Newsletter June 2011

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There is a connecting thread in the Arts that cuts across  all cultural barriers , touching audiences at different emotional  levels. It circumvents limitations, transgresses established structures leading us beyond our daily routines. Such is the power of creativity taking shape in every single artistic statement in the broad field of music and the visual arts.

Never before have we experienced such feverish acculturation. The massive penetration of the internet, forced or voluntary displacement, overall instability and political developments exert their influence on the paths of creativity. With the fast pace towards globalization, inherent traditions of many cultures that we considered vital at one point, are   evolving. Rural populations become absorbed into the urban landscape reinterpreting history with a fresh and dynamic iconography. However, rather than delving into historical heritage, we witness the quest for renewed individual identity markers, through religious, national, cultural or family points of reference.

Ai Wei Wei, Raquib Shaw, Shazia Sikander , Ito Barrada, Wengeshi Mutu, to quote but a few from countries submitted to a truly transforming and striking development , have deeply rooted traditions that emerge even though they move in a  global perspective.

At the same spiritual and not less eloquent level, with an entirely different historical an cultural heritage,   Sam Taylor Wood, Bill Viola, Mike Kelly touch the innermost feelings of viewers through the imbricate   fabric of their work.

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