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AN-MAMBO 2018: You Can Do It and You Must Do It

Posted on May 7, 2018

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You Can Do It and You Must Do It
17 Maggio -3 Giugno 2018

Opening: 16 Maggio, ore 18

Villa delle Rose
Via Saragozza 280-230
Bologna

Orari di Apertura:
Giovedì-Venerdì 15-19
Sabato-Domenica 10-18
Ingresso libero

Dal 17 Maggio al 3 Giugno, Villa delle Rose ospita la mostra You Can Do It and You Must Do It organizzata da Academy Now in collaborazione con il MAMbo-Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna e l’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, a cura di Laura Tori Petrillo.

L’esposizione vuole essere da una parte un incoraggiamento agli aspiranti artisti rispetto al perseguimento della loro vocazione e dall’altra vuole sensibilizzare le istituzioni pubbliche e private riguardo alle problematiche legate al termine del percorso accademico.

Da una parte è fondamentale che le Accademie di Belle Arti diano agli studenti gli strumenti necessari per poter continuare con successo il loro percorso dopo gli studi. Dall’altra è altrettanto importante che il sistema dell’arte preservi spazi per nuovi artisti di talento affinché possano effettivamente avere l’opportunità di essere visti da pubblico e professionisti.
Il tema legato alle sfide sociali nel perseguimento della carriera di artisti, è un ulteriore importante elemento in gioco ed è stato soggetto della recente indagine di J.J. Pita Castro: Social Gravities and Artistic Training Paths. The Artistic Vocation Viewed through the Prism of the Concept of Temporal Form of Causality.

Durante i sei anni di attività di Academy Now a Londra, due tra i tre premi inglesi più importanti dedicati a neodiplomati (Catlin Art Prize e New Sensations) sono scomparsi, l’unico ancora in corso dal 1949 è New Contemporaries, una sorta di costola di ICA (l’Istituto di Arte Contemporanea di Londra) dedicata ai nuovi aspiranti artisti. E’ questo il “format” che Laura Tori Petrillo, ha voluto sperimentare in Italia: un’istituzione pubblica importante, in questo caso il MAMbo, alle spalle di una piattaforma dedicata alla ricerca e promozione di nuovi talenti, Academy Now.
La mostra AN-MAMbo 2018 è stata progettata come l’edizione numero zero di questa collaborazione resa possibile dalla volontà del nuovo direttore artistico di MAMbo Lorenzo Balbi e dalla collaborazione di Enrico Fornaroli, direttore di ABABO.

La mostra include dieci artisti, cinque tra i finalisti delle scorse edizioni internazionali e cinque nuovi selezionati provenienti dall’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna: FRANK AMMERLAAN, VERONICA BILLI, NICOLA BIZZARRI, LENI DOTHAN, NICOLAS FELDMEYER, VINCENZO GENTILE, NOA PANE, DARIO PICARIELLO, DANIELE PULZE e FABIO ROMANO.

Per la sola serata di apertura siamo inoltre felici di presentare la performance Futuro Fare di AGATA TORELLI.

AN-MAMbo 2018 Finalists Announcement

Posted on April 19, 2018

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Mimì Enna, As veda che sarem bei- Azione, 2017

We are extremely honoured to announce the 3 finalists of the Call AN-MAMbo 2018 who will have the opportunity to show their work in Villa delle Rose from the 16th of May.

For the new aspiring artists the transition from the Academic world to the real world can be very difficult and the new collaboration between Academy Now and MAMbo offers to these new talents the opportunity to be seen.

Before announcing them we would like to thank all the students and recent graduates who sent their applications: this confirms once again that the job we have been doing since 2013 is not only important but also necessary.

The collaboration between Academy Now and MAMbo introduces a new modus operandi in Italy already in use in England where New Contemporaries, a project dedicated to recent art graduates is baked up by the ICA, the renown Institute for Contemporary Arts in London. Since the ‘50s they have offered opportunities to many students to be seen by the general public and by professionals.

The 2018 AN-MAMbo 3 finalists are:

VERONICA BILLI
NICOLA BIZZARRI
VINCENZO GENTILE
For the opening evening we are very pleased to present a performance by:

AGATA TORELLI

To give more visibility to the Call we will publish all the names of the 15 shortlisted artists on our Facebook page. The details of the exhibition AN-MAMbo and the names of the 10 participating artists will be announced in the next days, stay tuned!

