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later on, in gazzera’s pictorial production the ”gigan- kim SOOk chA uSa diminishing its military function while increasing
tic flowers” turned into ”flying flowers”: enormous its artistic resonance. as an associate of the crew
corollas hanging in the blue sky. they take into originally from choong-Joo in central Korea, where i submerged several times in the craft (that was in
consideration a new dimension of space, becom- she began painting at age 5, Sook-cha Kim the arctic ocean).
ing cosmic flowers and throwing present taste for became a registered nurse and midwife in Seoul. Furthermore, i am also concerned with the prep-
future. while studying anatomy and autopsy at the aration end implementation of installations that
afterwards, they metaphysically take sometimes- Seoul national university School of medicine, she explore the interconnections of concrete artistic
human appearances. their body is human, but earned a Bpa and a mFa. in oil painting (with objects, including underwater apparatuses that
there is a flower instead of their head. it’s the
may have no utilitarian meaning (e.g. in the lisbon
emphasis in anatomy for art) from the horig-ik
on course of the ”talking flowers” where flowers after immigrating to the u.S.a. in 1973, Sook-cha Kim addreSS pokrovskij blvd. #18/15 st 2 ap 29 a,
pavilion 1998).
university School of art.
live a dimension of human sensitivity, rejoice and
suffer as human beings they represent do. in par-
moscow russia, tel +7 95 9172669, fax +7 95
continued her study of oil painting at the corcoran
allel to neo-floral current, in gazzera’s work you
9172669
School of art. She also added to her experience
can point out other periods: the ”fruits in the
open”, the enigmatic ”military dummies”, the ”big by copying masterpieces at the Smithsonian art
galleries.
C medals” laying on unreal places, the ”epoch cars”, Sook-cha Kim was awarded the gold medal-art
”my côte d’azur” e in his last romantic period
”lovers, clouds and brooms”. addiction international prize (1997) at the most tal-
ented artiste competition in Stockholm, Sweden.
i addreSS piazza Vittorio Veneto, no. 16 bis, it-10123 She is currently an artist in the new art interna-
torino italy tel +39 011 8122443. tional 1997 edited by Book art press.
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ThROugh, 1998 acrYlic on canVaS 20 x 16 cm. / 8 x 6¼ in.
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LORenZO ALBeRTO uruguaY
l lorenzo Sacne albeto José, artista plastico, uru-
guano, ascendencia espaniola, nacido en monte-
video 1942. cursos: Fac. arquitectura, escuola OBJecT-AcT, nORTheRn TRAce Of LeOnARDO, 1997 mixed
nacional de Bellas artes, uruguay; national acad- media, painted naVal SuBmarine, the arctic ocean
t emy of Fine arts, new York. disenador estampado
textil industrial. realizó más de 130 exposiciones
collectives y 30 individuales en uruguay, españa, PRieSTneR miLeS STeVe great Britain
r israel, estades unites, argentina, Brazil, cuba, etc.
reside asociation de plasticos /aSpu) y dirige 1954.05.01 born in altrincham, manchester.
espacio radical cultural. recore principales cen- Studies 1972-1974 manchester polytechnic, manches-
a tros culturales del mundo: norte america, russia, ter. 1978 / 1979 Beaux arts, paris France.
Bulgaria, grecia, turquia, israel, africa, Seychelles,
india, nepal, thailandia, china, Japon, caribe, the creative work is devoted to oil on canvas, poly
filla cement on wood, drawing, give rock texture,
centro y Sud america. inclinado al realismo, painting, paints on the back of Billboard posters,
Surrealismo, e hiperrealismo, su pintura destaca large works in drip style, etc. purchases of art-
huiTZiLOTZLi Sin POPOcATePeTL, acrYlic on canVaS 80 x 80 cm
y / 31½ x 31½ in paisajes urbanos, tema sociales (marginados, works are in the museum and in private ownership
caichos, carnaval) en óleos sobra tela, fibra v/o
collection in Belgium, germany, Sweden, and uSa,
fRieDeBeRg PeDReO mexico collage. premiado varias veces eb´n uruguay y Selected group exhibitions Since 1979 participated
great Britain.
ar the work of pedro Friedeberg includes architecture, ecciones privadas de uruguay, argentina, Brasil, in national and international group exhibitions:
eeuu. Sue cuadros forman parte de museos y col-
Venezuela, italia, cuba, espana, eeuu, peru, israel,
painting, sculpture, furniture and set design.
