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7/16/2010
The Monaco Project for the Arts / Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco Presents Carsten Höller
The Monaco Project for the Arts
is a state recognized, non-profit association under the high patronage of His Serene Highness
Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Founded in 2009 by Rita Caltagirone, with the help of Mr.
Georges Marsan, Mayor of Monaco, and Isabelle Lombardot, Director of the Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques de la Ville
de Monaco, the association’s main goal is to support art and education.
Members of the association are part of
a cultural network that supports the Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques, the only art school in the principality that offers Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts programmes.
The MPA enables artists, students,
collectors, curators, professionals from private and public institutions to meet with its members, and share ideas through
lectures, debates, film viewings, visits of museums and private collections and cultural trips.
The MPA also provides bursaries, work experience
programmes and organises collaborations between students, artists and art organisations.
In 2009, conferences were organised
in collaboration with Artcurial, to present an overview of art in the 20th century, and in
2010 conferences will be hosted in collaboration with Christie's.
The Monaco Project for the Arts includes 100 members
from different nationalities, all art passionates, mostly collectors and benefactors that are part of the multinational community
of the principality, always willing to participate actively in events to promote art and education.
Every summer the
MPA organises an exhibition called the Project.
An artist is invited to create a site-specific project at a school in
collaboration with its students. This year's artist is Belgian artist Carsten Höller.
Carsten Höller holds a doctorate in biology, and uses his
training as a scientist in his work as an artist. He is constantly testing his theories concerning human perception and physiological
reactions. His works mostly operate between half scientific experiment and half sensual encounter, always analyzing the nature
of human emotions.
The Fly Agaric Show / L'Exposition Amanite Tue-mouche is an exhibition
that looks at all aspects of his work around the theme of the Amanita muscaria mushroom, which occupies an important part of his art.
A selection of 6 major works
and 2 videos will be shown: a collage of three reproductions of giant mushrooms, one of them being the fly-agaric mushroom
(Giant Triple Mushroom, 2010); a glass case with 24 original replicas of mushrooms, half of them being fly-agarics
(Doppelpilzvitrine, 2010); a suitcase with the cast of a fly-agaric mushroom which can be placed on the ground and
moves according to solar energy (Pilzkoffer, 2008), a composition of 6 photographs
representing a woman holding a fly-agaric mushroom and a reindeer (Soma Series, 2008); a series of 12 photo-engravings
of fly-agaric mushrooms in their natural environment (Mushroom Print, 2003); and finally videos showing the artist
under the influence of the psychedelic components of a fly-agaric mushroom (Muscimol, 1996)…
Works revealing
the cultural, historical, pharmacological and magical aspects of the red and white mushroom that has also inspired the legend
of Father Christmas among many other interesting tales.
Carsten Höller has then invited the students of l'Ecole
Supérieure d'Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco to work freely around the theme of Amanita muscaria and participate in the exhibition.
Yet another experiment!
Their projects: drawings, paintings, photography, videos or sculptures will be shown alongside his works, creating a creative
dialogue throughout the months of July and August.
7/3/2010
NeoPopRealism Represents the Enormous Potential for the Future Creation of Rich Cultural Heritage
Why we are passionate about freedom of speech? It is
our believe that members of a self-governing society must carefully consider a wide variety of perspectives on the issues
that it confronts, and that freedom of expression enables the diverse of points of views to be expressed. The dignity of each
of us requires that he/she be empowered to decide which ideas to communicate. In the US and other modern nations, the judiciary
has often played a critical role in protecting freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is one of the most fundamental American
values, but it is also one of the most controversial. First Amendment to the Constitution states: “Congress shall make
no law …. Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” When person is constrained from expressing his/her
opinion, an element of his/her humanity is denied. If any one person cannot prove the superiority of his/her own viewpoints,
he/she can rely on majority rule to determine what speech is permissible. Unfortunately, the conventional wisdom of society
often turns out to be wrong.
There’s more going on than might first
meet the eye. Presentation of self is more complex than we might think. Nadia Russ was inquisitive about everything people did in face-to-face interactions. She watched them continually. Her art works Faces
reflect these experiences. People are performers who are vitally concerned with the presentation of their character to an
audience. The self is like structure that lives inside the individual. This structure is a quality of the individual that
consist of a hierarchical scheme of roles that is developed through childhood socialization, is stable by the late teens-early
20s, and consistently informs everything the individual thinks and does. The self changes and emerges with the flow of interaction.
