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Today’s #MuseumsUnlocked focuses on Contemporary Art of the Global South...
Tisna Sanjaya (Indonesia, Last Supper, 1993
Currently at NGS,this work captivated me recently because of all its myriad details and of what happens beyond the frame.
Pak Tisna is also one of the nicest and most generous artist you could meet!
Currently at NGS,this work captivated me recently because of all its myriad details and of what happens beyond the frame.
Pak Tisna is also one of the nicest and most generous artist you could meet!
His long-standing project in Cigondewah (Bandung) to rebuild a cultural and civic space centres on the complex relationships inherent in the artist, his environs and the public.
As an exhibition, Cigondewah was exhibited at the NUS Museum in 2011.
https://museum.nus.edu.sg/whats-on/cigondewah-an-art-project-by-tisna-sanjaya/
As an exhibition, Cigondewah was exhibited at the NUS Museum in 2011.
https://museum.nus.edu.sg/whats-on/cigondewah-an-art-project-by-tisna-sanjaya/
Great art runs in the family, Tisna’s son Zico Albaiquini is an accomplished artist in his own right! His paintings are some of the most memorable in recent years with its unusual colour palette and deft handling of Indonesian art history, politics and and landscape.
Victor Paul Brang Tun (Myanmar), Frame(Works), 2019. Currently on display at NGS for the exhibition Time Passes. It speaks of deconstruction and recomposition, and how objects inhabit space in its different forms.
FX Harsono (Indonesia), What Would You Do If These Crackers Were Real Pistols, 1977/2018. Seen at the MMCA Gwacheon.
Tada Hengsapkul (Thailand), You lead me down, to the ocean, 2018. Seen at QAGOMA. I have seen this work twice in Brisbane and Singapore, and its always arresting.
Martha Atienza (The Philippines), Our Islands 11°16'58.4 N 123°45'07.0 E, 2017. Seen at QAGOMA and TFAM. Martha’s works addresses histories of migrations, labour, env degradation and identity.
