Borders and Bridges

Connecting Asian and Middle Eastern artists to the world.

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Yang Yongliang’s layering of digital photography with traditional painting techniques shines a light on rampant development. 

http://artradarjournal.com/2018/11/28/phantom-city-chinese-artist-yang-yongliang-at-utah-museum-of-fine-arts/

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Ivan Lam, ‘Hymen’ (detail), 2018, plastic green netting and synthetic polymer paint, 52 x 52 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Wei-Ling Gallery.

Male artist explores journey to womanhood through taboo subject of female bleeding in Malaysia.

http://artradarjournal.com/2018/04/27/hymen-malaysian-artist-ivan-lam-and-the-politics-of-tension-and-taboo-in-conversation/

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Shahida Ahmed, ‘Thrown Kufic Pot’, 2015, 20 x 50 x 20 cm. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/09/30/inspired-by-simplicity-british-artist-shahida-ahmed-in-conversation/

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Jason Noushin, ‘Batman’, 2017, oil, shellac, ink, pencil, turmeric and comic book leaves on linen, 48 x 48 in. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/08/05/comics-and-calligraphy-british-iranian-artist-jason-noushin-in-conversation/

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Bouke de Vries, ‘Homeland South Korea’, 2015, MDF and celadon fragments by Lee Eun Bum. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/07/04/splendid-imperfection-dutch-artist-bouke-de-vries-and-chinese-porcelain-in-conversation/

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Jeanno Gaussi, “Imaginary Friends”, 2017, Galerie koal / Berlin. Image courtesy the artist and Galerie koal / Berlin.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/06/09/knot-alone-jeanno-gaussi-artist-profile/

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Maitha Demithan, ‘Mother’, 2017, scanography, 100 x 80 cm. Image courtesy the artist. http://artradarjournal.com/2017/05/28/women-photographers-i-am-jordan-national-gallery-of-fine-arts/

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Fouad Elkoury, ‘L’Oiseau’, 1990, ink-jet print on Baryta paper, 12.4 x 18.5 cm. Image courtesy the artist and The Third Line.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/04/24/lebanese-artist-fouad-elkourys-suite-egyptienne-at-dubais-the-third-line/

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Maureen Drdak, ‘Burning World 3’, 2015, copper repoussé elements, mineral particles and threads, platinum and acrylic on archival wood panel, 16 x .75 in. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/04/08/heavy-metal-repousse-synthesis-innovator-maureen-drdak-in-conversation/

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Sophia Al Maria, ‘Attack’ (“Everything Must Go” series), 2017, digital print, 24 x 42 cm. Image courtesy the artist and The Third Line, Dubai.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/03/07/military-complex-sophia-al-maria-in-conversation/

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Elizabeth Wirija, ‘About Sensitivity’, inspired by a poem by Hafsa bint al Hajj Arrakuniyya, 2017, C-Type matte print, 12.7 x 9.3 in. Image courtesy the artist and Radical Love: Female Lust.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/02/20/radical-love-female-lust-at-the-crypt-gallery/

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Yasmine K. Kasem, ‘Self Portrait of Two Ancestral Histories’, 2014, aluminum. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/02/07/egyptian-american-artist-yasmine-k-kasem-in-conversation/

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Cristina Rodrigues, “Enlightenment II” from the “Women From My Country” installation at Manchester Cathedral, England, 2014, iron, stainless steel, ceramic angels and crystal beads, 2.10m (height) x 1.80m (diameter). Photo: RezaKio. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/02/04/stitch-in-time-portuguese-diaspora-artist-cristina-rodrigues-in-conversation/

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Iranian diaspora artist Farzad Kohan’s newest series takes a poignant look at lives spent in exile.

http://artradarjournal.com/2017/01/08/homeward-bound-farzad-kohans-migration-stories-at-ayyam-gallery-dubai-difc/

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Asma Ghanem, ‘Homeland Is …’, 2016. Notational score for sound performance. Image courtesy the artist.

http://artradarjournal.com/2016/10/18/palestines-young-artist-of-the-year-award-2016-pattern-recognition/

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Artist lays bare social maladies, beliefs and challenges to the human condition in contemporary China.

http://artradarjournal.com/2016/10/11/chinas-mao-tongqiang-artist-profile/

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Pouran Jinchi, ‘Hanged, 18 strands’ (detail), 2015, copper, paint and safety pins, approximately 7 x 18 in each. Photo: Brian Buckley. Image courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery.

http://artradarjournal.com/2016/09/05/scripts-and-sensibility-iranian-american-pouran-jinchi-interview/