Karin Weber Gallery

Aung Khaing: War And Peace

Aung Khaing: World Peace

Aung Khaing: Homage To Life

Chan Aye: Million Poem

Chan Aye: Untitled

Recycled Series

Recycled Series

Recycled Series

Myint San Myint: Peacocks And Lions (1)

Myint San Myint: Peacocks And Lions (2)

Myint San Myint: Peacocks And Lions (3)

Where We Are

Where We Are

Where We Are

Khin Thethtar Latt (Nora): Land For Sale Project

Khin Thethtar Latt (Nora): In Unity

Khin Thethtar Latt (Nora): In Diversity

Zun Ei Phyu: Moulding

Zun Ei Phyu: Hidden String

Zun Ei Phyu: Flowers

Thynn Lei Nwe: One Fine Evening

Thynn Lei Nwe: One Fine Evening On The Other Side

Installation Photo: 1

Installation Photo: 2

Installation Photo: 3

Installation Photo: 4

Installation Photo: 5

Installation Photo: 6

Exhibition Details

Exhibition

‘“Yangon Made My Heart Beat Fast:”
New Contemporary Art from Myanmar’

Date + Time

17 February - 30 March, 2017

Location

Karin Weber Gallery

Opening Reception

16 Februrary 2017
6pm - 9pm

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Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to announce“Yangon Made My Heart Beat Fast:” New Contemporary Art from Myanmar’, a show which explores the blossoming of individual expression, creativity, and the emergence of new voices and viewpoints in an evolving Myanmar. As newfound freedom engulfs the Burmese capital, change occurs at a breathtaking pace.

Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to announce“Yangon Made My Heart Beat Fast:” New Contemporary Art from Myanmar’, a show which explores the blossoming of individual expression, creativity, and the emergence of new voices and viewpoints in an evolving Myanmar. As newfound freedom engulfs the Burmese capital, change occurs at a breathtaking pace.

The exhibition features work by eight of Myanmar’s most compelling experimental artists working across a range of media, including painting, performance, and photography. The artists – Htein Lin, Aung Khaing, Chan Aye, Phyu Mon, Zun Ei Phyu, Thynn Lei Nwe, Myint San Myint, and Khin Thethtar Latt (Nora) – represent multiple generations of artists who share a common interest in working on subject matter and formats outside the realist schools of art favored by the previous military governments. These artists operated on the perimeter of the traditional gallery scene where they carved out a space for themselves as modern artists amid cultural preferences for the traditional.

The new work reveals a colorful experimental art movement unique to Myanmar that is based in Theravada Buddhism and Burmese folklore and history, alongside statements on the rapidly evolving environmental, socio-economic and political landscape. Beloved local poet Aung Cheimt captures this frenetic energy and built up hope in his poetry, which includes the line “Yangon made my heart beat fast.”

In today’s Myanmar, artists are using new materials and formats to express their fears and hopes for the future. Female artists are also stepping forward with a louder voice, taking center stage in conversations on canvas or in performance spaces. Curator Melissa Carlson notes “Myanmar’s contemporary artists are exploring their identity and greater society one-year after the transition to semi-civilian rule, and the innovative stories that these artists wish to share are told in vibrant color and varied formats.” The exhibition provides another milestone in Karin Weber Gallery’s near twenty-year history of showcasing art from Myanmar.

* Workshop & Performance Event:
18 March, 2017 (Saturday), 4-7pm at Karin Weber Gallery