Helene Black is a
Cypriot
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artist
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and curator working with various media. She has been exhibited in
museum
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s and
contemporary art
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centers in
Cyprus
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,
Argentina
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,
France
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, the
UK,
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,
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,
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,
Switzerland
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Denmark
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Russia
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and
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.
Overview
Jurate Macnoriute writes:
whilst Denise Robinson had this to say: much of Black's work engages with the altered relation of object and observer in the new visual spaces created by new technologies"
In 2000, Black in collaboration with Yiannis Colakides produced the first art interactive CD-ROM in Cyprus, which they called "IDs", and in 2001 their collaboration continued with the production of "Loop", a 6-minute digital video. The CD-ROM was the first one to be acquired by the Cyprus National Gallery.
In 2004, Black co-founded
NeMe with
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and
Konstantinos Sophocleous
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. A year later she co-founded the Independent Museum of Contemporary Art (IMCA), the first itinerant museum in Cyprus. IMCA is a NeMe project which organizes Cypriot and international Art events.
In October 2006, Black and L.A. artist
Sheila Pinkel
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curated "In Transition Cyprus", whilst in January 2008 she curated ISOLOMANIA. Both were international group exhibitions which attracted critical attention from artists and critics alike. In 2008 Black and Pinkel were invited by the National Centre of Contemporary Art (
Moscow
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and
Ekaterinburg
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branches) to present the "In Transition" exhibition in Russia. "In Transition Russia 2008" was developed to include an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Ekaterinburg and NCCA Moscow and an international conference on displacement in
Ural State University
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.
References
* Nikos Papastergiadis, 2006, Spatial Aesthetics, Rivers Oram Press, p77-78
* Nadia Anaxagorou, 2003, The Sculpture Park in Limassol, Municipality of Limassol, p50-55
Arte Povera of Helene BlackThe work of Helene Black*
Critique of Helene Black's work*
ttp://www.neme.org/events/in-transition-cyprus-2006 In transition Cyprus 2006IsolomaniaIn Transition Russia 2008
External links
hblack.net– Official website
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Cypriot contemporary artists
Greek Cypriot people
Cypriot women artists