AN-MAMbo 2018: bando aperto/open call

Posted on February 19, 2018

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Villa delle Rose, Bologna

Dettagli bando/Call details
Bando per la selezione di 3 diplomandi o neodiplomati dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna/Call to shortlist 3 MA students or recent MA graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.
Scadenza Bando/Application Deadline: 28 Marzo/March.

Presentazione bando/Call Presentation
Martedì 13 Marzo, ore 11/Tuesday 13 March, 11am
Aula Magna, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna/Aula Magna, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.

Dettagli Mostra/Exhibition Details
Apertura Mostra/Exhibition Opening: 16 Maggio/16 May.
Sede Mostra/Venue: Villa delle Rose, Bologna.

L’idea di questo nuovo appuntamento a cadenza annuale, nasce dalla volontà di Academy Now in collaborazione con MAMbo, di offrire spazio e visibilità ai nuovi artisti. Quest’anno MAMbo ospiterà presso Villa delle Rose, Academy Now (AN), piattaforma indipendente con sede a Londra, dedicata alla ricerca e promozione di neodiplomati dai college d’arte a Londra e nel resto d’Europa.
Lo scopo di questa collaborazione è di far si che la città di Bologna diventi per la giovane arte, il luogo dove si concretizzi un vitale dialogo con l’Europa, un confronto tra le nuove generazioni di artisti di domani al quale tutto il territorio è invitato a partecipare. Il prossimo Maggio verrà presentata una selezione dei 5 “Best of” dei primi cinque anni di attività di ricerca di Academy Now insieme a 2 artisti diplomati a Bologna già selezionati negli scorsi anni a cui verranno affiancati 3 nuovi studenti in corso o neodiplomati, attraverso la presente Open Call.
The idea of this new yearly event is directly linked to the commitment of MAMbo to support new artists. Starting this year MAMbo is going to host Academy Now in its venue dedicated to temporary exhibition, Villa delle Rose, Bologna. Academy Now is a platform dedicated to recent art graduates in London and mainland Europe. The aim of this collaboration is to unable Bologna to become the place where new generations of artists can meet activating a dialogue with the rest of Europe, encouraging a conversation where the local community is invited to join.

Organizzatori/Organisers:
Academy Now e/and MAMbo
Con la collaborazione dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna/With the collaboration of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.
Come partecipare /How to Apply

Inviare 5 immagini (.jpg)+ 1 Breve bio + 1 Breve descrizione delle opere sottoposte/ Please send your short CV, work description and 5 images (.jpg) of your work.

Le immagini jpg devo essere tra 200KB e 300KB/Jpg files extension must be between 200 KB and 300 KB.

Le immagini devono essere rinominate con nome dell’artista, titolo opera, dimensioni, tecnica, anno/Images must be re-named with the artist name, title, year, medium and dimensions.

Includere nella documentazione la liberatoria affinché Academy Now possa utilizzare le immagini sottoposte, sul proprio sito, social e newsletter/Please give permission to Academy Now, to use the images submitted, on the Academy Now website, social networks and newsletter.

Inviare il materiale richiesto entro il 28 marzo/Please send the documentation before March 28th, 2018 to:
info@academynow.org

La Giuria/The Jury

Tutti i giudici sono selezionati per la loro conoscenza della cultura visiva contemporanea e per il loro genuino interesse nel supportare la ricerca dei nuovi artisti/ All judges are invited for their knowledge of contemporary visual culture
and for their genuine focus on supporting research and new artists.

Giudici/Judges 2018 (per il Bando dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna)

Lorenzo Balbi, direttore artistico MAMbo/artistic director of MAMbo-Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
Alessandro Pasotti co-direttore/co-director of P420 Arte Contemporanea
Laura Tori Petrillo, direttrice/director of Academy Now

Giudici/Judges 2017 (per il Bando Internazionale/for the International Call)

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, collezionista e presidente della/collector and president of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo- Torino/Turin.
Vittoria Matarrese, responsabile della programmazione e curatela del dipartimento di performance/ head of cultural program & special projects and chief curator of performance art at/ Palais de Tokyo -Parigi/Paris.
Pauline de Souza, docente presso/senior lecturer at the University of East London e direttrice di /and director of Diversity Art Forum -Londra/London.
Frédéric de Goldschmidt, collezionista e/private collector and art patron- Bruxelles/Brussels.

art and business: scoa and a selection of the academy now artists

Posted on December 4, 2017

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Laura Grossi, 23 November 2017. Photo Claudio Cazzara

It has been a wonderful evening: this year SCOA, an Italian firm dedicated to business consulting, is celebrating its 40th anniversary and on the 23rd of November, they decided to open the doors of their historical building, Villa Marullina, to host a selection of the Academy Now artists and other site specific events that we made especially for them.

