Yim MalineThe Shadow of Change

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A digital catalogue for “The Shadow of Change”, a solo exhibition by Yim Malineat Richard Koh Fine Art, Blk 47 Malan Road, #01-26 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 109444from 7 - 22 June 2019.

The Shadow of Change

A Solo Exhibition byYim Maline

07 - 22 June 2019

Front cover page: Yim Maline, Colourful Decomposition 7, 2018, Mixed media on paper, 76 x 99 cm © Roun Ry

06 Excerpt from Memories and Meditation: Recalling Resistance and Resilience by Andrea Fam

09 Works Mixed Media

27 Works Sculpture

36 Artist’sProfile

39 Writer’sProfile

Content

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Andrea Fam, May 2019

Excerpt fromMemories and Meditation:Recalling Resistanceand Resilience

Decompose: to make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay; break down or cause to break down into component elements or simpler constituents.

The process of decomposition is necessary for our ecosystem. It is the systemic separating of bodies of living organisms into simpler organic matter that gets recycled in the biosphere; death and decay birth new life. This cyclical course of life and nature is detectable in Yim’s “Decomposition” series’ for her solo show, “The Shadow of Change”.

Ridged, depressed, parched and scorched, Yim’s muted cardboard reliefs bear surface wounds and invasive scars whilst her mixed media works on paper lure the viewer into webs of stirring impressions of molecular structural compositions where one might get absorbed into shadowy depths. Together with protuberant and nodale sculptures, the works in “The Shadow of Change” enfold and interweave memories and personal history with encounters of present-day Cambodia.

On its surface “The Shadow of Change” reflectsthe impact of foreign intervention upon the land of Cambodia; mark-making techniques such as slicing, burning and perforating are employed as methods that mirror the renovative techniques that have swept across Sihanoukville in Southwest Cambodia, the coastal city which has witnessed the razing of thousands of trees and the erecting of nearly 300 casinos in their place. On a fundamental level, the works consider a loss of national and personal identity through the pillage of Khmer’s natural terrain, and a recall of Yim’s own lived history as a civil war survivor. Within the intricate compositionsofthesebodiesofworklayreflectionson reconciliation, renewal and revival.

Yim’s series’ of amorphous and biomorphic drawings, paintings and sculptures attest to an urgency in making records of what remains of the Khmer landscape today and an urgency to work with the impact these marked changes have on the psycheofthosethatbearwitnesstosuchafflictingchange.

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Works

Mixed media

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Colourful Decomposition 22018

Mixed media on paper78 x 108.5 cm

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Colourful Decomposition 32017Mixed media on paper78 x 108.5 cm

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Colourful Decomposition 62018Mixed media on paper108.5 x 78 cm

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Colourful Decomposition 72018

Mixed media on paper76 x 99 cm

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Colourful Decomposition 82017

Mixed media on paper59.5 x 84 cm

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Decomposition (Measured) 32016Graphite, charcoal, ink, andacrylic coloured pencil on cardboard112 x 143 cm

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Decomposition (Measured) 42016Graphite, charcoal, ink, andacrylic coloured pencil on cardboard130 x 108 cm

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Decomposition (Measured) 142016

Graphite, charcoal, ink,and acrylic coloured pencil on cardboard

143 x 110 cm

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Works

Sculpture

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Plateau2019Tissue paper and wire160 x 42 x 42 cm

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Layer2019

Tissue paper and wire78 x 56 x 56 cm

Valley2019Tissue paper and wire57 x 48 x 48 cm

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Space2019

Tissue paper and wire90 x 55 x 55 cm

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Educations

2010 BA Fine Art / Diplôme National Arts Plastique, École Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Caen, France

2003-04 Certificate, Fine Art, École des Beaux-Arts de Beauvais, France

1995-2003 Plastic Arts Curriculum, Phare Ponleu Selpak Art School, Battambang, Cambodia

Solo Exhibitions2019 The Shadow of Change, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore

2016 Decomposition, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2015 Having a hole or empty space inside, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2013 Remember, The East gallery : Contemporary Asian Art, Toronto, Canada

2012 No Name, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Silk Threads, The Insider Gallery, Intercontinental Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2011 Remember, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2007 Cultural Center, Caen, France

2006 Chateau de Beauregard, France

Selected Group Exhibitions2019 Home Lost and Found, Batia Sarem Gallery, Siem Reap,

Cambodia

2018 Plastic Kindom, Metahouse, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2017 Le Paysage Après Coup, Metz, France

Cambodia: Looking back on the future, Finn Gallery, CT, USA

2016 ASIA NOW, Paris Asian Art Fair with SA SA BASSAC, Paris, France

Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – France, New York, Phnom Penh, Paris

2015 And That Which Was Always Known, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore

2014 Made in Battambang, French Institute, Cambodia

2012 Dom-naer Thmey (New Journey), Cambodian Living Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Yim Maline (b. 1982) is from Battambang, Cambodia. She currently lives and works in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Yim Maline

Seven, Hotel de la Paix Arts Lounge, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Anniversary, French Institute, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

La Galerie, Lux et Art de Livre, Canadia Tower, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Salon of Creators, No Problem Mansion, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2011 Eight Women, French Cultural Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Salon du Creatures, No Problem Mansion, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Between / Myanmar- Cambodia, Metahouse, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2008 École Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Caen, France

Nominations2015 Nominee, Prudential Eye Awards, Best

Emerging Artist Using Drawing

2014 Nominee, Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Hong Kong

2009 Nominee, ADB Signature Art Prize, Singapore

Residencies2017 S –AIR Residency Programmes, Sapporo, Japan

2016 UNESCO Art Camp, Andorra

2015 Triangle Arts Association, NYC, USA

Sylt Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa

Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA

2013 Transparent Studio, Bose Pacia, New York, USA / Season of Cambodia Festival

Selected Bibliographies2015 Yim Maline. “Artist Feature: Yim Maline”.

UDAYA Journal of Khmer Studies.

Number 12, 2014. pp 319-324.

Marina Shafik. “Cambodia’s Black Holes.” Khmer Times. May 3, 2015.

Roger Nelson. “And that which was always known.” Exhibition Catalogue

2013 Pamela Corey. “Situating Contemporary Art in Cambodia.” Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Bulletin (Spring 2014)

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Andrea Fam is an Assistant Curator at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) where she oversees the Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam portfolios. She holds a B.A. (Hons) degree in Criticism, Communication and Curation in Art and Design from Central Saint Martins, London, UK. She is one of six curators in the upcoming Singapore Biennale 2019, ‘Every Step in the Right Direction’, and co-curated the 2016 Singapore Biennale, ‘An Atlas of Mirrors’. She has also curated and co-curated several exhibitions at SAM, namely, the President’s Young Talents 2018, ‘Imaginarium: Over the Ocean, Under the Sea’, and ‘Odyssey: Navigating Nameless Seas’. Her research interests include investigations into the role of humour and play in society.

Andrea Fam

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