End of Year Round-Up

Segaris Art Centre, Gajah Gallery, TKG+, A+ Works of Art, and Art Jakarta
by Alana Malika

Fadilah Karim, ‘Terrible Two’, 2020, oil on linen, 183 x152cm. Image courtesy of Segaris Art Centre.

A DECADE: Fadilah Karim 2010 – 2020
This month, Segaris Art Centre presents ‘A DECADE: Fadilah Karim 2010 - 2020,’ by prolific Malaysian artist, Fadilah Karim. With 50 artworks on exhibit and an additional 90 in her catalogue raisonné, Karim reflects on her artistic journey while simultaneously painting an autobiographical narrative of her adulthood. Intimate in nature, Karim’s muted realism illustrates the timeline of her life this past decade as she reflects on her embrace of maturity, marriage, and motherhood. The artist’s candid snapshots are antithetical to the posed and edited feeds defining the Instagram era, while simultaneously capturing familiar, mundane moments.

Segaris Art Centre, 14 December 2020 to 3 January 2021.

Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, ‘Tarot, Operation Bangkok’, 2014, marker pen on paper, watercolor, acrylic, post-it flags, photocopied Bangkok map, 118 x 84cm. Image courtesy of A+ Works of Art.

Roslisham Ismail aka Ise Solo Exhibition: Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan
During Ise’s travels to Germany in 2016, the artist noted the similarities between art and arithmetics, in that many different actions can lead to the same results. “Painters 100 years ago also went to the market to buy vegetables and put them in a still life painting,” the artist explains in an interview. “For me, it was the same. I went to the market and put the food on display. It’s just another way of working.” A+ Works of Arts presents ‘Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan’, Ise’s final collection before his untimely passing. His addition of vibrant post-it notes to his integration of multiple media such as maps and caricature, capture Ise’s distinct way of synthesizing mundane life and its contents into his art process.

A+ WORKS of ART, 17 December 2020 to 9 January 2021.

Kayleigh Goh, ‘Cave Dive’, 2020, glass lens, city debris, cement on ceramic, 10 x 30 x 2cm (triptych). Image courtesy of Gajah Gallery.

Soft Whispers of the City: A Digital Solo Exhibition by Kayleigh Goh
Malaysian artist Kayleigh Goh engages in the reconsideration of place through sense perception in an online showcase by Gajah Gallery. Goh explores a perspective of her surroundings that decentres herself and humanity. She emphasises the natural form of organic objects from the city, such as rocks, by juxtaposing it against minimalist architectural mediums, such as cement. In this four-part series, the artist depicts her spatial introspections during the transitional time of her postgraduate studies in Melbourne. ‘Soft Whispers of the City’ illustrates Goh’s journey back home by submerging herself into the interconnectedness of nature.

Gajah Gallery, 10 December 2020 to 30 January 2021.

Installation view of ‘The King and I’ by Mit Jai Inn. Image courtesy of TKG+.

The King and I — Mit Jai Inn Solo Exhibition
In his most recent solo exhibition, ‘The King and I,’ Mit Jai Inn continues the saga of King Rama X. Mit overlays each painting and sculpture in a veneer of metallic tones as a caustic tribute to the Thai monarchy. In the ‘Neuron’ series, Mit opted to “embalm” his sculptures in silver tones, a reference to ancient royal mummification processes. Meanwhile, the ‘Psychedelic’ series is a form of escapism from the shackles of capitalism and the uncertainty of Thailand’s future. The artist uses unnatural tones and scrapped lines to conjure the spirit of the 70s and 90s. He used psychedelic aesthetics to draw a comparison between the anti-establishment hippies and the pro-democracy student activists of today.

 TKG+, 5 December 2020 to 30 January 2021.

Christina Phan, Sal Project, ‘Melaut’, 2019, print on five tracing papers, framed, 120 x 80cm,. Image courtesy of Art Jakarta.

OPPO Art Jakarta Virtual 2020 Second Edition
OPPO Art Jakarta Virtual 2020 has extended its fair to 2021! The virtual art fair, which began in October 2020, garnered 30,000 visitors perusing more than 800 artworks in their first month. In addition to their online exhibition featuring 400 new artworks each month from 38 galleries, this second edition will include a programme of art talks, artist's studio visits, collectors’ visits, and more. OPPO will be collaborating with ten Indonesian artists in a digital exhibition space, OPPO FindArt, to raise money for beneficiary artist community funds.

Art Jakarta, 16 December 2020 to 15 February 2021.