Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative - South and Southeast Asia
No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia
February 22 – May 22, 2013, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
The first exhibition in the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative features work by 22 artists and collectives representing some of the most compelling and innovative voices in South and Southeast Asia today. Curated by June Yap, Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, South and Southeast Asia, No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia focuses on artistic practices in locales including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. More
Programs
| Date | Program Type / Description | Venue | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/12/13 |
TourCurator’s Eye Tour with June Yap |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 02/23/13 - 05/22/13 |
Film ProgramExhibition Films |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/17/13 |
Film ProgramCentury of Birthing (Siglo ng pagluluwal) |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/10/13 |
Film ProgramCentury of Birthing (Siglo ng pagluluwal) |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/03/13 |
Film ProgramCentury of Birthing (Siglo ng pagluluwal) |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/20/13 |
WorkshopWorkshop for Educators with Artist Khadim Ali |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with RSVP, $5 at door |
| 04/18/13 |
SymposiaDay 2: No Country: Regarding South and Southeast Asia |
Queens Museum of Art |
Free with RSVP, $5 at door |
| 04/16/13 |
SymposiaDay 1: No Country: Regarding South and Southeast Asia |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with RSVP, $5 at door |
| 04/16/13 |
Screening/TalkDoghole, Wong Hoy Cheong |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with RSVP, $5 at door |
| 04/05/13 |
Screening/TalkKabuli Kid, Barmak Akram |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with RSVP, $5 at door |
| 04/26/13 |
Film ProgramStories from Southeast Asia |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/19/13 |
Film ProgramStories from Southeast Asia |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/12/13 |
Film ProgramStories from Southeast Asia |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/05/13 |
Film ProgramStories from Southeast Asia |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/05/13 |
TourConservator’s Eye Tour with Joanna Phillips |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/29/13 |
Film ProgramHistory of Histories: Afghan Films 1960 to Present: Introduced by Mariam Ghani and Leeza Ahmady |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/22/13 |
Film ProgramHistory of Histories: Afghan Films 1960 to Present |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/15/13 |
Film ProgramHistory of Histories: Afghan Films 1960 to Present |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/19/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/12/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/05/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/28/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/21/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/14/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/07/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/31/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/24/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/17/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/10/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/03/13 |
Family ProgramOpen Studio |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/19/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/12/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 05/05/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/28/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/21/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/14/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 04/07/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/31/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/24/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/17/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/10/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
| 03/03/13 |
Family ProgramJust Drop In! |
Guggenheim Museum |
Free with admission |
About the Region
“Curating South Asia” by Iftikhar Dadi
“Southeast Asia: Art History, Art Today” by Patrick D. Flores
Artworks
Perspectives
Samplings from the Zhadhya Archive Centre
This series, produced in close collaboration with the staff of the Zhadhya Archive Centre, features selections from the institution’s recent acquisitions.
Karachi Pop: Vernacular Visualities in 1990s Karachi
I want to introduce two bodies of work produced by a group of four artists—Durriya Kazi, David Alesworth, Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi—in 1990s Karachi. These works are exemplary of these artists’ explorations of the popular and the everyday.
Miniature Painting in Pakistan: Divergences Between Traditional and Contemporary Practice
Despite its strong association with the modern nation of Pakistan, the genre of contemporary miniature painting belongs to a larger history of Indian art.
Beyond the Commodity Fetish: Art and the Public Sphere in India
Rather than conduct a general survey of contemporary Indian art, I would like to draw attention to two major and formative histories of artistic production and the creation of an infrastructure of cultural knowledge in postcolonial India.
Dinh Q. Lê in conversation with Zoe Butt
“Over the years, Dinh, we’ve spoken a lot about your interest in history—particularly the complicated story of Vietnam—and about your fascination with objects and images that have become infused with hidden narratives.”
Reading Spaces, Spaces for Reading
In Singapore, between the freshly designated arts and museum district in Bras Basah and that bastion of colonial hospitality known as the Raffles Hotel, sits a remarkable work of architecture, the Central Library.
