Marian Paster Roces

Jul 3, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Tiffany Luk |Marian Paster Roces

Issue Jul 03, 2023 By Tiffany Luk In an art space, the senses typicallyactivated are the visual, auditory,sometimes olfactory, but rarely the haptic. At the 14th Gwangju Biennale, “soft andweak like water,” the inaugural recipient ofthe now-canceled Park Seo-Bo Art Prize,Korean multimedia artist Oum Jeongsoon,presented a work that emphasized thetactile nature of art that is so oftenoverlooked—and usually discouraged.

Jul 3, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Marian Paster Roces

Issue Jul 03, 2023 By DT Gallery guys, gals, andnonbinary pals—art-worlddenizens fka “gallerinas”—jobs are opening at a dealershipnear you! Gagosian Asia’ssmooth-talking rainmaker Nick Simunovic is exiting his office in Hong Kong’s PedderBuilding in Central. Althoughstill in charge of “Asia,” he willwork remotely from Torontoand shuttle between Asia andNew York—while passing thebehemoth’s regional reigns toHan-I Wang in Hong Kong andChristina You in Beijing.

Jul 3, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Clara S. Tang |Marian Paster Roces

Issue Jul 03, 2023 By Clara Tang Spoiled milk, an overripe apple, or moldy lettuce—decaying food in our homes is often met with disgust and an urge to dispose of the rotten specimens. In Daniel Lie’s studio, however, decomposing produce will often find a safe place where microbiology and other forces may take their course freely.

Jun 26, 2023 | artasiapacific.com | Marian Paster Roces

Issue Jun 26, 2023 By ArtAsiaPacific If Wang Tuo’s earlier video The Interrogation (2017) carefully analyzes the body language and tactics employed by Chinese national security during the interrogation process, then the second episode, which premiered at Hong Kong’s Blindspot Gallery, delves into artists’ psychological states amid constant confrontation with the machine of censorship.