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Press Release After five years of the Project ARS AEVI's existence, we are happy to announce the opening of the exhibition: ARS AEVI Exhibition of the Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo Sarajevo, June 25 - September 7, 1999 Skenderija Center organized by the International Cultural Project ARS AEVI Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo. ARS AEVI is an international cultural project, granted with the patronage of UNESCO and the Council of Europe, working to bring to life a Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo. Conceived by a group of intellectuals in Sarajevo in 1992, during the siege on the Bosnian city, the Project plans for the collection of the future Museum to be formed through the donation of art works by great artists of our time; these works having been displayed in the context of exhibitions organized for the Project by European Museums and Centers for Contemporary Art. Beginning in 1994, thanks to the participation of the Centro Arte Contemporanea Spazio Umano in Milano, the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, the Moderna Galerija Lubljana, the Bevilacqua la Masa and the Querini Stampalia Foundations in Venezia, the Obala Art Center of Sarajevo and the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna, more than ninety works have been collected for Sarajevo. For its exceptional importance, the Project has received the support of many institutions and public and private entities, whose names we have included in the attached list. For information: Maja Bajevic, Press Office - Project ARS AEVI, Terezije bb, Skenderija,71000 Sarajevo Tel. + 387 71 201 203, + 387 71 201 173 Fax: + 387 71 201 203, + 387 71 201 208 Corinne Voss, Press Office - Project ARS AEVI, Via di Capaccio 1, Firenze Tel. +39 055 2657725 - 055 2676960 Fax: +39 055 287156 e-mail: arsaevi@tin:it INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PROJECT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SARAJEVO General Direction BIH Sarajevo, Centar Skenderija, Terezija bb, Tel: 387 71 201 203, Fax: 201 208, Email skend3@bih.net.ba International Promotional Office Italy, Firenze, Via Del Capaccio 1, Tel: 39 055 2657725 Fax: 287156, Email arsaevi@tin.it The ARS AEVI International Art Project (Under the patronage of UNESCO and the Council of Europe) * The project started in July 1992 in Sarajevo, three months after the city was under siege. * The concept of the project is to found one of Europe's largest modern art museums in Sarajevo. * The goal of the Museum will be to present the most important movements in modern art at the end of the second millennium. Apart from its artistic value, the project also has great symbolic significance: the realisation of this project will show that spirit and art will always triumph over destruction and the forces of evil. * The Museum's collection will be assured through the organisation of exhibitions in the greatest modern art museums in the world. Each museum taking part in the project will invite several artists (selected by the artistic director of that museum) whose work will become part of the collection of the ARS AEVI Museum in Sarajevo, once the exhibition has closed. * Until now, exhibitions have been organised in the following museums : -Milan : Centro arte contemporanea : Spazio umano (October 1994 - October 1997), -Prato : Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci (July 1996 - September 1996), -Ljubljana : Moderna galeria Ljubljana (September 1996 - December 1996), -Sarajevo : Galerija obala Art Centra (June 1994 - December 1997), -Venice : Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa (June 1997 - September 1997), -Vienna : Museum moderner Kunst Stifttung Ludwig Wien (October 1998 - January 1999) * According to prominent international art critics, the art work which has been collected in this way would constitute one of the most important collections of modern art in Europe. * In order to broaden the scope of the collection, the Project management group intends to continue organising such exhibitions in the modern art museums of Paris (or Strasbourg), Amsterdam, Istanbul, Madrid (or Barcelona), London, Bonn, New York, Sao Paolo.... * Whilst the broadening of the collection is under way, work will begin on the ten exhibition halls which will house these works. Each hall will be designed by an internationally renown architect. Sarajevo will then be home to a museum of modern architecture, as well as a large museum of modern art. Two architects have already agreed to participate in the project : Hans HOLLEIN (Austria) and Renzo PIANO (Italy). * A proposition with regards to the necessary financing for the construction of the exhibition halls will be made to the Member States of the Council of Europe, as well as to other countries which might be interested. The halls will not simply house the art work, as each one will become a cultural centre for the country that has financed its construction. * In order to display the works collected so far in the one place, a presentation exhibition will be organised from the 25th June to the 7th September 1999 in Sarajevo. Invitations to participate in the exhibition have already been sent to all the artists whose work will be exhibited as well as to many modern art specialists and art critics. * The exhibition will be inaugurated by Mr Federico MAYOR, Director General of UNESCO. * At the same time as the opening of the exhibition, a major