The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi: Blane de St. Croix’s “Horizon”.. and More
UAE_Abu Dhabi
The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi: Blane de St. Croix’s “Horizon”.. and More
The New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery presents “Horizon,” a solo exhibition by American sculptor Blane De St. Croix, on view through January 14, 2024.
St. Croix stays on site and collaborates with scientists to study the natural characteristics of places and creates works in response to them.
The new work commissioned for the exhibition is the result of St. Croix’s collaboration with faculty and scientists at NYUAD over the past year, a 150-square-meter PET sculpture inspired by the “sabkhas” salt lakes and estuaries of the United Arab Emirates, made from more than 50,000 recycled plastic water bottles. Another commissioned work, “Infinite landscapes,” is also on view, as well as other unpublished works by the artist.
Hong Kong
Sigg Prize 2023 Opens at M+ with 6 Shortlisted Artists
M+ in Hong Kong presents “Sigg Prize 2023” through January 14, 2024. The Sigg Prize invites nominations from contemporary artists of all mediums born or working in Greater China, with the final winner selected at the end of the exhibition.
The exhibition aims to showcase local artistic practices on a global scale and to promote dialogue on pressing contemporary issues. All shortlisted artists receive a cash prize of HK$100,000, and the winner receives HK$500,000. Established in 2018 as the successor of the “Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA),” it is now in its second edition. In the 2019 inaugural edition, sound artist Samson Young (b. 1979) was named the winner.
The six artists shortlisted this year are Jes Fan (b. 1990), Miao Ying (b. 1985), Wang Tuo (b. 1984), Xie Nanxing (b. 1970), Trevor Yeung (b. 1988), and Yu Ji (b. 1985).
China_Shanghai
“Arata Isozaki: In Formation” at Power Station of Art
The Power Station of Art (PSA) in Shanghai presents “Arata Isozaki: In Formation” as part of its Architecture and Urbanism research and exhibition series.
Arata Isozaki (1931-2022) was a leading contemporary Japanese architect and Pritzker Prize winner whose multidisciplinary practice spanned architecture, fine art, and theory.
The exhibition organizes Isozaki’s artistic world into nine core concepts: “Ruin,” “Process,” “Cybernetics,” “MA/Trans,” “Isle,” “Genesis,” “New Form,” “Flux,” and “Atlas/Archipelago.” Models, sketches, installations, paintings, and videos on display, the exhibition traces Isozaki’s diverse career and his art’s cultural and ideological trajectory. On view through November 19.
