Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Tom Tandio on CoBo

02-03-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published

Tomtandio
CoBo has just published my interview with Indonesian collector Tom Tandio: “Is life about discovering oneself, or is it more about building oneself? If there is an activity which can respond to the evergreen nature/nurture question, that is art collecting.

In the process of grappling with their own identity through art, the best collectors understand that acquiring art is not simply an individualistic pursuit. It is rather about becoming part of an artistic ecosystem, which they can help nurture. Indonesian collector Tom Tandio exemplifies this attitude, modelling an ethic which makes the entire system grow.”

Here is the link to the interview

Catalogue essay for “Drawing Future” exhibition in Bali

By: Naima Morelli

28-02-2017

English, Essay, Indonesia, News

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I have contributed an essay titled “Rules, imagination, and magic powder” to the catalogue of the Drawing Future exhibition at CushCush Gallery in Bali. My words are in the very good company of texts by John Andrews, Mella Jaarsma and Natalie Sprite.

A few words on CushCush Gallery; this is an alternative platform for contemporary art and design in Denpasar. Suriawati Qiu and Jindee Chua have founded the gallery to share art and design with their local creative community, general public, as well as generate conversations with international artists and creative people.

Within the gallery many initiatives, the Charcoal For Children program is a social project that put together 6 working artists and children in 3 sessions, to create collaborative artworks together. As the name suggests, the yearly program focuses on Charcoal as the medium, to foster creativity amongst children. I have been honoured to have given my small contribution in the form of a write-up about creativity to such an exciting project!

Here’s the pdf version of the essay

Published! Interview with Fyerool Darma on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

23-02-2017

English, Interview, Published, Singapore

My interview with Singaporean artist Fyerool Darma has just been published on CoBo Social. Fyerool works with the forgotten histories of Singapore, drawing from its Malay past. We have recently seen his work at Art Stage Singapore, at the art center Objectifs and in the Singapore Biennale.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Jim Allen Abel on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

12-02-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published, Singapore

Jimbo

CoBo Social has published my interview with Indonesian artist and member of MES56 Jim Allen Abel, also known as Jimbo. I interviewed him in Singapore during Art Stage 2017 and he shared about his background and art practice.

Here’s the link to the piece

Published! Review of Art Stage 2017 on D_Railed

By: Naima Morelli

07-02-2017

Published, Review, Singapore, Visit

artstage2017
D_Railed Magazine has just published my review of Art Stage Singapore 2017. In this piece I engage in a different set of reflection compared to the ones I explored in my previous article for CoBo, where I specifically looked at the decreased participation of foreign galleries to the fair this year. The final observation is the same though: Art Stage, just like many other art fairs all over the world, is becoming more and more region-based.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Foreign galleries at Art Stage 2017 on Cobo

By: Naima Morelli

23-01-2017

Australia, English, Essay, France, Italy, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore

Asian webmagazine and collectors’ platform CoBo has just published my report from Art Stage Singapore 2017 titled “Why Having Less International Galleries at Art Stage Singapore 2017 was Actually a Good Thing”.

As the title suggests, I see the tendency to develop a “glocality” in the art market as generally positive – giving character to art fairs which would otherwise be all lookalikes. The regional features of Art Stage 2017 are far from being a directed by the organizer of Art Stage; it all depended from a series of circumstances that modified the Asian art ecosystem.

I spoke with the present and absent galleries to explain what happened.

Here’s the link to the article

Published! Interview with Jeremy Sharma on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

17-01-2017

English, Interview, Italy, Published, Reportage, Singapore

JeremySharma

Cobo has just published my interview with Singaporean artist Jeremy Sharma, titled: “Artists As The Arbiter of Knowledge in The Information Era”.

We did the interview in Rome, in a cafè near Via di Ripetta, after a bit of walking around that side of the Eternal City, and talked about his residency at the Stelva Foundation, in Desenzano del Garda, and his art practice in general.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Elizabeth Pisani on Escape

By: Naima Morelli

16-01-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published

TimesMaltaElizabethPisani
As I’m running around Singapore collecting interviews, attending vernissages and getting lost in shopping malls, Escape – the Sunday magazine of the Times of Malta – has just published my interview with Elizabeth Pisani author of the travelogue “Indonesia etc.” (the Italian version was published here).

Here is the link for the interview

Published! Interview with Ari Bayuaji on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

06-01-2017

English, Indonesia, Interview, Published

ariabajuari

First published article for 2017 – and what better way to kick off the year than an interview with Montreal-based Indonesian artist Ari Bayuaji – for the webmagazine CoBo!

Here’s the link to the interview

Reflections on my 2016

By: Naima Morelli

28-12-2016

English, Essay, Italy, News, Singapore

“Scholastic years” are perhaps more meaningful for many in framing seasons of life than actual “calendar years”. Summer is the great divider, and for me September has often corresponded in looking for a new house and resuming old and new plans. And yet, the end of the year is a great opportunity to stop and look back at the recent past, review one’s own narrative, look at mind-shifts, shift of priorities, meditate on lesson, remember the great moments and trying to get to know oneself better (hopefully).

Interview with Khalil Rabah for Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

27-12-2016

English, Interview, Middle East, Published

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It should written of the information leaflet, like the one you find in medicine boxes: long term exposure to contemporary art changes your way of thinking. It gives you a complexity of thinking and variety of perspective on issues, which is extremely important. For example, the work of Palestinian artists Khalil Rabah – especially his “Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind” is one that urges people re-consider reality in other terms – especially because here the boundaries between artwork and actual history-making institution are really thin. It was a privilege to have the chance to interview him for Middle East Monitor, after having seen his work at MACRO Museum in Rome.

Here’s the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Krisna Murti on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

15-12-2016

Uncategorized

krisna
When all your favourite things come together, you can’t help writing about them. In the case of this interview with the great video art and new media pioneer Krisna Murti, which has been just published by CoBo, these things are contemporary art, Indonesia and martial arts.

Here is the link to the interview

Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Tom Tandio on CoBo

Catalogue essay for “Drawing Future” exhibition in Bali

Published! Interview with Fyerool Darma on Cobo

Published! Interview with Jim Allen Abel on Cobo

Published! Review of Art Stage 2017 on D_Railed

Published! Interview with Jeremy Sharma on CoBo

Published! Interview with Elizabeth Pisani on Escape

Published! Interview with Ari Bayuaji on CoBo

Reflections on my 2016

Interview with Khalil Rabah for Middle East Monitor

Published! Interview with Krisna Murti on CoBo

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