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Published! Interview with Tom Tandio on CoBo

02-03-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published

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CoBo has just published my interview with Indonesian collector Tom Tandio: “Is life about discovering oneself, or is it more about building oneself? If there is an activity which can respond to the evergreen nature/nurture question, that is art collecting.

In the process of grappling with their own identity through art, the best collectors understand that acquiring art is not simply an individualistic pursuit. It is rather about becoming part of an artistic ecosystem, which they can help nurture. Indonesian collector Tom Tandio exemplifies this attitude, modelling an ethic which makes the entire system grow.”

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Fyerool Darma on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

23-02-2017

English, Interview, Published, Singapore

My interview with Singaporean artist Fyerool Darma has just been published on CoBo Social. Fyerool works with the forgotten histories of Singapore, drawing from its Malay past. We have recently seen his work at Art Stage Singapore, at the art center Objectifs and in the Singapore Biennale.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Jim Allen Abel on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

12-02-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published, Singapore

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CoBo Social has published my interview with Indonesian artist and member of MES56 Jim Allen Abel, also known as Jimbo. I interviewed him in Singapore during Art Stage 2017 and he shared about his background and art practice.

Here’s the link to the piece

Published! Review of Art Stage 2017 on D_Railed

By: Naima Morelli

07-02-2017

Published, Review, Singapore, Visit

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D_Railed Magazine has just published my review of Art Stage Singapore 2017. In this piece I engage in a different set of reflection compared to the ones I explored in my previous article for CoBo, where I specifically looked at the decreased participation of foreign galleries to the fair this year. The final observation is the same though: Art Stage, just like many other art fairs all over the world, is becoming more and more region-based.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Foreign galleries at Art Stage 2017 on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

23-01-2017

Australia, English, Essay, France, Italy, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore

Asian webmagazine and collectors’ platform CoBo has just published my report from Art Stage Singapore 2017 titled “Why Having Less International Galleries at Art Stage Singapore 2017 was Actually a Good Thing”.

As the title suggests, I see the tendency to develop a “glocality” in the art market as generally positive – giving character to art fairs which would otherwise be all lookalikes. The regional features of Art Stage 2017 are far from being a directed by the organizer of Art Stage; it all depended from a series of circumstances that modified the Asian art ecosystem.

I spoke with the present and absent galleries to explain what happened.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Jeremy Sharma on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

17-01-2017

English, Interview, Italy, Published, Reportage, Singapore

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Cobo has just published my interview with Singaporean artist Jeremy Sharma, titled: “Artists As The Arbiter of Knowledge in The Information Era”.

We did the interview in Rome, in a cafè near Via di Ripetta, after a bit of walking around that side of the Eternal City, and talked about his residency at the Stelva Foundation, in Desenzano del Garda, and his art practice in general.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Elizabeth Pisani on Escape

By: Naima Morelli

16-01-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published

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As I’m running around Singapore collecting interviews, attending vernissages and getting lost in shopping malls, Escape – the Sunday magazine of the Times of Malta – has just published my interview with Elizabeth Pisani author of the travelogue “Indonesia etc.” (the Italian version was published here).

Here is the link for the interview

Published! Interview with Ari Bayuaji on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

06-01-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published

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First published article for 2017 – and what better way to kick off the year than an interview with Montreal-based Indonesian artist Ari Bayuaji – for the webmagazine CoBo!

Here’s the link to the interview

Interview with Khalil Rabah for Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

27-12-2016

English, Interview, Middle East, Published

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It should written of the information leaflet, like the one you find in medicine boxes: long term exposure to contemporary art changes your way of thinking. It gives you a complexity of thinking and variety of perspective on issues, which is extremely important. For example, the work of Palestinian artists Khalil Rabah – especially his “Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind” is one that urges people re-consider reality in other terms – especially because here the boundaries between artwork and actual history-making institution are really thin. It was a privilege to have the chance to interview him for Middle East Monitor, after having seen his work at MACRO Museum in Rome.

Here’s the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Elizabeth Pisani on Art a Part of Culture

By: Naima Morelli

11-12-2016

English, Indonesia, Italiano, News, Published

Little post to say that Art a part of Cult(ure) – the Rome-based art web magazine I have been writing for since 2010 – has just published the Italian version of my interview with the one and only Elizabeth Pisani, badass adventurer and epidemiologist (that’s right!), trawling around Indonesia to write the tome “Indonesia Etc.” The interview happened thanks to the mediation of another wonderful kickass gal, Ilaria Benini from the publishing house ADD Editore – you might want to google her to check the work she has done in Myanmar as well.

Here is the link to the interview

Also, another set of considerations, since this morning I feel talkative. What would you do in life if you hadn’t any obligation or responsibility? This is a recurrent topic I have been discussing with my friends and my ninjas lately. In my case, I had no doubt: I would keep doing exactly what I’m doing right now; I believe that this job I have created for myself is perhaps the coolest.

The contemporary art world can be a tricky one. Sometimes it can feel like you are working for something that has no meaning and is quite superficial (this is from a chat with another contemporary art super-villain friend of mine, who is in an existential crisis right now). For me, this feeling disappears when I met people like Elizabeth Pisani, who are of course not about contemporary art, but about the taste for adventure, learning, knowledge.

Published! Alexander Barkovsky on ENECAA

By: Naima Morelli

07-12-2016

Central Asia, English, Essay, Published, Research

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My essay on the work of Uzbek artist Alexander Barkovsky has just been published by ENECAA, an online platform for researching, collecting and advising about Central Asian art.

I feel the work of Alexandr Barkovskiy is a great visual paradigm for whoever seeks to understand the contemporary cultural scene in Uzbekistan and Central Asia at large. Having recently exhibited at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and Gallery Andakulovoy in Dubai, this 37-year-old artist encapsulates the key cultural transformations Uzbekistan has been undergoing in recent years.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Indo Pop Painting on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

13-11-2016

English, Essay, Indonesia, Published

Indo Pop Painting draws influences from comics and graffiti. In this essay for the Hong Kong-based webmagazine CoBo I analyze a style that goes beyond a simple market trend. From the “fathers” of the style, such as Eddie Hara, Heri Dono and Agung Kurniawan, to the “older brothers” Uji ‘Hahan’ Handoko and Eko Nugroho, and the plethora of younger 20-something artists, Indo Pop is here to stay.

Here is the link to the article

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Published! Interview with Tom Tandio on CoBo

Published! Interview with Fyerool Darma on Cobo

Published! Interview with Jim Allen Abel on Cobo

Published! Review of Art Stage 2017 on D_Railed

Published! Interview with Jeremy Sharma on CoBo

Published! Interview with Elizabeth Pisani on Escape

Published! Interview with Ari Bayuaji on CoBo

Interview with Khalil Rabah for Middle East Monitor

Published! Interview with Elizabeth Pisani on Art a Part of Culture

Published! Alexander Barkovsky on ENECAA

Published! Indo Pop Painting on Cobo

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