Inauguración de la exposición

THE (dis)INTEGRATED CITY   /    
LA CUIDAD EN (des)INTEGRACIÓN

del artista canadiense

Derek Besant


Acto inaugural con la presencia del artista recién llegado de Canadá

Jueves 12 de abril de 2018, 20 h
Entrada libre y gratuita hasta completar aforo

Clausura: sábado 5 de mayo





La obra de Derek Besant, que ya ha mostrado el Centro de Arte Moderno de Madrid hace unos años, no deja a nadie indiferente, sus trabajos buscan adentrarse en la mentalidad de esta sociedad del siglo XXI, a partir de imágenes de gran formato, analiza actitudes humanas, lo preocupa el medio ambiente, y ahora nos acerca una serie sobre la ciudad, pero no como estamos acostumbrados a verla, sino desde el punto de vista de la autodestrucción de nuestra especie, por ende la autodestrucción de las ciudades que habitamos, como ecosistemas contaminados por nuestros propios detritos. Una serie de grandes impresiones sobre tela, que penden de las paredes blancas, exacerbando el contraste de la nada a la nada hacia la que vamos. Su trabajo, que se ha visto en diferentes ciudades del mundo, y ha participado en la última Bienal de Venecia, ahora se exhibe en Madrid.




Derek Michael Besant RCA     



1950 Alberta, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
"Nothing Personal" The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge University, Great Britain
"Besant / An Atmosphere of Shadows" Prince Takamado Gallery / Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
"The Dark Woods Revisited"  Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
"The Dis-Integrated City" The Centro de Arte Moderno, Madrid Spain

2016
Douro International Biennial Commissioner of Canada solo exhibition, Coa Art Museum, Portugal

2015
IN OTHER WORDS, feature solo Edinburgh International Arts Festival, Scotland
"The End of Language"  • Akademija Centre for Visual Research, Belgrade Serbia
                                        • Contemporary Art Gallery, Zrenjanin, Serbia
                                        • JP Kulturni Centar Bar, Serbia

2014
The End of Language, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
BrokenGround: Seven Cities, Artpool Contemporary Art Space, Budapest, Hungary

2013
BrokenGround / The Air, featured for In-Print-Out, Künstlerhaus Museum Vienna, Austria
The End Of Language, MODEM Museum of Modern + Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary
Fifteen Restless Nights, Visual Arts Alberta VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
The End of Language, Vézprem Contemporary Art Museum, Vészprem, Hungary

2012
Nuit Blanche Paris, Semaine des Cultures Etrangeres, Canadian Cultural Centre / Canadian Embassy, Paris, France
Public Places / Private Thoughts, 100-site City Metro Transit installation, CONTACT International Photography Festival 2012, Toronto Canada
FACE, curated for the Arezzo International Photography Festival, Italy
BrokenGround: Seven Cities, Phoenix Brighton Contemporary Art Space, Brighton UK
Fifteen Restless Nights, MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta Canada
Hidden & Forbidden Identities / Outdoor Video Project on 6 sites across Venice, Italy.
Procurate Court Yards / Giardini Gardens / San Giovanni Battista / Venezia Terminal Passeggeri / Museum Palazzo Grimani / I.R. E Zitelle

2011
Derek Besant / A Loss For Words, Alberta Society of Artists / Alberta Foundation for the Arts TREX Touring Program, Canada
The End of Language, Grande Prix Exhibition for 2011 International Biennial Györ, MMA Municipal Museum Art Association, Szombathely Museum, Hungary
Fifteen Restless Nights, Art Gallery of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
The End of Language, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

2010
Body Of Water, Norske Grafikere Museum, Oslo, Norway
A Loss for Words, TREX Alberta Society of Artists / AFA Touring Exhibition
15 Restless Nights, The Reach Art Museum, Abbotsford British Columbia Canada
15 Restless Nights, Connexion Contemporary Art Space, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
The Greenhouse Effect, Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Selected : Curator of exhibitions include:
• Four Calgary Printmakers / Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston 1973
• Canadian Art from Alberta / Canadian Embassy Galleries, Boston, Chicago USA 1976
• Canadian Art / PhoenixBrighton Contemporary Art Centre UK 2010
• Novosibirsk International Biennial (Canada) State Art Museum, Russia 2009
• Canadian Art / Italian Graphic Biennial, Cremona Civic Museum, Italy 2012
• Commissioner for Canada / 2014 Douro International Biennial Portugal
• The New World: Canadian Art / MODEM Museum of Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary 2013
•  Inter-Woven: New Perspectives on Canadian Contemporary Textile & Printmaking Kobro Museum, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz / The National Cultural Centre Gallery, Warsaw Poland 2017


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