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Francisco Simoes Souren Mousavi's exhibition 'A Unique Expression of Freedom II' featuring a selection of work from Francisco, runs frun 21st - 31st October 2008 at the Flawless Gallery 105 New Bond Street London and is open daily from 10am...

www.fineartpromotions.com or email info@fineartpromotions.com or telephone Julie Badrick on 079 412 712 44. Francisco Simões will be exhibiting in support of Women Rights in Iranian Souren Mousavi's forthcoming exhibition - A Unique Expression of Freedom II Carving with a Chisel or a Magic wand? "But...these marbles are my poetry..." were the words of David Mourão Ferreira, one of the greatest poets of our times while, with tears in his eyes he walked through Francisco Simões' studio. 'I still remember exactly how small the experience made me feel when I first stepped into the same magic place - it was just before an exhibition and the studio was filled with an abundance of sculptures. I was with the artist who politely stepped aside in order to make me feel at ease, but his efforts were in vain - I wasn't comfortable! ''Why?'', I asked myself? Why do I feel overwhelmed, invaded - it is just stone I said to myself, I've been in quarries... but no, it wasn't just stone. Something else was perturbing me. I was intimidated. Overcoming this initial feeling I started to look more closely at one of the sculptures near me - a dark piece of extremely polished marble. It was the figure of a lady, a straight torso looking forward, looking lost. As I circled her I forgot my reflection on the shining surface and now I could see her form. Then my eyes met hers - she was not stone anymore. Her eyes spoke to me. She wasn't lost, she wasn't just staring or gazing into the infinite; she was looking for me. She was alive. For a few moments while our eyes met she told me about herself. She made me feel alive'. ]]> I was shocked and suddenly understood the amazing effect these sculptures possessed. I spent a lot of time studying each of the sculptures in the studio, really watching them one by one made me realize they were all alive. All asking to be seen, to be heard. They cannot move but they do have personality. I'm not sure if they can feel, but I could definitely feel them. At that moment, and one at a time, they started speaking to me. I could understand them. They felt restricted in such a small place, each one of them embodying the Whole Essence of a Woman. It was far too much for a single room, an overwhelming concert of emotions. Someone once said about these sculptures that they are stones that breathe. He was absolutely right. They don't only breath; they make you feel your own breath. But where does this enchantment comes from? How are these wonderful sculptures created? These were my thoughts as I walked out of the studio. I had to find out all about the process'. Apart from the intellectual challenge, the process of creation always includes modeling. First in clay and then in plaster, the artist materializes his ideas and perfects it before commencing with the stone itself. Then comes the moment to choose the suitable marble block. Before starting to carve the marble, the artist has to decide how to use the patterns embedded in the stone in order to create the desired effect. After the intellectual creation, the carving phase separates the ordinary from the excellent. After many hours of watching the artist undertaking these processes - I still find myself asking ''Was it a chisel, or a magic wand that he is using?'' Francisco Simões at work is almost choreographic. The violence of the carving is often interrupted by interludes of deep serenity of focused observation. He severely hits the stone with a hammer and then majestically observes in a quietude amplified by the hammering noise. Always excited, he moves graciously around heavy marble blocks. Breaking, smashing stone with his chisel fired up with a hammer. It is violent work, both physically and intellectually. His work completely consumes him. His ideas drain from his mind, but his body relays the execution. He sweats, he smashes his own fingers, his back is sore at the end of each day. It is a long hard process that one can only appreciate on the completion of a sculpture. Would you imagine this when you see the fine delicacy of these timeless pieces? Highly technical, yet somehow brutal. This extremely intense process implied in the creation of a sculpture is probably what allows the conceptual idea behind the creative effort to live beyond the stone, turning marble into sculptures that by breathing take our breath away. The coherence behind Francisco's long career is threefold: he pursues Beauty; he honours Women; always with Perfectionism. He releases women imprisoned in stone. He frees them from the rock allowing them to be seen, and more, he gives them a heart. Just take a good look at them, watch, and they'll speak to you as they've spoken to me. Each sculpture is a live representation, a tribute to Woman's greatness. Women are the beginning of life, they are Mothers, Sisters, Lovers - Women give Life. Francisco Simões' work is a testament to all women. This is the reason for their presence alongside Souren Mousavi' work. They believe in the same values of freedom, which both artists explore through the female figure. As David Mourão-Ferreira said, Francisco's sculptures are poetry. Francisco 'writes' in stone what poets write on paper. Poets are in fact a great inspiration to Francisco and that gave birth to yet another public commission. The twenty most prolific Portuguese poets of the twentieth century are represented by sculptures in a 60 hectare park just outside Lisbon. Three meter plus height marble statues can be enjoyed in a public park devoted to poetry. Francisco was born in Portugal in 1946 and his first exhibition was held in 1969. Since then he has never stopped working or exhibiting. Apart from sculpture and drawings, he has done many book covers and some illustrations too. He very recently started to do some experiments with ceramics as well. He has been a teacher and he advises the Portuguese government for cultural, educational end artistic matters. Francisco Simões is represented in London by Nausicaa Fine Arts. The handcraft nature of the sculptures means small production and the uniqueness of the pieces. This is the first time Simoes has exhibited publicly in London. "It is with great pleasure that I accept the invitation of showing my work along with Souren Mousavi's, a live witness to the immoral brtality of todays disrespect for Human Rights. Mousavi's work mirrors the intensity of captivity, of the cruelty that in some parts of the world still persists today. Although still young, Mousavi's work is already full of intensity, emotion and bravery which as a teacher I always encouraged my students to follow. Mousavi's determination is to take her far, but mostly represents hope. It is a strong message, one that brings colour to darkness. As Mousavi's, my work highlights the Human Condition of Women. Their beauty, their fragility and their enourmous strength. I acknowledge her efforts in highlighting the defense of Human Rights, and as a man who also paid with jail the fight for Freedom I couldn't but support this initiative." tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.575 2008-07-20T21:33:23Z 2008-07-20T21:37:24Z

