What’s On: September 2012 (Turkey, Middle East, Africa, Asia & Pacific)


Zhang Enli, The Geography Class, 2012. Enli has a solo show at ShanghART Gallery in Gillman Barracks, a new contemporary art destination in Singapore. Courtesy the artist and ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
 

The last part of What’s on is from Eurasia, Middle East, Africa, and Asia&Pacific – Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Beirut, Dubai, Sharja, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Dakar, Bangalore, Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne and Wellington.

Istanbul

Servet Koçyiğit: Love and Other Matters
at RAMPA, 12 September – 20 October 2012
 

Image courtesy the artist and RAMPA
 

Viron Erol Vert: 7 Curtains
at Galerist, Hasköy Yarn Factory, 12 September – 21 October 2012
 

Image courtesy the artist and Galerist
 

Gavin Turk: Türk
at Galerist, Tepebaşi, 18 September – 13 October 2012
 

Image courtesy the artist and Galerist
 

Brian O’Connell: Openings to the water I stopped
searched for cracks and the wanting parts I fixed –
A boat sold by the daughter of its builder, a fisherman,
to a shipwright who left it there

at Protocinema, 14 September – 20 October 2012
Opening on Friday 4 September 2012, 6–8pm

Image courtesy the artist and Protocinema


Tel Aviv

Simon Fujiwara: Rehearsal for a Reunion (with the Father of Potter)
at Dvir Gallery, through 6 October 2012

Image courtesy the artist and Dvir gallery. Photo by Elad Sarig
 

Tamar Harpaz: Girl-to-Gorilla
at Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, through 20 October 2012
 
 

Image courtesy the artist and Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery
 


Beirut

Gabriel Kuri: my 50% of your 100%
at Sfeir-Semler Gallery, through 17 November 2012
 

Gabriel Kuri, Untitled, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery
 


Dubai

Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Star, Volume 1
at The Third Line, 12 September – 18 October 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hassan Hajjaj, Caravan, 2011. Courtesy the artist and The Third Line
 

The Graduals
at Traffic, 13 September – TBD 2012

Ahmed Bouholaigah, Tianzhuo Chen, Jean- Baptiste Wejman, Lantian Xie. Curated by Angelle Siyang-Le.

Work by Ahmed Bouholaigah. Courtesy the artist and Traffic

Michael John Whelan: Understanding Magnetism
at Grey Noise, through 20 October 2012
 

A Perfect Circle (still), 2012
 


Sharja

Alienation
at Barjeel Art Foundation, through 28 September 2012

Artists; Raafat Ishak, Akram Zaatari, Walid Siti, Abdulnasser Gharem, Camille Zakharia, Lateena Bint Maktoum, Sama Alshaibi, Larissa Sansour, Bashar Hroub, Jeffar Khaldi, Shawki Youssef, Fayçal Baghriche

Jeffar Khaldi, Go Where, 2008. Image courtesy the artist and Sotheby’s


Johannesburg

Janet Werner: Mad Bad Sad Glad
at Whatiftheworld Gallery, through 15 September 2012
 
 
 

Janet Werner, Beauty (detail), 2011. Courtesy the artist and Parisian Laundry, Montréal
 

Kemang Wa Lehulere: Some Deleted Scenes Too
at Stevenson Gallery, through 21 September 2012

Kemang Wa Lehulere, Remembering the Future of a hole as a Verb 2.1 (detail), 2012. Courtesy the artist and Stevenson Gallery
 

Gina Heyer: Order and Division
at Brundyn+Gonsalves, through 3 October 2012
 
 
 

Gina Heyer, Corner Passage II, 2011–2012. Courtesy the artist and Brundyn+Gonsalves
 


Cape Town

James Beckett: Of Animal and Inventory
at blank projects, through 29 September 2012
 
 

James Beckett, The Pierson Belongs to Itself, Others and Us [5 cabinets])detail. 2010. Courtesy the artist and blank projects
 


Dakar

Absence: Three perspectives on departure
at Raw Material Company, through 13 October 2012

Artists: Adamantitos Kafetzis, Vincent Michea, Judith Quax. Curated by Koyoh Kouoh
 

Image courtesy of Judith Quax
 


Bangalore

Anup Mathew Thomas: Hereinafter
at Gallery Ske, through 22 September 2012
 

Anup Mathew Thomas, Vans of Niranam, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Ske
 


Mumbai

Asma Mundrawala: Artificial Kingdom
at Project 88, through 22 September 2012
 

Asma Mundrawala, Lawrence Gardens Rendezvous, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Project 88
 

Prajakta Potnis: Time Lapse
at The Guild Ar Gallery, 15 September – 27 October 2012
 

Image courtesy the artist and The Guild Art Gallery
 

Cut Ups
at Mumbai Art Room, through 5 October 2012

Artists: Christian Marclay, Tracy Moffet, Gary Hillberg

Christian Marclay, Telephones (video still), 1995. Courtesy the artist and White Cube, London


Singapore

Ketna Patel: Heterotopia 2012
at Yavuz Fine Art, through 7 October 2012
 

Ketna Patel, Taste Me To Believe, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Yavuz Gallery
 

Zhang Enli
at ShanghART Gallery, Gillman Barracks,
14 September – 30 October 2012

Image courtesy the artist and ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Prelude
at Space Cottonseed, Gillman Barracks,
15 September – 21 October 2012

Five artists from South Korea, Singapore, and China

Image courtesy of Space Cottonseed


Hong Kong

The Propeller Group: The History of the Future
at 10 Chancery Lane, through 22 September2012
 
 

The Propeller Group, The History of the Future: Scenes From Future Histories, 2012. Courtesy the artist and 10 Chancery Lane
 

