"Maciej Hoffman, Joanna Borkowska, Maria Eugenia Akel, Patricia Abramovich to Exhibit at Fortezza da Basso"
2009-12-05 until 2009-12-13
Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea
Florence, , IT Italy

The seventh edition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from 5th - 13th December 2009. 800 artists coming from 80 countries will be exhibiting more than 2,500 artworks and there will be an extraordinary meeting of cultures, languages and diverse artistic styles. The Florence Biennale supports the United Nations program "Dialogue between civilizations", to which the Biennale has officially adhered since 2001. Maciej Hoffman, Joanna Borkowska, Maria Eugenia Akel, Patricia Abramovich were selected to participate and all promote their work with portfolio's at absolutearts.com.

The Biennale will also see the presence of important artists. In the 2007 edition, the "Lorenzo il Magnifico" career prize was conferred to Gilbert & George, for the 2005 edition to Christo and Jeanne-Claude and to Richard Anuszkiewicz and in 2003 to David Hockney.

The International Scientific Committee (I.S.C.), composed of 20 qualified members, categorizes the works in the categories of painting, sculpture, graphic, mixed media, installation, photography and digital art. The selection is done with no prejudice of style. Artists are selected based on the quality of their artwork and the cultural values their work represents.

Patricia Abramovich from Isreal has been a Premiere member at absolutearts.com since 2008. View and purchase her work www.absolutearts.com/patrirose

Maria Eugenia Akel from Chile has been a Premiere member at absolutearts.com since January 2009. View and purchase her work at www.absolutearts.com/mariaeugeniaakel

Joanna Borkowska from Poland has been a Premiere member at absolutearts.com since July 2009. View and purchase her work at www.absolutearts.com/joannaborkowska Ms. Borkowska, born in Koszalin, Poland, in 1972, earned her doctorate in political science at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, where she lectured on the history of political thought and international relations. She published a book on Cathars, medieval dissidents, after having conducted research in Montpellier, Carcassonne, Paris and Oxford. In September 2007 she left her academic career in order to devote all of her creative energies to art.

Despite the fact that she has been painting for over ten years, Ms. Borkowska's works were first exhibited in the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland, in October of this year. The exhibition, Parallel Worlds, runs through November 22nd. Three paintings from this exhibit - Cosmic Gate, From the Other Side, and Elements of the Universe - will travel from Szczecin to be displayed at the Florence Biennale 2009. This will mark Ms. Borkowska's international debut.

These particular paintings reflect the artist's interests in quantum physics and the construction of the universe. Her unique technique, characterized by an intense exploration of color and texture, causes the canvases to vibrate, hypnotizing the viewers, pulling them into another realm of consciousness.

The main idea which Maciej Hoffman would like to express is artisic independence and freedom as a basic element of creation. "In painting, I appreciate the courage of opinion and freedom as the means of expression. I do not like decorative-ness and submission to trends or fashion. I emphasize no means of expression or artistic techniques - the intellectual values of art are more important to me than the style in which they are expressed. In the modern world, art is the margin of freedom, which can and should be used."

In the past months Maciej Hoffman has also taken part in a post-contest exhibition titled "Urban Legends" in Manhattan. He also participated in the 15th Interational of Vendas Novas - group show in Portugal and in November had a solo exhibition at the Warsaw State Gallery - TEST.

View more of Maciej Hoffman's work in his Portfolio at absolutearts.com http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/h/hoffman/

IMAGE
Joanna Borkowska
Title: From the Other Side
Year Created: 2009
Medium: Oil Painting
Width: 120 cm
Height: 80 cm
Price: US$ 15,000

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