Rodel Tapaya working in his studio. Courtesy of the artist The Folk Narrative is a series of neo-traditional paintings by Filipino artist Tapaya Rodel. It started in 2007 with the artist’s desire to explore and research local, traditional, folktales and to give them life through an artistic transformation. Drawing from a particular fable, mythological figures, belief or historical event, the artist ...
Kris Project I: The Never Ending Tale of Maria, Tin Mine, Spices and the HarimauInstallation view installation view, Fotoaura Institute of Photography in Tainan, Taiwan (2017).All images courtesy of the artist.Kris Project I: The Never Ending Tale of Maria, Tin Mine, Spices and the Harimauis a video installation by Malaysian artist Au Sow Yee. The 15-minute film tells the story of Maria...
Still image from One or Several Tigers (2017). (tiger sun)All images courtesy of the artist One or Several Tiger (2017) is Ho Tzu Nyen’s last piece of a series of artworks dealing with tigers in Southeast Asia. His research began in 2012 and led to the creation of four different artworks revolving around this real yet mythical animal figure: Like The song of the ...
Installation view at the Sharjah Biennial, 2019.All images courtesy of the artist The Specter of Ancestors Becoming (2019) by Vietnamese artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen is a 4-channel video installation created for the Sharjah Biennial 14. It deals with the Vietnamese community living in Dakar, Senegal, and in particular with the descendants of the Senegal...
246247596248914102516 … And then there were none (2017), installation view of the sculpture. All images courtesy of the artistArin Rungjang’s 246247596248914102516 … And then there were none (2017) was created for Documenta14. It consists of two different and independent parts, one which was exhibited in Kassel, Germany and one which was exhibited in Athens in Gre...
Engine – 20KM, variable matrix of 20 photographsView of the exhibition at The Guild, Mumbai, India 2025.All images courtesy of the artist and the Guild Art GalleryElse All Will Be Still is an ensemble of works, mainly photographs and videos, derived from Ravi Agarwal’s long-term fieldwork among fishermen in a small coastal village of Tamil Nadu, Ind...
Friction Current, 2019. installationview at the Asian Art Biennial, Taichung.Friction Current: Magic Mountain Projectis a multi-media research-based installation by Thai artists duo Jiandyincreated for the2019 Asian Art Biennial. Inspired by theBiennial’s theme of Zomia, and by the mountainous zones overarching variousstates of Southeast Asia, the work delves into the illegal jade and drug...
Robert Zhao Renhui: When Worlds Collide(2017-2018) and the Institute of Critical ZoologistsRobert Zhao Renhui, Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), diasec inwooden frame 42x29.7cm, 2018All images courtesy of the artist and ShanghART Gallery.When Worlds Collide (2017-2018) is amultimedia installation created by Singaporean artist Robert Zhao Renhui(b.1983) for the 2018 Taipei Biennial.[1] The wo...
TimoteusAnggawan Kusno: the Centre for Tanah Runcuk Studies (2013 - ) and the RampogMacan Javanese rituals The Untold Stories ofArchipelago,2017View of the exhibitionPower and Other Things: Indonesia & Art (1835-now) curated byCharles Esche and Riksa Afiaty. Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Bozar), Belgium.2017.Courtesy of Centre forTanah Runcuk Studies and the artist. In 2013, Indone...
Khvay Samnang, Preah Kunlong (2017) Digital C-Print, 80 x 120 cm. Courtesy of the artist.For Preah Kunlong,Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang (b.1982) spent months in the Areng Valley in the southwest part of Cambodia, trying to understand the possible impact of the construction of a hydropower dam in the region. From there, the artist found inspiration from his encounter with the local inhab...
Theartists at work, modifying and painting over archival photograph from thecolonial era. Courtesyof the artist “The Name” (2008 - ) byBurmese artists couple Wah Nu and Tun Win Aung is probably the firstresearch-based artwork from Myanmar. Based on modified archival photographs, thissound and image installation features 33 portraits of import...
