Mandy El Sayegh in her studio. Photo courtesy Lehmann Maupin.
The Malaysian-born artist Mandy El-Sayegh’s large-scale, layered canvases, which are constructed from “found fragments” and call attention to a world in flux, have caught the attention of the art world in recent years.
Her first solo exhibition in Seoul at Lehmann Maupin, titled “Protective Inscriptions” (through July 17), features “an immersive installation, combining painting and soundscape to activate a formless language of flesh and vibration,” according to the gallery. It also includes the everyday items that have become common in her work: old copies of the Financial Times, iconography from familiar advertisements, doodles, and pages of Arabic calligraphy taken from her father’s home in London.
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May 27, 2021
Park Yuna
THE KOREA HERALD – Korea has recently emerged as an attractive art market on the back of purchasing power of younger collectors, grabbing increasing attention from the world.
Globally renowned galleries are opening galleries in Seoul or expanding their presence in the city. Frieze, a major international art fair, recently announced it will hold the first Frieze Seoul next fall, putting the city on the global market map. Seoul will be the first Asian city to host the fair.
Pace Gallery, the US-headquartered contemporary gallery with eight locations around the world, including two galleries in Asia, recently moved to a larger gallery space in Seoul, occupying two floors of Le Beige Building in Hannam-dong, a posh neighbourhood north of the Han River. The new gallery space will open today with a solo exhibition of American painter Sam Gilliam.
18/02/2021
Wolverhampton will now host British Art Show 9 (BAS9) in January 2022 after new dates for the touring exhibition were announced by organisers after consultation with the partner cities.
The event – which is the biggest touring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK – will take place in the city between 22 January and 10 April 2022.
Wolverhampton was due to host the opening of the exhibition in March 2021 however, due to the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, the dates and order of the tour have been rescheduled. British Art Show 9 will now open in Aberdeen in July 2021.
In Wolverhampton, British Art Show 9 will take place at Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the University of Wolverhampton School of Art.