Two Coats of Paint - Performativity #3

Two Coats of Paint
Third installment of the Performativity series

What: Performance art video exhibition

Artists: Khai Hori (Singapore)
Veliana Veli (Indonesia)
Thao Nguyen (Vietnam)
Maria Chua (Malaysia)

Where: Praxis Space
LASALLE College of the Arts
1 McNally Street
Singapore 187940

Dates: 5 – 13 Nov 2008

Project Abstract
Derived from combining Performance Art and TV, Performativity was first jointly curated by Thanavi Chotpradit (Thailand) and Khairuddin Hori showcasing performance-centered video pieces by emerging artists from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and The Philippines. It was launched at VER Gallery (Bangkok) belonging to internationally acclaimed artist and Hugo Boss Prize recipient Rirkrit Tiravanija in 2006. Last month, Performativity 2, consisting of video pieces by seven Singaporean artists had a one-month screening at 24HR Art, The Northern Territories’ Center for Contemporary Art in Darwin, Australia.

It’s upcoming third installation subtitled Two Coats of Paint will be exhibited at Praxis Space, an experimental gallery dedicated for students and alumnus of LASALLE College of the Arts from 5th to 13th November 2008.

Two Coats of Paint suggests a destruction (of sorts) through an action not dissimilar to laying fresh paint over a masterpiece. In this instance, the four artists will respond, adapt, appropriate, borrow and even steal from classic pieces of performance-centered video art by European and American avant-gardes from the 1960s to the 1980s such as John Baldessari, Marina Abramovich, Bruce Nauman and Yoko Ono.

This collaborative endeavor also extends the tutelage between former tutor and LASALLE alumnus (Khairuddin Hori) and his students (Veliana Veli and Maria Chua).

If you happen to be in Darwin, Australia in the next 12 days...

WHAT:
Performativity 2
A screening of performance based videos by 7 Singaporean artists curated by Khairuddin Hori.

ARTISTS:
Michael Tan, Siti Salihah, Lilpinkdevil, Kimberly Shen, Ezzam Rahman, Urich Lau & Khai Hori

WHERE:
24 HR ART, The NT Centre for Contemporary Art
Vimy Lane, Parap, Darwin NT 0820, Australia
www.24hrart.org.au/

DATE:
12 Sep – 18 Oct 2008

Was in the papers recently!

News report in The Straits Times with regards to HAO's fundraising.

HAO - Confronting the Future of Arts & Culture from Asia

Stop wondering! Here's HAO, the Summit and workshop sessions with emerging Asian artists, art managers and curators you have been dreaming about!




WHERE
Sentosa Island, Singapore

WHEN
9 – 12 September 2008

ORGANISER
The Substation – Singapore’s leading non-profit contemporary arts centre

CONVENOR
Khairuddin Hori


AIMS OF HAO
• The HAO Summit aims to nurture a sustainable and informed fellowship of future Asian contemporary arts leaders, professionals, and visionaries to take art into the future, through inspiration and professional mentorship.

• We aim to transform the fellowship and networks forged through the HAO Summit into long-term action and information exchange networks across Asia. The HAO Summit will be the first of other meetings, summits and events of the fellowship.

Click here for the HAO website and updates!

HAO FUNDRAISER - Interdependence 101

Semerah Padi, revisited (2005 - 2008)
84 x 118 cm
Digital print on photographic paper
Edition: Unique (1 each only)

These digital prints are new works that continue a series from an earlier exhibition, Labilabu, commissioned by The Esplanade and first presented at the Esplanade Tunnel in 2005. Called Semerah Padi, revisited, the series reconstructs and appropriates various characters and scenes from the classic P Ramlee film of the same name, with models donning costumes replicating the originals from the film. However, details of the costumes and models are obscured through a deliberate pixillation of the images.

8 of these prints are up for sale to raise funds for his HAO, an arts summit that I am convening with organisational support from The Substation. HAO: Confronting the Future of Arts and Culture from Asia, will be held in Singapore from 9 – 12 September 2008, coinciding with the time of the Singapore Biennale.

Half the proceeds from the sale of each of these one-off prints – priced at $3200 each - will be set aside for bursaries to enable young artists, curators and arts managers from South-east Asia and Asia to travel to Singapore to attend this Summit.


Semerah Padi, revisited (2005) layout of installation at the 80 meters Esplanade Tunnel in 2005


The sale of just one of these prints can fund the travel, accommodation, food and full participation costs for one Asian participant to HAO. We know that there are some young artists particularly from the Southeast Asian region, who would love to attend the HAO Summit but cannot afford to pay the full costs. Your contribution will be offered as a bursary to these participating artists/curators/art managers.

The prints can be purchased as individual works; however, some prints form natural pairs in dialogue, and can be purchased as pairs. Buyers of the prints are invited to participate in the HAO Summit too. The amount from the sale that goes towards the HAO Summit - $1600 out of $3200 – will be a donation to The Substation and qualifies for double tax-exemption, as The Substation is an Institute of Public Character (IPC). The other $1600 is the value of the artwork. The Substation itself does not take a commission from the sale.

Should you wish to view images of the works, please contact Audrey Wong at tel. 6337 7535 or email: audrey@substation.org, or myself at email: khaihori@gmail.com.

MAT* Never Die!

I am sad to announce that Reconstructing Sentol, to be shown at The Cathay as part of the Month of Photography 2008 mid next month has been unceremoniously withdrawn. Whether or not I will show it sometime somewhere else, we will just have to wait and see. But if anyone wants to offer me a show with it, please do not hesitate to contact me at khaihori@gmail.com.


* To be pronounced 'mutt' not 'matt'

Duchamp, Picasso, Judd, Manzoni, Mondrian and Warhol

The watercolours (framed) exhibited at Trading Craft, The Substation Gallery, Singapore.









This series comprising 7 pieces of watercolours (black & white) were shown at the Trading Craft exhibition presented by Institute of Contemporary Arts (Singapore) at The Substation Gallery (Singapore) & The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) in 2007. The pieces are appropriations of seminal artworks by Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Piero Manzoni, Andy Warhol & Donald Judd.

Each piece is painted on 21 x 30.5 cm, Daler Rowney Aquafine, 250gsm paper.


Click here for link on Trading Craft on this blog

First acquisition of 2008

First work acquired by a private collector in 2008.




Anti-Social Painting, series (2006)
120 x 120 cm, oil on canvas

Acquisitions...

Both works below recently acquired by a private collector.


After Lichtenstein (2007)
1 part of 8 pieces joined to form a low table,
installed & exhibited at Trading Craft, The Substation Gallery in 2007
73.5 x 30.5 cm, aerosol paint & oil on canvas




Anti-Social Painting, series (2006)
120 x 120 cm, oil on canvas

Da Vinci is Dead

Title: Da Vinci is Dead
Medium: Watercolour on Paper
Size: 30.5 x 21 cm
Year: 2007





super close-up!

Daniel Buren, 1974

This painting was recently sold at The Substation's Charity Auction. I wonder who bought it... ;)


Title: Daniel Buren, 1974
Medium: Watercolour on Canvas
Size: 30.5 x 30.5 cm (each)
Year: 2007
Private Collection