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MIN ZAW (BURMA)
Min Zaw was born in 1972 and graduated from the State School of Fine Art in Rangoon in 1994 and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1998. He says: "..creating the most simplified form and prioritizing a visual sense in perfect harmony is the dedication of my works. I will rather prefer not to think nor try to express the idea behind the visual expression by complicating the work, but rather leave this to the freedom of the viewer's imagination."
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions in Burma and Singapore (2002, 2003)
Group shows in Singapore (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), Indonesia (2002), and in Hong Kong (2002, 2004)
His works are found in the permanent collections of the Singapore Art Museum and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.
Min Zaw was born in 1972 and graduated from the State School of Fine Art in Rangoon in 1994 and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1998. He says: "..creating the most simplified form and prioritizing a visual sense in perfect harmony is the dedication of my works. I will rather prefer not to think nor try to express the idea behind the visual expression by complicating the work, but rather leave this to the freedom of the viewer's imagination."
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions in Burma and Singapore (2002, 2003)
Group shows in Singapore (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), Indonesia (2002), and in Hong Kong (2002, 2004)
His works are found in the permanent collections of the Singapore Art Museum and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan.
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Myanmar (Burma) is a stunningly beautiful country, with gentle people ,and a strong Buddhist culture.
Despite it's almost total isolation Myanmar Modern Art emerged through the last decade with stylistic diversity and striking contrasts.
Artists were already known for their highly developed aesthetic and craft skills as well as for good technique acquired through academic studies.
Of course Myanmar artists (note the ART SCENE IN VIETNAM)could be effected by the destructive influence of the market, 'which is constructed on Western Orientalism prejudices". The result can be expansion of the stereotypical images of idyllic village scenery with pagodas, buffalo boys and farmers and the production of the great quantity of the "modern-naive" style paintings.
So far this has not happened in Myanmar.
Despite it's almost total isolation Myanmar Modern Art emerged through the last decade with stylistic diversity and striking contrasts.
Artists were already known for their highly developed aesthetic and craft skills as well as for good technique acquired through academic studies.
Of course Myanmar artists (note the ART SCENE IN VIETNAM)could be effected by the destructive influence of the market, 'which is constructed on Western Orientalism prejudices". The result can be expansion of the stereotypical images of idyllic village scenery with pagodas, buffalo boys and farmers and the production of the great quantity of the "modern-naive" style paintings.
So far this has not happened in Myanmar.