Bombay from the Ground Up, Performance Included
As a curator new to Mumbai, I found the metropolis thriving, fascinating—and sometimes maddening. There is a tight-knit contemporary art community in the city that has become accustomed to international curators swooping in and out like the ubiquitous Bombay crows.
One Size Fits All; or, Whose Public Space?
In 1997, addressing the idea of “contemporary Vietnamese art,” artist Truong Tan designed a T-shirt featuring a drawing of a seated male nude headed “Bao Ton My Thuat” (Defend Beautiful Art).
The Story of Myanmar Documentary Film
December 1974: I am ten years old. Rangoon’s roads and streets are almost empty of cars and pedestrians, but the chants of protestors sound in the distance. Eventually, rows of angry students appear, led by a young man in a white shirt, white long pants, and white canvas shoes.
Publics, Intellectuals, and Singapore
Beng-Huat Chua, an esteemed sociologist, once told me about the two-jumbo-jet theory of Singapore. This was several years ago, and he was half-joking or perhaps entirely joking (I’m not even sure he remembers the exchange).
Street Art in Indonesian Social and Political Life
Some people pass in front of a building. Architecturally, there is nothing special about the place, but in the eyes of photographer Cas Oorthuys, its walls frame a significant moment of struggle in the life of his country.
Laughter, Boos, and Silence: Duto Hardono in Conversation with Roger McDonald
In this interview, conducted in August 2012, curator and lecturer Roger McDonald talks to Indonesian sound artist Duto Hardono in Shinjuku, the high-rise shopping hub of Tokyo.
Decentralizing the Bangkok-centric Art Scene
Lacking a clear ethos and preoccupied with Bangkok, it took 40 years from the establishment of Thailand's first art school in the 1940s for related facilities to appear in Bangkok and other regional centers.
Wild Place
The descent begins. Sit on the right. The edge of the island is an endless, nondescript line on the horizon. The name Borneo however, colors that line with a sense of expectation and—if you know the place well enough—those inseparable partners, love and despair.
Rural Life in Myanmar
Myanmar has a landmass of 261,789 square miles and a population of 60 million people divided into over 130 ethnic races. 80 percent of its people are Buddhist and three-quarters of them live in rural areas.
Australia/Asia
In Australia, there's been a lot of talk recently about the Asian Century—again. Every day, issues emerge that testify to the crucial importance of the country's relationship with Asia.
Southeast Asia: Art History, Art Today
Consider the complexity of the category “Southeast Asia” as a kind of theater. On one level, it is a stage on which a great tradition is idealized, the spectacle of a storied past juxtaposed with the speed and density of current urban life.
Curating South Asia
At its best, curating is an intellectual and social passion, but it is also a “profession,” in the sense that any successful curatorial intervention requires interaction with physical and mental ecologies and infrastructures.
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RT @AsiaSociety Guggenheim's 'No Country' Exhibit Bound for Asia Society Hong Kong in Fall http://t.co/ay4r0sLxBW | #GuggUBSMAP
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Learn more about Truong Tan and his work that examines Vietnamese identity and gender stereotypes: http://t.co/oiuq3TXtk7 #GuggUBSMAP
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Vietnamese artist Truong Tan was here to install his work "What Do We Want," on view now in No Country: http://t.co/TBdOx73RrF #GuggUBSMAP
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@QueensMuseum The works in our #GuggUBSMAP exhibition all examine the geopolitics of South & Southeast Asia #EduTues
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For #EduTues we're pleased to share the new curriculum guide for our #GuggUBSMAP No Country exhibition: http://t.co/ki0EiyxVjc
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Our youth on their exclusive @Guggenheim tour http://t.co/PaQyYFQ16t #GuggUBSMAP http://t.co/w8FHWYzuXr
25 Feb -
Today 25 of our #afterschool participants are getting tours of the @Guggenheim, through our partnership with @UBS, as part of #GuggUBSMAP!
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