Force of Nature - curated by James Putman
Exhibition from March 12 to May 21, 2016
Galerie Valérie Bach
15 rue Veydt - 1060 Bruxelles - +32 2 533 03 90
www.galerievaleriebach.com
info(at)galerievaleriebach.comOpening hours
Public opening March 11 from 5 to 8 pm ‚Exhibition from March 12 to May 21, 2016
Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 1 pm and from 2 to 7 pmList of exhibited artists / Liste des artistes exposés :
Maddalena Ambrosio, Mat Chivers, Susan Derges, Andy Goldsworthy, Alexandre Joly, Michael Joo, Antti Laitinen, Richard Long, Alastair Mackie, Kate MccGwire, Lucy+Jorge Orta, Seungmo Park, Peter Randall-Page, Yuken Teruya, Koen Vanmechelen, Emil Westman Hertz, Douglas White
Valérie Bach is glad to present a group show curated by James Putnam.
This exhibition includes both established and emerging international contemporary artists inspired not only by nature but also its processes - evolution, birth, growth, aging, decay, change. Nature is constantly in a state of change and the artists' acute awareness and sensitivity to this change is crucial to the creation of their work that can be site-specific, monumental or ephemeral.
© Maddalena Ambrosio - Untitled, 2013-2015 - 76 x 60 x 83 cm, - wood and roots
Courtesy of Mimmo Scognamiglio Gallery
| Working in a diverse range of media and sometimes with a wide range of natural materials, they are continually searching and synthesizing creative, new ways to redefine our relationship with nature. Their work can be evocative, provocative or sublime, and might also communicate an urgent environmental message. Some of the participating artists collaborate with natural materials ranging from the raw, the found, to the discarded rather than making works 'about' nature. Others make work that is conceptual, so that the ideas behind the work are more important than the materials. Movement, change, light, growth and decay are fundamental to nature, the energies that artists strive to capture in their work. The artist's observation and understanding of nature has as its goal the understanding of human nature, and of the human condition within nature. |
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James Putnam - Biography Independent curator and writer, he studied Art History at London University and went on to join the Egyptian Antiquities and then the Education Departments of the British Museum having curated contemporary projects both for and independently of the Museum. In 1994 he curated the critically acclaimed exhibition 'Time Machine' which juxtaposed contemporary art with historical artefacts. He founded the British Museum's Contemporary Arts and Cultures Programme in 1999 which relates to the philosophically rigorous role of museums: to examine and re-examine history, art and artefacts in the light of current cultural-related issues. James Putnam initiates projects with a cross-disciplinary approach, working with visual and performing artists, designers, writers and cultural studies specialists. He develops residencies, installations, talks and performances and conferences in collaboration with national and international institutions. He is also a writer, having published both on ancient and contemporary art, including 'Art and Artifact – the Museum as Medium' (Thames & Hudson, 2001) which offers an extensive survey of the relationship between the artist and museum, a subject on which he also lectures. James Putnam was a Visiting Scholar in Museum Studies at New York University, 2003-2004, Associate Curator at the Bowes Museum, County Durham, UK, 2004-2006, and Senior Lecturer - Criticism, Communication & Curation, University of the Arts, London, 2004-2011. Recent exhibitions :
Valérie Bach est heureuse de présenter une exposition collective organisée par James Putnam. James Putnam - Biographie Ecrivain et commissaire d'exposition indépendant, James Putnam a étudié l'Histoire de l'Art à l'Université de Londres avant de travailler pour le département des Antiquités égyptiennes puis pour le service de médiation culturelle du British Museum tout en assurant le commissariat d'expositions dans des musées ou espaces privés. En 1994, il fut le commissaire de l'exposition acclamée par la critique « Time Machine », qui rapprochait des œuvres d'art contemporains et des objets manufacturés. Il fonde, en 1999, le British Museum's Contemporary Arts and Culture Programme, explorant la portée philosophique des musées : examiner et ré-examiner l'histoire, l'art et les objets à la lumière de questions liées à la culture contemporaine. Expositions récentes :
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