Singapore | Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Stephanie Fong on CoBo

26-04-2018

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Visit

To Stephanie Fong, founder and director of FOST Gallery in Singapore, the job of a gallerist is not just about selling the art, but rather providing an experience. With an uncontainable passion for culture, as well as an eye for the evolving trends worldwide, Stephanie has become a point of reference in the Lion City’s art scene.

I had the pleasure of talking with Stephanie for CoBo Social during my last visit to Singapore a couple of months ago, and I found he combination of strenght and grace – in both her personality and in the way she runs her business – incredibly inspiring:

“Why are you doing this?” She laughed and replied almost immediately: “I think at the core of it it’s what I’m meant to do. Now looking back at my journey, it all made sense, even though I hadn’t really planned it that way. Maybe it has been all about faith.”

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Delere Press on Culture360

By: Naima Morelli

18-01-2018

English, Interview, News, Published, Research, Singapore

DelerePress

Culture is a gift to share. Driven by this ethos Yanyun Chen and Jeremy Fernando founded in Singapore the publishing house Delere Press, which marries art and literature. I have interviewed both of them for Culture 360, the webmagazine of the Asia-Europe Foundation.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Curators bridging Asia and Europe on Culture360

By: Naima Morelli

16-01-2018

Europe, Europe, France, Germany, Indonesia, Interview, Italy, Japan, News, Published, Thailand

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Culture360 – the webmagazine of the Asia-Europe Foundation – has just published my piece on independent curators bridging Asia and Europe (and also other parts of the world) through contemporary art.

I have met these three incredible women in several occasions; they are doing a very important and necessary work, filling gaps in understanding across cultures. Their practice and professional rigour inspires me greatly.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Interview with Gerald Leow on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

12-01-2018

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Review, Singapore

CoBo Social has just published an interview with one of my favorite Singaporean artists, Gerald Leow. We did the interview this past June, at the time he exhibited his latest series “I am Time Grown Old To Destroy the World” at Chan+Hori gallery in Singapore.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Collecting art in Cambodia on Art Republik

By: Naima Morelli

19-12-2017

Cambodia, English, Essay, News, Published, Research

collectingcambodia

Art Republik Issue 17 is just out. You will find there my article on collectorship in Cambodia, where I have interviewed curator Reaksmey Yean, dancer and collector Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and artist Sophal Neak, discussing the concept on building an art collection in a country where the art infrastructure is still absent.

Here is the link to the pdf version of the piece

Published! Interview with Ho Tzu Nyen on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

13-10-2017

English, Interview, Published, Research, Singapore

HoTzuNyen

Singaporean artist Ho Tzu Nyen has a new show at the Berlin gallery Michael Janssen, called No Man II. In this interview for CoBo, I spoke with him about his process, his conception of his characters as empty shells, and his love for books. Ho Tzu Nyen’s work and ideas are endlessly fascinating for me.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Bureaucracy and Singaporean artists on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

10-10-2017

English, Essay, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Visit

Bureaucracy

CoBo has just published my new piece titled “5 Singaporean artists working with the theme of Bureaucracy”. Researching the Singaporean art system and the artists’ practice, I noticed the emergence of this set of preoccupations with organisation, repetition, boredom, archiving, censorship, procedures, rules – which definitely dismantles the romantic idea of the artist as we conceived it. Bureaucracy is so pervasive in society such as the Singaporean one, that becomes not only a conditio sine qua non for art to be happening, but also a subject in itself to reflect on. This article features artists Jack Tan, Terry Wee, Zihan Loo, Lim Tzay-Chuen and Lai Yu Tong.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Epic Arts Cambodia on Art Republik

By: Naima Morelli

29-09-2017

Cambodia, English, Interview, News, Published, Research

epic arts

Third collaboration with the magazine Art Republik, which has just published my article on Epic Arts Cambodia. This is an outstanding art space in Kampot empowering disabled individuals through art. For this piece I spoke with Epic Arts co-director Sokny Onn.

Here is the link to the pdf version of the article

Here is the link to Art Republik’s website

Published! Interview with Audrey Yeo on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

11-09-2017

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Visit

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CoBo has just published my interview with gallerist Audrey Yeo, director of Yeo Workshop in Singapore. I realized the interview a few months ago and it was greatly inspiring to talk with such an important igniter of the Singaporean art scene.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Possibilities for Singaporean artists in Indonesia on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

09-07-2017

English, Essay, Indonesia, Interview, Published, Research, Singapore

supernatural2

For the Hong Kong webmagazine and collectors’ platform CoBo I usually write about Indonesian and Singaporean artists, and the dynamics of their art systems. It goes without saying that the two art environments are highly connected. Sometimes an event or a show happens which remixes the way the two art systems interact, and that’s precisely what happened with the Super/Natural show in Yogyakarta, by Gajah Gallery.

In this piece I look at this pioneering operation, talking with the gallerist Jasdeep Sandhu and the two curators, trying to ponder what this show meant, and if it can have a legacy for the evolution of both the Singaporean and the Indonesian art systems.

Here’s the link to the piece

Published! Cambodia independent spaces on Art Republik

By: Naima Morelli

24-06-2017

Cambodia, English, Essay, Interview, Published, Research

cambodiaspaces
In freelance writing there is a time to sow and a time to harvest. In the past couple of months I have written a few articles that have been published all in these last few days. It always a joy to see my words in print, so if you are around Singapore grab a copy of this month’s Art Republik.

You will find a piece on two very interesting art spaces in Phnom Penh, with my interviews to the fantastic Meta Moeng and Erin Gleeson, who are both greatly contributing in animating the local art scene.

Here’s the link to the pdf version of the piece

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

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Published! Delere Press on Culture360

Published! Curators bridging Asia and Europe on Culture360

Published! Collecting art in Cambodia on Art Republik

Published! Interview with Ho Tzu Nyen on CoBo

Published! Bureaucracy and Singaporean artists on CoBo

Published! Epic Arts Cambodia on Art Republik

Published! Interview with Audrey Yeo on CoBo

Published! Possibilities for Singaporean artists in Indonesia on CoBo

Published! Cambodia independent spaces on Art Republik

Published! Interview with Fyerool Darma on Cobo

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