Launch of “Art 19 – Box One” original fine art prints limited edition.
Launch of “Art 19 – Box One” original fine art prints limited edition.
Ayşe Erkmen, Shilpa Gupta, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, Gerhard Richter, Chiharu Shiota, Kiki Smith, and Rosemarie Trockel create artworks to benefit Amnesty International.
Berlin. Art 19, in association with Amnesty International, is pleased to announce “Art 19 – Box One”, a limited edition of ten original fine art prints.
The first exhibition of these prints will take place in Berlin on December 10, 2019 – Human Rights Day. Over the following three days, further exhibitions of the prints will be held in Geneva, Prague, and Paris on the 11th, 12th and 13th December.
“Box One” is Art 19’s first project comprising ten original fine art prints (98 x 68 cm) by the internationally renowned artists listed below:
Ayşe Erkmen
BBB/ Broken Blue Bracelet, 2019
born in Istanbul, based in Istanbul (Turkey) and Berlin (Germany)
Shilpa Gupta
No Title, 2012 - 2019
born and based in Mumbai (India)
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov
We are Free!, 2018
born in Dnipropetrovsk, today: Dnipro (Ukraine), based in Long Island (USA)
William Kentridge
God’s Opinion is Unkown, 2019
born and based in Johannesburg (South Africa)
Shirin Neshat
From “The Home of My Eyes”series, 2015 - 2019
born in Qazvin (Iran), based in New York (USA)
Yoko Ono
A Piece of Sky, 2019
born in Tokyo (Japan), based in New York (USA)
Gerhard Richter
Cut, 2018
born in Dresden (Germany), based in Cologne (Germany)
Chiharu Shiota
Being Human, 2019
born in Osaka (Japan), based in Berlin (Germany)
Kiki Smith
Flowers in the Sky, 2019
born in Nuremberg (Germany), based in New York (USA)
Rosemarie Trockel
Film Muet, 2019
born in Schwerte (Germany), based in Cologne (Germany)
Presented in a custom made linen covered box, the ten original fine art prints will be available to purchase in a limited edition of 100 copies (at€ 50.000 per box) to art lovers and supporters of Amnesty International around the world. For further information, please contact office@art- 19.com. In recognition of their support for Amnesty International the artists have generously agreed not to charge a fee for their work.
The first exhibition on December 10, 2019, will take place at me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht. The prints will be on public display at the private museum until January 31, 2020. me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht is offering free admission to the exhibition during opening hours (Wednesday to Monday from 12.00pm – 6.00pm). On the following three consecutive days, exhibitions will open at the MAMCO - Musée d’artmoderne et contemporain in Geneva, at the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, as well as in the Salon D’Honneur of the Grand Palais in Paris (dates and opening hours: see below).
Art 19
Art 19 is an initiative founded by four friends with lifetimes of experience in the worlds of art and human rights – Mike Karstens (gallerist and master printer from Muenster), Burkhard Richter (retired commercial lawyer, art advisor and curator from Dusseldorf), Bill Shipsey (Art for Amnesty founder and retired barrister from Dublin) and Jochen M. Wilms (entrepreneur and art project producer from Berlin). The initial idea grew out of the work that Shipsey and Wilms had done together in Art for Amnesty, Amnesty Internationals global artist engagement programme. They then approached Karstens and Richter who brought their vast experience and contacts at the highest level in the world of contemporary art to the initiative. Karstens has worked with the leading artists in the world for decades. His editions have been acquired by major museums around the world. Among his projects are the development of the Cologne Cathedral Window and the monumental work "Strontium" both by Gerhard Richter.
The ambition of Art 19 through Box One is to raise money to supportAmnesty International’s human rights work. The name “Art 19” is anabbreviation of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression”.
“For 30 years now, I produce and publish fine art prints. Within my work for this project for the benefit of Amnesty International, it’s a realpleasure to see, that the artists are so diverse concerning their contributions. The technical requirements are quite challenging – andthat’s great!”
Mike Karstens, Co-Founder and Managing Director Art 19
“Appreciation of art, like empathy and conscience, is a uniquely human quality. Art 19 connects art with empathy and conscience to protect our rights, defend our freedoms and give expression to what it means to betruly human.”
