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| Simon Rees Curator at Contemporary Art Center (Vilnius, Lithuania) Jun 17 - Jul 16, 2008 |
Simon Rees was in discussion at apexart
Wed., July 9 |
Simon
Rees, born in New Zealand in 1972, was educated in Australia
and New Zealand; and has held curatorial positions in both of those
countries. After participating as a curator-in-residence in the
IASPIS program (Stockholm) in winter 2003-2004 he re-located to
Lithuania where he works as a curator at the Contemporary Art Centre,
Vilnius (CAC). In that role Rees is co-editor of the journal CAC
INTERVIU the quarterly conversation about art and is convenor of
the monthly international lecture series the CAC Café Talks.
Rees has made a number of exhibitions concentrated on crossovers
between architecture/design/contemporary art and has also written
catalogue essays and articles on the topic. In particular he is
interested in work that changes the bounds of the discipline, or
re-routes perceptions of objects and buildings, into which it crosses
over. In 2007 Rees was Commissioner for artists Gediminas &
Nomeda Urbonas at the Lithuanian Pavilion in the '52nd International
Art Exhibition’ La Biennale di Venezia. He is currently working
towards the presentation of a series of Lithuania-France exchange
exhibitions.
Mr. Rees was recommended by Egle Rakauskaite, artist, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Read Mr. Rees' blog
posts. |