Theatre Revelation Presents 2 by Sinner: Unburthen (To My Soul's Delight!) & If Water Were Present It Would Be Called Drowning premieres at FringeNYC 2008!!! New York, NY,July 14, 2008 -- Theatre Revelation is proud to present "2 by Sinner:...

www.fringenyc.org, www.TheatreRevelation.com, www.myspace.com/johnsinnerny For Media Interviews for John Sinner Contact : Sheryl Mandel Integrity Publicity New York, NY 718-352-5976 - ssshekkie@aol.com , www.myspace.com/integritypr.]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.573 2008-07-13T17:33:51Z 2008-07-13T17:35:15Z

The Chelsea Art Museum, Home of the Miotte Foundation, is proud to present Nature Interrupted. The urgent and imperative message to restore health to the environment must be conveyed in every possible form of media and communication, and more so...

Nature Interrupted. The urgent and imperative message to restore health to the environment must be conveyed in every possible form of media and communication, and more so in art, for it is one of the most powerful languages humans have ever created. Even in prehistoric times, peoples sought to transform the environment, through their cave paintings, megaliths and stone circles--seeking ways to connect with the force of nature. From those early beginnings, artists have been profoundly influenced by the images, colors, patterns, structures and systems of nature around them. At various times of turbulent change in our history, such as in Hellenistic Greece, medieval Japan, and Europe at the time of the great political and industrial revolutions, new art forms have emerged in order to address the changing relationship between nature and society. From the turn of the new millennium, world concern over environmental issues such as pollution and global warming, species depletion, new genetic technologies, sustainability and global pandemics has increased. Artists, in turn, are responding by answering collective cultural needs and developing active and practical roles in environmental and social issues. In this exhibition, Nature Interrupted, eleven artists show very diverse aspects of their concern. They may focus on a rare species in danger of extinction, such as the eagle in Osmo Rauhala's captivating video images, or the preservation of trees threatened by decease, as in Joan Backes's paintings of tree bark, which could, in the future, become a points of reference to a species no longer in existence. Another metaphor is Katie Holten's artificial tree made of refuse such as recycled cardboard, wire, newspaper, and black tape. The emblem of a tree in distress is a perfect symbol for the environmental crisis we are experiencing. Anya Gallaccio's installation Like We Never Met (2003) includes a series of doors with flowers pressed behind glass. Over the course of the exhibition, the flowers blacken and decay, highlighting the opposition between the instability of the natural materials and the permanence of the cast objects. Dannielle Tegeder's drawings depict a certain geometric growth as in the constructions of ants' colonies or mole hills - it is up to the viewer's imagination to decide whether Tegeder's "city" is above or under the ground. Soazic Guezennec transfers the African jungle to a suburban surrounding, embellishing it with colorful billboard images resembling a tree house, giraffe or field of orchids. Soazic Guezennec's installation shows a tent, an umbrella and a mosquito net painted with Africa's tropical flora and fauna, yet covered with holes and rips and no longer useful and protective. These objects are a metaphor for environmental problems such as dirty water, acid rains and pollution that destroy Africa's natural environment. Alexis Rockman in his series of paintings "American Icons" shows an apocalyptic vision of American national monuments such as the U.S. Capitol and Mount Rushmore. Even such bastions of frivolity and greed as Hollywood suffer the same leveling fate when it comes to the status-blind and whimsical response of our planet. Equally the drawings in Helen Brough's series "Cataclysmic Hypotheses" generate imaginary visions of iconic contemporary architecture that will eventually become ruins. These drawings serve as a translation of vague unconscious dreams of catastrophes mixed with the haunting recollections of disasters seen in film, television, newspapers or on the web. The installation by Jade Townsend prompts us to reconsider our current vision of an "ideal" and "successful" life - in the wake of increasingly common violent natural disasters that can instantly obliterate all we have striven to achieve in a lifetime. Jon Brumit focuses on corn as an evolving instrument for litigation and intellectual property issues. By way of critique of the current corporate influence over food production, his sound installation using recycled plastic bags and counterfeit corn resembles sonic architecture and violent instruments more than anything remotely edible. Chus Garcia-Fraile in her photographs and videos inserts escalators and other examples of modern technology into pristine jungles and landscapes - a vision that is disturbing and enchanting at the same time. Is that the future of nature - will it be saved or destroyed by modern technology? Artists in the show: Joan Backes (USA), Jon Brumit (USA), Helen Brough (England), Anya Gallaccio (England), Chus Garcia-Fraile (Spain), Katie Holten (Ireland), Soazic Guezennec (France), Osmo Rauhala (Finland), Alexis Rockman (USA), Dannielle Tegeder (USA), Jade Townsend (USA). Image: Anya Gallaccio, Like We've Never Met, 2003. Found mahoghany glazed doors two parts each. 231.5 x 68.5 cm. Courtesy Lehman Maupin Gallery. The Chelsea Art Museum 556 West 22nd Street (at Eleventh Avenue) New York, NY 10011 Tue-Sat 11am-6pm, Thurs 11am-8pm www.chelseaartmuseum.org Contact: Nicollette Ramirez 212.255.0719 x108 nicollette@chelseaartmuseum.org]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.562 2008-06-28T23:54:58Z 2008-06-28T23:57:18Z

