Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is proud to present Masriadi: Black is My Last Weapon, the celebrated contemporary Indonesian artist I Nyoman Masriadi’s first regional and international solo exhibition. This show forms part of SAM's exhibition programme in showcasing works of key modern and contemporary Southeast Asian artists, continuing on from solo exhibitions such as Affandi and Widayat in 2007. This new exhibition highlights Masriadi’s unique visual language of painting – striking visual vocabulary and visual imageries strongly influenced by anime, cyber-gaming and comics. The exhibition features over 30 selected works from private collections in Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong, including early works from 1998 to latest works. The exhibition opening will be officiated by Guest of Honour, Mr Kwee Liong Keng, Honorary Chairman of Singapore Art Museum, on 22 August 2008, Friday, 7pm, at 8Q sam. Media preview led by the curators will be held on the same day at 11am at 8Q sam. Born in Bali in 1973, I Nyoman Masriadi is one of the most influential and acclaimed artists to have emerged from Southeast Asia in the last decade. Having studied at the Indonesian Institute of Art from 1993 to 1998, Masriadi’s distinction as an artist lies in his choice of medium – painting. In the 1990s, Indonesian artists began to work in ephemeral medium such as installation and performance art, as part of their resistance against the commodification of art. With paintings being sold at high prices in the art market, the practice of painting was viewed as an exemplar of the commodification of art. Masriadi is an artist who holds the firm belief that painting is a form of visual language which speaks beyond the high prices. This forms part of his own resistance to expand his art practice and focuses on the practice of painting.
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