CULTURE
YARAT presents Mark Jenkins installation Project “Manimals”
Baku, August 22 (AZERTAC). YARAT Contemporary Art Space happy to inform you that an American artist Mark Jenkins will present his ‘MANIMALS’ project within the Participate Public Art Festival.
Within Mark`s workshop students was create a series of projects for the urban environment on the same topic Animal Planet. The sculptures were created from a special transparent packing tape.
Mark Jenkins is an American artist most widely known for the street installations he creates using clear packing tape. Jenkins` practice of street art is to use the "street as a stage" where his sculptures interact with the surrounding environment including passersby who unknowingly become actors. His installations often draw the attention of the police. His work has been described as whimsical, macabre, surrealist, absurdist, shocking and "situationist", the latter referring to Situationist International. Jenkins cites Juan Muñoz as his initial inspiration whose retrospective exhibit he saw at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 2002.
In addition to creating art, he also teaches his sculpture techniques and installation practices through workshops.
YARAT Contemporary Art Space is a non-commercial organisation dedicated to the promotion and nurturing of Contemporary art in Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, YARAT aims to create a platform, in the country and internationally, for established as well as emerging artists, implementing its aim through organising exhibitions, events and educational programs. Looking to the future, one of the key objectives of YARAT is to form dialogue, exchange and bridge the gap between different cultures as well as art institutions.
To help encourage an emerging generation of creative talent to seek a career in the arts, YARAT has pledged to help students and graduates through the `ARTIM Young Artist Project`. This allows at least one young participant a chance to exhibit in each of YARAT`s projects, giving them the opportunity to exhibit there works in a professional context. YARAT also aims to provide educational initiatives consisting of lectures, seminars and master classes on a variety of related topics on contemporary art as well as an international artist in residence programme.