DANI MARTI

DANI MARTI is included in the new extensive curatorial project and exhibition entitled "ECONOMY" opening at Stills, Edinburgh, and at CCA, Glasgow on 26 Jan 2013.

Two parallell exhibitions make the core of the project that examines why, and how, art since the 1990s has revealed the economy to be the axis of contemporary existence.

ECONOMY Features works of over 40 international artists, a website as well as the forthcoming volume from the Liverpool University Press entitled ECONOMY: Art and the Subject after Postmodernism. 

Read more from e-flux here 
http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/economy/

Project webiste: www.economyexhibition.net 

The exhibitions will be open until 21 April this year.

 

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DANI MARTI: MONOGRAPH LAUNCH

ARC ONE is pleased to announce the launch of Dani Marti's first major monograph published by Hatje Cantz. The launch will be held at the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney on Saturday December 15th, 2012.

Edited by Matt Price, the monograph contains texts by Morgan Falconer, Kirsten Lloyd, Colin Perry and an interview with the artist by Octavio Zaya.

'Dani Marti is one of Australia’s most exciting artists to have recently emerged to international acclaim, both charming and challenging audiences, curators, and critics alike with his unorthodox combination of hand-woven “canvases” and video documentary. Connecting the two media is the concept of portraiture or, as Marti suggests, its inability to get beneath the surface of family, friends, lovers, and strangers. These psychological, sociological, emotional, and often graphic physical depictions push ethical boundaries, raising difficult questions about relationships, gay encounters, intimacy, and trust while questioning the role of the artist, the power of the video camera, and the cultural politics of the viewer. With his woven works, Marti’s questioning turns to wider notions of portraiture and sexuality in Modernism, Minimalism, and geometric abstraction.' - Matt Price.

This publication is avaliable at ARC ONE Gallery: please email us to place your order:
mail@arc1gallery.com or phone 03 9650 0589.

Marti's monograph will be officially launched by Simon Mordant AM, Chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Australian Commissioner for 2013 Venice Biennale.

Saturday 15 December, 2pm
Australian Centre for Photography
257 Oxford Street, Paddington.

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The first major monograph on the work of DANI MARTI's is now released.   

Dani Marti (*1963 in Barcelona) is among Australia’s most exciting artists recently to have emerged to international acclaim, both charming and challenging audiences, curators, and critics with his unorthodox combination of hand-woven ‘canvases’ and video documentary. 

To order a copy:  http://www.hatjecantz.de/controller.phpcmd=detail&titzif=00003365〈=en

DANI MARTI is currently in New York on an artist residency.   

Dani  has also been shortlisted for  the 2012 Margaret Tait Award. Please find full information on this here: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/glasgow_film_awards    

It has been confirmed that DANI will be having a solo show curated by Octavio Zaya in Harlem towards the end of the year and also another one in 2013 at CAAM, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, in Canarias.  Also confirmed in 2013 DANI will be exhibiting in a group show curated by Paco Barragan at the Museum of Moderne Kunst (MMK) in Arnhem Netherlands.

 

 

DENISE GREEN, JACKY REDGATE AND DANI MARTI feature in the current issue of Art Collector.  

Issue 59, January - March 2012 

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DANI MARTI will be exhibiting his work at the Newcastle Art Gallery from 17 September – 13 November, 2011.

"The notion of portraiture gets redefined in TOUCH The portraiture of Dani Marti, the first major survey of artist Dani Marti - to be opened by Louise Doyle, Director of the National Portrait Gallery at Newcastle Art Gallery.

Marti’s work explores the idea of the ‘impossibility of portraiture’. Can a portrait ever really capture the truth about a person?  Marti attempts to investigate this question through multiple means: video and large scale woven wall panels and sculptural pieces, each technique an attempt to capture something meaningful and essential about the subject.

Marti’s practice is also driven by what he calls his “obsession of trying to get close to someone.” It is an obsession that sees Marti reaching out to family and friends to be subjects, as well as strangers who live outside the mainstream that he meets on the internet. These encounters provide the catalyst for Marti’s ‘portraiture’

In the Internet age, identity is easily masked. It is a way of communicating but not connecting, it is a way to feel part of a community and yet remain isolated. Marti’s works reach through these carefully constructed identities and the new dynamics of digital relationships.

