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  • 12:59:26 pm on August 3, 2008 | 2 | # |
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    Start Your Collection!

    1 August – 21 September 2008

    Private View: Friday, 1st August 6:30-8:30
    First Thursday August Reception: Thursday 7TH August 6-9 pm
    First Thursday September Reception: Thursday 4TH September 6-9 pm
    Location: Contemporary Art Projects, 20 Rivington St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3DU. Old Street exit 3
    Gallery Hours: Monday – Sunday noon – 8pm

    Without art collections, how would we understand our cultural roots and trace its development to
    the present?

    While viewing great institutional collections of art by historic figures is educational and
    inspirational, personally collecting artwork made by a contemporary artist in his/her formative
    stage is infinitely more exciting and rewarding. In this annual gathering of highly collectible
    artworks by over 100 emerging contemporary artists, Contemporary Art Projects invites you to
    Start Your Collection!

    Artists inviting their work to be collected through this show include;

    Alex Dewart, Alex Hudson, Alexander Adams, Alexander Heaton, Alice Peillon, Anka Dabrowska, Anna Dickerson, Anssi
    Sojakka, Baron Gilvan, Ben Walker, Brian Cheeswright, Bruce Ingram, Carolyn Gowdy, Cathy Lomax, Celia Hempton,
    Chris Humphreys, Claire Beale, Coral Churchill, Daisy Richardson, Dana Suckling, David Leapman, Debra Swann, Dilys
    Finlay-Stephens, DJ Robert, Dominic Kennedy, Donna Irvine, Elinor Evans, Emily Jo Sargent, Facetk, Farah Syed, Fiona
    Lumbers, Freya Douglas-Morris, Gabriel Tejada, Gavin Maughfling, Glauce Cerveira, Graham Carrick, Grant Foster,
    Gregory Smart, Guocheng Chen, Hannah Brown, Hee Seon, Helen Melland, Hermione Carline, Hitoko Urago, Hogan
    Brown, Hugh Gillan, Hugh Gilmour, Imogen Welch, Isabel Young, JA Nicholls, Jake Clark, James Faure Walker, James
    Mcmeakin, Jane Gifford, Jane Ward, Jeni Snell, Jennifer Merrell, Jessica Wolfson, Jo Wilmot, Joceline Howe, John
    Guest, John Holland, John Hooper, Joseph Richards, Julie Greenslade, Julie Umerle, Karl England, Katherine Russell,
    Kevin Broughton & Fiona Birnie, Lara Viana , Lauren Foulkes, Lily Schroder, Linda Jane James, Lizi Sanchez, Louisa
    Chambers, Lucie Winterson, Lucinda Oestreicher, Madeleine Hunter, Madeleine Strindberg, Majed Aslam, Mandy J
    Hudson, Marie Mackay, Marisol Malatesta, Masashi Echigo, Matthew Stradling, Max Mulhern, Mia Taylor, Michael
    Bartlett, Michele Fletcher, Natasha Kahn, Natasha Rydlewski, Nerys Mathias, Nicky Hodge, Nina Mangalanayagam, Paul
    Butler, Paul Davis, Robin Dixon, Rosalind Davis, Rose Gibbs, Sarah Sparkes, Shi Chi Lin, Sophie Bedingham Smith,
    Sumiko Seki, Tamara Dubnyckyj, Tarragon Smith, Tempy Osborne, Theo Kaccoufa, Tina Gibbard, Tomas Georgeson,
    Veronica Slater, Yuco Ota, Yuki Snow, Zoe Crosse

    Educated at top international art colleges, many have won prestigious art prizes, and all form part
    of the contemporary art matrix. This exhibition is an excellent opportunity to survey current
    thought and new trends and see early stage development of a number of interesting, up-andcoming
    artists.

    The exhibition takes the form of a dynamic mini-Art Fair and includes painting, watercolours,
    drawings, photographs and sculptures. To aid collectors in starting or extending their private
    collections of contemporary art, all artworks are priced up to £200 (framing may be extra).

    Gallery opening hours will be extended to 12 – 8 pm daily, including weekends, throughout the
    exhibition. Works will be displayed on a rotating basis, and may be collected from the gallery at
    the time of purchase. We will have an entire list of available works along with artist bios in the
    gallery and on the comment website http://www.commentart.com. Please contact us for images of
    works or other information.

