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HIRAKI SAWA b.1977 Ishikawa, Japan Lives and works in London, United Kingdom Hiraki Sawa’s video animations are subtle reflections on ideas of time and motion, travel and mobility, displacement and dislocation. Having lived between London and Japan for many years, cultural mobility has formed a key reference for his work. An ongoing strand of Sawa’s work has been the nature of fantasy, and his narrative sequences are often about journeying into real, subconscious or imagined worlds. Sawa has recently expanded his practice to include elaborate multi-screen installations, such as Hako 2007, which features six screens depicting coastal areas in Japan and the United Kingdom. This focus on the natural world acts as a vehicle for his interest in transformation while moving beyond the contained interiors of earlier works, and enables multiple narratives and perspectives. For APT6, Sawa will produce a new multi-channel video work responding to aspects of the Australian landscape. Exhibitions (solo): Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK, 2007; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2006. Exhibitions (group): Media City Seoul Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea, 2006; Yokohama Triennale, Japan, 2005; Biennial of Valencia, Spain, 2005. SHIRANA SHAHBAZI b.1974 Tehran, Iran Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland Trained in photography and design in Germany and Switzerland, Shirana Shahbazi has extended her grounding in photography to produce work that is architectural in scale. Described as an artist who challenges expectations, Shahbazi works across disciplines (photography, billboard painting, mural painting and weaving) and genre (portraiture, still life and landscape) while drawing on the great cultural traditions of her native Iran as well as those of Europe. She is best known for her large-scale wall-based tableaux, which combine paintings, photographs and murals and use the skills of Iranian billboard painters. These vast collages contemplate the rich iconographies and histories that inform her choice of imagery. A key source is vanitas painting — a genre of still life produced in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which often included skulls and timepieces to remind viewers of the transience and brevity of life. Shahbazi juxtaposes such imagery with other still-life traditions, such as the flowers and birds of illuminated manuscripts, which reflect the centuries-old exchange of images and ideas between Persia, Mughal India, Europe and China. For APT6, Shirana Shahbazi will present a major suite of works in the Long Gallery of the Gallery of Modern Art. Exhibitions (solo): Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK, 2007; Swiss Institute, New York, USA, 2007; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005. Exhibitions (group): Sharjah Biennial, UAE, 2005; 50th Biennale of Venice, Italy, 2003. SHOOSHIE SULAIMAN b.1973 Muar, Johor, Malaysia Lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Susyilawati (Shooshie) Sulaiman’s installations, drawings, books and collages combine an interest in language, history and memory with a desire for personal communication and expression. Her works constitute a kind of archive, infusing the social and artistic histories of Malaysia with her own responses and experiences. Sulaiman’s work in the ‘documenta 12’ exhibition in Germany in 2007, for example, comprised two small books that included notes, images and collaged elements, which were ‘performed’ by the artist as one-on-one readings and discussions with gallery visitors. Her recent body of work, to be presented at APT6, will feature an evocative wooden room filled with a series of photographic collages. Created from discarded family portraits that the artist collected in Kuala Lumpur and Melaka (Malacca), the collages include texts, drawings and flower petals, investing the artist’s own imaginary set of relationships and narratives into the photographs. Exhibitions (group): ‘The Independence Project’, Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia, 2007–08; ‘documenta 12’, Kassel, Germany, 2007; ‘Wahana’, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2003.
THUKRAL AND TAGRA Jiten Thukral b.1976 Jalandhar, Punjab, India Sumir Tagra b.1979 New Delhi, India Live and work in Gurgaon, Haryana, India Thukral and Tagra have been working collaboratively since 2000. Their multimedia practice reflects the dynamism and ambition of India’s rapidly growing economy, while commenting upon consumer culture and social aspirations. Encompassing painting, sculpture, installation and video, as well as fashion and product design, interior design and graphics, the work of these versatile artists is characterised by exuberant colour, elaborate imagery and wicked humour, blurring the boundaries between advertising, branding, retail and art. For APT6, Thukral and Tagra will create an installation that brings together their varied work in art and design. The work is conceived around the dreams of young people in India, in particular the Punjabi people of the country’s north, dreams that involve emigrating to other countries, often at great cost to themselves and their families. Thukral and Tagra’s work will explore the tension between aspiration and reality through a highly constructed domestic space, featuring paintings, sculpture, video and consumer objects. Exhibitions (solo): Nature Morte, Berlin, Germany, 2009; Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, Australia, 2008; Bose Pacia, New York, USA, 2007; Nature Morte, New Delhi, India, 2007. Exhibitions (group): ‘Chalo! India’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2008. www.thukralandtagra.com CHARWEI TSAI b.1980 Taipei, Taiwan Lives and works in Paris, France; New York, United States; and Taipei, Taiwan Charwei Tsai’s practice draws on an interest in calligraphy and her study of Buddhism, in particular the ideas of transience and impermanence that are at the heart of Buddhist philosophy. For APT6 Charwei Tsai will present her ‘Mushroom mantra’ working with the monks from the Chung Tian Temple in Brisbane. This work will use the prajnaparamita or Heart Sutra, a central Buddhist text that describes the concept of emptiness, and the transient relationship between the individual and the universe. Tsai also applies her texts to lotus leaves, tofu and other organic matter, covering the objects with calligraphy to create richly textured surfaces. Over time the object changes form and gradually decomposes, reiterating the ideas of impermanence and change which are pivotal to her work. Tsai’s choice of materials reflects the location in which her work is made; the materials create direct and intimate connections with the viewer, and the writing of the texts upon them is incorporated into the works as a form of performance. Exhibitions (solo): Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, China, 2009; Gallery Sora, Tokyo, Japan, 2008. Exhibitions (group): ‘Traces du Sacrê’, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 2008; Singapore Biennale, 2006. www.charwei.com
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