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No Country – Asian Art Now

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First seen in New York at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ‘No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia' is currently in Hong Kong, reflecting the region's art today.

The opportunity to see art from countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar all in one place is indeed a rarity. Currently, the Asia Society Hong Kong Center is hosting just such an exhibition with ‘No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia’, the first touring exhibition of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative.
 
The exhibition features 13 artists and 18 paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and mixed-media works, all newly acquired for the Guggenheim’s collection under the auspices of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Purchase Fund. 
 
First seen in New York at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum as part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, ‘No Country’ is a multi-year collaboration charting contemporary art practice in three geographic regions—South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa.
 
Presenting some of the most challenging and inventive voices in the region today, the exhibition is curated by June Yap, Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, South and Southeast Asia, and Dominique Chan, Exhibition Curator, Asia Society Hong Kong Center.
 
The exhibition’s goal is “to present a range of aesthetic developments and subjects of interest to contemporary artists, and to challenge the privileging of nation and national narrative as a basis for understanding them”, explains June Yap.
 
By presenting the various artworks in one show, the curator hopes to develop in audiences an understanding of South and Southeast Asia that transcends physical and political borders. 
 
The historical narrative of South and Southeast Asia stretches from the era of its ancient kingdoms end empires to that of today’s nation-states. The region is marked by traces of colonialism, division and intervention, events and processes that are inscribed in the cultural memory. South and Southeast Asia is also home to numerous influential faiths, religions, and ethical codes, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. 
 
“Accompanied by programs for engagement with different local audiences, ‘No Country’ is more than an exhibition; it is a platform for discussion and exchange,” curator Yap assures.

 

 

No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia

Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, Hong Kong 

From now till February 16, 2014

 

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