    20 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3DU
    020 7739 1743 | 07799 776 016
    info@caprojects.com | http://www.commentart.com

     

  • 06:39:33 am on July 7, 2008 | 2 | # |
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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

    Herb Williams Wins Next Star Artist Competition

    American artist Herb Williams has been announced as the winner of the 2008 Next Star Artist competition (www.nextstarartist.com), the global search for the visual artist with the highest potential for success in the art market. The winner of the competition was chosen by a panel of fifteen judges that consisted of influential people from various sectors of the art world.

    Herb Williams is a Nashville, Tennessee based sculptor whose innovative use of crayons to construct highly tactile and engaging sculptures are impressive to say the least and attracted plenty of attention from the Next Star Artist judges. According to his website (www.herbwilliamsart.com), Williams is the “only individual in the world with an account with Crayola”. As the winner of the competition, Williams will receive an amazing promotion and PR package that includes, amongst other things, a solo online exhibition, an online media blitz, and three months of mentoring, advice and promotion by art consultant and art market analyst Nicholas Forrest.

    “The reason that I created the Next Star Artist competition is that I come across so many fantastic artists who either do not have the skills to promote themselves or are just not in a position to take advantage of the promotional opportunities that are available. I would like to congratulate Herb Williams for winning the first Next Star Artist competition and would also like to thank all the artist’s who entered the competition and wish them all the best of luck in their future endeavours” Nicholas Forrest (founder of Next Star Artist competition)

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    For more information visit the Next Star Website at http://www.artmarketblog.com or email Nicholas Forrest at info@artnotice.com

     

  • 11:13:10 pm on June 29, 2008 | 0 | # |
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    Winner of Next Star Artist 2008 – nextstarartist.com

    It is with great pleasure that I can announce the winner of the Next Star Artist competition (http://www.nextstarartist.com) for 2008 as being Herb Williams !!!

    Thanks to everyone who entered the competition and to all the fantastic judges

    Next Star Artist competition judges:

    Rebecca Wilson: Saatchi Gallery – http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
    Amy Stein: Artist – http://www.amysteinphoto.com
    Adam Simon: Fine Art Adoption Network – http://www.fineartadoption.net/
    David Cohen: Artworld Digest Magazine – http://www.artworldigest.com
    Shelley Esaak: About Network (Art History) – http://arthistory.about.com
    Jon Feinstein: Humble Arts Foundation – http://www.humbleartsfoundation.org
    Sandra Pattin: Florence Biennale – http://www.florencebiennale.org
    Jay FC: Galleri HK – http://www.galleri.hk/
    Paul Drake: Artist – http://www.artists.co.nz/drake/
    Amani Olu: Humble Arts Foundation – http://www.humbleartsfoundation.org
    Jodi Melfi: Absolute Arts – http://www.absolutearts.com
    Morgan Croney: Artcards.cc – http://www.artcards.cc
    Martin Hosking: Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com
    Sixtine Crutchfield: Art Culture Studio: http://www.artculturestudio.com
    Dion: Art News Blog – http://www.artnewsblog.com

    Herb Williams Bio (http://www.herbwilliamsart.com):

    I am interested in iconic objects that society perceives to fit one role, and then reintroducing them in different subtexts. There are several questions that arise when an object(such as a crayon) that is so often associated with childhood is used to address issues dealing with more adult matters. The sculptures are childlike in their curious approach to the object as icon, but intriguing and satisfying to me in the use of pure color as form. Larger room installations also add the element of playing to the olfactory sense. I hope that this body of work is my most successful in adding to the greater visual dialogue of original art. My intent is to continue to seriously create art that looks at itself unseriously.

    Some of my influences are H.C. Westermann, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Cai Guo-Qiang, Sandy Skoglund, Liza Lu, David Mach, Charles Ray, Magritte, Duchamp, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Robert Rauschenburg, Banksy, and Ai Weiwei.