The social identity is composed of social categories imputed to the individual by the self and others in defined situations.
In every interaction, people hold things back, things that aren’t appropriate for the situation, people accentuate other
aspects in order to present a particular kind of self with respect to the social role. Both emotions - pride and shame - are
distinctly social in origin, and both help monitor human behaviors. In every interaction, people put the self at risk. The
differences between the virtual and actual selves create the possibility of stigma. Word stigma is used
to denote a mark of discredit or shame. People with stigmas (disabilities or deformities) are discredited by “normals“.
“Normals” practice careful “distention”. For example, one of stigmatized categories is that of homosexuals
- being homosexual in society is a stigmatized identity. Every time we present identity we expose
our face, ego, identity to risk. We risk embarrassment, but the risk is necessary in order to feel pride and strong
sense of self. . . Nadia Russ began painting seriously at the end of 80s. Her career as an internationally known artist began
in 1992, when she for the first time visited the US. Her artwork has been exhibited in Europe, United States, and Caribbean.
Since then, several the United States and European art museums collected her art works - canvases and drawings. Russ is an
explorer and inventor who create images of psychological depth, she reveals her passion for the line and color and has chosen
the Faces images to be her creative voice. With the use of color and line as she does, the images become mysterious,
there’s an exploration of the psychological background that goes beyond her work. Unlimited imagination, combination
of hot and cold color, and line become her visual symphony conducted by her energetic power, and organized by
her sense of harmony; she creates a fascinating insights into the language of NeoPopRealism. In our society where
we are confronted with thousands of images every day, Nadia Russ encourages to consider her works which are thought-provoking,
intellectual and refreshing. It can be very hard to understand the social, political, and geographical context until you learn
more about the artist. In her paintings and drawings she capture the sense of being there. NeoPopRealism - style of visual
arts she created and announced in 2003 - now influences the global agenda and it is interesting to contemplate how visual
arts will develop. Today, NeoPopRealism represents the enormous potential that exist for the future creation of rich cultural heritage.
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NeoPopRealism Magazine Art Gallery Online Some art works featured in this Gallery online
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Wonderbooks of
2008-2009
Wonderpedia Awards _______________
Wonderbook of September 2009 | Graphic Design Solutions | 
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Robin Landa, Publisher: WADSWORTH, Published: 2006, ISBN: 9781401881542
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Wonderbook
of January 2009 | The Complete History of
SURFING | 
| Authors:
Nat Young, Published: 2008, Publisher: Gibbs Smith, ISBN:9781423602668
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Wonderbook
of September 2008 | MAN the HUNTED, new expanded
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| Authors:
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Wonderbook of October 2009 | Just Listen | 
| Author:
Mark Goulston, Publisher: AMACOM, Published: 2009, ISBN: 9780814414033
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| On The Origin Of Species | 
| Authors:
Charles Darvin, David Quammen, Publisher: Sterling, Published: 2008, ISBN: 9781402756399
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Wonderbook
of February 2009 | The Arts Of China, Fifth
Edition | 
| Author:
M. Sullivan, Published: 2008, Publisher: University of California Press, ISBN: 9780520255692
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Wonderbook
of October 2008 | 1001 Historic Sites You
Must See Before You Die | 
| Author:
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Wonderbook of November 2009 | The Little Prince, Deluxe
Edition | 
| Author:
Saint-Exupery, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Published:2009, ISBN: 9780152023980
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| Authors:
J.Littman&M. Hershon, Publisher: Little,Brown & Co., Published: 2009, ISBN:9780316032292
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Wonderbook
of November 2008 | Guide to the Psychology
of Happiness | 
| Author:
Arlene Matthews Uhl,Published:2008, Publisher: Alpha Books/Penguin Group, ISBN 9781592577118
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Wonderbook of December 2009 | Emotional Addictions,
A Reference Book | 
| Author:
Peter D. Ladd, Publisher: University Press of America Published: 2009, ISBN:9780761846239
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Wonderbook
of August 2009 | Color Choreography | 
| Author:
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| Finding Grace | 
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by Lynn Blodgett, Published: 2007, Publisher: Earth Aware, ISBN: 9781601091055
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Wonderbook
of December 2008 | Making Things Happen | 
| Author:
Scott Berkun, Published: 2008, Publisher: O'Reilly, ISBN: 9780596517717
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