The Pierre Lorinet Collection curated by Edward Mitterand

The Pierre Lorinet Assortment: From western minimalism to Asian political abstraction is an exhibition of items collected over a interval of a decade. Compiled by Edward Mitterrandof which the exhibition is a component Singapore artwork weeka ten-day celebration the place greater than 700 artists and curators from Singapore and world wide current greater than 130 programmes.

In keeping with What by Ai Weiwei

This exhibition brings collectively numerous necessary up to date works for the primary time. They have been chosen to indicate the voluntary connection that the Pierre Lorinet assortment has revamped the previous decade between the founders of minimalism and a few of the most famous Asian artists of the twenty-first century. The practices of those artists have been largely influenced by Asian political or philosophical concepts and by the historical past of modernism.

Pierre Lorinet challenged his relationship with artwork by deciding to seek out and expertise feelings inside radicalism when he began his assortment in 2012 with an emphasis on minimalism, one of the crucial influential and rigorous actions within the historical past of up to date artwork. A number of years later, the gathering moved to Singapore, making it accessible to Asian-born artists who’ve been or have been influenced by Minimalism in numerous methods.

Ai Weiwei, Chen Zhen, Nam June Paik and Haegue Yang are just some examples of artists who all have robust backgrounds in artwork historical past and care deeply about their contributions to each trendy artwork and their homeland. Their inclusion within the assortment heralded the acquisition of works by subsequent generations of Asian artists, akin to Korakrit Arunanondchai, a Thai-American artist.

In keeping with What by Ai Weiwei

That is reported by Lee Ufan

That is reported by Lee Ufan

Untitled by Donald Judd

Untitled by Donald Judd

Untitled by Donald Judd

Incomplete open dice by Sol Lewitt

Incomplete open dice by Sol Lewitt

Images by Colin Wan.

Leo Lei interprets his ardour for minimalism in his each day up to date weblog Leibal. As well as, you can see uniquely designed minimalist objects and furnishings within the Leibal Retailer.