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Last October in Toronto, Monaco
based sculptor
Blake
staged an art happening to demonstrate the power of performance
art to bring oppression closer to public consciousness.
A Buddha sculpture by Blake was set on
fire, echoing the self-immolation by a Buddhist monk
in South Vietnam in 1963 to protest the persecution of
Buddhists. A beautiful film was made of the event, and now Blake
has dedicated the film to the protestors struggling for freedom
in North Africa and the Middle East. These revolutions were
sparked off in Tunisia following the self-immolation by fire of
street vendor
Mohamed Bouazizi to whom this
moving film has been dedicated. The Toronto event was organised
by
Kehrig Fine Art. Mark
Dezzani. |
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Peace, Love & Grooviness
is a fun 'Pop-Up' art exhibition in the Ancient Principality
of Seborga Feb 4 - 28 2011. Featuring many artists from the
French and Italian Riviera and Monaco. Randall &
Cindy Kehrig of Kehrig Fine Art
re-opened the Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) of the late
Prince Giorgio I of Seborga for the art exhibition which
featured work from sculptors Blake and Polo and artists Tim
Johnson, Raphael Gyllenbjorn, David Brooks, André Durand and
Susan Nevelson. The event is sponsored by RivieraLife.tv. |
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The first Art
Monaco exposition took place in the Diahilev Hall of the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco 29th April - 2nd May 2010. 100 galleries
from around the world exhibited. RivieraLife.tv
correspondent Kerry MacGregor reports and interviews Tanya
Baxter of London's Kings Road Gallery, Monaco based Canadian
sculptor Blake and Art Monaco President Johnessco Rodriguez. |
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Following his
Fragments
project that received global media attention, Monaco based
Canadian sculptor
Blake
reveals a new series of marble sculptures at
Art Monaco '10.
With his
Fragments
project,
Blake
poignantly applied the classical partial body form to
benefit a cause that aims to avoid the further maiming of bodies
caused by the legacy of landmines.
Blake's
elegant new series, sculptured in Carrara marble, were debuted at
Art Monaco '10 Contempoary Art Salon 29 Apr - 02 May 10. |
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Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin was guest of honour at a garden party hosted by the Prince
Albert II of Monaco Foundation in July. On the 40th anniversary of his
pioneering mission to the moon, Aldrin whose lunar landing vehicle was
called 'The Eagle', helped to celebrate an exhibition of Eagle
sculptures around Monaco, organised by Eco Art International to benefit
Prince Albert II's environmental projects.
RivieraLife.tv was there, check out our video report. |
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