This year the show is much better. Last year was a bit disappointing. Not to say that Hilmi Johandi wasn't good but he was busy with other shows and didn't present his better works last year.
Anyway this year features:
1. Zhang FuMing. He has a good visual eye and understands the visual lanaguage well. He presented WoodCut Prints and Charcoal drawings. The woodcut prints were excellent. Not too detailed but just nice to give it a contemporary feel. Really good balanced composition which was not static but dynamic. His charcoal drawings could have been better. He draws well, the hands and feet in the drawings were very good anatomically.
2. Khin Thethtar Latt presented photographs and a video to complete the body of work. Was ok. Nothing fresh. Decent photos. Has to find something to set the works apart from the rest.
3. Wong Kel Win. This guy is good. Last year at the AAF, when I saw his small drawings, was kinda disappointed. He saw some social issues and used the drawings to present them. Was rather simple in delivery of the content. But this time he raised the bar. He expanded on it and produced three big 2.5x1.6 metre works, 6 looping gifs and a huge installation.
The three drawings used the same figures. But they were really excellently executed. Most artists lose their way with bigger format works, but not him. In fact these three works are really fresh and to me are the showstoppers.
But to most the showstopper was the installation. It brings his figures to life, be it only the lower half. And the use of the lion dance fabric allows the work to connect with most people, especially those not in the art world. So it draws people in.
And the Gifs are an interesting expansion to his works. Showing that he is a multi-faceted artist, fundamentally a good drawer, painter (not shown here but in other works), digital artist and installation artist. A lot of digital artists can't use a pen or brush to save their lives. His attention to detail is meticulous, even the wires for the tablets were taped up, kind of reminds me of Jane Lee who is also a stickler for detail.
Kel Win's Installation
Six Gifs on the wall
2.5m tall work
FuMing's Woodcut
FuMing's Drawings
2.5m tall work
2.5m tall work
Artist attention to detail, even the wires and plugs were taped up.
Points for collectors: Buy for Kel Win and Fu Ming. However, I won't personnally won't buy from this platform. But if they sign on with a good gallery who will groom them, then I would pull the trigger. For Khin, neutral rating.
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