creative-i 4: The Singapore Issue
Words, voices and images: Connecting to cultures around the world
"It is here we catch up with Arahmaiani (Indonesia’s representative at the 50th Venice Biennale) whose work stands as a bridge, connecting cultures, connecting communities and connecting ideas".
The rise and rise of contemporary art in Indonesia is reflected by the Indonesian Pavilion at Art Stage Singapore where the work is compelling and a demonstration of how contemporary art can be a powerful reflection of society and meaning.
In the creative-i issue 4 we visit Singapore where Art Stage (Singapore’s International Art Fair) becomes centre stage as we trace the art of five artists exhibiting at the fair.
It is here we catch up with Arahmaiani (Indonesia’s representative at the 50th Venice Biennale) whose work stands as a bridge, connecting cultures, connecting communities and connecting ideas.
In her article Arahmaiani takes us on journey to Tibet and we meet the 15th Lab Kyab Gon Rinpoche who tells us about the conservation project that the monks and the artist are creating in the Lab community.
Tisna Sanjaya (Venice Biennale) is also busy at the Indonesian Pavilion at Art Stage as the power of his masterpiece I Like Kapital– Kapital Like Me hangs heavily on our emotions.
We go on an Art Stage journey with Technopia Tours and we look at ‘designing art’ with Singapore based architect Yann Follain as we uncover the architect’s work in the art spaces and places of Singapore. Back at Art Stage we catch up with Eun-Ah Kim, director of Korea’s WOOSON gallery from Daegu.
In the education section of the magazine we visit Singapore’s The Little Arts Academy, we speak to centre manager Aminah Hussien and students tell us about their work and hopes for the future.
From Nairobi, Kenya, Maasai Creative cowboy films scholar, Francis Nkodidio, gives us an update on the progress of his studies.
Andrea and I particularly want to thank Sandra Hill for her generosity in taking us through her life journey, in which art has become a critical expression of culture, of meaning and survival, as she tells her story, a story that belongs to too many Aboriginal people in Australia, the story of the stolen generations.
We thank Sandra for sharing her story in art with us all.
In the creative-i issue 4 we visit Singapore where Art Stage (Singapore’s International Art Fair) becomes centre stage as we trace the art of five artists exhibiting at the fair.
It is here we catch up with Arahmaiani (Indonesia’s representative at the 50th Venice Biennale) whose work stands as a bridge, connecting cultures, connecting communities and connecting ideas.
In her article Arahmaiani takes us on journey to Tibet and we meet the 15th Lab Kyab Gon Rinpoche who tells us about the conservation project that the monks and the artist are creating in the Lab community.
Tisna Sanjaya (Venice Biennale) is also busy at the Indonesian Pavilion at Art Stage as the power of his masterpiece I Like Kapital– Kapital Like Me hangs heavily on our emotions.
We go on an Art Stage journey with Technopia Tours and we look at ‘designing art’ with Singapore based architect Yann Follain as we uncover the architect’s work in the art spaces and places of Singapore. Back at Art Stage we catch up with Eun-Ah Kim, director of Korea’s WOOSON gallery from Daegu.
In the education section of the magazine we visit Singapore’s The Little Arts Academy, we speak to centre manager Aminah Hussien and students tell us about their work and hopes for the future.
From Nairobi, Kenya, Maasai Creative cowboy films scholar, Francis Nkodidio, gives us an update on the progress of his studies.
Andrea and I particularly want to thank Sandra Hill for her generosity in taking us through her life journey, in which art has become a critical expression of culture, of meaning and survival, as she tells her story, a story that belongs to too many Aboriginal people in Australia, the story of the stolen generations.
We thank Sandra for sharing her story in art with us all.
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