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RUT BLEES LUXEMBURG / TERMINAL 4

Piccadilly’s Peccadilloes, From June 2007

Heathrow Terminal4 Tube Station Ticket Hall
tfl.gov.uk/pfa

Platform for Art, the art programme for the London Underground (LU) has announced a set of 12 new photographs commissioned specially for Heathrow Terminal 4 Tube station ticket hall. The works are part of Thin Cities - a series of artworks celebrating 100 years of the Piccadilly line.

Piccadilly’s Peccadilloes is a new series of images produced by Rut Blees Luxemburg. The images are details of the front of 12 of the classic stations designed by Charles Holden. Each image focuses on the underground’s iconic Johnston font reflected in glossy-wet pavement surfaces. The subtle changes in surface and architectural structure that frame the fragmented texts allow the visitor to absorb the essence of Holden’s designs.

Rut Blees Luxemberg’s photographs are well known. Towering Inferno, depicting a lit up council block, was used as the cover art for The Streets’ debut album Original Pirate Material. She also contributed A Modern Project for use as the cover of Bloc Party’s second album, A Weekend in the City.

The images follow Blees Luxemburg’s distinctive style, presenting a hauntingly beautiful impression of some of London’s most familiar landmarks. The densely detailed, richly textured glimpses of the buildings will be displayed in a complete circuit around the LU ticket hall at Heathrow Terminal 4 station, establishing a gateway through which to enter and leave the city.

SCOTT MCFARLAND & RUT BLEES LUXEMBURG / VITAMIN Ph

VITAMIN Ph:
New Perspectives in Photography

The definitive book on contemporary photography, featuring
121 emerging and established international artists.

Published by Phaidon Press
Introduction by TJ Demos
October 2006, Price: £39.95, €69.95, $69.95

Vitamin Ph is a global, up-to-the-minute survey of the newest developments in contemporary photography. It features the work of 121 artists and photographers who have made a fresh and innovative contribution to international art photography in the last five years. The nominators are influential critics, curators and artists from around the world including Donna De Salvo, Hou Hanru, Yuko Hasegawa, Matthew Higgs, Jens Hoffmann, Martin Parr and Vicente Todoli. The A-Z survey showcases over 500 illustrations depicting the incredible richness and variety of the medium.

Vitamin Ph features an introduction by TJ Demos, Lecturer in the Department of History of Art, University College London. A member of Art Journal's editorial board, he writes widely on modern and contemporary art. His essay is a critical account of the recent evolution and role of photography in the art world, mass media and global cultures.
Each artist’s work is accompanied by a 500-word text by a leading critic, curator, art historian or creative writer—including Mark Godfrey, Jessica Morgan, Barry Schwabsky, Brian Sholis and Roxana Marcoci.

Vitamin Ph is both a reference book for the art world and an accessible guide for those with an interest in photography at all levels. The artists and photographers come from over 40 countries, including Mexico, China, Palestine, Vietnam, Singapore, Brazil, Turkey, Albania and Poland. The book is similar in concept, scope and structure to Phaidon's Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting (2002, essay Barry Schwabsky), and Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing (2005, essay Emma Dexter).

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ANDERS KRISÁR / 21C MUSEUM KENTUCKY

February – June 2008

700 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
USA

www.21cmuseum.org/museum/exhibits/tangled.aspx

A Group show including work by Anders Krisár takes place at the 21C Museum in Kentucky. 'TANGLED UP IN YOU' explores themes of relationships and their emotional impacts. Other artists including Louise Bourgeois and Guerra de la Paz incorporate a variety of mediums including video and printmaking. Anders Krisár's sculpture installation 'One as Two' 2005 courtesy of UNION gallery explores a darker commentary on these family ties.

IVAN NAVARRO / TUFTS ART GALLERY, MA

17th January - 30th March 2008

New Media Wall, Remis Scupture Court
Tufts University Art Gallery
at the Aidekman Arts Center
40R Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA 02155

ase.tufts.edu/gallery/shows/navarro.html

An exhibition by Ivan Navarro 'No Man's Land' at the Tufts University Art Gallery exhibits his renowned neon light sculptures along side videos. A monumental and sculptural installation includes darkened spaces, surveillance via one-way mirrors and confusing distortions of spatial depth.

EVE SUSSMAN & RUFUS CORPORATION / SMART MUSEUM CHICAGO

31st January - 4th May, 2008

The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/

Adaptation: Video Installations by Ben-Ner, Herrera, Sullivan, and Sussman & The Rufus Corporation

While adaptation is a common practice in popular culture, it is perhaps less well known as a practice in contemporary art. This exhibition looks at the use of adaptation in the recent work of four leading artists: Guy Ben-Ner, Arturo Herrera, Catherine Sullivan, and Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation. These artists have transformed source material to make their own adapted works of art, re-envisioning classic literature, painting, film, ballet, and even e-mail for new video installations.