Artbites. Curated Stories and Information on Asia(ns) in the Art World |
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EXHIBITION Do Ho Suh December 3, 2020 – February 20, 2021 Lehmann Maupin London |
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BOMB Magazine ASL IRL: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader Interviewed by Isabel Parkes “Particularly since Trump was first elected, I think frequently about my citizenship, roots, and family, which is full of immigrants. The hand here uses an image from my actual US passport, and the specific signs we use are called “initialized signs.” An initialized sign is executed by “stamping” different letters from the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet on an open palm in an up-down motion. Animating a specific gesture while reflecting on my own relationship to being allowed in and out of countries felt like a good way to give form to different loops of decision making.”...READ ON |
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ARTSY Hong Kong’s Art Market Emerges from a Tumultuous Year with Optimism “It’s been a difficult time for the Hong Kong art world. After the pro-democracy protests last year, the city was jolted by the cancellation of Art Basel in Hong Kong in March, confronted with the news of the new security law, and hit by multiple waves of the coronavirus. Despite the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19, galleries and auction houses are now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.” ...READ ON |
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REVIEW Asia Society Triennial Asia Society Museum, New York |
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ARTSY At Asia Society’s Inaugural Triennial, Artists Consider the Role of Borders in a Global Society “ ‘The number of Asia-focus art exhibitions in New York remained modest. This is perplexing, as New York is supposed to be a global and cosmopolitan arts centre,’ Boon Hui Tan, the triennial’s co-curator and former artistic director, recently told Orientations Magazine. ‘The majority of artists selected for the [triennial] either have not shown in New York or have not had substantial presentations for a long time—it was our way of trying to shift the needle.’ ” ...READ ON |
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