Pointillism Jazz Consort will assemble from different parts of the world just days prior to their opening performance in "METRO: in the state of mind "at the Capital Fringe in Washington DC on July 10, 2008. But can a group...

http://metrostateofmind.org Tickets can be bought either through a link on that site or by calling the Capital Fringe Festival office at 202.737.7230 ]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.545 2008-06-03T20:03:22Z 2008-06-03T20:08:02Z

This is a call to invite submissions of indigenous films and videos for the Native Spirit Festival 2008 The closing date closing dateis 31 August 2008. All entries must be accompanied by a submissions form and be sent to: Native...

www.nativespiritfestival.com/english/submissions.htm All films produced by indigenous filmmakers and productions which feature aspects of indigenous life, history, culture, traditions, art etc, are eligible for submission. Information is also available in Spanish at: www.nativespiritfestival.com/spanish/submissions-sp.htm ]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.543 2008-05-31T19:06:06Z 2008-05-31T19:15:03Z

The Chinese artist He Hong Wei generously offered 5 paintings from his powerful and poignant series created at the time of the Asian SARS epidemic to raise emergency funds for the earthquake disaster in China. Peter Quintana's Gallery Oc-Eo Art...

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Gallery Bergelli announces exhibition of mixed media paintings by Bay Area artist Sanjay Vora. In his multi-layered paintings, Sanjay Vora explores the realm of love, memory and nostalgia. Vora first paints a representation scene, often based on photographs from his...

www.bergelli.com/artwork. Contact: Julia McEvily, Gallery Bergelli, T. 415-945-9454, jmcevily@bergelli.com Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA94939, www.bergelli.com Open Daily 10-4 or by appointment.]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.516 2008-04-18T23:33:27Z 2008-04-18T23:39:49Z

janettescottartspr@yahoo.co.uk or Hannah Barnes at Forma on 020 7837 7777 or hb@forma.org.uk. For DREAM AMSTERDAM contact Paul Verstraeten Communicatieon on +31 (0)20 6762814 or email info@paulverstraeten.com. ]]> www.dreamamsterdam.nl. ]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.514 2008-04-14T18:06:43Z 2008-04-14T18:10:28Z

You would not expect to find a Hollywood Casting Director and a Film and Television Make Up Artist sighting down the barrel of an M-16 at an Army Marksmanship Unit in Georgia, but for Pixie Monroe and Kimber Eastwood, participating...