The connections made in these meetings and videoed are always intimate and at times Marti uses his sexuality to get even closer to his subject. From the initial engagement, and with the subjects consent, the camera is always rolling, becoming a part of the relationship, absorbing everything that takes place within its field of view.

While video is an important aspect of his work, Marti is perhaps best known for his large scale sculptural weavings, which utilise traditional Spanish techniques and carefully selected materials – often rope, wire, beads, leather, latex – to build a portrait that is more a textural memory of the person. 

These very physical and vibrant works offer a counterpoint to the video portraits, and another dimension to how Marti can render his subject. His work is held in private and public collections in Australia and internationally, and has been included in significant art exhibitions around the world. This exhibition, the first survey of Marti’s work in Australia, includes two major from the Newcastle Art Gallery collection - and Looking for Felix 2000 and George 2001 and brings together nineteen video and weaving works from across Marti’s eleven year career."

Don't miss the opportunity to hear Dani Marti speak about his work on 14 October, 6pm.  

For more information please visit:
http://www.nag.org.au/exhibitions/future/artist/dani_marti_george_2001

ARC ONE will be featuring the work of JUSTINE KHAMARA, ROBERT OWEN, CATHERINE WOO, VANILA NETTO, DANI MARTI, IMANTS TILLERS, PETER DAVERINGTON and JASON WING at the 2011 Korea International Art Fair.  The fair will go for four days from 22 - 26 September. ARC ONE will be at Stand No. A48.  

For more information please visit:

http://www.kiaf.org/

DANI MARTI, JANET LAURENCE and ROBERT OWEN have all donated significant works to the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.   

Arc One Gallery is proud to support Art for Science, a unique contemporary art auction held in support of the life saving research discoveries of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. 60 established and early career Australian contemporary artists - have donated significant artworks, to raise funds for research into conditions like allergies, diabetes, premature birth, genetic disorders and cancer. To find out more visit www.artforscience.com.au. 

The exhibition will open on 11 October and the auction will occur on the 15 October at Nellie Castan Gallery. 

Three works of DANI MARTI'S have been included in an exhibition titled FOUND at Glen Eira City Council Gallery.  Curated by Diane Soumilas.  2-26 June.  

Curated by Diane Soumilas, works that address current issues relating to contemporary life and consumer culture, recycling and our relationship with the environment, history, identity and memory will be included.

From small and large scale assemblages and sculptures utilising industrial materials and suburban utensils, to dynamic installations created from synthetic and everyday materials, the selection of works will engage viewers, providing a richly layered, immersive and often playful environment to explore and interact with.

For more information, please visit www.gleneira.vic.gov.au

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Congratulations to DANI MARTI who has just received a grant from Creative Scotland towards professional development.

DANI MARTI will also be exhibiting in Let the Healing Begin (5 March - 30 April) at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.  

The idea that art makes us better people, that it heals our souls, is an anathema. In the art world, ‘art therapy’ is the butt of endless jokes. Nevertheless, contemporary art is riddled with therapeutic subtexts and strategies. Let the Healing Begin features works that address therapy. Some of the works endorse therapeutic imperatives, some satirise them, others are undecided. The line-up is a mix of local and international artists.
 
For more information please visit:
http://www.ima.org.au/pages/exhibitions.php

DANI MARTI will also be exhibiting at in Highly Strung Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington Scotland. Curated by Arabella Harvey, with Angus Mcphee and LIsa Bach.  

For more information please visit:
http://www.peterpottergallery.org/PETER_POTTER_GALLERY/home.html

DANI MARTI will feature in the next issue of ART & AUSTRALIA (Autumn), with an article on his video portraiture, written by Craig Judd. 

A monograph of Dani Marti work will be launched in Spring 2012.  The publication with Hatje Cantz , monograph , to be launch in Spring 2012. The three works which currently feature in Art of the Ordinary at Arc One will appear in the publication. 

Curated by Robert Lennard, Dani will be exhibiting at the IMA (Brisbane) in a show opening 5 March and continuing until 30 April titled Let the Healing Begin.

