PanSuriya Art Post

Invitation for February 25, 2015 – 6.30 p.m.

Pansodan Scene, the ‘sister space’ of Pansodan Gallery started a new series of events at the end of November 2014 named Docs & Talks. The idea is to screen documentary films that are rare to see or have never been screened before in Myanmar and to allow an exchange of thoughts after the film between the audience and the filmmaker or some experts of the fields / issues raised by the film.

The next screening taking place on Wednesday 25 February from 6.30 p.m. will show a now `historical` documentary made in 1994 by Margriet Jansen: Welcome to Karenni.

The director, Margriet Jansen was working at the University of Amsterdam in the department of visual anthropology in 1993 when she got involved through of her colleague in the project of making a film `telling the story of the Karenni people`.

`Based on our anthropological background, our focus was to show the way tradition was maintained in the refugee camps. We choose to follow the three days New Year ritual as an example. Because we focused our film completely on the Karenni and their story, the film’s perspective is very clear. Basically it has become a strong document for the Karenni people, their history and the long way they had to go. The film doesn’t give an answer to the complex situation of Myanmar, but is exemplary for the impact of political conflicts on the lives of ordinary people,` mentions Ms Jansen about the focus of the film.

The film has been screened on several festivals world-wide, but it`s its first time in Yangon. Due to the historical perspective it holds, it is a rare opportunity to see the film 21 years after its making. As usual, the screening will be followed by a `Q& A` session with experts on the field.

Entrance is free, doors open at 6.30 p.m. for the screening – make sure you have a seat!

Length: 40 minutes, subtitles in English

Venue: Pansodan Scene, 144 Pansodan Street, 2^nd Floor (entrance of the building in front of the Ganesh Temple), Kyauktada Township, Yangon

Invitation of Building Histories

Please join the opening of the new `Goethe Villa` on Saturday 28 February, 2015: a historical moment in many ways for the German institute and the `villa` with a complex past.

The opening of Goethe Institut`s new building will be celebrated with a contemporary exhibition titled `Building Histories`, curated by Iola Lenzi (Singapore) including artists from Myanmar of course, but also Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam – all together nine participants.

The exhibition opens at 6 p.m., it will be open later between March 1^st and March 15^th, 2015 – every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Venue: `Goethe Villa`, No 8, Ko Min Kho Chin Road, Yangon
More information: http://www.goethe.de/myanmar

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More information: http://www.goethe.de/myanmar

JOIN US WEDNESDAY 18th AT PANSODAN SCENE FOR A LONG AND EXCITING PHOTOGRAPHY NIGHT!
Program:
5.30 – Hossein Farmani talks about the Business of Photography
6.30 – Opening of the exhibition `Amour a Mort` by French artist duo Bachelot-Caron
7.00 – Screening of the film about the French Duo: `Out of Eden`
Venue: 144, Pansodan Strett (2nd Floor), entrance of the building just in front of the Temple.

An Auto-Portrait of duo Bachelot-Caron

Pansuriya Art Consultancy is a specialist service provider for art rentals and art investment. It issues for each Pansodan Art Post regular updates on new arrivals to Pansodan Gallery, outlining the original aspects of some works! Of course you are welcome to check out all the other new works every day at Pansodan Gallery from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or if you wish to sit down and enjoy art next to a coffee, ginger soda or mango smoothie, the right venue is Pansodan Scene with the same opening! Feel free to contact Pansuriya Art Consultancy (gallery@pansodan.com, khaing.yuyu@gmail.com) if you need advice on collecting or wish to rent works to change the whole aspect of your office, home or restaurant!

Tun Win Nyein`s work (detail)

This month Pansuriya highlights two fresh works from Tun Win Nyein and Myo Nyunt Khin. Both paintings are quite specific regarding their topics. Tun Win Nyein chose to depict in a puritain way the portrait of one of General Aung San`s teachers. The unusual technique, with a background holding a green that will certainly remind the spectator of the very typical walls of Yangon-buildings, combines virtuose, hard-edged brushstokes with collage technique embedding different documents in the work. Meanwhile, Myo Nyunt Khin`s painting resembles to an optical game depicting numerous black and white owls. The yellowish Shan drum in the foreground, combined with the infinite number of eyes has quite a hypnotic impact on the viewer! Be the one who dares entering the lucky world of the owls!

Myo Nyunt Khin`s work with the hypnotic owls

An Auto-Portrait of duo Bachelot-Caron

YPF, supported by the French Institute will start this year on February 13^th and will organize its Awards Night on the 21^st, a Saturday. Just as in the previous years, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the jury delivering the awards to the best photographers chosen from the participants of the workshops, will be present at the ceremonial event organized at the French Institute.

During the Festival`s week, several exhibitions will open across town: Pansodan Scene will host the exhibition of a French artist-duo, the Bachelot-Caron (www.bachelotcaron.fr). Louis & Marjolaine Bachelot-Caron form a duo of contemporary artists specialized originally in the illustration of crime scenes for various magazines including The New Yorker, Libération, Détective & Le Monde 2. Since 2005, their work has been presented in various galleries across Europe. Exceptionally, the two artists will invite Myanmar participants to join in the production of an artwork.

The artists will open their show on Wednesday 18 February at 6.30 p.m., preceded first by a talk on the market of contemporary photography and a film on the duo. The Bachelot-Caron have also decided to organize a workshop on the weekend of February 14-15^th. If you wish to register, please check the necessary information on the Festival`s Facebook page or website (www.yangonphoto.com). Please join us for the Yangon Photo Festival events!

A painting of Zwe Yan Naing presented in the US

After a strong start in the beginning of December, when several artists from Pansodan Gallery were exhibited in Miami during the Art Basel Miami show, mid-January followed up with another exhibition, this time in Los Angeles. Paula Tin Nyo, Founder & CEO of Yone Arts (yonearts.com) and Anita Heriot, President of Pall Mall Art Advisors (pallmallartadvisors.com), presented “Myanmar Art Crossing”, the premiere of a group exhibition of works by artists from Myanmar during the LA Art Show at the LA Convention Center, Booth #1117. “Myanmar Art Crossing” is the first curated group exhibition in a major international art fair in the United States, focusing on the artistic expression of Myanmar during years of isolation and censorship. The LA Art Show has become one of the most diverse art platforms in the US, bringing in the largest groupings of Korean, Chinese and Japanese galleries outside of Asia. “Myanmar Art Crossing” extends the range of the LA Art Show to the emerging country of Myanmar, allowing the possibility for collectors to start focusing on one of the most interesting emerging markets in Asia. The group exhibition was organized with the cooperation of Ahal Besorai, Fore Front Capital who coordinated the December show. “Myanmar Art Crossing”, YONE ARTS Booth #1117, has showcased a diverse group of talented artists of Myanmar. They include Aung Htoo, Brang Li, Kaung Su, Khin Zaw Latt, Mor Mor, Myint San Myint, Nay Yay Than, Ohn Ohn, Sandar Khine, Soe Naing and Zwe Yan Naing.