You would not expect to find a Hollywood Casting Director and a Film and Television Make Up Artist sighting down the barrel of an M-16 at an Army Marksmanship Unit in Georgia, but for Pixie Monroe and Kimber Eastwood, participating in the US Army Strong Experience was in their blood. "I think this event will help people to appreciate the men and women serving in all branches of the military," said Eastwood, daughter of legendary Actor/Director Clint Eastwood, and a USO Representative in her own right. "The Army was an important touchstone in my father's life, and I'm proud and honored to be here getting a taste of the training that he went through." Clint Eastwood served in the US Army in the 1950's, developing such camaraderie with his fellow enlisted men that when he decided to move to Los Angeles to act after his stint in the military was over, two of his Army buddies decided to go with him. David Janssen became TV's The Fugitive, Martin Milner became a beat cop on Adam-12, and Eastwood became a legend. "He's touched so many people," said Pixie Monroe of her father, Edward Petros. "But it all started with the Armed Forces. Without that foundation, we would have had a very different life." Petros was drafted into the OSS early in WWII. The Lebanese-American moved to the States shortly after the war's end, making good use of the GI Bill. Business deals in real estate in the greater Washington, DC area brought him into contact with Generals, Admirals, Senators and comedians. Retired Brigadier General and former President of Women in Military Service Association ( WIMSA ), Wilma Vaught refers to Petros as "a true patriot." Petros played a significant role in establishing the Women's Memorial at the base of Arlington National Cemetery. The late Danny Thomas invited Petros to become a founding member of the St. Jude Children's Medical Research Hospital. Last month, Petros was honored for 50 years of voluntary service to the medical institution. Celebrating with Petros for the Gourmet Gala included General Vaught, and Commander of the US Army Accession Support Brigade, Colonel John Fenzel III. It was at the Gourmet Gala Fenzel extended the invitation to Eastwood and Monroe to attend the Army Strong Excellence event held early April at Ft. Benning, Georgia. "We were so excited to attend," said Eastwood. "We were both truly appreciative." "I think shooting was our favorite part of the weekend," laughed Monroe, "but I'm not so sure everyone else felt the same. If we hit the target at all, we owe it to members of the US Army Marksmanship Unit, especially Staff Sergeant Joshua Olson. He was amazingly patient with both of us, and he's a world class marksman in his own right; he's planning on representing the US for a first time at the 2008 Paralympic Games." The Army Strong Experience also included meeting Olympic Rifle and Gun teams, participating in tandem jumps with the US Army Parachute Team, The Golden Knights and attending the Ranger Graduation. Both women felt it was an honor to be invited and were thrilled to attend. The select group included recording artist Michael Peterson; Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul McHale; Admiral Steve Abbot; a member of the Washington Post; George Hamilton, CEO of Hamilton Aerospace; Producer Michael Waddell; and President BET Event Productions and Executive Vice President BETJ and Digital Networks Paxton Baker, along with other distinguished guests. "There are many ways to serve your country," said Monroe. "Our fathers instilled the belief in volunteerism and responsibility in each of us, and it's made us who we are." Both Eastwood and Monroe take part in Casting Hope, a non-profit organization that honors and empowers those who take the initiative to change the world and aid others. Monroe is currently working with Flickerhouse Productions to bring the Who's Tommy to the stage in Los Angeles, as well as collecting research for her passion project, a film about WWII WASP pilots. Eastwood has been a Make Up Artist on several of her father's films, and played a White House Aide in Absolute Power. Now embarking on a career in producing, she is currently the Make Up Artist for Wheel of Fortune, and is preparing for her next tour as a USO Representative. tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.491 2008-04-02T18:47:58Z 2008-04-02T18:51:49Z

The ascension of 'New Wave' cinema in 1970s Hong Kong has had a significant cultural and economic impact on the film industry of China. In Hong Kong New Wave Cinema, Cheuk offers a comprehensive overview of the films made in...

Hong Kong New Wave Cinema, Cheuk offers a comprehensive overview of the films made in this vibrant era. Cheuk delves into the cinematic style and aesthetics of the New Wave directors, many of whom were graduates of Western universities, and applies auteur and genre theory to their work. As well as penetrating the narrative content, structure and the mise-en-scene of specific films, the book explores the development of TV and film industries in Hong Kong during the 1960s and 1970s, the elevated quality of cinema during this period and the entry of Hong Kong film-makers, such as Tsui Hark and Ann Hui, into the mainstream and Hollywood in the 1990s. Hong Kong New Wave Cinema maps the birth and eventual decline of celebrated 'New Wave' in a fascinating and thorough manner.Cheuk relates the movement to a wider historical context of the developing society and culture of Hong Kong at that time. His study of the celebrated 'golden age' of Hong Kong film contextualises 'New Wave' and describes its wide-reaching effects upon contemporary cinema in Hong Kong, the greater China region and far beyond. About the AuthorPak Tong Cheuk is Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Television at Hong Kong Baptist University.Title InformationFull Title: Hong Kong New Wave Cinema (1978-2000)Author: Pak Tong Cheuk ISBN: 9781841501482Binding: Paperback, 268pp Published: April 2008 Price: £19.95 / $40URL: Information Intellect is an academic publishing company based in Bristol whose focus lies in areas of creative media and popular culture. Please contact Sam King for further information, or to request a review copy of the title.E: sam@intellectbooks.com T: +44(0)117 958 9910W: www.intellectbooks.com]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.490 2008-04-02T18:43:38Z 2008-04-02T18:46:35Z

