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Melati Suryodarmo

MELATI SURYODARMO

Unpacked ShanghART 8 March 2010 Singapore
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ShanghART Singapore is pleased to present, Unpacked, a solo exhibition by internationally-renowned performance artist Melati Suryodarmo. Curated by independent curator Kimberly Shen, the exhibition unfolds through two performance lectures in a series of poetic actions and provocations, the artist unpacks from a suitcase dispatched from her home in Germany, the objects, relics, and fragments of her past performances. The gallery space evolves through the performance lectures and is embodied by these objects, in a reconciliation of love, delusion, tragedy, and the human condition.

About the Artist

Melati Suryodarmo (b. 1969, Solo, Indonesia) graduated from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunscheweig, Germany under the tutelage of Marina Abramović and Anzu Furukawa with a Meisterschüler qualification in Performance Art. Her practice is informed by Butoh, dance and history, among others. Her work is the result of ongoing research in the movements of the body and its relationship to the self and the world. These are enshrined in photography, translated into choreographed dances, enacted in video or executed in live performances.

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When ShanghArt Gallery opened its doors in Shanghai in 1996, it was one of the first contemporary art galleries in China. Today, the gallery operates from two spaces in the city (West Bund and Putuo District), with additional locations in Beijing and Singapore.

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Singapore 9 Lock Road, 02–22, Gillman Barracks
ShanghART contemporary art gallery in Singapore
ShanghART
9 Lock Road, 02–22, Gillman Barracks, Singapore, Singapore
+65 673 495 37
http://www.shanghartgallery.com

Opening hours
Wednesday – Sunday
11am – 7pm
Closed on Monday, Tuesday and Public Holidays
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