Archives for January 2022

Published! Gerald Leow’s Perpetual Motion on Plural Art Mag

31-01-2022

English, Interview, Published, Singapore, Singapore Series

Can machines create value? And do objects have meaning if there are no humans around to experience them?

These are the questions that Singapore artist Gerald Leow has been grappling with in the past few months. If you’re based in Singapore, you might have seen his latest work while walking by Marina Bay Sands. Called Perpetual Motion, it’s a series of column-like sculptures with reflective surfaces that appear to be in constant dialogue with the skyscrapers on the bay.

I have to say that Gerald is one of my favourite Singaporean artists, and I have been following his work since 2015. Plural Art Mag has just published my article on his new exhibit:

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Ramallah Art Fair for MEE

By: Naima Morelli

27-01-2022

Essay, Middle East, News, Published

Starting Palestine’s first ever art fair during a global pandemic may seem a daunting proposition, but for Ziad Anani and Yusef Hussein, of the Zawyeh Art Gallery, it was a much needed way to bring Palestinians together in testing times.

I reported and wrote the story for Middle East Eye.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Interview with Hani Zurob on MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

26-01-2022

English, Interview, Middle East, Published

My latest piece for Middle East Monitor explores the work of Paris-based Gaza-born artist Hani Zurob.

In his latest series, “ZeftTime” the artist uses tar and broken glass to harrowing effect, as a metaphor for a shattered society. The works seems to suggest that amid tragedy there is no time to think and make up a narrative around what is happening; there is only the absolute presence of the emergency.

“This is the law of time,” Zurob points out. “Every passing moment is a new opportunity for a complete change.”

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Interview with Nada Harib for Al-Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

24-01-2022

English, Essay, Libya, Research

Al-Monitor has just published my interview with Libyan photographer and photojournalist Nada Harib. Her work is all about hope in the face of adversity and beauty in the midst of pain.

With her photographs widely exhibited in and outside Libya, from the Institut du Monde Arabe in France to the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, Harib’s work tells stories that have been forgotten or repressed during her country’s many turbulent phases.

It’s another step for me and Al-Monitor’s readers to learn more about the culture and humanity of Libya, beyond the news reports.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! June Yadana Bellamy for Plural Art Mag

By: Naima Morelli

10-01-2022

Burma, English, Essay, Italy

If you have any degree of familiarity with the history of politics and royalty in Burma, you will definitely know June Yadana as the daughter of the princess Ma Lat – the direct descendent of the last King of Burma – who later became the wife of the dictator Ne Win.

What is less known is June’s turbulent life across Europe and Asia, where she traversed the most significant moments at the turn of the twentieth century, always animated by a relentless spirit.

I have written about her for Plural Art Mag.

Here is the link to the piece

Naima Morelli

Published! Gerald Leow’s Perpetual Motion on Plural Art Mag

Published! Ramallah Art Fair for MEE

Published! Interview with Hani Zurob on MEMO

Published! Interview with Nada Harib for Al-Monitor

Published! June Yadana Bellamy for Plural Art Mag

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