(in chronological order)
Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art - Brisbane/Australia, 1999/2000
From 9.9.1999 - 26.1.2000, APT3 will showcase the work of over 75 artists from Asia & the Pacific. As well, the major Conference 'Beyond the Future', 10-12.9.1999, will explore issues relevant to cultural life in the region. Other special events include artists performances, talks, digital art, an online discussion forum and kids' apt.
Global Conceptualism, Points of Origin, 1950s -1980s
The exhibition examines key moments when artists in various locales around the world began to create conceptual art as a means to question the hegemony of the object over ideas in art, critique the way art is institutionalized both in museums and in modern economies, and find a new role for art and the artist in society by involving art in social and political protest. Headed by project leaders Jane Farver, Luis Camnitzer and Rachel Weiss, exhibition planning has been made in concert with a team of eleven international curators. Queens Museum of Art, 28 April - 29 August, 1999, and further venues.
Cinco Continentes y una Ciudad - Mexico-City, 1998/99
26 November 1998 - 28 February 1999. Five Continents and a City - Painting from Africa, America, Asia/Oceania, Europe and Mexico. Initiated and directed by Marta Palau. Curators: Rita Eder, Okwui Enwezor, Yu Yeon Kim, Gerardo Mosquera, Rosa Olivares, Silvia Pandolfi.
Art Agora - Modernities & Memories - Istanbul, 1998
Recent Works from the Islamic World, 6 - 30 October, 1998, Dolmabahçe Cultural Center, Istanbul. Exhibition, Discussion, Panels. Executiv curator: Beral Madra. A collaboration of the Rockefeller Foundation (New York) and the Istanbul Bilgi University.
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo - 1998
4 October- 13 December 1998 under the artistic direction of Paulo Herkenhoff (chief-curator) and Adriano Pedroso (assistant curator).
40 + 1. Contemporary Japanese Graphics - 1998
68 prints of 41 Japanese artists has been exhibited in Novosibirsk and Kaliningrad, Russia, after long negotiations via Email. Virtual exhibition as well. Curators: Yuriko Miyoshi and Andrey Martynov.
Echolot - 1998, Kassel
22 March - 21 June 1998, Fridericianum. Works by 9 women artists: Shirin Neshat, Fariba Hajamadi (Iran), Mona Hatoum (Libanon), Ghada Amer (Egypt), Ayse Erkmen, Gülsün Karamustafa (Turkey), Soo-Ja Kim (Korea), Qin Yufen (China), Tracey Moffatt (Australia)
2. Kwangju Biennial: Unmapping the Earth - 1997
1 September - 27 November, 1997. Over 113 artists and 11 art groups participated in this international contemporary art show. The Main Exhibition consisted of 5 sections organized around the five subthemes of Speed/Water, Space/Fire, Hybrid/Wood, Power/Metal, and Becoming/Earth. One commissioner curated each section of the exhibition according to the respective subthemes. Brief information about the 1st Kwangju Biennial, 1995.
6th Biennial of Havana - 1997
3 May to 8 June 1997. Art from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Report by Universes in Universe, includes an overview of the Biennials since the 1st Edition in 1984. (English, German, Spanish)
2. Biennale von Johannesburg - 1997/98
Unfortunately the website is no longer available - see summary of information, interviews and links (presented by Universes in Universe) as well as the website of the conference presented by its organizator, Olu Oguibe.
Africus - 1. Biennial of Johannesburg - 1995
Very informative web-site on the international event. Participating artists from 63 countries, 20 of them from Africa, at 15 exhibition venues in central Johannesburg. Numerous parallel activities. Very informative website includes the curatorial essay of each country´s presentation with some images, as well as all the catalogue texts.
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