Shauna Goodgold will be featured as the fresh faced voice in Scott Alan's Monday Nights, New Voices. This musical series, produced by composer Scott Alan, showcases some of "Today's Brightest New Voices in New York" (Alan wrote the book, music...

www.theduplex.com, 61 Christopher Street, New York City. Please Call: (212) 255-5438. The Duplex Cabaret Theatre has been the venue of choice for the Award-Winning "MONDAYS NIGHTS, NEW VOICES" series, featuring new works from composers both up and coming and LEGENDARY, from Frank Wildhorn to Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse to Galt MacDermot, Jason Robert Brown, Michael John LaChiusa, Andrew Lippa and many more! The DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE has served as a jewel in the crown of the NYC cabaret world for over fifty years. Hal Holbrook, was The Duplex's first Booking agent. Such performers as Barbra Steisand, Woody Allen and Joan Rivers, have graced it's stage, the list too long to name! ]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.474 2008-03-19T04:00:02Z 2008-03-19T04:05:21Z

Mark Harwell knew he was on to a good idea when he brought the Los Angeles Lightning, an International Basketball League Team, to the hoops-crazy City of Angeles. The entertainment industry producer and entrepreneur understood that the passion inspired by...

juliette@itgirlpublicrelations.com Pixie Monroe Monroe Casting and Production Services 3100 Damon Way Burbank, CA 91505 ]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.473 2008-03-13T18:47:56Z 2008-03-13T19:14:09Z

Dreck Productions and the Austrian Cultural Forum are proud to present a NYC revival of Dirt, the European award-winning one-man show written by Robert Schneider, which went on to become a critically acclaimed production at the 2007 NY International Fringe...

Performances run from April 2 - 26, 2008 in a limited engagement at Under St. Marks in NYC. Previews begin April 2 for an April 5 opening. In a review of Dirt at last year's NY Fringe Fest Adam Feldman of TimeOut NY dubbed his performance "Riveting" and gave the play 4 stars, Back Stage marked it a "PICK" saying "Dirt is painful but powerful theatre" and NYTheatre.com declared "Dirt is a remarkable piece of theatre--deep, emotional, and thought-provoking." Under St. Marks is located at 94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue & Avenue A in NYC. Performances run Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8pm with 3pm matinees performed in German on Sat 4/12 & Sat 4/19. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students with valid ID and can be purchased online at http://www.SmartTix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. Running time is 75 minutes. For more info and to view selected scenes from the play visit dirt-nyc.com. Dirt was the most frequently performed solo show in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in the 1990's. The influential German theatre magazine Theaterheute awarded Robert Schneider Best New Playwright Of The Year (1993) for Dirt. The play centers on Sad, a desperately alienated illegal immigrant from Iraq, who confronts xenophobia, latent racism and ethnocentrism as he sells roses on the streets to make ends meet. He is charming, cynical, humorous, violent and sad. Although he loves the English language and American culture he misses his homeland. As Sad continues to talk it becomes increasingly clear that he has a love-hate relationship with himself, his heritage and the western world he currently lives in. Haunting and compelling, Dirt is a telling story about racism and the havoc it wreaks upon the human soul. ]]> darrpublicity@hotmail.com]]> tag:www.scene4.com,2008:/quepasa//3.469 2008-03-07T05:08:48Z 2008-03-07T05:10:23Z

Austin, TX - Old Settler's Music Festival, scheduled for Sunday to Thursday, April 17th - 20th 2008, celebrates its 21rst year with the announcement of a partial lineup that includes the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley &...

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Chris Beetles Gallery Presents THE CARTOONISTS 2008 The second annual Cartoon Show Chris Beetles has long been regarded as the world's top dealer of illustrative art. Following on from the gallery's highly successful exhibition last year, 'You Havin' a Laugh?'...

gallery@chrisbeetles.com, www.chrisbeetles.com. Nearest tube: Green Park/Piccadilly Circus]]>