symposium will take place from 25th to 27th June 1999. The theme will be the role of the modern art museum at the end of the 20th century. * The Project management group will ask the Member States of the Council of Europe to provide material support for the organisation of the exhibition and symposium. * Each country providing support for this event will have the opportunity to organise a presentation of its culture, history and economy at some point during the Sarajevo exhibition. *** International symposium on the role of the modern art museum at the end of the 20th century (Sarajevo, 25th to 27th June 1999) The Symposium will be inaugurated by Mr Daniel TARSCHYS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (to be confirmed) Session 1 Chaired by Mr Massimo CACCIARI, Mayor of Venice Theme : the strategy of the ARS AEVI Project Session 2 Chaired by Mr Macciello BUCCI, President of the Association of Italian towns Theme : the participants in the ARS AEVI initiative Session 3 Chaired by Mr Lorand HEGYI, Director of the Museum moderner kunst Stifttung Ludwig Wien Theme : the ARS AEVI Museum collection Session 4 Chaired by Mr Daniel JANICOT, Assistant Director General of UNESCO Theme : the urban and architectural conception of the Museum Session 5 Chaired by Mr Bruno CORA, Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Prato Theme : the future of the Museum Session 6 Chaired by Ms. Kim LEVIN, President of AICA Theme: AICA round table Session 7 Chaired by Mr. Raymond WEBER, Director of education, science and culture of the Council of Europe Theme: Culture and Society development REPRESENTATION DE BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE AUPRES DU CONSEIL DE L'EUROPE Bureau 1523 Palais de l'Europe 67075 Strasbourg Cedex ?él. 03 88 41 36 03 Fax. 03 88 41 30 44 Centro Arte Contemporanea Spazio Umano, Milano Director and Curator: Enrico R. Comi Carla Accardi Bizhan Bassiri Tony Cragg Yusuf Hadzifejzovic Inspection "Medical Hermeneutics" (Sergej Anufriev, Vladimir Fjodorov, Pavel Pepperstein) Dimitris Kozaris Juan Munoz Hidetoshi Nagasawa Goran Petercol Alfredo Pirri Michelangelo Pistoletto Dmitrij Prigov Dubravka Rakoci Ettore Spalletti Franz West Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato Director and Curator: Bruno Cora Stephan Balkenhol Daniel Buren Enrico Castellani Jan Dibbets Jannis Kounellis Sol LeWitt Eliseo Mattiacci Roman Opalka Panamarenko Jaume Plensa Moderna Galerija Lubliana Director and Curator: Zdenka Badovinac Marina Abramovic Evgeny Asse, Vadim Fiskin, Dimitri Guthoff, Viktor Misiano Miroslaw Balka Günter Brus Sophie Calle Richard Deacon IRWIN Anish Kapoor Marjetica Potrc Thomas Schütte Andres Serrano Bill Viola V.S.S.D Galeria Obala Art Centar, Sarajevo Director and Curator: Izeta Graèevic Christian Boltanski Danica Dakic Edin Numankadic Nusret Pasic Mustafa Skopljak Fondazioni Bevilacqua La Masa e Querini Stampalia, Venezia Curator: Chiara Bertola Alighiero Boetti Nan Goldin Ilya Kabakov Joseph Kosuth Julian Opie Mimmo Paladino Remo Salvatori Cindy Sherman Rosmarie Trockel Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna Director and Curator: Lóránd Hegyi Polly Apfelbaum Nora Aslan Txomin Badiola Domenico Bianchi Pedro Cabrita Reis Maurizio Cannavacciuolo Eugenio Cano Andrés Compagnucci Gianni Dessi Braco Dimitrijevic Orshi Drozdik Gloria Friedmann Bernard Frize Gideon Gechtman Han Myong-ok Alex Hartley Mona Hatoum Dean Jokanovic- Toumin Birgit Jürgenssen Massimo Kaufmann Herwig Kempinger Kim Soun-gui Komar & Melamid Svetlana Kopystiansky Brigitte Kowanz Robert Kushner Bertrand Lavier Lee Bul Lee Ufan Daniela Leopold-Löwenthal Felice Levini Lena Liv László Mulasics Muntean/Rosenblum Richard Nonas Dennis Oppenheim Cornelia Parker Pascal Pinaud Sandor Pinczehelyi David Salle Sean Scully Nebojsa Seric-Soba Martin Walde Lois Weinberger Lawrence Weiner Yoon Young-seok ARS AEVI Exhibition (Skenderija Center, June 25 - September 7, 1999) Donating Artists and Founding Museums/Centers of the Collection ARS AEVI Supporters, Promoters, and Sponsors of the International Cultural Project ARS AEVI Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo ANCI Toscana (Association of Tuscan Municipalities) ARCI Nuova Associazione ARCI Milano Art Press - Paris Industrial Association of the Province of Firenze Biennial of Venezia Canton of Sarajevo Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain C.C.F.R Consorzio Cooperative Ferrovie Reggiane Centar Skenderija - Sarajevo CISPEL COOP Adriatica COOP Consumatori Nord Est COOP Liguria COOP Lombardia Council of Europe ELIA (European League of Institutions of the Arts) Fincooper Galerija Cardea - Design Center - Sarajevo Giunti Publishing Group, Firenze Legacoop Roma Manifesta 2 - Biennale européen d'art contemporain Manutencoop, Bologna Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Municipality of Barberino val d'Elsa Municipality of Castellina in Chianti Municipality of Castelnuovo Berardenga Municipality of Gaiole in Chianti Municipality of Greve in Chianti Municipality of Greve in Chianti Municipality of Impruneta Municipality of Prato Municipality of Radda in Chianti Municipality of San Casciano val di Pesa Municipality of Sarajevo Municipality of Tavarnelle val di Pesa Municipality of Venezia NAVA WEB spa Province of Firenze Regione Toscana USA Embassy, United States Information Service UNESCO ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <syndicate-request@aec.at> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe your@email.adress