Author Archives: Grace Samboh

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About Grace Samboh

Believes in unicorn, conviviality and the struggle towards collective subjectivities—even temporarily.

“Reality check” in the catalogue of the NGV Triennial 2017

Featuring more than 100 artists and designers from thirty-two countries, NGV Triennial 2017 surveys the world’s best art and design. Their cutting-edge work represents a diversity of cultures, geographies and perspectives, presented as new technologies, architecture, animation, performance, film, painting,

“Reality check” in the catalogue of the NGV Triennial 2017

Featuring more than 100 artists and designers from thirty-two countries, NGV Triennial 2017 surveys the world’s best art and design. Their cutting-edge work represents a diversity of cultures, geographies and perspectives, presented as new technologies, architecture, animation, performance, film, painting,

in suspense

In literature, “suspense” is both a genre and also a state of mind generated within the reader. There is a variety of ways to do this; through the withholding of information or in utilization of the objective viewpoint of a

in suspense

In literature, “suspense” is both a genre and also a state of mind generated within the reader. There is a variety of ways to do this; through the withholding of information or in utilization of the objective viewpoint of a

Mengenal dunia melalui karya seni

Sekelebat pikiran mengenai beberapa karya di documenta 14 (Ditulis untuk Culture Magazine, Goethe-Institut Indonesien, September 2017. English, German, Dutch version available here.) Ketika Pius Sigit Kuncoro, kurator terpilih untuk Biennale Jogja 2017, mengunjungi Brazil, Goethe-Institut setempat mengadakan satu kegiatan yang

Mengenal dunia melalui karya seni

Sekelebat pikiran mengenai beberapa karya di documenta 14 (Ditulis untuk Culture Magazine, Goethe-Institut Indonesien, September 2017. English, German, Dutch version available here.) Ketika Pius Sigit Kuncoro, kurator terpilih untuk Biennale Jogja 2017, mengunjungi Brazil, Goethe-Institut setempat mengadakan satu kegiatan yang

SUNSHOWER: Contemporary art from Southeast Asia, 1980s to now

With its total population counting around 600 million, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-faith Southeast Asia has nurtured a truly dynamic and diverse culture. Contemporary art from the emerging economic powerhouse of Southeast Asia is currently earning widespread international attention. The “sunshower” –

SUNSHOWER: Contemporary art from Southeast Asia, 1980s to now

With its total population counting around 600 million, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-faith Southeast Asia has nurtured a truly dynamic and diverse culture. Contemporary art from the emerging economic powerhouse of Southeast Asia is currently earning widespread international attention. The “sunshower” –

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Global Academy at Salzburg’s Summer Academy

A two-weeks curatorial course “Thinking with works of art” with Ruth Noack & Grace Samboh (July 17-29, 2017) Today’s globalised art world has replaced all the hard questions with smart curatorial practices that claim to deal with the intricacies of power

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Global Academy at Salzburg’s Summer Academy

A two-weeks curatorial course “Thinking with works of art” with Ruth Noack & Grace Samboh (July 17-29, 2017) Today’s globalised art world has replaced all the hard questions with smart curatorial practices that claim to deal with the intricacies of power

Carte blanche: Anxiety

“Visible things can be invisible. If somebody rides a horse through a wood, at first one sees them, and then not, yet one knows that they are there. In Carte Blanche (1965), the rider is hiding the trees, and the

Carte blanche: Anxiety

“Visible things can be invisible. If somebody rides a horse through a wood, at first one sees them, and then not, yet one knows that they are there. In Carte Blanche (1965), the rider is hiding the trees, and the

Along with the tusks and the stripes

To collect means to gather or bring together things—that are typically scattered or spread. This exhibition explores collections of artworks that are made of considerably fragile mediums such as paper and other consciously chosen ephemeral materials. In relation to the

Along with the tusks and the stripes

To collect means to gather or bring together things—that are typically scattered or spread. This exhibition explores collections of artworks that are made of considerably fragile mediums such as paper and other consciously chosen ephemeral materials. In relation to the

Mata pelajaran ke-15

Sebuah catatan kuratorial Oleh Angga Wijaya dan Grace Samboh Landasan berpikir Ada dua hal yang segera muncul saat memikirkan sebuah pameran sebagai bagian dari perayaan 10 tahun Serrum, Festival Ekstrakurikulab. Pertama, para seniman yang punya kecenderungan praktik pendidikan (baik formal

Mata pelajaran ke-15

Sebuah catatan kuratorial Oleh Angga Wijaya dan Grace Samboh Landasan berpikir Ada dua hal yang segera muncul saat memikirkan sebuah pameran sebagai bagian dari perayaan 10 tahun Serrum, Festival Ekstrakurikulab. Pertama, para seniman yang punya kecenderungan praktik pendidikan (baik formal

A̶C̶R̶Y̶L̶I̶C̶: A matter of (ir)rationalizing

ROH Projects is pleased to present Aditya Novali’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, A̶C̶R̶Y̶L̶I̶C̶, featuring completely new works. This show begins a two-part series that will find a continuation that will be shown in a separate presentation during Art Basel

A̶C̶R̶Y̶L̶I̶C̶: A matter of (ir)rationalizing

ROH Projects is pleased to present Aditya Novali’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, A̶C̶R̶Y̶L̶I̶C̶, featuring completely new works. This show begins a two-part series that will find a continuation that will be shown in a separate presentation during Art Basel

Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa

(Scroll down for English.) Foto pameran oleh Reza Zefanya. Foto milik ROH Projects. Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa (MTTJ) adalah sebuah proyek seni rupa yang bercita-cita untuk memantik perbincangan mengenai demokrasi dalam era Reformasi dengan publik seni rupa sembari tidak menutup diri untuk

Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa

(Scroll down for English.) Foto pameran oleh Reza Zefanya. Foto milik ROH Projects. Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa (MTTJ) adalah sebuah proyek seni rupa yang bercita-cita untuk memantik perbincangan mengenai demokrasi dalam era Reformasi dengan publik seni rupa sembari tidak menutup diri untuk