Unique among the works included in the exhibition Constructions of Truths, MCAD’s current show is La Venganza del Elefante (The revenge of the elephant) (2007) by Mexican artist Minerva Cuevas. The work is a slide presentation using vintage (ca. 1897) illustrations by Wilhelm Busch, a 19th-century German artist regarded as one of the founders of modern-day comics. A common theme for Busch’s stories was ‘bad behaving animals,‘ with his drawings accompanied by a descriptive text.
Man In Suit, 2009 To mock our perceptions of success, Martha Atienza’s Man in Suit (2008), one of the works included in Constructions of Truths, MCAD’s current exhibition, features several men from Bantayan Island, Cebu, and the train tracks in Manila going about their daily routines dressed in a black suit. We see a man…
In 2012, Ho Tzu Nyen began conducting research at Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong for his project The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia (cdosea). The question he posed was so complex that the project transformed into years of research: What constitutes the unity of Southeast Asia? — a region never unified by language, religion or political power.
Insight: Moving Image, Philippines proved popular last February 27, as a crowd of artists, filmmakers, students, arts professionals, curators and enthusiasts packed out and filled MCAD’s Multimedia Room.
Artist James N. Kienitz Wilkins (United States) film titled “This Action Lies” explores the limits of observation, about staring very hard at something while listening to something else. It unfolds as a mistrustful monologue analysing a common and underappreciated commercial product elevated through cinema to the status of a near-platonic form.
Focusing on some of the countries leading moving image projects, speakers Manny Montelibano, Lisa Chikiamco, Rica Estrada, Tenten Mina, Merv Espina and Shireen Seno will be joined by moderator, Ricky Orellana from the Southeast-Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) as they explore collecting, archiving and exhibiting video and film within the Philippines.
In the ‘moving painting’ From Sea to Dawn (2016), which is currently featured in MCAD’s exhibition titled Constructions of Truths, the artists Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian focus on some of the most urgent issues of today, which echo a long and recurring history of iconoclasm and migration issues.
Shuruq is the Recipient of the 2019 Han Nefkens Foundation – Fundació Antoni Tàpies Video Art Production Award.
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MCAD’s Council of Advisor member and Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney, Alexie Glass-Kantor has been selected as the curator for Australia’s representation at the 59th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2021).
