Gajah Gallery is proud to present, INTERSECTIONS, a premier 2-part cross-cultural exhibition between selected Southeast Asian contemporary artists and five distinctive Cuban artists who have mainly exhibited in the West. The exhibition will subsequently travel to Singapore for exhibit at Gajah Gallery from 29 Nov – 14 Dec 2014.
Besides offering a rare insight into the intellectual discourse of contemporary art between these two factions of artists, the exhibition also reveals surprising connections between Southeast Asian and Latin American culture. The juxtaposition of artworks coming from dissimilar geographic locations creates a distinctive dialogue through the exploration of creative cultural processes. The show additionally examines the social, cultural and political locales by utilizing the global languages and concepts of contemporary art.
The collective of five Cuban artists’ that include renowned artist Yoan Capote, his brother Ivan Capote, multidisciplinary artists’ Douglas Arguelles and Adonis Flores, and Europe-based Cuban artist Maykel Linares, constitute the Cuban dialogue of the exhibition. The Southeast Asia selection which comprises of leading contemporary Indonesian artists; Yunizar, Handiwirman Saputra, Jumaldi Alfi, Yusra Martunus, Ugo Untoro & Putu Sutawijaya, along with acclaimed Malaysian artist Ahmad Zakii Anwar complements the other part of the exhibition.