Artists
United States of America
Beth Fein
From a corner of my memory
19.11.12 07.12.12
From a corner of my memory, the project of the North American artist Beth Feminó enaceto brought together the memories that she kept the many times she visited Argentina since her first trip in 1973.
Once again, Beth will immerse herself in today’s culture and develop her work awakening a new vision of Argentina, thus capturing the images that she carries in her memory.
ARTIST’S TESTIMONY
I am continually investigating the blurring of the boundaries between art and the everyday experiences. Objects, dreams, personal experiences and places are interwoven in the warp of my work, expressing the idea that art can affect at any time without prior declaration or delineation. Thus, the basis of my work is the perception of the common.
Movement has always been a basic element of both my two and three-dimensional work, so my final works (initially in ceramic and metal, now in engraving) have always had a kinetic sensitivity that is affected as a natural expression of my training as a dancer.
I am investigating the integration of performance concepts and visual art forms, as well as the random elements involved in these. The process of transformation (the various changes in the image) and the final prints of the engravings modify in many ways the process of creating movement and performance.
BIO
Beth Fein
1952 | Born New York, USA.
STUDIES
BFA, California College of the Arts. California, USA.
RESIDENCES
2011 | To press. Missoula Montana, USA.
2011 | Studio Angel Flores. Mazatlán, Mexico.
2007-2013 | Kala Institute of Art, Berkeley. California, USA.
BENEFITS
2012 | Dance anywhere®. Installation. San Francisco, USA.
2011 | Oakland Museum Distortion. Oakland California, USA.
2011 | Tacit / Installation performance. Berkeley Art Center. California, USA.
2010 | Geary to Togonon / Togonon Gallery 2010. San Francisco. California, USA.
2009 | Across the bridge / footbridge. Berkeley California, USA.
2008 | Che Vuol Dire / Frank Ogawa Plaza. Oakland California, USA.
AWARDS
2011 – 2012 | Berkeley Civic Arts Grant. California, USA.
2010 | Foundation of the Zellerbach family. San Francisco, USA.
EXHIBITIONS
2012 | Keeping time, Kala Art Gallery. Berkeley California, USA. | Mini Print International, Olive branch press. Ithaca. New York, USA. | Royal Society of Engravers, Banks Gallery, Bankside Gallery. London, United Kingdom. | Every expression is justified, Thoreau Center, San Francisco. California, USA. | Face me Sevastopol Center for the Arts. California, USA.
Related Activities
´aceNITE, Exhibitions
4 x 4 End of Year 2012
End of Year
05.12.12
A new ‘aceNITE will gather us in this occasion in order to celebrate the end of the year 2012. This was a special year in which we received more than 25 national and international artists in residence and more than 20 invited Argentine artists who enriched us with their artistic and cultural diversity. Thanks to everyone for this wonderful year!
On Wednesday December 5th we invite all of you to 4×4, a new ´aceNITE in which 4 international artists from USA, Brazil, Germany and Canada will exhibit their works. In the Central Hall, From a Corner of the Past the work made by the artist in residence Beth Fein (USA) will be exhibited, and in the Print Workshop, Alejandro Scasso’s (Argentina/Germany) Open Studio.
We will also have the pleasure to continue with the exhibitions Brasil in the Collective Consciousness by Amanda Coimbra (Brasil) and The Book of Bustrophedon by César Forero(Canada/Colombia).
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ABOUT ´aceNITE
Is an event that occurs periodically, on Wednesdays from 7pm to 10pm. During this time ´ace opens its doors and exhibition spaces to the community in order to: show projects made by the artists in residence in forms of exhibitions, installations and audiovisual presentations; art works of Argentine and Latin American artists selected in a free way through Fusionarte Contemporaneo; present books, art critics, hold performances or to do everything together!
