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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art is an educational charity and a not-for-profit contemporary art gallery based in London. Established in 2004, the foundation is housed in a converted warehouse over two floors in a building that was renovated to a design concept by the Italian architect, Claudio Silvestrin . The gallery comprises roughly 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) of exhibition space.
Parasol Unit was established by its director and curator, Ziba Ardalan.[1] Columbia University New York, Ardalan worked as Guest Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art . She guest curated the exhibition 'Winslow Homer and the New England Coast' at the Whitney's Stamford, Ct. Branch (1984). Ardalan became the first Director/Curator of New York City's Swiss Institute in 1987, before moving to Zurich , Switzerland, and then relocating to UK and founding Parasol Unit. She has curated numerous exhibitions and has also lectured and written about art. Prior to her career in art, Ardalan obtained a Ph.D. in physical chemistry .
Funding
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The gallery space is privately owned and has been put at the disposal of the foundation at no charge.[2]
Selected exhibitions
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Exhibitions include The Performance in 2005 by Michaël Borremans ,[3] No Snow on the Broken Bridge in 2006 by Yang Fudong ,[4] [5] Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings with work by Francis Alÿs , William Kentridge , and David Shrigley ,[6] [7] Fire Under Snow in 2008 by Darren Almond ,[8] Silent Warriors in 2010 by Adel Abdessemed ,[9] The Time That Remains in 2010 by David Claerbout [10] Morgenland in 2017 by Elger Esser .[11] [12] [13]
Images of the Gallery
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See also
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References
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^ Cumming, Laura (15 May 2005). "Art: Michael Borremans" . the Guardian .
^ "Adrian Searle is transfixed on Yang Fudong's video installations" . the Guardian . 25 April 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
^ Secher, Benjamin (31 March 2006). "Viewfinder: from 'No Snow on the Broken Bridge' by Yang Fudong (2006)" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ "BBC - Collective - Gallery - Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings, Parasol Unit" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
^ "Video: QUBO GAS | Arts and entertainment | guardian.co.uk Arts" . www.theguardian.com . Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
^ "Captain moonlight: A new exhibition of Darren Almond's ethereal," . The Independent . 17 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
^ Sherwin, Skye; Clark, Robert (17 September 2010). "This week's new exhibitions" . the Guardian .
^ Searle, Adrian (1 June 2012). "Adrian Searle encounters ... a teacup falling 70 times in a 14-hour film" . The Guardian .
^ "Beyond the bombs: Elger Esser's Middle Eastern landscapes – in pictures" . The Guardian . 31 March 2017. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 31 December 2020 .
^ "Elger Esser: Morgenland" . Time Out London . Retrieved 30 December 2020 .
^ "Conciliating Landscapes" . Aesthetica Magazine . Retrieved 31 December 2020 .
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