Yay-Zeq: Two Burmese Artists Meet Again

November 9 – November 21 2012

Opening Reception: November 9, 7-9pm

Schedule Friday, November 9, 7pm Clark House Iniative, Bombay presents YAY-ZEQ: Two Burmese Artists Meet Again Imagine Death, a performance by Anastasia Ax Saturday, November 10, 5pm Drawings on the Forest Floor: Htein Lin and Sitt Nyein Aye in conversation Sunday, November 11, 3pm Living Monument, a performance by Htein Lin and Chaw Ei Thein

Press Release:

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Fall Open Studios is a tree-day exhibition of international contemporary art. The 36 artist, are collectives and curators from 24 countries in residence at ISCP present work in their studios. THe studio is a generative space-part production site, office, laboratory, and situation- and it can be argued that it is as significant today for artistic process than ever before. Open Studios invites the public to 36 “studio visits” to experience art it its place of origin and to share conversations with artist and curators from all over the world.

Alongside Open Studios, ISCP’s 2012 institution-in-residence Clark House Initiative, Bombay brings a program to New York that illuminates the philosophical and cultural strategies that have served to withstand or conjure techonic social and political shifts of upheaval or change. The exhibition Yay-Zeq: Two Burmese Artist Meet Again tells the story of how artist Sitt Nyein Aye taught Htein Lin to draw on the forest floor in an enclosed refugee camp in Manipur in 1988 after fleeing Burma during the 8888 Uprising. Also, on November 10, the first public meeting since 1988 between the two artist will take place at ISCP.

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