Painting On and On – 1. The Repository of Coherent Babbles
at Gallery Exit, 15 September – 13 October 2012
Opening on Saturday 15 September 2012, 5-7pm

Artists: Sushan Chan, Ho Sin Tung, Cassian Lau, Joey Leung, Vivian Poon, Wilson Shieh and Tse Yim On
 

Image courtesy Gallery Exit
 

Deimantas Narkevicius: About Films
at Para Site, 15 September – 18 November 2012
Opening on Friday 14 September 2012, 7–9pm

Image courtesy the artist and Para Site
 


Beijing

Liu Wei
at Long March Space, through 7 October 2012
 
 

Image courtesy the artist and Long March Space
 

He Xiangyu
at White Space, through 11 November 2012

Image courtesy the artist and White Space Beijing
 

Yang Jian
at White Space, through 11 November 2012
 

Image courtesy the artist and White Space Beijing
 


Shanghai

Li Ran: Pretty Knowledge
at AIKE-DELLARCO, through 15 October 2012

Curator: Weng Zhijuan

Image courtesy the artist and AIKE-DELLARCO
 


Guangzhou

Pulse Reaction
at Times Museum, 7 October 2012

Artists: Chen Tong, Chen Xiaoyun, Chen Wei, Duan Jianyu, Gong jian, He An, He Chi, Huang Xiaopeng, Jiang Ji’an, Jiang Zhi, Li Jinghu, Li Juchuan, Li Mu, Li Yifan, Liang Shuo, Lin Yilin, Liu Ding, Man Yu, Museum of Unknown, Qin Siyuan, Shao Yi, Wang Yin, Wang Wei, Xu Tan, Zhang Hui, Zhang Jiebai, Zheng Guogu, Zhou Tao, Zhu Yu. Curator: Ruijun Shen

Image courtesy Times museum
 


Seoul

Lee Si Woo: (Un)familiar Landscape
at Gallery Em, through 6 October 2012
 

Lee Si Woo, Landscape with Black and White, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Em
 

Kimsooja: To Breathe
at Kukje Gallery, through 10 October 2012

Kimsooja, Thread Routes – Chapter 1, 2010. Courtesy of Kukje Gallery and Kimsooja Studio
 

Remember Me
at Gallery Hyundai, through 14 October 2012

Artists: Ai Weiwei, Seung-taek Lee, Chung Seoyoung, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Luca Buvoli, Liu Ding

Ai Weiwei, 258 Fake, 2011. Courtesy the artist Gallery Hyundai © Ai Weiwei
 


Tokyo

Ryan McGinley: Reach Out, I’m Right Here
at Tomio Koyama Gallery, through 29 September 2012
 

Ryan McGinley, Taylor (Black & Blue), 2012. © Ryan McGinley Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery, NY

Koji Enokura: Documentation
at Taka Ishii Gallery, through 29 September 2012
 
 
 

Koji Enokura, Wall, 1971. © Koji Enokura. Courtesy the artist and Taka Ishii Gallery

Mitsuhiro Ikeda: location/dislocation
at ShugoArts, 6 October 2012

Mitsuhiro Ikeda, Untitled, 2012. Courtesy the artist and ShugoArts
 

Home Again – 10 Artists Who Have Experienced Japan
at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, through 18 November 2012

Artists: Khadim Ali, Minam Apang, Florencia Rodriguez Giles, Duto Hardono, Pradeep Mishra, Donna Ong, Thiago Rocha Pitta, Syagini Ranawulan, Erika Verzutti, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough,
 

Duto Hardono, Untitled (You Chose he Wrong Side), 2011. Courtesy the artist. Photo by Keizo Kioku
 


Sydney

Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture
at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, 15 Sept – 1 Dec 2012
Also at National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 13 Sept 2012 – 17 Feb 2013

Artists include Ai Weiwei, Shen Shaomin, Wang Jianwei, Zhou Tao, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Yu Youhan and many more

Yu Youhan, Untitled (Mao Marilyn), 2005. M+ Sigg Collection
 


Melbourne

Pat Brassington: Á Rebours
at Australian Center for Contemporary Art, through 23 September 2012
 

Pat Brassington, Radar, 2009 (detail). Courtesy the artist, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne; Stills Gallery, Sydney; Bett Gallery, Hobart

Sculpture Matter
at Australian Center for Contemporary Art, through 23 September 2012

Artists: Richard Serra, Alina Szapocznikow, Thea Djordjdze, Nairy Baghramian, Carol Bove, Gabriel Kuri, Sarah Lucas, Sh=ahrtar Nashat, Tatiana Trouvé.
 
 

Carol Bove, La Traversee Difficile, 2008 (detail). La Colección Jumex, Mexico
 


Wellington

Dniel Betham: What Would i Do Without You
at Enjoy Public Art Gallery, through 29 September 2012
 

Image courtesy the artist and Enjoy Public Art Gallery
 

Peripheral Relations: Marcel Duchamp and New Zealand Art 1960–2011
at Adam Art Gallery, through 7 October 2012

Artists: Jim Allen, Billy Apple, Bruce Barber, g. bridle, L. Budd, Bill Culbert, Paul Cullen, Julian Dashper, Andrew Drummond, et al, Merit Gröting, Adrian Hall, Terrence Handscomb, Christine Hellyar, Giovanni Intra, Betty Isaacs, Julius Isaacs, Darcy Lange, Maddie Leach, Len Lye, Kieran Lyons, Daniel Malone, Julia Morison, Michael Parekowhai, Roger Peters, Malcolm Ross, Marie Shannon, Michael Stevenson, Boyd Webb.
 

Michael Parekowhai, My Sister, My Self, 2006. Courtesy the artist and Adam Art Gallery
 


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