No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, and curated by June Yap, has just opened at the Centre for Contemporary Art at Gillman Barracks, Singapore, following its debut at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and tour to the Asia Society in Hong Kong. The exhibition runs to 20 July 2014.

The artists in the Singapore presentation are:
Amar Kanwar (India), Arin Dwihartanto Sunaryo (Indonesia), Bani Abidi (Pakistan), Navin Rawanchaikul (Thailand), Norberto Roldan (The Philippines), Poklong Anading (The Philippines), Reza Afisina (Indonesia), Sheela Gowda (India), Shilpa Gupta (India), Sopheap Pich (Cambodia), Tang Da Wu (Singapore), Tayeba Begum Lipi (Bangladesh), The Otolith Group (United Kingdom), Tran Luong (Vietnam), Tuan Andrew Nguyen (Vietnam) and Vincent Leong (Malaysia).

Sopheap Pich, Morning Glory, 2011

Tang Da Wu, Our Children, 2012

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)