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In Man and Pet (2012), two benign ceramic figures smile sweetly upward. The man wraps his small companion in a hug, his arms extending in round arcs all the way to his feet. Though the expressions are strikingly similar—suggestive of Rockwellian Americana—the pet seems somewhat more genial and familiarly fuzzy than its owner, whose saurian pupils lend his face a reptilian air that belies his warm grin.
The Seattle-based sculptor Jeffry Mitchell creates cartoonlike creatures from low-fire earthenware. Their sympathetic expressions and modest size, combined with Mitchell’s style of globular, additive assembly, makes them seem accessible and charming, as if they want to be held. They are reminiscent of characters from Peanuts or The Flintstones , but they also draw on art historical tropes as potent and ancient as sex and religion. Beneath their unassuming facades they harbor a generous heap of musing, tongue-in-cheek critique.
Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: "Fried Rice" nominated for Eisner; Celebrating indigenous music in Indonesia | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar Franki Raden via Jakarta Post June 11, 2020 ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asia Radar features articles and posts about arts and culture in Southeast Asia, drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources, so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region...
In Monster (1996-97), the artist’s face becomes grotesque through the application of strips of transparent adhesive tape, typical of Gordon’s performance-based films that often depict his own body in action...
Asian Arts Media Roundtable 2019: When Asian Critics Meet | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of Asian Arts Media Roundtable June 12, 2019 By Akanksha Raja and Ke Weiliang (1,444 words, 6-minute read) The inaugural Asian Arts Media Roundtable (AAMR) took place between 24 to 25 May 2019 at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore...
The video animation Falling Head 2 , hand-painted by Diego Marcon in 2015, consists of a close-up of a head caught on the threshold between sleep and wakefulness or maybe from wakefulness to sleep...
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Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: The relevance of "Soi Cowboy"; Malaysia's Zen Cho wins Hugo Award | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar Illustration by Jared Downing | Frontier August 20, 2019 ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asia Radar features articles and posts about arts and culture in Southeast Asia, drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources, so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region...
Confronting Truths in Ho Tzu Nyen’s “The Mysterious Lai Teck” | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of the artist May 2, 2019 By Patricia Tobin (736 words, 3-minute read) Spoiler Alert: This review contains spoilers for The Mysterious Lai Teck , which will run from 17 to 19 May at the Singapore International Festival of Arts...
Canned Laughter was Okón’s response to an invitation from Ciudad Juárez , Mexico, where artists were asked to create works based on their experience of the city...
In Amapola Prada’s work Movement, we see three spotlit, female bodies lying inert in a darkened room, alongside three dressed, standing figures holding long, wooden spoons...
5 Artists Who Influenced Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 26, 2022 By ArtsEquator (1,161 words, 3-minute read) Throughout history and up to the present day, it has been a challenge to define contemporary Southeast Asian art...
‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 news ‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza Art community joins South Florida Coalition for Palestine's demonstration outside the fair Anny Shaw 9 December 2023 Share Activists protesting outside the convention centre on Friday were closely watched by dozens of police officers © Liliana Mora More than 100 Miami-based artists and members of the South Florida Coalition for Palestine, which includes groups such as the Jewish Voice for Peace, gathered outside Art Basel in Miami Beach on Friday afternoon to protest what they describe as “Israel’s genocidal campaign” against Palestinians in Gaza...