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The music of David Ludwig has been called “entrancing” and
has been noted for “a sense of integrity and security
of craftsmanship”. His works have been performed in
such major venues in the United States as Carnegie Hall,
Lincoln Center, and Merkin Hall and have been heard in Canada,
England, France, Italy, Japan, and Spain. Ludwig has received
commissions from several prestigious artists and ensembles,
has received numerous awards and fellowships.
David Ludwig was born in Pennsylvania and received a B.M.
from the Oberlin Conservatory with Richard Hoffmann and his
M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music. He continued post-graduate
at The Curtis Institute of Music and joined the faculty in
2002. During the month of March, David Ludwig worked on a
new piece for a string quartet entitled, “The Catherine
Wheel” that premiered at the Museum in October 2003
as well as three new pieces for piano which will be performed
in 2005.
Jyotindra Jain is an innovator in the field of museology
and has conducted extensive ethnographic field research
on the folk and tribal religions of Western India. Jain
served as director of the National Handicrafts and Handlooms
Museum in Delhi between 1984 and 2001. As director, he
focused on reviving traditional arts and handicrafts of
India, including those from the tribal areas and breaking
down prejudices concerning crafts and art, tradition and
modernity, 'low' and 'high' culture. Currently he heads
the newly created department of Art and Aesthetic at the
Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. During his Residency
in April, Jain spent the month writing and lectured on
topics including his experiences at the National Handicrafts
and Handlooms Museum and visual popular culture in India
today with photographer Dayanita Singh.
Author, playwright and actress Gcina Mhlophe has captivated
audiences for two decades, performing dynamic tales rooted
in South African cultural and political history, oral tradition
and person experience. Her engaging performance style ranges
from solo narratives to collaborations with South African
musical legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo to produce a CD
for children as well as collaborated with the guitarist,
Bheki Khoza on the Animated Tales of the World Series.
In 2000 she released an award-winning storytelling CD called
Fudukazi's Magic for German audiences which was later produced
in video with Anant Singh of VideoVision. Mhlope lives
and works in Durban, South Africa. In the months of August
and September 2003 she shared the art of storytelling at
an “Eye of the Beholder” lecture and at a “Neighborhood
Nights” event. Mhlophe will be back in 2005 to work
with the Museum’s partnership schools and for a performance.
In a sense, painter Maurizio Cannavacciuolo lives in perpetual
and voluntary exile, but he is first and foremost a citizen
of Naples. This ancient city has been a bedrock for artists
for thousands of years. Rich in historically diverse layers
of cultures, it has given Cannavacciuolo his multiple fields
of reference and spawned his stylistic diversity. Outside
of Naples, his extensive travels have led him to study,
live, and explore the Far East, and most especially, India
and Thailand. Cannavacciuolo is a cosmopolitan, transcultural,
and nomadic soul – part painter, part architect,
part philosopher, and part writer, he is a critical observer
who is blessed with an acute sense of the ridiculous and
the absurd.
Following his residency in the fall of 2003, Cannavacciuolo
returned to the Gardner in February 2004 to undertake the
month-long process of creating two elaborate wall drawings
of intricate and delicate patterns inspired by, and containing
hidden narratives about the Gardner’s permanent collection
and museum building. This exhibition, TV Dinner, was Cannavacciuolo’s
first solo museum show in the United States.
Swedish artist Henrik Håkansson uses a variety of media
to explore environmental issues. He is a romantic conceptualist
who keenly observes mankind's contradictory relationship
to Nature. Through his observations, he aims to close the
gap with nature and to make the viewer receptive to natural
processes. The artist has created installations in countries
around the world including France, Italy, Germany, Japan,
the US and the Netherlands. Håkansson began his residency
in March of 2003 and will returned in 2004 to explore the
rich natural habitat in and around the museum.
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