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Julian Dashper
Julian Dashper (29 February 1960 in Auckland, New Zealand – 30 July 2009), was regarded as one of New Zealand's most well known contemporary artists. In 2001 he was awarded a senior Fulbright fellowship to be based as an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Dashper's work from the last 25 years has recently been the subject of a major touring retrospective in America (the first ever such exhibition for a resident New Zealand artist), curated by Christopher Cook and David Raskin. Dashper's work focuses on the histories, theories and more general or popular ideas of abstraction (in particular abstract painting), conceptualism and minimalism as a working methodology. The geographical positioning of New Zealand globally and how this country receives and disseminates visual information is also a core subject in Dashper's work. His practice manifests itself in various forms, including paintings, unique photographs of paintings, found objects which he infuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheldon Museum Of Art
The Sheldon Museum of Art is an art museum in the city of Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Its collection focuses on 19th- and 20th-century art. History Sheldon Art Association In 1888, The Sheldon Art Association was founded as the Haydon Art Club. It got its name in honor of the British painter, Benjamin Robert Haydon. The Haydon Art Club held an annual art exhibit and supplied art education to the university. In the early 1900s, the club underwent a reorganization and was incorporated under its new name, the Nebraska Art Association. The Sheldon Art Association is a non-profit organization that has over 500 members. Sheldon Museum of Art The Sheldon Museum of Art was initially known as the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, and was then formerly known as Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The museum's name was changed in 2008, along with the support organization that supports the museum, which is now known as the Sheldon Art Association, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Deaths
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Sue Crockford Gallery
The Sue Crockford Gallery was a contemporary art dealer gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. History Sue Crockford's career in the visual arts began with her role as an Arts Advisory Officer in the Department of Education. When she and her husband, art historian Francis Pound, travelled to New York in 1982 they visited a number of dealer art galleries. On their return, Crockford resolved to open a dealer gallery in Auckland and early in 1985 she opened the Sue Crockford Gallery on Albert Street. The following the gallery moved to Archilles House in Commerce Street and in 1995 to the second floor of the Endeans Building, where it remained until the gallery closed in 2012. Sue Crockford died in 2023. Artists The Sue Crockford Gallery opened with a group of eight foundation artists: Gretchen Albrecht, Jacqueline Fraser, Robert Jesson, Richard Killeen, Maria Olsen, John Reynolds, James Ross and Denys Watkins. The gallery expanded this group over the years with artists including Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warriors
The Warriors may refer to: Fiction * ''The Warriors'', also known as ''The Dark Avenger'', a 1955 film starring Errol Flynn * ''The Warriors'' (Yurick novel), a 1965 novel by Sol Yurick ** ''The Warriors'' (film), a 1979 film, directed by Walter Hill and based on the Sol Yurick novel ** ''The Warriors'' (video game), a 2005 video game based on the 1979 film ** '' The Warriors: Street Brawl'', a 2009 video game also based on the 1979 film, but unrelated to the 2005 title * ''The Warriors'' (Jakes novel), a 1977 novel by John Jakes * ''Musa'' (film), a 2001 South Korean film that is called ''The Warrior'' in English-speaking countries * ''The Warriors'' (Doctor Who audio), a Big Finish Productions audio drama * ''The Warriors'' (TV series), an Australian television comedy drama series * ''Warriors'' (novel series), a series of young adult novels by Erin Hunter published starting in 2003 ** ''Warriors'' (arc), the first story arc in the series Sports * The New Zealand Warri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Shannon
Marie Shannon (born 1960) is a New Zealand artist and educator who makes photography, video and drawing. Her artwork is in the collections of Te Papa, New Zealand's national museum, and Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland city galleries. Background and education Shannon was born in Nelson in 1960. She went to the University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts and graduated in 1982 with a major in photography. Shannon is based in Auckland, New Zealand. Career Shannon's art is often centred around her domestic interiors and the creative process between her and other artists. Shannon represented New Zealand at Australia's Asia-Pacific Triennale in 1996, and was exhibited in the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney. Then in 1998 her work was at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster and Melbourne's ACCA. Shannon's partner was artist Julian Dashper who died in 2009. She has made cataloguing his art works into art which are text-based videos. An example is ''The Aachen Faxes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney College Of The Arts
The Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) is a contemporary art school that was a faculty of the University of Sydney from 1990 until 2017, when it became a school of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Until the end of 2019, the campus was located in Rozelle, Sydney, Australia and housed within Callan Park in the Kirkbride complex, a cluster of sandstone buildings designed by James Barnet, the government architect, in the late 19th century. SCA moved to the main Camperdown Campus of the University of Sydney in 2020 and now occupies a substantial portion of the Old Teachers' College. History The first cohort of 240 students (120 design students and 120 visual arts) commenced studying at Sydney College of the Arts in 1977. The Visual Arts students were based in a Campus on Smith Street Balmain and the Design students in the old Lever and Kitchen building at White Bay. Over the next few years it grew quickly and expanded into further premises. Prior to 1995, the College of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.Stedelijk Museum , I Amsterdam. Retrieved on 26 September 2012. The 19th century building was designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman and the 21st century wing with the current entrance was designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects. It is located at the Museum Square in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Fisher Gallery
Gus Fisher Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the Kenneth Myers Centre, a historic building restored in 2000 with the help of the gallery's patron, Gus Fisher (1920–2010). The gallery exhibits a regular programme of socially engaged exhibitions that showcase international and local artists, and an extensive public programme including performances, film screenings, workshops, panel discussions and family activities. Gus Fisher Gallery opened in 2001 as a venue for the first Auckland Triennial, led by inaugural Director Robin Stoney. From 2006 to 2017, it was operated by the University of Auckland Centre for Art Research, which was established in 2006 to support and develop the academic and research activities connected with Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland Art Collection, and Window, and was led by Director, Linda Tyler. The gallery aimed to present a balanced and relevant programme of curated exhibitions of contemporar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Forum Für Internationale Kunst
The Ludwig Forum for International Art is a museum for modern art in Aachen. It is based on the Ludwig Collection, which was brought together by the Aachen collector couple Irene and Peter Ludwig, and is supported by the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation. Museum History Since 1968, founding director Wolfgang Becker has worked closely with the Ludwig collector couple and in 1970, the municipal museum Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig was founded in Aachen from common ideas. It was one of the first museums for contemporary art in Germany and was originally located in the Alte Kurhaus Aachen. Conservative hostility motivated gynaecologist Hugo Jung and five other professors at RWTH Aachen University to found the Verein der Freunde der Neuen Galerie on 9 February 1971. In 1991, the museum moved into the rooms of Emil Brauer, an umbrella factory built in 1928 in the international style and shut down in 1988, and henceforth called itself the Ludwig Forum for International Art. The Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulbright
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Via the program, competitively-selected American citizens including students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists, and artists may receive scholarships or grants to study, conduct research, teach, or exercise their talents abroad; and citizens of other countries may qualify to do the same in the United States. The program was founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946 and is considered to be one of the most widely recognized and prestigious scholarships in the world. The program provides approximately 8,000 grants annually – roughly 1,600 to U.S. students, 1,200 to U.S. scholars, 4,000 to foreign students, 900 to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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