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Shamim M. Momin
Shamim M. Momin is an American art director and curator of contemporary art. Creative work Momin is head of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division, a non-profit art organization in Los Angeles, California. She is also an Adjunct Curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art where she co-curated the 2008 and 2004 Whitney Biennial exhibitions. Other projects include ''PavilioM.'' at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009), a commissioned solo exhibition of video artist Alex Bag (2009) at the Whitney, a group exhibition entitled ''Nothingness and Being'' (2009) at Colección Jumex near Mexico City, and ''The Station'', an independent group exhibition which took place in approximately of unoccupied raw space in a mid-town Miami development during Art Basel 2008. She has organized solo exhibitions of Terence Koh (2007), Mark Grotjahn (2006), Raymond Pettibon (2005–06), and Banks Violette (2005). As Branch Director and Curator of the former Whitney Museum at Altria, Momin was respon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretation has varied greatly throughout history and across cultures. In the Western tradition, the three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, ''art'' referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts. The nature of art and relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