Bill Shipsey, Founder Art for Amnesty, Co-Founder and Managing Director Art 19
Amnesty International
In 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson founded Amnesty International with an article he wrote in The Observer newspaper entitled “The Forgotten Prisoners” and launched a campaign that provoked an incredible response.Reprinted in newspapers across the world, his call to action sparked the idea that people everywhere can unite in solidarity for justice and freedom.In his article, Benenson called the jailed persons “prisoners of conscience”, who are defined as those who have not used or advocated violence but are imprisoned because of who they are (sexual orientation, ethnic, national or social origin, language, birth, colour, sex or economic status) or what they believe (religious, political or other conscientiously held beliefs).
Within only one year the organisation, which became Amnesty International, had been formed in countries around the world. It has since grown into a global movement of more than seven million members and supporters, who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. The organisation is funded by members and supporters and is independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion.
“Amnesty International has benefitted over many years from the activesupport of the arts community around the world for our human rights campaigns. The impressive list of artists coming together in the Art 19 project is a humbling testament to their unrelenting support for our cause, and at a time when the world most needs our human rights movement to be strong, vocal and visible.”
Kumi Naidoo, General Secretary Amnesty International
Exhibitions “Art 19 – Box One”
Berlin
me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht, Auguststrasse 68, 10117 Berlin, Germany
World premiere on December 10, 2019 (invitation only)
Exhibition: December 11, 2019 until January 31, 2020
Opening Hours: Wednesday – Monday, 12.00pm – 6.00pm, free admission to the exhibition “Art 19 – Box One”
Geneva
MAMCO - Musée d’art moderne et contemporain
Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland Opening: December 11, 2019 (invitation only) :
Exhibition: From December 12 to December 14, 2019 at Blondeau & Cie, Rue de la Muse 5, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
Exhibition open to the public by appointment
Prague
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Poupětova 1, Prague 7, Czech Republic Opening: December 12, 2019 (invitation only)
Exhibition: December 13s, 2019 until February 3, 2020
Opening Hours:
Monday: 10.00am – 6.00pm; Tuesday: closed; Wednesday: 11.00am –7.00pm; Thursday: 11.00am – 9.00pm; Friday: 11.00am – 7.00pm; Saturday: 10.00am – 6.00pm, Sunday: 10.00am – 6.00pm; standard admission charge
Paris
Grand Palais (Foyer, Square Jean Perrin Entrance), 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris, France
Opening: December 13, 2019 (invitation only)
Exhibition: December 14, 2019
Opening hours:
December 14: 10.00am - 8.00pm; free entrance
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Email: art-19@haebmau.de
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International has no political affiliation, endorses no political party, accepts no funds from governments or any political party. Amnesty International is independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. Since 1961, Amnesty has been committed to the victims of human rights violations around the world. Activities range from public demonstrations to letter-writing, from human rights education to fundraising concerts, from individual appeals on a particular case to global campaigns on a particular issue. The organisation has more than seven million supporters worldwide. Amnesty was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize. www.amnesty.org
me Collectors Room Berlin / Olbricht Foundation
Supported by the Olbricht Foundation, me Collectors Room Berlin is a private museum showing works from the Olbricht Collection and from other international art collections in rotating exhibitions. The permanent displayed Wunderkammer Olbricht includes over 300 valuable curiosities from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. A comprehensive events and educational programme accompanies the exhibitions. www.me-berlin.com
MAMCO – Musée d’art moderne et contemporain
Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain), hasdeveloped an original form of museography. Devoted to the art of our era, it places art and artists at its heart and is addressed at all publics. It offers historical journeys through several exhibitions articulated around a main project, renewed three times a year. Established in a disused factory, purchased by the City of Geneva, the spaces of the MAMCO are spread over 3,500 m2, thus making it currently the largest museum devoted to contemporary art in Switzerland. www.mamco.ch
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art
DOX Centre for Contemporary Art was established through a private initiative with the mission to create a space for research, presentation, and debate on important social issues, where visual arts, literature, performing arts, and other disciplines encourage a critical view of the so-called reality of today’s world. DOX features a total exhibition area of more than3000 m2, the DOX+ multifunctional space (capacity 400), the Gulliver Airship architectural intervention, a café, a bookshop, and an award-winning design shop. www.dox.cz
The Grand Palais Paris
The Grand Palais is one of Paris's premier national museums. It organises major international art exhibitions, ringing the changes across classical, modern and contemporary art. It plans themes for exhibitions and retrospectives which are delivered by top exhibition curators. www.grandpalais.fr