Art Of The Day Weekly

The 45th President of the USA wishes to unleash the nearly $50 trillion supposedly buried in the country's reserves in shale, oil and natural gas, and coal.
OUR IMAGE: At the heart of Transylvania, Copsa Mica is considered one of the most polluted towns in the world. For years, under President Ceaucescu, its pants produced intensively the most toxic products, such as carbon black that is used to color tires. Tamas Dezso, born in Hungaria in 1978, has documeted the ireversible damage caused by this intense industrialization on men an nature.

Donald Trump wishes to legalize the carrying of weapons in the 50 States of the Union. According to the terms of his programme, it is not the responsibility of the Administration to determine the type of arms that "honest people" can carry.
OUR IMAGE: Born in 1977, Argentine photographer Alfredo Srur studied at the university of California. His work explores the reality of countries such as Columbia of Honduras, where the guerilla, the phenomenon of organized gangs and the generalized use of weapons contribute to an explosive urban violence.

As of "Day One", Trump announced he wants to put all drug dealers and gang members "off the street". He wishes to fix "our broken mental health system" by expanding treatment programs, all of the tragic mass murders being carried out by people suffering mental disorders.
OUR IMAGE: In the sixties Danny Lyon was a pioneer through the work he did on the penitenciaries in Texas, where thousands of prisoners were submitted to the rule of "the three times" or "the big bitch" (three condemnations, of whatever type, would automatically lead to life in prison). With its 2.5 million prisoners, the USA currently have the highest number of detainees in the world.

During the XIXth century, the United States had already taken California, Texas and other states away from Mexico. The country seems once again to be in the U.S.'s sights. Aside from the construction of a gigantic wall, the new President wishes to multiply by three the number of customs officials and agents that control the border (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
OUR IMAGE : Born in 1934 of Greek origin, Mexican photographer Enrique Metinides has spent his life tracking events in the country's tentacular capital, and has succeeded to transcend this form of photography due to his empathy for the victims and his refusal to fall into a type of easy voyeurism. Te earthquake in 1985 left over 10 000 victims.

In his project “America first”, Trump announced he wished to launch trade procedures against China through the WTO. He wishes to ask the American Treasury to consider the Asian giant as a “currency manipulator”.
OUR IMAGE: Born in 1983, living in China, Thomas Sauvin has the heart of a savior. For years he has been buying, on one of the capital’s dumps, bags of negatives marked for destruction. It seems he saved half a million, thus creating a surprising fund for archives. We know nothing about these unknown characters, neither their name, nor their civil state nor the year in which the photos were taken. It is maybe this unknown subject that makes us feel close to them, like old cousins one has not seen for a long time.

After mentioning the barring of Muslims from American soil, Trump mentions in his program that he wishes to suspend temporarily the delivery of visas to persons from "dangerous and volatile countries".
OUR IMAGE: A major figure among photojournalists, based for a long time in Moscow, British James Hill (born in 1967) saw the downfall of the Soviet Russia and of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. He also looked at the proximity of bodies with bullfighters or this image of an idyllic Afghanistan with white doves taken the year of the attack against the twin towers.

Donald Trump pretends he will win the war against fundamentalism just like "America won the Cold War". He intends in particular to carry out military operations on site in order to destroy ISIS and create a Commission on Radical Islam.
OUR IMAGE: Born in 1977, graduated from the school of Vevey, Philippe Dudouit quickly left the calm beaches of lake Léman to head towards more active areas. He is the author of series on Kurdish fighters from the PKK ad another current one, on Touareg rebels in the Sahel. In a world swallowed by sand, the symbols of Western civilization take on the aspect of surrealist objects.

10 November 2016 - BRUSSELS - Mathilde Hatzenberger

An independent and free-thinking artist indépendant, born in the United States in 1949 but based in Amsterdam

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GIACOMETTI–NAUMAN

The first major exhibition devoted to works by Alberto Giacometti and Bruce Nauman in juxtaposition. Sculptures and paintings by the Swiss artist engage in a dialogue with videos, drawings, photographs, and spatial installations by the US multimedia artist. Until 22 January 2017.

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