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Published! The Libyan Pantry Project on MEMO

14-03-2023

English, Interview, Libya, News, North Africa, Published, Research

A new show in Tripoli looks at 70 years of Libya’s consumer culture. [Photo By Najlaa Elageli]

Since I started writing about Libya in 2021, I grew more and more interested in the history of the country and how artists and people in the cultural field are retelling the Libyan story.

So clearly I was so excited to learn from curator Najlaa Elageli about this show she put up in Tripoli’s old medina with artists Hadia Gana and Alla Budabbus, called “The Libyan Pantry Project.” I had to write about it!

By the way, this is my 50th piece for Middle East Monitor. What an honour collaborating with them for such a long time!

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Ming Wong’s Wayang Spaceship on Plural Art Mag

By: Naima Morelli

25-02-2023

English, Published, Singapore

I have written a new article on Ming Wong’s project Wayang Spaceship at the Singapore Art Museum for the Singapore Art week Plural Art Magazine.

The work blends traditional performances and science fiction, associating found photographs of Wayang actors from Singapore and Malaysia from the 1950s-70s to illustrations of Soviet space exploration and science fiction from the same period. Wong also added layers of Chinese brush paintings and dichroic film that change colour at different angles.

Here is the link to the piece

Curatorial text: Inessa Kalabekova new solo at Fullerton Hotel

By: Naima Morelli

23-02-2023

Central Asia, News, Singapore, Visit

I have written the curatorial text for Kazakhstan-born, Singaporean artist Inessa Kalabekova, who has an upcoming show at the East Garden Gallery, of the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, from March 1 to March 30, 2023.

I have visited the artist’s studio during my last trip to Singapore, and learned about her art practice that fuses collage and painting. Her new show is called “The Nature of Art”, and here the artist looks at nature through the eyes of mythology and poetry.

Published! Punk Orientalism on Al-Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

21-02-2023

Central Asia

It is fascinating when worlds that seem to be light-years away from each other suddenly come together, materializing unexpected commonalities. Take the term “Orientalism,” a concept established by Palestinian-American author Edward Said to describe the West’s commonly contemptuous portrayal of the East. Would you ever associate it with punk counterculture?

Probably not, but that’s what curator, writer and academic Sara Raza did with her new book, titled “Punk Orientalism: The Art of Rebellion.” The book explores the spaces and places associated with the former Soviet Union, focusing on the artists and ideas hailing from Central Asia and the Caucasus, which were long perceived as an extension, or “client” states, of the USSR.

Al-Monitor has just published my interview with Sara Raza

Here is the link to the article

Published! Trần Trọng Vũ on ArtAsiaPacific

By: Naima Morelli

15-02-2023

English, Interview, Published, Vietnam, Visit

My interview with Vietnamese artist Trần Trọng Vũ has just been published on ArtAsiaPacific’s website.

I met the artist for his big show at A2Z gallery in Paris last October, and we did the interview half in French, half in English! Phew! It was fun, and the artist was extremely generous and kind – his work, ça va sans dire, is incredible!

Some of you know that my next cohesive research will be in Vietnam. I will spend one month there, most likely next year, so this interview adds a big piece to my understanding of art coming from the country!

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Yangon: An Interview with Nge Lay and Aung Ko for ArtAsiaPacific

By: Naima Morelli

18-01-2023

Burma, Interview, News, Published

While I’m recovering from a very intense and rewarding Singapore art week, an article very dear to my heart has just been published on ArtAsiaPacific’s latest Almanac.

It’s an interview with Burmese artists Nge Lay and Aung Ko about the latest developments in Yangon when both artists were still living there. There is a snippet of the piece online, but you can read in full on the paper edition of the magazine.

Here is the link to the piece online

Published! Libyan feminist literature on 360 Magazine

By: Naima Morelli

06-01-2023

Libya, Published

My article about female/feminist literature in Libya was published – in its Dutch translation – on the 214 December issue of the magazine 360.

Here is the link to the piece online

Published! Interview with Pinaree Sanpitak on Culture360

By: Naima Morelli

06-01-2023

English, Interview, Published, Thailand

“My works stem from personal experiences so naturally whatever’s around me would seep into my works,” says leading Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak, who I have recently interviewed for Culture360.

With a deep knowledge of materials, as well as a strong conceptual vision, her artworks address motherhood, womanhood, and a deep investigation of the self – often with references to her native Thai culture.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Independent Art Spaces in Singapore for the Financial Times

By: Naima Morelli

05-01-2023

Interview, Published, Research, Singapore

A gallery display featuring several small art works hung in a row, which appear to show variations of an image of Christ

My second piece for the Financial Times looks into three independent art spaces in Singapore.

The article is for a special supplement focused on Southeast Asian art, coming out in conjunction with the Singapore Art Week.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Myanmar art in Singapore for the Financial Times

By: Naima Morelli

05-01-2023

Burma, Essay, Interview, Research

The Financial Times has just published two articles of mine on a special supplement focused on Southeast Asian art, coming out in conjunction with the Singapore Art Week.

In this first piece I highlight the presence of Mynmar art at the art fairs in Singapore this January. It’s part of my ongoing investigation on Myanmar art within the current complicated political scenario of the country

Here is the link to the piece

Published! 3rd edition of Ramallah Art Fair for MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

04-01-2023

Interview, Middle East, News, Published

The third edition of Ramallah Art Fair at Zawyeh Gallery in Ramallah [Instagram/ramallah_artfair]

The first article published this year is about the third edition of an atypical but important art fair that takes place in Ramallah, Palestine.

It’s the second year that I follow tis partly physical partly virtual art fair, and this time I spoke with the fair’s director for Middle East Monitor.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Birmania, gli artisti in esilio su Internazionale

By: Naima Morelli

19-12-2022

Burma, Interview, Italy, News, Published

The Italian weekly magazine Internazionale has published my piece “Gli artisti resistono in esilio”, on the Burmese artists working in exile. Once again, I’m humbled and honoured to get the chance to be a vehicle for the voices of Burmese artists, and testify their incredible strenght and resilience.

Here is the link to the piece online

Naima Morelli

Published! The Libyan Pantry Project on MEMO

Published! Ming Wong’s Wayang Spaceship on Plural Art Mag

Curatorial text: Inessa Kalabekova new solo at Fullerton Hotel

Published! Punk Orientalism on Al-Monitor

Published! Trần Trọng Vũ on ArtAsiaPacific

Published! Yangon: An Interview with Nge Lay and Aung Ko for ArtAsiaPacific

Published! Libyan feminist literature on 360 Magazine

Published! Interview with Pinaree Sanpitak on Culture360

Published! Independent Art Spaces in Singapore for the Financial Times

Published! Myanmar art in Singapore for the Financial Times

Published! 3rd edition of Ramallah Art Fair for MEMO

Published! Birmania, gli artisti in esilio su Internazionale

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