Sweden, italy, Spain, great Britain, uSa etc. 1998
alemania, etc
although his formal background is in architecture
Flash art museum, italy; 1997 ii Salo international
and the applied arts, Friedeberg has often deliber-
tevideo 11100 uruguay, tel +1 59 82 9004661
ately pushed the limits of functionalism. Studio wilson Ferreira aldunate 1295 ap. 801, mon- d’artistes, Barcelona Spain; 1998 the 1st autumn
annual in Venice, palazzo correr, Venice italy; 1999
or to german-Jewish parents who left germany to POnOmARYOV ALexAnDR eVgenieVic ruSSia honors diploma of excellence, the 1st autumn
pedro Friedeberg was born in Florence, italy in 1936
the 1st Spring annual in Venice, palazzo correr,
Venice italy.
escape the war. three years after his birth, he
moved with his mother to mexico.
annual in Venice, palazzo correr, Venice italy

Friedeberg’s work is product of highly conscious, if
1998.
not self-conscious, thought. when asked about 1957 born in dniepropetrovsk, russia; 1973 finished member of associations 1999 aaiaa art addiction
art school in oryol, russia; 1979 finished college
p being a surrealist he replied, ”my work is maybe of naval engineers in odessa russia. publications 1999 2000 new art international (new
international art association
more decorative. the surrealists were more into
profound dreaming, into the absurdity of things. collectionS State tretyakov gallery, moscow York) who’s who in art, the 28th edition.
russia; rF ministry of culture, moscow russia;
m But, i think my work is also criticizing the absurdity incombank moscow russia; centre of contem- represented 1999 2000 art addiction internet art
of things.”
museum www.artaddiction.se/aaiaa_priest.htm
what is yet to be discovered or perhaps rediscovered porary art moscow russia; museum of Fine addreSS 17 Stamford park rd., altrincham, man-
art, oryol russia; artistic culture centre Kiev,
in relation to Friedeberg’s art is the unabashed ukraine; collection of the grand duchess of chester wa15 9eh great Britain tel +44 161
e desire and self-fulfillment that comes from the luxemburg; national museum Singapore; Founda- 9290293.
experience of being in the presence of gorgeous tion F.r. weisman, los angeles uSa; Jüdisches
t objects. his negation of analytical theory, mono- museum ruheinsburg, germany; Zimmerli art
theism and politics gives his work poignancy
today. in a world where everything is highly politi- museum, rutgers university, new Brunswick uSa;
universitat Juan i, castellon de la plana, Spain;
cized and moralized, down to the type of deter-
on gent we use, Friedeberg reminds us that real life Selected exhiBitionS 1990 hermitage gallery,
private collection in russia, germany, Spain, italy,
luxemburg, Singapore, uSa, poland, denmark,
should sometimes, if not at all times, be some-
Switzerland, France.
thing more than real. moreover, that life should
surpass the tedious morality of our day. Friede-
berg allows us to transcend our own existence center of contemporary art moscow; 1991 ost
and Vest gallery, copenhagen, denmark; galeria
through the experience of the potentially stunning
C everyday. espai 29, castellon de la palma, Spain; 1993 gale-
addreSS: ria 6 de Febrero, Valencia, Spain; 1996 resurrect-
ing Ships; State tretyakov gallery, moscow russia;
Kino gallery, moscow russia; 1998 art project and
installation in russian pavilion expo 98 lisbon,
portugal.
recently i have been giving particular attention to
the artistic issues contacted with the boundaries
between active environments (e.g. the ocean and
RecReO 5 A
dry land). correspondingly, i have been undertak-
37700 gTO.
mexicO
ing actions, including the painting of shipwrecks,
SAn migueL ALLenDe
a procedure that, as it were, reanimates these
derelicts by imbuing them with a new, cultural sig-
TeL /fAx 415 23130
nificance. a recent recipient of my artistic actions
was a real naval submarine that i painted, thereby
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