It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tew Nai Tong on 4th of May 2013. Tew Nai Tong’s career as an artist spanned over five decades, from the early days of post-Independence, and is one of the country’s last Nanyang Style artists. Rest in Peace.
Image courtesy of www.mana.my
ourartprojects presented their first showcase, a solo exhibition by Shahril Nizam Ahmad (read Simon’s Soon interview with Shahril Nizam here). We were very glad to catch the show before it closed last weekend. Congratulations to ourartprojects and Shahril Nizam!
Banquet
Sembawang Phoenix
If in Singapore, do try to catch this exhibition at ICAS. The nice attendant may tell you that it’s too philosophical for her and Da Wu may have thrown a veil over the wall text, but what it expresses, to me at least, may just be too true, simple enough and yet too complex for us to swallow. A dark fire among the shiny bright lights that the island state basks under. Situationist Bon Ga runs to 10 April, ICAS closed Mondays. (BY)
Tags: ICAS, Situationist Bon Ga, Tang Da Wu
The 7th Kuala Lumpur Triennial : Barricade, organised by Ray Lagenbach was held at White Box, MAP KL at Publika from the 16th Feb – 2nd March 2013. Those who missed it, can check out more at their facebook page.
Wishing all a magnificent start to 2013!
(and thanks to Maria Iskandar for this lovely pic)
How about art books as Christmas gifts? Check out our online bookshop Rogue-ish for the latest titles. We also stock Narratives in Malaysian Art Vol 1 on Rogue-ish for those of you who have written in to ask where you can purchase a copy. Check it out!
at Numthong Gallery at Aree (Bangkok), 3-24 November 2012
Tags: Numthong Gallery, Puntusawasdi, Tawatchai, Thai contemporary art
Here’s the web exclusive I wrote about Eko Nugroho’s Temoin Hybride on Surface Asia’s site. Check it out here! (AO)
This year at ART HK, regular gallery presentations mixed with special ‘Art Futures’ and ‘Asia One’ booths over 2 levels at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC). The fair was also dotted with 10 large scale installations under ART HK Projects, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.
ART HK Project : Breathing Flower - Lotus by Choi Jeong Hwa
ART HK Project : I sleep on top of myself by Shen Shaomin
A close up of Shen Shaomin's breathing 'fetuses' laid on mounds of coarse salt.
As with every art fair, Art HK offered a number of talks and fringe events in and around the fair. We took breaks from all the hard walking to attend a couple of Asia Art Archive’s Backroom Conversations, “revisiting the decade” with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gayatri Sinha, June Yap and Inti Guerrero. “Whose History?” explored a subject currently close to our hearts, with inspiring presentations by Manuel Borja-Villel. Iftikhar Dad, Marian Pastor Roces and Reiko Tomii. Although we missed his much-talked about presentation at the Intelligence Squared debate, we loved Paul Chan’s talk ‘Why artist groups form and why they fall: a theory’ at Asia Art Archive in conjunction with its Uncatalogued: The Case of Oil Street Artist Village project. Also at AAA we fell in love with “An Atlas of Asia Art Archive” being developed by MAP Office artist/architect duo Laurent Guttierez & Valérie Portefaix as part of their residency programme at AAA from February to July 2012.
Paul Chan presenting a talk on 'Why artist groups form and why they fall: a theory' at AAA.
With so many fringe events happening, we had to pick and choose what really piqued our interest. Even though Art East Island is 20 minutes away on a shuttle bus, it’s been heavily promoted as Hong Kong’s latest art district based in industrial warehouses.
Pure Foundation located at Art East Island, Chai Wan.
Dinh Q. Le 'Erasure' installation presented by 10 Chancery Lane gallery at Art East Island, Chai Wan.
Another angle of the Dinh Q. Le's 'Erasure' installation.
