Press Release

The 7th edition of the international exhibition of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art of 2009.

Artist Ted Shaw, contemporary international artist from the Houston, Texas, United States has received an official invitation from the Scientific Committee Jury of the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art of 2009 to exhibit his art works in this upcoming event.

The event will be held at the historic Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy from 5-13 December, 2009. 800 artists from 80 countries will be exhibiting more than 2,500 artworks and there will be an extraordinary meeting of cultures, languages and diverse artistic styles.

The Florence Biennale is largest exhibition held on the earth. It supports the United Nations program "Dialogue between civilizations", to which the Biennale has officially adhered since 2001.

It always attracts the famous people of the world as well as diplomatic, governmental representatives and many ministries of cultures from all over the world. Amongst official participants of the exhibition has been Charles the Prince of Wales, the Queen Victoria and actress of Gina Lollobrigida.

The International Scientific Committee, composed of 20 qualified members, chooses the artists and places their work into one of the categories painting, sculpture, graphic art, mixed media, installation pieces, photography and digital art.

The selection is decided upon with no prejudice towards style. The artists are selected based on the quality of their artwork and the cultural values their work represents.

The International Jury that assigns recognitions and awards to the invited artists is composed of distinguished figures such Emmanuel von Launstein Massarani, artistic director of the Biennale; Stefano Francolini, Art Historian and Critic, Direttore Settore Restauro Opi Ficio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy; David Rubin, Curator of the Brown Foundation of Contemporary Art; San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, USA; Elza Ajzenherg, Professor of Art and Communication, Director of the Mac (Museum of Contemporary Art), Sao Paolo, Brazil; R. B. Bhaskaran, Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art,India; Rosa Tejada, Educator Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA; Gregorio Luke, director of Molaa, Latin American Art Museum, Long Beach California, USA; Dominique Edouard Bacheler, art history teacher and art critic, Paris, Florence, Pasquale Celona, President of The Biennale and President of the International Jury, Italy; Piero Celona, vice president of the Biennale and Public Relations Manager,Italy. http://www.florencebiennale.org

To the consideration of the governmental organizations, commercial companies and patrons of the arts who are interested in sponsoring the artist Ted Shaw in this event we are inviting you to contact him through his email artbyshaw@gmail.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
http://www.tedshaw.net

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