Filed under: exhibit, info | Tags: 2017 International Artist Grand Prize Competition, myanmar art, myanmar artist, Pansodan Scene, zwe yan naing
Zwe Yan Naing’s work was chosen from over 4000 entries to win the championship in the 2017 International Artist Grand Prize Competition of Art Revolution Taipei.
We have been impressed by his work for years, and to congratulate him on the international recognition — and exhibition in Taipei in 2018 — Pansodan is throwing a party in his honour. All art lovers are welcome to join in Friday evening, 26 May 2017, at Pansodan Scene, from 5:00-8:00.
There will be new works on show at the celebration.
Filed under: auction, exhibit | Tags: artaid, artaidmyanmar, Aung Htoo, aung ko, Aye Nyein Myint, Han Tin Swe, Hla Htay, Ko Ko Naing, Ma Zaw, Maung Myint Aung, Min Kyaw Swar, min zaw, Pansodan Scene, unaids, Zaw Nyunt Pe, Zwe Mon, zwe yan naing
We would like to invite everyone to the art auction “No One Left Behind”, an event to gather support and raise funds for people living with HIV. The auction will take place from 18:30 to 20:30 at Pansodan Scene.
The auction will feature works from 13 Myanmar artists including Ko Ko Naing, Zwe Yan Naing, Aung Ko, Aung Htoo, Aye Nyein Myint, Ma Zaw, Min Zaw, Han Tin Swe, Hla Htay, Maung Myint Aung, Min Kyaw Swar, Zaw Nyunt Pe and Zwe Mon.
See more details at the facebook invitation page.
Pansodan Scene, ၁၁၄ ပန်းဆိုးတန်း ဒုတိယထပ် (ငါးဘာသာကျောင်းနှင်မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်)
144 Pansodan, second floor, across from the gate of the Ganesh Temple.
Filed under: exhibit | Tags: david richards, myanmar, Pansodan Scene, watercolour, Yangon
David Richards Solo Exhibition, 15-23 February 2017 at Pansodan Scene, corner of Maha Bandula and Pansodan, second floor. All are welcome to the opening on 15 February, from 18:00.
David Richards 2016
David Richards has another watercolour exhibition coming up in February, featuring mainly paintings from the new direction he has been exploring in the past half year. He is including more abstraction in his recent paintings, though some are still colourful, some use a very restricted colour palette. Many of them still revolve around his favoured themes: the design of architecture, the beauty of women, the conviviality of cafe scenes, the landscapes of South-east Asia.
He likes to play the fluidity of watercolour off the rigidity of the lines and patterns of buildings, windows, leaves, or graphic elements he inserts. He is afraid that older buildings may be erased from Yangon, and would like to increase appreciation for them, by making portraits of them. When painting the buildings, he does not reproduce their current state, but enters into an imaginative collaboration with the architect and the city, painting them as he would like to see them, in their prime, whether somewhat battered or freshly painted, though not sterilised.
David Richards’ work is clean-lined and carefully composed. Only recently has been been trying to expand his boundaries into directions more experimental for him. This show will feature a mix of his established style and his new explorations.
Pansodan Scene is on the second floor; the entrance to the staircase is just opposite the gate to the temple. There is nothing on the ground floor, a bookshop on the first floor, and the gallery on the second floor. After the opening night, the exhibition will be open from 10:00 – 18:00.
David Richards was interviewed for this article 13 January 2017 by Lilly Seiler
Filed under: exhibit
Asia- based French artist Clémence B. T. D. Barret presents Pamaa, a series of 9 videos, which are a collaboration with nine young refugees from Shan State all living in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Pamaa means ‘Burmese’ in Thai .
The videos express fragments of the migratory life of young people who have escaped political persecution, oppression, and bloody ethnic conflict, hoping to find a better life in Thailand. Pamaa questions the notion of survival, but also of discrimination, exploitation, fear, freedom, otherness, and culture shock.