    I am the only individual in the world with an account with Crayola. I get these colors individually packed 3000 to a case. I cut down the sticks to the length I need by hand with either double guillotine cigar cutters or large breed dog nail clippers. I then bond the paper, not the wax, to a form I have carved or cast, completely enveloping the form. Lately I have been casting the completed crayon sculptures in a silicone jacket mold with a two-part epoxy resin and then painting the resin sculpture to look like the original, for a small edition. The sculptures beg to be touched, so when they are cast it makes the handling of them that much easier. (from http://www.herbwilliamsart.com)

    image: Herb Williams in his studio

    **Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications

     

  • 11:32:38 pm on June 10, 2008 | 1 | # |
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    Press Release

    For Immediate Release

    Nicholas Forrest

    Artmarketblog.com

    +61 2 94777130 phone

    +61 0422699730 mobile

    artmarketblog@gmail.com

    Next Star Artist Competition Finalists Announced

    Sydney, Australia – The search for the world’s Next Star Artist heated up on Sunday night (June 8) when the ten finalists of the Next Star Artist competition (http://www.nextstarartist.com) for visual artists were announced. Artists from all over the world took part in the competition which aims to identify a visual artist who has the potential for success but needs guidance and direction to succeed.

    The winning entry will be chosen from the ten finalists by an esteemed panel of judges all of whom have the knowledge and experience to determine which of the finalists has the greatest potential for art market success. The winner will be announced on the 27th of June and will receive three months of mentoring by art critic, art market analyst and art consultant Nicholas Forrest as well as an extensive online publicity and promotion package.

    More than 250 visual artists from all over the world submitted their work to the controversial competition that was started by Sydney, Australia based art market analyst and art critic Nicholas Forrest. Frustrated with the large number of talented visual artists that go unrecognised, Mr. Forrest took on the challenge of finding and mentoring an artist who had the potential for future stardom and a hunger for success which resulted in the creation of the Next Star Artist competition.

    In announcing the finalists Mr. Forrest said “Although I am unable to assist anywhere near as many of the talented but unrecognised visual artists as I would like, the Next Star Artist competition will at least provide one more source of encouragement for the world’s visual artists.”

    The ten Next Star Artist competition finalists are:

    -Eunice Lieveld
    http://www.wanaisa.nl/

    -Zoe Crosse
    http://nextstarartist.wordpress.com/zoe-crosse/

    -Elizabeth Wallace

    http://www.ewallace.com/

    -Simon Wright

    http://www.re-title.com/artists/simon-wright.asp

    -Hou Chien Cheng

    http://houchiencheng.blogspot.com/

    -Seamus Nolan

    http://www.hotelballymun.com/artist.php

    -Herb Williams

    http://www.herbwilliamsart.com/

    -Volkan Diyaroglu

    http://www.postkaraoke.com/

    -Heidi Taillefer

    http://www.heiditaillefer.com/

    -Monika Bielskyte

    http://www.bielskyte.com/

    For more information visit the Next Star Artist website at http://www.nextstarartist.com

     

  • 02:11:38 pm on June 8, 2008 | 0 | # |
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    The Next Star Artist Finalists – nextstarartist.com

    Deciding who the ten finalists will be for the Next Star Artist competition has been an extremely difficult and long process but after having delayed the announcement for a week due to the overwhelming number of awesome entries I can now reveal the ten finalists, one of whom will be the Next Star Artist. Without further adieu, the ten finalists of the 2008 Next Star Artist competition are:

    -Eunice Lieveld
    -Zoe Crosse
    -Elizabeth Wallace
    -Simon Wright
    -Hou Chien Cheng
    -Seamus Nolan
    -Herb Williams
    -Volkan Diyaroglu
    -Heidi Taillefer
    -Monika Bielskyte

    Congratulations to the ten finalists !!! Information on each of the finalists and images of their work will be posted on the Next Star Artist (http://www.nextstarartist.com) website in the next few days. The judging panel will now be given the details of each of the finalists and will have until the 26th of June to make their decision so that the winner can be announced on the 27th of June.

    Good luck to all the ten finalists and thanks to everyone who entered.

    **Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.

     

  • 04:22:18 pm on May 2, 2008 | 2 | # |

    Free Jeff Koons Artwork – artmarketblog.com

    Google has just launched a new array of artist themes for igoogle featuring the likes of Jeff Koons, Marc Ecko, Todd Oldham, Ken Done, Shepard Fairey and Kengo Kuma. Get yours here: http://www.google.com/help/ig/art/gallery.html

    **Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications

     
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