Oh Soon-Hwa’s “Coastal Regions (Delta)”
Contemplating not razed mountains or concrete walls, but the quiet, devastating transformations brought about by unchecked development.
Contemplating not razed mountains or concrete walls, but the quiet, devastating transformations brought about by unchecked development.
A series of researched-based exhibitions examining the development of Southeast Asian contemporary photography.
A curatorial challenge of representing colonialism from the perspective of those subjugated by it.
Pseudo documentarian photographs and installations graced with startling authenticity.
Characteristically off-kilter works, including paraphrasings of older pieces.
Framing an alternative narrative to that of the Anthropocene.
Canvases that straddle the line between abstraction and figuration.
Semar inevitably restores chaos by forcing awareness, prompted by his vulgarities, gossip and barbed critiques of current events.
The three featured artists and their practices, though distinct from one another, stretched the possibilities of their respective mediums and paved the way for future generations of artists from their regions to forge new expressions and perspectives, effectively redefining traditional notions of art.