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MARN salon IV Applicant Information


 

MARNsalon IV w/ Wilhelm van Rensberg during SGCI Print:MKE Conference at the “Mandel Creative Studio” in the Third Ward.

The MARNsalon Exhibition Series is a multi faceted professional development program offering artists in-depth critique, targeted networking opportunities, peer portfolio review, and the opportunity to exhibit in an established gallery.

Artists selected for Salon IV of the 2012/13 MARNsalon Exhibition Series:
 

  • Work with Johannesburg, South Africa based curator, Wilhelm van Rensberg!
  • Exhibit their work during the SGCI Print:MKE 2013 Conference at the Mandel Creative Studio in the Third Ward.
  • Build professional relationships with local curators, gallerists, and collectors
  • Engage in meaningful critical discourse with their community
  • Get constructive critique of their work from art professionals and creatives
  • Have their work featured in an exhibition pamphlet
  • Become a featured artist on artsinmilwaukee.org

 

Guest Curator

Through engagement with the MARNsalon program artists are granted a valuable level of exposure to invited Guest Curators. Past Guest Curators include Pedro Velez (Art Critic- Chicago), Pamela Fraser (He Said She Said- Chicago) and Michelle Grabner (curator of the 2014 Whitney Biennial).
For the 2012/13 MARNsalon season the MARN Curatorial Protege will be working closely with the Guest Curators to organize diverse exhibitions based on the Guest Curators’ conceptual, cultural, and formal concerns in contemporary art practice. Artists selected for the 2012/13 season will not be selected based on the relationship of the content of their work and approach of their practice to the purview of each exhibition.

About Guest Curator Wilhelm van Rensburg

Wilhelm van Rensburg is Research Fellow at the Visual Identities in Art and Design (VIAD) Research Centre, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He specializes in Teacher Education and teaches such modules as Arts and Culture for Teachers and Art and Design, an undergraduate academic major for student teachers who want to qualify as art teachers. He curated important exhibitions in South Africa, most notably of the South African modernist, Irma Stern and on the political feminist artist, Judith Mason. He branched out into international shows when he curated an important, transnational exhibition tracing the confluence of South African born artist, Christo Coetzee and his sojourn in Japan in the late 1950s where he worked with the famous Gutai Art Association. He curated the South African contingent of the International Print Exhibition of SGCI at UWM. Wilhelm is also working of the official biographies of such South African artists as Walter Battiss, Christo Coetzee and Wopko Jensma.

Exhibition Purview: Salon IV

To frame this exhibition guest curator, Wilhelm van Rensberg has written a purview for our contemplation. Here is a brief summary:

"Amidst a barrage of criticism leveled at socially engaged art/participatory art/social practice in art - that it is neither politically efficacious nor aesthetically compelling - one mitigating statement seems to recur: 'It's heart is in the right place'. Coming from a country, South Africa, with a long tradition of resistance art, I am interested in acts of defiance (whether conceptually, or in praxis) in order to determine how this trope can be conceived of as 'art'."

Click here to read the purview statement in its entirety.

Exhibition Events

Curator Night     Monday, March 18  (6-9pm)
Meet and discuss your work with guest curator Wilhelm van Rensberg! Receive one-on-one feedback from local curators, gallery owners, dealers and collectors in a professional setting. This is an invite only private event for exhibiting artists and art professionals.

Reception     Friday, March 22 (6-9pm)
This reception will co-incide with the SGCI Print:MKE 2013 Conference “Print Crawl”.

Coffee & Critique     Saturday, March 23 (12-2pm)
Engage in meaningful critical discourse and have your work reviewed by your community. This event is open to the public and takes place at the Mandel Creative Studio in the Third Ward.

 

Application Guidelines

 

 

Application Deadline:      February 28, 2013

Exhibition Dates:     March 15 - March 30, 2013
*Work must be available from March 8 – March 31

Curator Night:     Monday, March 18, 6-8pm
Reception:     Friday, March 22, 6-9pm
Coffee & Critique:     Saturday, March 23, 12-2pm
 

Applicants agree to

  • Deliver and retrieve their work in a timely manner.
  • Submit artist statement, bio, and headshot for the exhibition pamphlet.
  • Present and installed their work in a professional manner.
  • Be available for all exhibition events.

Who should apply


  • All artists are welcome to apply, however, undergraduate students must be in the second semester of their senior year.
  • Applicants must be a paid MARN member with an online profile. (visit www.artsinmilwaukee.org/join)

How to apply:

 

Please send the following to Patrick Smyczek, curator@artsinmilwaukee.org by Feb 28, 2013
 

  • A link to your artsinmilwaukee.org profile with at least 5 images of current work
  • Your phone number
  • Your e-mail address
  • A short statement on why the focus of this exhibition interests you and how your work or practice addresses the concepts presented by the Guest Curator



If you do not currently have a profile, visit artsinmilwaukee.org/join. Artists requiring assistance building their profiles should contact Maggie Sasso at maggie@artsinmilwaukee.org.

Applicants are reviewed by an exhibition committee under the guidance of the curatorial protege and selected based on the quality of their work and the professionalism of their application. Applications that do not follow the specified guidelines for formatting and content will not be considered. However, submissions which challenge traditional interpretation of suggested mediums or exhibition themes are welcome if their content is strong.

Applicants will be notified via e-mail.

 

MARNSalon Committee
Sara Daleiden, MKE<->LAX, MARN Board Member and MARNsalon Co-director
Maggie Sasso, MARN Operations Director and MARNsalon Co-director
Patrick Smyczek, MARN Curatorial Progtegee
Cynthia Henry, owner of AYZHA FINE ARTS and MARN Board Vice-President
Jennifer Johung, Associate Proffesor of Art History and Director of Art History Gallery at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and MARN Mentor



Please contact Patrick Smyczek at curator@artsinmilwaukee.org with further questions.

 

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