paresh Maity <Mystic Abode: An Installation of Bells(Detail)>

2014 Brass bell steal bar metallic paint 368×262×445cm Image courtesy of Linda Gallery
Chong Weixin <Exponential Taxonomies: Specimen 6>

2013 Giclee print on Hahnemuhle German etching paper 37×26.5cm Image copyright and courtesy of the Artist
Titarubi <IMAGO MUNDI>

2013 24k gold-plated nutmegs, gold leafs on book, burned wood, stainless steel and globe 213×80×101cm Image courtesy of Michael Janssen Gallery