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ACAW 2019 | Press Coverage

ACAW 2019 FIELD MEETING Take 6: Thinking Collections Coverage

Canvas, 'Living Archive'
 
Canvas, “Living Archive”

Alexandra Chaves 

“The performing artists at ACAW’s annual FIELD MEETING investigated the art forum’s theme Thinking Collections – which was taking an artist-focused approach rather than a market approach – by reflecting on the body as both inventory and archive.”

ArtAsiaPacific
ArtAsiaPacific, “Creative Alchemy: ACAW’s FIELD MEETING Take 6”

Chloe Chu, March 1, 2019 

“[Leeza Ahmady’s] approach… lends itself to upending the reductive methods that we routinely use to understand our surroundings, including logic, and makes room for encounters with universal truths.”

Berlin Art Link
Berlin Art Link, “‘Field Meeting: Take 6’ Brings Its Asian Contemporary Art Focus to Dubai”

Berlin Art Link Productions, February 8, 2019 

“Significantly, the choice to launch the Field Meeting in Dubai served to initiate a stronger dialogue between Asian countries and cultures, across different religions, political situations, and visual identities.”

OCULA
OCULA, “Field Meeting Take 6: Thinking Collections”

Stephanie Bailey, February 1, 2019 

“Throughout Field Meeting [Take 6], collecting—as an artistic and curatorial practice—emerged as a form of resisting and enabling.”

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