She will be showing at Pansodan Scene on Friday 23 September at 7:30pm
Pansodan Scene
144, 2nd Floor, Pansodan Street (Corner of Mahabandoola Street), Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Filed under: exhibit
If no news is good news, then these latest news are great news!
Pansodan Scene has opened up again after a couple of months of renovation.
The month of July also comes with novelty and activity:
1. The first of many more Open History exhibitions kicks off with Kyauktada township.
It takes one small area in the heart of Yangon and traces the passage of time on its streets; from the events, architecture and commerce of daily life in its public spaces, to more personal reflections of changing hopes and dreams through fashions and family life.
The Open History Project creates experiences of local history through the photographs, memories, stories, documents, and ephemera such as flyers, tickets, maps. Together we can look through the layers of unhidden history and discover connections, insights, new questions. In this way, people participate in their own history by revealing their part in society.
Myanmar’s people had little opportunity to dwell on their own history for many years. While stories have been handed down from generation to generation, propaganda clouded the picture of the past and public memory was forced into hiding.
Change can sometimes move so subtly that you can only see it from a great distance. At other times a flash of transformation can leave the landscape utterly altered overnight.
We hope to show these patterns developing through contemporary photographs and artifacts to give people a richer understanding of their own heritage.
Current and former residents and visitors to Kyauktada are the most important element in this effort and we hope that your memories, photographs and documents can help us paint a vibrant picture of the history of this area.
2. Analyzing moments in history rather than just learning about them
Rosalie Metro holds a Ph.D. in Education from Cornell University, and she currently works as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri in the USA. She will be having an interesting talk at the Scene on July 9th.
3. A certain Wabi-Sabi influence in photo-art.
“Some Eyesores Are Sights For Sore Eyes”
There is a lot of photojournalism and photo reportage to see in Yangon but photo art is less explored. As a change, Kwena Chokoe will be putting up roughly 45 analogue photographs taken over a period of 1.5 years in Myanmar. It is both concept and execution that make this body of work artistic.
Show runs from the 15th to the 19th of July. 10am to 6pm from the 16th
4. Artist feature
One of our most unique resident artist gets compared to one of the most influential, living female artist. Zaw Nyunt Pe’s work can be found at Pansodan Gallery starting from $80 a piece.
5. Furthering our reachThe Open History Project creates experiences of local history through the photographs, memories, stories, documents, and ephemera such as flyers, tickets, maps. Together we can look through the layers of unhidden history and discover connections, insights, new questions. In this way, people participate in their own history by revealing their part in society. Its first exhibition is 4 July 2016 16:00-19:00 at Pansodan Scene.
Pansodan Scene is at Pansodan Scene, ၁၁၄ ပန်းဆိုးတန်း ဒုတိယထပ် (ငါးဘာသာကျောင်းနှင်မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်) 144 Pansodan, second floor, across from the gate of the Ganesh Temple
Our Kyauktada exhibition is the introduction to this Open History Project. It takes one small area in the heart of Yangon and traces the passage of time on its streets; from the events, architecture and commerce of daily life in its public spaces, to more personal reflections of changing hopes and dreams through fashions and family life.
Experiencing history openly and without fear is an important way for people to understand the past, and provide an insight into the future.
Myanmar’s people had little opportunity to dwell on their own history for many years. While stories have been handed down from generation to generation, propaganda clouded the picture of the past and public memory was forced into hiding.
Change can sometimes move so subtly that you can only see it from a great distance. At other times a flash of transformation can leave the landscape utterly altered overnight.
We hope to show these patterns developing through contemporary photographs and artifacts to give people a richer understanding of their own heritage.
Current and former residents and visitors to Kyauktada are the most important element in
this effort and we hope that your memories, photographs and documents can help us paint a vibrant picture of the history of this area.
This is the first of many such exhibitions that pay tribute to public memory and local history, and call on everyone to participate in the preservation efforts. We plan to organise a bigger exhibition on Kyauktada 
at multiple galleries later in the year.
