Art World Database

AWDB is an initiative that aims to be the go-to

online database for all information pertaining

to Southeast Asian contemporary artists.

Wawi Navarroza,’2 Rocks (Atlantic Pacific)’, 2023. Image courtesy of Silverlens.

HIGHLIGHTS

Brook Andrew and Pinaree Sanpitak – 'Holding Ceremony'

5 – 10 April 2024

Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, London, United Kingdom

Ames Yavuz marks its London debut at Frieze, No. 9 Cork Street, with a presentation in two parts. The first, titled ‘Holding Ceremony’, features works by Brook Andrew (b. 1970, Australia) and Pinaree Sanpitak (b. 1961, Thailand).

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Alvin Ong and Julia Trybala – 'POV'

5 – 10 April 2024

Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, London, United Kingdom

For ‘POV’, the second presentation for Frieze at No. 9 Cork Street, Ames Yavuz will showcase works by two exciting young painters from the Asia-Pacific: Alvin Ong (b. 1988, Singapore) and Julia Trybala (b. 1992, Australia).

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Pacita Abad, Yee I-Lann and Cian Dayrit at ‘Unravel’

13 February – 26 May 2024

Barbican, London

Barbican is pleased to present ‘Unravel’, a major group exhibition featuring Southeast Asian artists Pacita Abad, Yee I-Lann and Cian Dayrit. In ‘Unravel’, 50 international, intergenerational artists use textiles to communicate vital ideas about power, resistance and survival.

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Group Exhibition – 'Departures'

13 April – 9 June 2024

STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery, Singapore

STPI is thrilled to be presenting a showcase of new releases from renowned artists Yanyun Chen, Hong Zhu An and Prabhavathi Meppayil, created during each artist’s residency.

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FEATURED GLOSSARY TERM

Formalism

Formalism describes the critical position that the most important aspect of a work of art is its form – the way it is made and its purely visual aspects – rather than its narrative content or its relationship to the visible world. In painting therefore, a formalist critic would focus exclusively on the qualities of colour, brushwork, form, line and composition. 

Source: tate.org.uk.

AWDB highlighted artist: Ash Ghazali.

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FEATURED EDITORIAL

AWDB SPOTLIGHT: Interview with Tuan Vu

AWDB speaks to Vietnamese artist Tuan Vu in his studio in Montreal, Canada. His current solo exhibition, ‘Elysium’, at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in London, presents Vu’s visions of paradise through paintings inspired by landscapes from his home country of Vietnam, to the South of France, to Japan.

IIMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

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