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FRANK BOWLING AT TATE BRITAIN WITH HIS WORK IONA MIRIAM'S CHRISTMAS VISIT TO & FROM BRIGHTON, TATE PHOTOGRAPHY 2019 MATT GREENWOOD.JPG
ANIDA YOEU ALI AND WEI-LING GALLERY INSTALLATION VIEW, FRANK BOWLING AT TATE BRITAIN (31 MAY - 26 AUGUST 2019). TATE PHOTOGRAPHY, MATT GREENWOOD
A Bug’s Life
It’s your last chance to catch internationally acclaimed Khmer-
American artist Anida Yoeu Ali’s show The Buddhist Bug:
A Creation Mythology at the Wei-Ling Contemporary in Kuala
Lumpur. The multidisciplinary exhibition combines live performance,
photography, installations and video to explore her personal
experience of spiritual and cultural displacement, being a Muslim
Khmer woman born in Cambodia, which predominantly follows
the Buddhist faith, and raised in the U.S. The series sees her perform
as a bug on a journey through various landscapes, and as it travels,
the viewer sees it adapt to its surroundings, attempting to connect
with people it meets. “The project is a culmination of thematic
interests in hybridity, transcendence, and otherness,” Ali explains,
with the bug representing an in-between being that is constantly
searching for home.
When: Until 18 August
Where: Wei-Ling Contemporary, RT01, Sixth Floor, The Gardens Mall,
59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
weiling-gallery.com
Brush Strokes Of A Genius
The Tate Britain presents a huge retrospective of painter Frank
Bowling’s impressive 60-year career. Bowling, who was born in
Guyana (then British Guiana) in 1934, moved to London in his late
teens to study painting at the Royal College of Art, alongside the likes
of David Hockney and R.B. Kitaj. After graduating from the RCA with a
silver medal, Bowling’s career blossomed, and he became known for
his experimental style, which saw him push the boundaries of what
is possible with paint and a brush. Now, at the age of 85, Bowling
continues to paint every day and experiment with materials and
techniques. The Tate Britain offers the public a unique chance to view
Bowling’s creative output from the 1960s right through to the present
day. The show features many of his most iconic works, including his
‘map paintings’, ‘sculptural’ and ‘poured paintings’. It’s a breath-
taking show that has got to be seen to be believed.
When: Until 26 August
Where: Tate Britain, Millbank, Westminster,
London SW1P 4RG, United Kingdom
tate.org.uk
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