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UNPAINTED Media Art Fair 2014 Review

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UNPAINTED Media Art Fair at Postpalast, Jan. 2014

That was the UNPAINTED MEDIA ART FAIR 2014

A retrospective: The first edition of the UNPAINTED Media Art Fair took place from 16 to 20 January 2014 in Munich’s Postpalast. It was the first art fair of its kind for media art in Germany. Around 60 exhibitors from Germany and abroad took part, including galleries, gallery-independent artists as well as institutions and media partners. The exhibition was curated by co-founder Dr. Annette Doms. Li Zhenua, Zurich/Beijing, has been appointed guest co-curator. The stand design came from Irmin Rodenstock Beck. The fair attracted around 6,000 visitors. With about 200 publications, the first UNPAINTED art fair received a lively media response.

UNPAINTED-Hermes-Chevalier

Participant

galleries

arthobler gallery, Zurich
bitforms gallery, New York
DAM GALLERY Berlin | Frankfurt
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich
Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich
Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg
Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Haleh Gallery, Berg
Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo
Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
Steve Turner Contemporary, Los AngelesTANIT, Munich
xpo gallery, Paris
art and space gallery, Munich
Christinger de Mayo, Zürich – trade register data and business information
CIMATICS, Brussels
dh artworks, DüsseldorfGalerie Charlot, Paris
Galerie Merhart, Istanbulkunst I konzepte, Ansbach
MERKUR gallery, Istanbul
TRANSFER gallery, New York
Galerie Wolkonsky, Munich

lab 3.0 ARTISTS (without gallery)

Kim Asendorf, Berlin
Birte Blauth, Munich
Jonas Englert, Frankfurt
Johannes Karl, Munich
LAB BINAER & Felix Weinold, Augsburg
Laboratoire Jardin Cosmique, Bex (CH)
Ole Fach, Berlin, Berlin
Arne Felix Magold, Munich
Holger Lippmann, Wandlitz
Janine Mackenroth, Munich
Pia Myrvold Paris
Eva Paulitsch & Uta Weyrich, Philipp Contag-Lada, Stuttgart and Berlin
Scenocosme : Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt, St. Etienne, France
Jill Taffet, Sarasota, USA
The Neon Rex Project, Mexico
Klaus vom Bruch & elle p., Berlin
Arent Weevers, Hengelo, Netherlands
Hu Jieming, Shanghai
Lu Yang, Shanghai
Yuyang Wang, Beijing
Hu Weiyi, Shanghai
Wenkai Xu, Shaanxi
Yunhan Zheng, Heilongjiang
Miao Xiaochun, Beijing

UNPAINTED-2014-bitforms

Institutions

CAMP-FestivalKunsthochschule für Medien Köln
MU Eindhoven
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PLATFORMs[edition]ZKM KarlsruheTHE VIEW – Contemporary Art Space, Salenstein, Switzerland

Workshops

VOX TV, Jördis Drawe and Uwe Schüler

concerts

incite // Hamburg
http://www.theinert-lichtkunst.de/

periodicals

Art magazines such as galleries are advertising media for the dissemination of art. Some of the most respected art magazines presented and offered their magazines at the fair.

Talks 2014

Press review of the UNPAINTED MEDIA ART FAIR 2014

DAY NEWSPAPERS (Print)

New special fair for media art
foundation of the first specialized media art fair in Germany
Handelsblatt, 20.06.2013

Erst fair for media art: UNPAINTED starts in Munich
MUCBook, 2013-10-14

Unpainted: Marketplace in Digitalia
artmagazine, 14.01.2014

Art with plug
In Munich, the Unpainted trade fair congenially presents the broad field of media art
DIE ZEIT, 23.01.14

video art becomes suitable for trade fairs
The special exhibition ‘Unpainted’ is launched in Munich
Handelsblatt, 17.01.14

The planet is alive
Munich’s first trade fair for media and digital art “Unpainted” has over 50 exhibitors
Münchner Merkur, 17.01.14

Breaking into the realm of pixels
Art and digital world, “Unpainted”, the fair in the Postpalast
Abendzeitung, 18.10.14

Digital is what consists of zeros and ones
The premiere of the “Unpainted” media art fair in Munich proves that the time has come for art from the computer
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 18.01.14

Paintings must remain outside
The Fair for Digital Art in Munich
New Zürcher Zeitung, 18.01.14

In the glow of the umbrella
This weekend, the “Unpainted”, a trade fair for media and digital art, will take place in Munich for the first time. But what do these terms still mean today?
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 18.01.14

UNPAINTED-Infopoint-2014

online

Unpainted. Una fiera per la Media Art
La natura effimera dell’arte ha da sempre suscitato questioni legate all’acquisizione e alla conservazione delle opere.
arshake.com, 28.01.14

ミュンヘンで開催されたメディアアートフェア「UNPAINTED」 フォトレポート
cbc-net.com, 05.02.14

Art community with the smartphone on the rise
The first edition of the media art fair “Unpainted” in Munich will find its audience and also some buyers. Our author makes some discoveries between app art, plotter art, interactive installations and CAD sculptures.
art-magazin.de, 01/22/14

Digital is what consists of zeros and ones
The premiere of the “Unpainted” media art fair in Munich proves that the time has come for art from the computer.
faz.net, 17.01.14

A Michelangelo milled from polystyrene
The robot work, copied from the Italian old master, was the eye-catcher of the “Unpainted” – the first sales exhibition for media art.
Mittelbayerische Zeitung, 19.01.14

Media art redefines both audience and artist
Digital and media art are stretching our definition of creativity and the role of the artist. But they also pose urgent questions about ownership and quality. When does it touch our emotions? And when is it “good” art?
DeutscheWelle.de, 01/20/14

Futuristic fantasy world
At “Unpainted”, the first fair for digital art in Munich, 50 international galleries are dealing with software art, computer animations and interactive sculptures.
Deutschlandfunk.de, 01/20/14

Beautiful, colorful pixel world
Digital technology has not only found its way into everyday life, it has long since conquered the art world. The new trade fair “Unpainted media art fair” in Munich is reacting to this.
kunstmarkt.com, 19.01.14

UNPAINTED Media Art Fair: “We also show art for the wall”
Monopol Magazine, 10.01.2014

Roadmovie pixelated
The first edition of the media art fair Unpainted opens in Munich on Friday. Monopol took a look at the preview.
MonopolMagazin.de, 16.01.14

TV

Bayerisches Fernsehen Abendschau, 17.01.14 (2:30 min)

radio

Deutschlandfunk Radio, 20.01.14

BR5 News Culture News, 19.01.14

BR5 News Media Magazine, 19.01.14

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