Topic Archives: Art and the community

On Friday 18 May 2012, Asia Art Archive once again held their Open Platform programme. Two of the groups discussed art and its role in negotiating public spaces, but with very different approaches.

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Lado Sarai, one of India’s newest gallery districts, is holding nine exhibition openings in one night on 5 April 2012, an event certain to attract art professionals and enthusiasts alike.

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Pakistan has seen a wave of interest in its contemporary artists. Some critics remain sceptical about this popularity, however. Is the Pakistani art industry is still immature?

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The first Kosmopolite Art Tour event to be held in Asia took place in Jakarta, a thriving Southeast Asian hub for graffiti art, in December 2011. Art Radar talks to co-founder Kongo.

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Art Radar interviews Rijin Sahakian on the functions of Echo, a non-profit organisation formed in 2011 to support the growth of contemporary visual art in Iraq and its diaspora.

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The Miami Herald questioned six art professionals on their views on global art trends. We summarise the main points from the article and supplement them with thoughts of our own.

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Tenzing Rigdol, a Tibetan contemporary artist, transported 20,000 kilograms of Tibetan soil to Dharamsala, India, for Our Land, Our People, a site-specific installation piece.

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ArtsHub recently named Australia’s top six arts philanthropists, individuals who made a difference by supporting the Australian arts scene.

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In his November 2011 BorneoPost online article, writer Ghaz Ghazali explores Taipei and thrusts the city’s public art into the limelight.

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HelpersUnite is the first platform to combine fundraising for creative and business ventures with charitable giving and online event ticketing. Art Radar takes a closer look.

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Art Radar looks at the history and development of the Wan Chai Visual Archive, a non-profit, community-focussed, short-term art space in Hong Kong.

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In a recent Time Out Hong Kong interview, Lord Norman Foster talks about his plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District, the biggest cultural project in the region.

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In the lead up to the 2011 “Sowing Seeds” artist workshop, organiser Vagaram Choudhary tells us what influence previous editions have had on the rural Indian villages visited.

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Does the traditional art review need to reach audiences beyond art world boundaries? Is there a place for art reviewing in mass media? Art blog Hyperallergic questions.

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HONG KONG ART SCENE NONPROFIT SECTOR As Hong Kong’s commercial sector continues to grow in leaps and bounds, has the city’s independent art scene been forgotten? A critical report from the Wall Street Journal marks 2010 as a year in … Continue reading →

Art in the Philippines never sounded so good. When you hear the word “Yum” you usually think of food. But a Filipino fast food chain seems to have a different kind of “Yum” in mind. Launched in October this year, the Jollibee Yumbassadors is an effort of Jollibee Foods Corporation to give back to the food loving Filipino community by means of youth empowerment emphasising Filipino individuality. And with the inclusion of Nasser Lubay in the Yumbassador roster of nine, it seems that the company views contemporary artists as particularly inspirational. Continue reading →

Collaboration with communities has been an ongoing significance in Wu Mali’s works for a decade now. As she explains, dealing with socially-engaged practice through art presents a learning experience of its own. In an interview with Asia Art Archive which we summarise, Wu explains her work and why she thinks community collaboration is so important for art practice.

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