Below here a few images of the backstage…

Thanks to SCOA, to all the artists and to all the people who decided to join us!

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Paolo Bufalini and his Minimoto. Photo Claudio Cazzara

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Michela Goretti and her piece “Le Parole che non ti ho detto”. Photo Claudio Cazzara

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Giacomo Giacomo, “Opera”. Photo Claudio Cazzara

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Leni Dothan “Sleeping Madonna”. Photo Claudio Cazzara

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23 Novembre ore 18.30, Villa Marullina, Bologna – SCOA Ospita Academy Now

Posted on November 10, 2017

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Michela Goretti, Le parole che non ti ho detto, 70x90cm, 2017

SCOA ospita Academy Now

Siamo felici di presentare insieme a SCOA, Studio Consulenti Associati, una selezione di artisti di Academy Now

in occasione dell’evento “Arte e Impresa”, previsto per il 23 Novembre 2017, alle ore 18.30.

Questa serata s’inserisce all’interno delle iniziative organizzate in occasione del 40esimo anniversario di SCOA.

Sono molto contenta di questa sinergia perché ritengo possa essere letta come il segnale di una crescente generale sensibilità

dell’impresa italiana nei confronti della ricerca nell’ambito della cultura visiva contemporanea.

Sono anche molto orgogliosa che SCOA abbia deciso di investire sul suo futuro anche attraverso il lavoro di artisti

emergenti,posizionandosi in questo modo, tra le primissime realtà in Italia a seguire l’esempio di altri paesi in Europa dove

l’arte contemporaneaha un ruolo importante, ben riconosciuto e radicato non solo nel sistema pubblico ma anche in quello

privato e delle imprese.

L’evento che abbiamo progettato insieme è stato costruito per sottolineare ed amplificare l’attenzione che SCOA e

Academy Now hanno riguardo le relazioni e nel particolare riguardo alla qualità delle relazioni.

Allestiremo un set dove chi vorrà, potrà provare l’esperienza ormai quasi scomparsa, del Ritratto fotografico. Si tratterà di

mettersi di fronte ad un fotografo e vivere un incontro, tramite un unico scatto che verrà effettuato su pellicola in bianco e nero.

Sarà inoltre possibile vedere sui due piani di Villa Marullina, sede storica di SCOA a Bologna, una selezione di opere

delle ultime 5 edizioni di Academy Now:

• Nicolas Feldmeyer, vincitore del premio Saatchi e Channel 4’s, New Sensations 2012

• Paolo Bufalini, artista diplomato a Bologna nel 2016

• Michela Goretti, fotografa

• Noa Pane, vincitrice del primo premio nazionale scultura 2017

Giacomo Giacomo, presenterà sculture, installazioni e dipinti site specific e sarà possibile vedere il video Sleeping Madonna

dell’artista israeliana Leni Dothan. La serata si concluderà con un evento nell’evento: un’Asta pseudo-seria…

La serata è ad invito, vi chiediamo gentilmente di contattarci se desiderate partecipare, entro il 15 Novembre

christian boltanski at mambo: until 12 november

Posted on October 29, 2017

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Laura Tori Petrillo and Christian Boltanski, Biennale di Venezia 2015

Leni Dothan: Opening First Solo Show in Norway tomorrow

Posted on October 6, 2017

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Leni Dothan, Middle Ages, Mother and Child, 2017

Leni Dothan | Birth & Death

7 October – 12 November Opening 7 October, 2pm

Håvegen 347, 4365 NÆRBØ, Norway

www.hagamleprestegard.no

I met Leni Dothan in London, during her final degree show at the Slade School of Fine Art, in June 2015 and seeing her work blow me away immediately… There were videos, sound and photographic installations: they were poetic, strong, bold and at moments, light and even funny. There were reference to classical biblical iconography but the narrative was new and original, personal and universal. Her work revisits representation of women and motherhood in renaissance paintings and through powerful installations she encourages the viewer to reflect upon the non-spoken.

Leni was there and I interviewed her strait away. Lots of questions and lots of answers gave me the full picture of the person behind the work. I discovered an incredibly brave, restless young mother who did not give up on her aspiration to become a professional artist and managed to move to London, grow her 3 year old child and gain a Distinction as final result of her MA at Slade.

