Visionary Africa: Art at Work

© Ali Abdel Mohsen (Egypt)
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The last stop of this traveling exhibit is Cairo, Egypt where the pavilion will be up at Al Azhar Park from February 15th through March 7th, 2012.

Daidō Moriyama and Ai Weiwei 2012 ICP Infinity Award Recipients

Ai Weiwei, Copyright Dan Chung

On May 2nd, 2012 the International Center for Photography (ICP) will honor Daidō Moriyama and Ai Weiwei at their 28th annual gala event in NYC.

The Lifetime Achievement Award will go Daidō Moriyama. 

The Cornell Capa Award will be granted to artist Ai Weiwei.

ÑEW YORK: Latin American and Spanish artists in New York

© Dulce Pinzón. "Spiderman"

February 16 - May 20, 2012

AMA ׀ Art Museum of the Americas
201 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006 


ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Ñew York, featuring works by young, outstanding Latin American and Spanish artists residing in New York City commemorates a long lost artistic exchange and recovers innovative communication channels between Latin American and Spanish plastic and visual artists. The exhibition incorporates New York City as the current setting where these creative forces re-encounter themselves.

The exhibition addresses mobility in an era of widespread displacement where barriers between the global and the local are broken down. Motion (mobility), emotion (personal artistic work) and promotion (promote and advance the careers of expat artists) are all addressed throughout the show.

The artists were selected based on their accomplishments, artistic careers and their approach to concepts of mobility, migration and cultural exchange, all intrinsic to a city where new ideas, experiences and diversity converge.

Curated by Paco Cano, Eva Mendoza Chandas and Jodie Dinapoli (all from Spain), Ñew York showcases the work of 19 artists from 10 countries from Latin America and Spain - all based in New York - who have made this city the gravitating force of their artistic discourse.

FEATURED ARTISTS
Sol Aramendi (Argentina)
Julieta Aranda (Mexico)
Ada Bobonis (Puerto Rico)
Alberto Borea (Peru)
Antón Cabaleiro (Spain)
Juanma Carrillo (Spain)
Nicky Enright (Ecuador)
Félix Fernández (Spain)
Jessica Lagunas (Guatemala)
Abigail Lazkoz (Spain)
Lluis Lleó (Spain)
Manuel Molina Martagón (Mexico)
Esperanza Mayobre (Venezuela)
Carlos Motta (Colombia)
Iván Navarro (Chile)
Dulce Pinzón (Mexico)
Fernando Renes (Spain)
José Ruíz (Peru)
Manuela Viera-Gallo (Chile)

Not all of these artists are photographers but each one is worth a look for making art that address contemporary issues that speak to Latin identity.

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Jaime Permuth's "Yonkeros" Touring Gallery Exhibition with En Foco

© Jaime Permuth, Untitled, Yonkeros series.

Photographer Jaime Permuth has a wonderful B&W project called Yonkeros that will be featured as an En Foco Touring Gallery Exhibition. Mark your calendars and go see this show!

"Yonkeros" is a popular term for businesses that strip wrecked cars and sell them as scrap metal or for parts. The term is a Spanglish derivative of "junk", conjugated grammatically to refer to people who engage in this line of work.
Read more of the artist statement at En Foco.

Dates: February 28–April 5, 2012

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 7 from 5:00 to 6:45pm

Artist Talk: Saturday, March 24 from 2:00 to 3:00pm

Location: Pregones Theater 571 - 575 Walton Avenue (between 149 & 150th Streets, one block west of the Grand Concourse) Bronx, NY 10451
Tel: 718-585-1202
 
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New Photo Show at NYU Explores Time, History and Memory

Benevolent Oschun at Pyramids
Giza, Egypt 2003
© Chester Higgins

Artists include: Brett Cook, Sonia Louise Davis, Daniel Dawson, Stephanie Dinkins, Michael Forbes, Tahir Hemphill, Chester Higgins, Sheila Pree Bright, Shani Peters, Jamel Shabazz, Deborah Willis, Hank Willis Thomas 

Opening Reception: Monday, February 6, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
1 Washington Place NYC 10003