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“OUR LABYRINTH” A PERFORMANCE BY LEE MINGWEI FOR “MOVE” ANNUAL EVENTS AT CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS

Photo: Inès Manai

Photo: Inès Manai

Last week to catch Our Labyrinth, a performance piece by Lee Mingwei for the 1st annual MOVE events at Centre Pompidou, Paris, on view from June 2 - 26, 2017! As visitors walk among the galleries, a dancer will sweep a mound of rice through the space, along a labyrinthine path of their choosing. This dancer may encounter obstacles along the way, but will navigate these silently and mindfully. This project is a gift from the performers to the visitors, the providing of a "pure" space, both physically and spiritually, as they explore the sacred space created by the projects.

An artist discussion on the amateur in dance, performance, and contemporary art will take place June 23, at 7PM.

LEE MINGWEI AT 57TH VENICE BIENNALE MAY 13 - NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Lee Mingwei (b. 1964, Taiwan) is a participant in this year's 57th Venice Biennale: Viva Arte Viva, curated by Christine Macel. Two of his projects, The Mending Project (2009-ongoing) and When Beauty Visits (2017) are on view in the Arsenale and Giardini, respectively. Lee Mingwei works in relational aesthetics, utilizing performance and participation to interact with an audience, often evoking the ephemerality of daily life or exploring unexpected moments of beauty within the human condition.  Both of these projects explore the relationships formed through interaction, and allow the viewer to generate their connections and conclusions through a personalized experience. 

Michael Rakowitz Wins Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth Commission

Michael Rakowitz, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist, 2016. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: James O. Jenkins.

Michael Rakowitz, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist, 2016. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: James O. Jenkins.

Jane Lombard Gallery is excited to share that today Michael Rakowitz was announced as a winner of the next commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London.
 
The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist is a project begun by Rakowitz in 2006 that attempts to recreate over 7,000 archeological artifacts looted from the Iraq Museum during the war or destroyed in its aftermath. For the Fourth Plinth Rakowitz will recreate the Lamassu, a winged bull and protective deity that stood at the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from c 700 B.C. In 2015 it was destroyed by ISIS along with other artifacts in Mosul Museum. The Lamassu will be made of empty Iraqi date syrup cans, representative of a once-renowned industry decimated by the Iraq Wars.

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Lee Mingwei Artist Lecture at The Barnes Foundation

Lee Mingwei (b. 1964, Taiwan) will give an artist lecture tonight, March 15, 2017 from 6:30-7:30PM at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia to discuss his work currently featured among 50 international artists in the exhibition Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, on view through May 22, 2017. The diverse exhibition speaks to issues such as commodity fetishism, gentrification, gender politics, globalization, racism, and homelessness.

General admission tickets, $18
Member admission tickets, $9
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