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Arts News For: May 22, 2006

Gustav Metzger: Works Lund Konsthall - Lund, SE Sweden In the exhibition Gustav Metzger: Works Lund Konsthall presents the work Karba for the first time. Karba was intended for Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972, but was never realised. The work consists of four cars placed around a large plastic cube, where their exhaust fumes are collected. The work will become more and more blackened as the exhibition goes on. Karba is a vigorous sculpture, a protest against the continued pollution of the environment, a study of a protracted physical process. Gustav Metzger’s first Manifesto for an Auto-Destructive Art from 1959 proved directional for one of the most uncompromising artistic careers in our time. Auto-destructive art is made to be self-destroyed. The act of destruction is crucial to the work. Read Indepth Article

Employment Opportunity: Exhibition Coordinator Gallery 44, Centre for Contemporary Photography - Toronto, ON CA Canada Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is a non-profit, artist-run centre committed to the advancement of contemporary Canadian photography. We support the work of artists by: programming exhibitions, producing publications, offering an education program for adults and young people, maintaining a resource centre, and providing production facilities for members and community groups. The Exhibition Coordinator (EC) works on behalf of the members of Gallery 44, through the Exhibition Selection Committee, to develop and administer Gallery 44’s exhibition program. The EC's main responsibilities are to oversee two exhibition spaces, the Main Gallery and Vitrines, and coordinate the publishing program, which includes exhibition brochures and artist catalogues. The EC also coordinates other exhibition-related programs which include artist talks, panel discussions, exhibition tours, etc. Read Indepth Article

Pacific Encounters - Art and divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts - Norwich, UK United Kingdom The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich reopens on Sunday, May 21 following a major refurbishment and building project, designed by Foster & Partners. Pacific Encounters - Art and divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860, is the launch exhibition. Pacific Encounters runs from Sunday, May 21 to Sunday 13 August. Britain holds the most comprehensive 18th and 19th century Polynesian collections in the world, yet much of this material is little-known and seldom exhibited. Pacific Encounters brings together for the first time important material from collections in Britain and abroad, for the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever mounted on Polynesia. Read Indepth Article

Collabro: Collaborations by over 68 Artists Subject Matter Gallery - Costa Mesa, CA USA United States of America This month Subject Matter Gallery features "Collabro", a collection of rare collaborative art pieces created by over 68 participating artists. The "Collabro" group show aims to define a moment of the urban art movement, a movement met with evolutionary strides in ideas, composition and esthetic. In this contemporary art progression, artists are encouraged to break hard-line, uncompromising work conventions and instead progress with eachother, as evidenced in the cooperative elements of street murals. For "Collabro" the artists have joined their separate art forms on shared canvas space, providing exceptional opportunities in what can be called an "ego share." Read Indepth Article

F L E S H by Thaweesak Srithongdee: New Works by the Thai Artist Thavibu Gallery - Bangkok, TH Thailand Thavibu Gallery is pleased to present the art exhibition F L E S H by Thaweesak Srithongdee with new works by the Thai artist on 20 May - 11 June, 2006. Thaweesak Srithongdee is 36 years old with a Master of Fine Art degree from Silapakorn University, Thailand's main art education institution. He has taken part in exhibitions in Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain and Singapore as well as Thailand, and this is his second solo show at Thavibu Gallery. He recently returned from a residency at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan where he also participated in the Fukuoka Triennale. Read Indepth Article

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