ART EXHIBITION : Prameya Art Foundation presents 'Paul Wong: Private/Public/Lives" > 16th November to 1st December 2018

Venue : Shrine Empire Gallery, D 395, Defence Colony

Artworks by Paul Wong

Time : 
16th November :  Add to Calendar 16/11/2018 18:00 16/11/2018 21:00 Asia/Kolkata ART EXHIBITION : Prameya Art Foundation presents 'Paul Wong: Private/Public/Lives" - Conversation & Opening Preview Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2018/11/exhibition-prameya-art-foundation-paul-wong-private-public-lives-shrine-empire-gallery-defence-colony.html Shrine Empire Gallery, D 395, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 DD/MM/YYYY
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm : Paul Wong in conversation with Amitesh Grover
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm : Preview - Inauguration 
17th November to 1st December : 11:00 am - 6:00 pm (Sundays closed)  Add to Calendar 17/11/2018 11:00 01/12/2018 18:00 Asia/Kolkata ART EXHIBITION : Prameya Art Foundation presents 'Paul Wong: Private/Public/Lives" Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2018/11/exhibition-prameya-art-foundation-paul-wong-private-public-lives-shrine-empire-gallery-defence-colony.html Shrine Empire Gallery, D 395, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024 DD/MM/YYYY- Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Shrine Empire Gallery, D 395, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024
Venue Info : www.shrineempiregallery.com | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Lajpat Nagar(Violet Line)'

Event Description : ART EXHIBITION : Prameya Art Foundation presents 'Paul Wong: Private/Public/Lives"

‘Paul Wong: Private/Public/Lives’ is part of Prameya Art Foundation (PRAF) Participatory, an initiative that tries to explore collaborative art making as pedagogy. Paul Wong, the
Canadian multi-media artist and activist has been invited to India to conduct a workshop
and make work together with a group of young artists at Srishti Institute of Art Design and
Technology. The exhibition ‘Paul Wong: Private/Public/Lives’ is a preview to this project, and
to introduce Paul Wong to the community of students and young artists in Delhi. He has
been creating daring work for over 40 years, pushing the boundaries of conventional
cultural stereotypes and art. He has produced large-scale interdisciplinary artworks in
traditional galleries and unexpected public spaces since the 1970s. His work subverts
stereotypes in form, language, content, and context.
This exhibition of three recent works exemplifies Paul’s multifaceted artistic process.
All these works have been initiatives of public art projects, accessibly bringing in the public
and community within the conversation by taking what is typically concealed in private
spaces out into the public to start a conversation around it. Five Octave Range (2017),
commissioned by Vancouver Opera, and Year of GIF (2013), commissioned by Surrey Art
Gallery, showcases Paul’s large-scale site-specific installation video work that has made him a pioneer in that field. His current project, 身在唐人街 / Occupying Chinatown (2018/19),
commissioned by City of Vancouver’s explores Paul’s relationship to identity, heritage, and
language. 媽媽的藥櫃/Mother’s Cupboard and 父字/Father’s Words allows viewers
intimate insight into Chinese diaspora practices within a Canadian colonial context. The
project at Srishti Institute of Art and design will be an extension of this project in the Indian context.

Curated by : Anushka Rajendran

About the Artist : Paul Wong is a media-maestro making art for site-specific spaces and screens of all sizes. He is an award-winning artist and curator known for pioneering early visual and media art in Canada, founding several artist-run groups, and organizing events, festivals, conferences and public interventions since the 1970s. Wong has produced projects throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

His works in public collections include the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa), The Audain Art Museum (Whistler, BC), the Vancouver Art Gallery and The Whitney Museum (New York). Public art commissions including the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. He was the winner of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art 1992, the first recipient of the Transforming Art Award from the Asian Heritage Foundation 2002 and the inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award in 2003, created by Heritage Canad, National Film Boad and CHUM Limited (one of Canadaʼs leading media companies). In 2005 he received the Governor Generalʼs Award in Visual and Media Art. In 2008 was awarded Best Canadian Film or Video at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. In 2016, the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Visual Arts. 
He officially launched his year-long residency on April 2018, 身在唐人街/Occupying Chinatown, at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden as part of the City of Vancouver’s Artist-Initiated Commission series for public art.

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