Old Wave Brings Empty Shells

Published by: The Cross Art Projects | 28-Jan-2018
Minstrel Kuik is an artist whose conceptual approach leads her to work in two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. She lives in Kajang, Malaysia, and studied painting in Taiwan before studying photography in Arles, France. Her work is informed by the histories of oppositional and feminist politics in Southeast Asia.
Venue: The Cross Art Projects
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Date: 31 January to 17 February
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Minstrel Kuik is an artist whose conceptual approach leads her to work in two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. She lives in Kajang, Malaysia, and studied painting in Taiwan before studying photography in Arles, France. Her work is informed by the histories of oppositional and feminist politics in Southeast Asia.

In her exhibition, Minstrel is situating herself as an artist who feels the necessity to address the politics of the place where she lives and as a voter who is trying to understand how democracy in her country works.

About Minstrel Kuik

Minstrel Kuik has exhibited across the photographic world "“ notably at FotoFest, Houston; Photoquai, Musée du quai Branly, Paris; and at the Lishui Biennial Photography Festival in China. Recently, she has undertaken a residency with Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan and exhibited at Lumenvisum in Hong Kong and Sa Sa Bassac in Phnom Penh. In 2017 she was part of group shows "“ Our Studio Selvesat Artspace Ideas Platform in Sydney and Imagined Communities, Nationalism and Violence at Rubber Factory, New York. Minstrel is represented by Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur.

About Jasmin Stephens

Jasmin Stephens is a freelance curator who lives in Sydney. She has contributed to programming conducted by institutions and led by artists in Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. She teaches Visual and Museum Cultures of the Asia Pacific in the Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership at UNSW Art and Design and is curating Lucas Ihlein: Diagrammatic which opens at Deakin University Art Gallery in Melbourne in April.

Minstrel is in residence at The Cross Art Projects until Monday 5 February. If you would like to meet Minstrel please don't hesitate to contact Jasmin Stephens on Jasm.Step@gmail.com.

Minstrel's residency and exhibition is generously supported by a group of supporters associated with independent platform Contemporary Art and Feminism which has links to the Power Institute of Fine Arts at The University of Sydney, Sydney. Contemporary Art and Feminism supported Alex Martinis Roe's residency at The Cross Art Projects in 2016.

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