Leni Dothan was chosen this year by the Academy Now judges and she is among the 5 shortlist artist 2017 for bravely encouraging discussions around topics like motherhood, family relations and social/cultural boundaries.

Leni Dothan was born in 1981 in Israel and lives and works in London. She is currently a PhD student at the Slade School of Fine Art. Dothan completed her B.Arch studies in 2009 at the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design and her MFA Studies in 2015 at the Slade (Distinction). Solo shows include the Temple Church in London, St. Cyprian’s Church in London and Ha’Hanut Gallery in Tel -Aviv, Israel. Group shows venues include The Jewish Museum in London, Latitude Film Festival UK, Fresh Paint – video greenhouse, Tel-Aviv, OFF Course, Contemporary Art Fair in Brussels, Belgium.

FRIEZE LONDON 2017: On the Phone with Amanda Sharp & How It All Started

Posted on October 1, 2017

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Leni Dothan and Laura Tori Petrillo, Frieze-London, 4 October 2016. Photo Claudio Cazzara

The first time I went to Frieze it was the year 2004, it was the second edition, and I had to queue for more than 1 hour in the rain… I then met Amanda Sharp, co-founder of the fair, in 2006. She was in New York and I was in her office in London, so it was a chat over the phone but I loved talking to her, she was down to earth, open and friendly. I have always thought that it is interesting to know that the founders of one of the most successful fairs in the world – Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slovoter- were “ mates” at school and it was not an art school! Amanda Sharp studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University. Obviously they had a passion for art and they have never compromised on quality. Here is an extract of an interview where Amanda Sharp talks about how it all started:

“We’ve founded FRIEZE magazine in 1991 and it was quite an exciting time to be in London at that point. We just left university, we weren’t in the art world but we where in the city. And just spending time with friends who where artists and one day Matthew, my business partner, took me to see an exhibition that he had curated called “modern medicine”. And I walked in and there was Angus Fairhurst and Gary Hume. I looked at his work and I just thought: it is fantastic. I really understand it and I am really exited about it. And Yeah, why don’t we do an art magazine, because this is really exciting. But right from the very beginning it was clear it was not a British art magazine, because we understood, that contemporary art is really a completely international medium. And it did not make any sense to do a provincial magazine”. *

*Interview: Artfacts.Net, Berlin and Vernissage TV, Basel

See you in London!

https://frieze.com/fairs/frieze-london

18-19 NOVEMBER: LAURA TORI PETRILLO WORKSHOP AT PHOTOLUX FESTIVAL 2017

Posted on September 29, 2017

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EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, MA/SPECIALISATIONS IN ITALY & ABROAD: HOW TO WRITE STRONGER BIOGRAPHIES AND ARTIST STATEMENTS

Let’s find your unique talent and dive in!

When: 18-19 November 2017, 9 am – 5 pm
Where: PHOTOLUX FESTIVAL, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Lucca (Italy)

We are very pleased to spread out the news about Laura Tori Petrillo first Autumn workshop which this year is scheduled during the opening weekend of the PhotoLux Festival. We recomend to join all photographers and artists who want to strengthen their written documentation: biography, art statement, work description. This is known to be among the hardest things to do and we all know how crucial is to have a strong written documentation that enables us to be selected for an award, for an MA/specialisation, or for an artist residency in Italy and abroad.

Please click the link below here for more info and feel free to contact me for further details.

http://www.photoluxfestival.it/en/workshop-laura-tori-petrillo-2017/

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and to see the Photolux Festival and its exciting and very well articulated program.

See you all there!

welcome back!

Posted on September 14, 2017

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Claudio Cazzara, A Midday Summer’s Dream – August, 2017

This picture is a a perfect portrait of our “summer break” which has been all about finding new offices and studios and getting them ready for September… The nicest moments have been when some friends and artists came and helped with their fresh picks and new ideas on how to make the new spaces really special.

Suddenly the summer holiday feels far away, we are all back to the working routine and we are excited to share with you some of the many news…

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Daniel Dressel, Polygon, 4 Screens Video Loop, HD (60”), 2016

Daniel Dressel, among the 5 shortlisted Academy Now 2017 artist, is exhibiting his video installations and new work non-stop since graduation: next Friday he will present a new collaborative piece at ASG gallery as part of Peers Sessions in London and we will be there!

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Dario Picariello, Mascarata (1), 2016

Dario Picariello, among the 10 shortlist of Academy Now 2017, is presenting his new work in Milan on the 21st of September, as part of CRAMUM, together with artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz.