May 2018
Malaysia Design Archive – Imran Tajudeen
The local, the regional, and the cosmopolitan in Buddhist Melayu architecture and culture: Viewing old Kedah from Srivijaya-Palembang, Malayu-Muara Jambi, and old Singapura
a two-part talk by Dr. Imran bin Tajudeen, National University of Singapore.
Pearl Lam Galleries Shanghai – Golnaz Fathi – A Long line without a word
a solo exhibition by Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi in Shanghai, China. Gathering over 17 works, the stark and striking exhibition highlights Fathi’s delicate yet assertive works created in two styles: ink pen on canvas and acrylic brush on canvas—with the latter making its series debut in Asia.
Find out more »Tang Contemporary Art – Michelangelo Pistoletto – Respect
The installation “Respect” originates in France. The artist believes that the French first created the values of humanism in history and proposed the views on freedom, equality, fraternity, and respect for the rights of others. (Declaration on Human Rights and Civil Rights, Article 4, 1789).
Find out more »June 2018
ShanghART Singapore – Lynn Hershman – Alter ego
Lynn Hershman’s first solo exhibition in Asia – Alter Ego (Roberta Breitmore Series), showcasing her best-known series created from1973 – 1978, giving the audience here an opportunity to better understand the artist who has not just been advancing with the times, but often even ahead of her time.
Find out more »CASE Space Revolution – Off-crossed
Everything was going through our eyes every step we walked through life. The physical information both letter and symbol absorbed quickly into the auditory system. We cannot step back sensation does not that exist. Pichaya Khunnawat is one of the few Thai artists that uses Abstract Graffiti Painting as a medium to observe his surroundings, reviewing inner feelings, and to analyze the current state in society. Colors, lines, symbols, traffic signs and letters were recorded through his visual perception and…
Find out more »Yuz Museum – Charlie Chaplin, A vision
The Charles Chaplin photographic archive included 20,000 negatives, prints and original albums cover 60 years of the professional and private life of the filmmaker, as well as travel albums and portraits by well-known photographers such as James Abbe, Edward Steichen, and Richard Avedon.
Find out more »Pace Gallery Hong Kong (Queen’s Road) – By the edge – Mao Yan
A series of ten new works completed in the past three years, including a continuation of the artist’s renowned Thomas series, as well as still-life and landscape paintings that present a broader development in Mao Yan’s oeuvre.
Find out more »Rossi & Rossi – Billy apple six decades 1962 – 2018
Billy Apple’s examination and promotion of an identity, and his uncompromising and singular means to do so, place him amongst the most idiosyncratic artists of our time.
Find out more »NTU – Tarek Atoui – The Ground – From the land to the sea
The Ground: From the Land to the Sea comprises two layers of auditory experiences that interact with each other as well as with the spatial and sonic qualities of NTU CCA Singapore’s exhibition hall, merging them into a single composition.
Find out more »Galerie du Monde – Joint Exhibition – Lin Yusi and Yeh Jen-Kun
Galerie du Monde is pleased to present a joint exhibition of emerging ink artists Lin Yusi (林于思) and Yeh Jen-Kun (葉仁焜), the first presentation of the two young artists’ work in Hong Kong.
Find out more »Objectifs – Changing China
Changing China: Chinese short films screening featuring with works by Chua Chin Hon and How Hwee Young. Film Screening start from 21 Jun to 8 Jul 2018. Artist Talk will be held on Saturday 23 Jun 2018.
Find out more »100 Tonson Gallery – Dusadee Huntrakul – There are more monsoon songs elsewhere
"There are More Monsoon Songs Elsewhere" by Dusadee Huntrakul Opening Reception : Friday 22nd June 2018, 7:00pm onwards The exhibition features new works on paper, found photographs and special sculpture installation by the artist in collaboration with Naroot Pitisongswat of Flo Furniture to present his new ceramic pieces. "There are More Monsoon Songs Elsewhere" (2018) is a series of hyper-real drawings of prehistoric Ban Chiang bracelets that dated back ±3,000 years ago. The original bracelets are now in the collection…
Find out more »Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong – Wang Yuping – Tedious Paradise
The exhibition primarily showcases work Wang made while traveling in Thailand, including the locally-flavored Tuk Tuk and Lady Boy, the water colour series Cat, and the small Starbucks works.
Find out more »Chan + Hori Contemporary – Langkawi (1976 – 1980) by Latiff Mohidin
Inspired by his time in meditation at the seaside, Latiff Mohidin re-emerged a couple of years later with Langkawi. These ‘sculptural paintings’ are named after the western Malaysian archipelago comprising 99 islands on the Straits of Malacca that is well-known for its mythical tales and landscapes.
Find out more »Mizuma Gallery – Ohata Shintaro – Resonate
Recognized for his body of works that seamlessly blends sculpture and canvas to produce playful and dreamy three-dimensional paintings, Ohata depicts life-like scenarios of the simplest experiences in everyday life.
Find out more »Empty Gallery – Catherine Christer Hennix – Thresholds of Perception
The first exhibition in Asia and the most comprehensive gallery survey to date showcasing the work of Swedish avant-garde composer, poet, mathematician, and visual artist Catherine Christer Hennix
Find out more »July 2018
Leo Gallery Shanghai – Soft Power 2018
The aesthetic experience and perspective, as well as the taste of the life of females, have constituted special symbols which female artists convey in their creations. This kind of pursuit of unique artistic languages by female artists present and explore in the "Soft Power" exhibition series.
Find out more »TARS Gallery – Dutem Schwöllen – New-territories – In-mature-limbo
"In-mature-Limbo'' is an inter-zone, where you are welcome to cross, share, borrow, corrupt, caress...There is a reality principle that doesn't seek to be right against the daily disorder, but walks gaily over its ashed ruins.
Find out more »Lehmann Maupin Hongkong – Gridology
a group exhibition featuring Gilbert & George, Liu Wei, Angel Otero, and Robin Rhode. Together, these artists whose work spans 2009-2015 and includes painting, photography, and mixed media sculpture, offer contemporary contextualization on the minimalist grid.
Find out more »Artist + Run Gallery – Pool – Tintin Cooper
The solo exhibition POOL by Tintin Cooper seems at first to follow a loose poolside narrative of a mostly male cast. Characters- perhaps athletes or celebrities- parade or lounge around as if on tropical holidays, on phone calls and social media. Yet on closer inspection we discover something else is afoot.
Find out more »August 2018
Tang Contemporary Art Hong Kong – Zhao Zhao – one second – one year
Explores aspects of time and the way time alters our perception of the artworks on view. "One Second" drawings and "One Second" paintings established a dialogue about depictions of time. The artist held in one hand ten pencils and within one second marked a piece of paper with a grouping of lines.
Find out more »Ilham Gallery – Latiff Mohidin – Pago pago (1960 – 1969)
A way of thinking and working that sought to challenge the dominance of Western modernism at the time, Pago Pago led Latiff Mohidin to explore a syncretic approach to form in his art and enter dialogues with other avant-garde thinkers in Southeast Asia.
Find out more »S.A.C. The Art Centre – Kitikong Tilokwattanotai – Gregorian
Gregorian, an exhibition by Kitikong Tilokwattanotai is reminiscent of that historical moment in 1582. Using a monoprint approach, the artist worked daily to create prints that reflected his states of mind, thoughts and life events.
Find out more »10 Chancery Lane Gallery – HKFOREWORD18
an annual exhibition showcasing recent works by 9 Hong Kong art graduates. Organized by 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, aims to actively promote and strengthen relations between the new generation of contemporary artists in Hong Kong and local universities offering art degree programs.
Find out more »S.A.C Art Centre – Thanathorn Suppakijjumnong – Typeface
The typewriter is an important invention in the history of mankind that changed the way people communicate. The artworks by Suppakijjumnong revive the machine which is almost forgotten in the history back to life by employing it to depict her life’s stories in a contemporary way.
Find out more »Over the Influence (Hong Kong) – Drawing room
“Drawing Room,” offering a unique vision of traditional private spaces within a residence. Whether to write, read, or entertain visitors, drawing rooms bridged the personal and communal parts of a house.
Find out more »SongEun ArtSpace – Delfina in SongEun – Power play
Group exhibition at SongEun ArtSpace in Seoul curated by Aaron Cezar, Director of Delfina Foundation. Power play explores the complex nature of friendship and the power dynamics at play within relationships between individuals, institutions and the state.
Find out more »September 2018
Kukje Gallery – Yoo Youngkuk – Colors from nature
Yoo Youngkuk: Colors from Nature features twenty oil paintings on canvas from 1964 and onwards, a period in which Yoo mastered his independent style, characterized by intense colors and the use of graphic, blocky compositions that suggest landscapes and fragmented bodies.
Find out more »Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo – Silke Otto-Knapp “Violets”
The title of the exhibition refers to a journal of poetry Kurt Schwitters published in 1931 in Hannover. The group of paintings in the exhibition take their starting point from the Schwitters journal. They range from landscapes to paintings based on historical documentation of stage design and performance.
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