Yavuz Gallery is pleased to present And That Which Was Always Known, a group exhibition of six locally significant and internationally acclaimed artists living and working in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. On view from 29 March to 10 May 2015, the exhibition is curated by Roger Nelson, and features works from Chan Dany, Khvay Samnang, Phan Quang, Amy Lee Sanford, Thasnai Sethaseree, Yim Maline.

The exhibition and accompanying catalogue proposes a consideration of artistic practices that reflect the historical continuities, inherited legacies and accumulated pasts that underlie the contemporary, on both personal and collective levels. This view of artists’ work serves as a counterpoint to dominant narratives that emphasize the rapid transformations and cultural ruptures in Southeast Asia, with the effect of obscuring important continuities; or conversely that focus on ancient traditions, and thus tend to disavow the dynamism of cultures. In And That Which Was Always Known, it is the span of an artist’s lifetime that is taken as the defining temporality for understanding recent practices in the region. Encompassing painting, photography, video, documented performance and installation, the exhibition foregrounds the diversity of approaches by which artists make sense of their world.

The artists joining the exhibition are respected as leading figures in their local contexts, and all have also exhibited in prestigious galleries, museums and biennales in Asia and internationally. These six artists are exhibiting at Yavuz Gallery for the first time in And That Which Was Always Known.

In conjunction with the exhibition, curator Roger Nelson will lead a tour of the exhibition on Saturday, 28 March 2015 from 4.30-5pm.

The opening reception in the presence of the artists and curator will be held on Saturday, 28 March 2015 from 5-7pm at Yavuz Gallery, Singapore.

To RSVP, please email [email protected] or call +65 6734 3262.