DANI MARTI is currently in Edinburgh undertaking an artist residency with Stills (Scotlands Centre for Photography), to develop new work within the frame of their exhibition program. Dani will be participating in the residency from October 2010 - March 2011.

Part II of Social Documents: The Ethics of Encounter will open Friday December 10, 2010. The exhibition will continue until the 6th March, 2011. "I don't create entertainment for the mass public. Seeing to the well-being and comfort of viewers isn't my intention. I don't care if someone gets a headache after watching this film. The world isn't a safe place...," Artur Zmijewski.

Walid Raad (Lebanon / USA), Francois Bucher (Columbia/USA), Dani Marti (Scotland), Artur Zmijewski (Poland)
Focus Space: Daniel Rutter (Scotland)

Part of Stills’ Social Documents series The Ethics of Encounter continues to explore particular facets of the marked rise in the documentation of social processes in contemporary lens-based art together with the associated turn towards documentary tropes. The exhibition will be accompanied by an additional film screening programme, a short course on the philosophy of ethics and artist talks. Monthly reading groups will examine texts related to the theme by the philosopher Jacques Rancier, the critic Claire Bishop and the artist Artur Zmijewski.

For more information, pelase visit:

http://www.stills.org/exhibition/current-exhibition/social-documents-ethics-encounter-part-2

DANI MARTI will also be participating in Hands On, 3 December, 2010 - 14 January, 2011 at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre in Sydney. Curated by Cash Brown, for more information please visit http://www.hazelhurst.com.au

DANI MARTI shows as part of Cinema X: I Like to Watch at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. The exhibition showcases the works of a series of international artists whose work explores the relationship between visual arts and sex, sexuality and eroticism. April 2 -11 2010. http://www.mocca.ca Dani is also a part of 100 YEARS: Highlights from the University of Queensland Art Collection at the University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 16 April - 4 July 2010. http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au

DANI MARTI has been commissioned by the Kunsthalle Winterthur for the Non-Age Exhibition in Zurich. The exhibition, curated by Paco Barragan, will run from June 7 until July 26, 2009. For more information visit: http://www.kunsthallewinterthur.ch/

DANI MARTI features in Orifices (take2) and Disclosure, a project created after a three months residency. In association with Gay Men's Health, Glasgow and commissioned by GoMA and Glasgay. At GoMA, Glasgow 8th August - 1st November 2009. Also, as part of shout: Contemporary art and human rights is the title for the fourth social justice programme developed by GoMA to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex human rights, art and culture. 13th August (artist talk).

Marti's video work 'David' is part of a competition "Ou va la video? 00 00 02, January 20th, Fronte del Porto, Porto Astra cinema. For more information please visit: www.fondazionemarch.org Marti has also been included in 'Identidades: arte y sexos', a group exhibition at the Sala Astragal in Gijon, Spain Arc One Gallery would like to congratulate Dani Marti on receiving an Australia Council New Work: Established Grant.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Dani Marti and Guan Wei have all been selected to exhibit as part of Australian, an exhibition of commissioned works by internationally respected Australian artists. The show coincides with the reopening of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney. Curated by Nicholas Tsoutas. Exhibition dates: 5 April - 7 September 2008. www.casulapowerhouse.com/temp08/australian.html

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Dani Marti and Guan Wei have all been selected to exhibit as part of Australian, an exhibition of commissioned works by internationally respected Australian artists. The show coincides with the reopening of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney. Curated by Nicholas Tsoutas. Exhibition dates: 5 April - 7 September 2008. www.casulapowerhouse.com/temp08/australian.html

Cardoso will be showcasing a selection of her Emu Wear series in Miami this month at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, 13th September - 4th October. www.bernicesteinbaumgallery.com April 2008: MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO, DANI MARTI and GUAN WEI have all been selected to exhibit as part of Australian, an exhibition of commissioned works by internationally respected Australian artists. The show coincides with the reopening of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney. Curated by Nicholas Tsoutas. Exhibition dates: 5 April - 7 September 2008. www.casulapowerhouse.com/temp08/australian.html