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Manchester, New Hampshire- Currier Museum of Art
Bellefontaine, Ohio- Gallery at the Holland
Paris, France – Musée Nissim de Camondo
Kitchener, Ontario- Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
Brooklyn, New York – 440 Gallery
Slow Art Day 2012 report: Chinese Arts Centre in the United Kingdom
An open studios event, Slow Art Day 2012 at the Chinese Arts Center in Manchester, United Kingdom, saw a steady stream of 88 visitors slowly enjoying art while interacting with the artists and enjoying a snack of slowly made food (10-day sourdough, Amish Friendship Bread, tea eggs, cheese, radish seedleaves, and ginger beer). Hosted by a collective of artists in residence, the pieces visitors viewed were all contemporary, nontraditional works-in-progress by members of the Life Friendly Collective, including many interactive elements, such as a collaborative story on the gallery wall initiated by Elizabeth Wewiora (pictured below).
Photo by Erinma Ochu
Visitors felt the context of Slow Art Day made them more likely to spend time thinking about as well as participating in the art pieces, and the overall response was very positive!
–Report by Jessica Mautner, on behalf of Life Friendly Collective. Edited by Slow Art Day blog editor Jennafer Martin
Slow Art Day Report 2012: Tate Britain
Although the weather outside was cold and rainy, the feeling inside the United Kingdom’s Tate Britain was sunny and inspired for attendees of Slow Art Day on Saturday, 28th April, 2012. A stimulating event that built a stronger interest in art among its attendees, this was the second Slow Art Day event that Paul Langton hosted. Paul collaborated with Tate’s Community Learning team on several promotions, including an informative post on Tate’s website, and this year’s event attracted a wider and varied audience than the previous year’s, including a one-year-old baby as well as Tate’s Curator of Community Learning, Liz Ellis.The attendees chose to stay together throughout the event rather than viewing the selected pieces individually, and together they thoughtfully viewed a variety of media, including video, oil, urethane, concrete, and more. (The baby was particularly interested in the concrete piece, a bust of Stalin by Peter Lazslo Peri!) Among these was Rachel Whiteread’s Untitled (Black Bath) below.
A lively discussion over lunch helped the group get to know one another better, and they discovered that one attendee’s relative was due to host Slow Art Day in London, Ontario, that day. That connection helped them feel like a part of Slow Art Day beyond their immediate circle, appreciating the event as part of a universal experience overall.
-Paul Langton’s host report edited by Slow Art Day editor Jennafer Martin
Introducing the ‘slow art’ movement; it’s like the ‘slow food’ movement, with art (and food)
For a few moments, the event acquired a six-men-of-Indostan quality.
The abstract painting by Reed Danziger, exploding with colors and shapes, brought to mind a collage, said a painter and teacher of Hebrew from Israel. An artist from Brooklyn demurred. There was so much going on—it gave her the sense of standing in front of a manifesto, she insisted. Surely it resembled a film strip, argued a painter from Long Island City.
The artists were gathered at McKenzie Fine Art gallery in Chelsea on Saturday for Slow Art Day, an annual event during which art lovers visit local museums and galleries to look—slowly, deliberately, and thoughtfully—at pre-selected works, and then repair to lunch to discuss the experience.
See Culture Map’s Promo Alert for Slow Art Day 2012
Culture Map, Austin’s daily digital magazine, is a proud sponsor of Slow Art Day 2012. The promotion below ran the week leading up to Slow Art Day 2012.
Slow Art Day is coming to Austin on Saturday, April 28
Slow Art Day is coming to Austin on Saturday, April 28!
One day each year, people around the world meet up with friends — new and old — to celebrate the joy of looking at art slowly. This all-volunteer movement got its start in 2009 at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, and has grown to include events on every continent. As Henry David Thoreau said, “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” So slow down, and enjoy!
It’s easy to sign up and join this growing movement. Click here for more information on Slow Art Day.
