Make Money with Money, Make Art with Art
An essay for Chong Kim’s Chiew’s solo exhibition ‘Make Money with Money, Make Art with Art’, 24 Sep – 17 Oct 2021 at A+ Works of Art. Read more
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Notes on Liew Kwai Fei’s “Siapa Dia Tong Sam Pah? 我的名字哈苏丹。You Look F**king Funny Lah!”
I’ve known and loved Kwai Fei’s works for almost a decade. Painting Suite (2008), a triptych* of his earliest minimalist geometric paintings hangs in my bedroom. [* A triptych is a set of three separate works that are meant to be seen together as one complete work. A diptych would be a set of two separate… Read more
The Moment of Making Something Happen
My experience at “1st Beyond Pressure International Performance Art Festival” in Yangon, Myanmar. Published in Off The Edge, April 2009.
The first time I heard about Beyond Pressure was when I met Moe Satt in February 2007, during his short residency in Malaysia… Read more
Callous Conversations: Dialogue in Space by Simon Soon
Essay published in the catalogue of my collaborative exhibition with Lydia Chai, “ChinChai”.
How is distance, the chasm that delineates and separates, measured in art? What are the quantifiable forms that we can employ to visually express the span of… Read more
Sriwhana Spong: Beetlejuice
Essay about New Zealand artist Sriwhana Spong’s exhibition “Beetlejuice”. Published in Column 2: 2008 Biennale of Sydney Critical Response.
To pinpoint one’s place in the world today is not easy. One reason for this is that we can no longer be sure where anything comes from…
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