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CACSA PROJECTS 2011 PROJECT 3

YEE I-LANN (Malaysia)Fluid World

ARTIST TALK THURSDAY 7 APRIL 6PMBRADLEY FORUM UNISA CITY WEST CAMPUS

EXHIBITION OPENING FRIDAY 8 APRIL 68PM

CACSA 2011 Projects #3 presents the major solo exhibition Fluid Worldby international artist and University of South Australia graduate Yee I-Lann, in partnershipwith leading Malaysian gallery Valentine Willie F ine Art in Kuala Lumpur. In association with the University of SA, Yee I-Lann will be presenting an artist talk at theBradley Forum, City West Campus the night before the exhibition opening. YeeI-Lannhasspokenofherworkasameansofprobingandinterpretinghermyriadeldsofinterest,withthreadsofinquiryrangingfromtheimpactofpoliticalstructures,collectiveandindividualexperience;theculturalnexusoftheSoutheastAsianarchipelagosseas;aswellasMalaysiascommunalmemory.In Fluid WorldYeeI-Lannspecicallyexplorestheinterwovenconcernsaroundnotionsofhistoricaltrade,socialhierarchy,piracyandresistancethroughhernewworksinphotomediaandphoto-mediatedbatikfromThe Orang Besar Series,whichwasrstshownin2010.Theliteraltranslationoforang besarisbigperson, a common term dating back centuries and used throughout the Southeast Asian archipelago to denote a person of elite socio-political-economic standingin a community. The Orang Besarseries illustrates the social structure of the orang besar, the body politic, and how this continues to be a major character in theregionspoliticalandeconomicnatureinmodernsociety.Theserieswascreatedafteralengthyperiodofexperimentationandresearch;byreinterpretingthebatikmediumYeeI-Lanncontributesahybridtechniquelledwithsymbolsandmultiplemeaning.

In addition to the exhibition and artist talk, the CACSA will also make available a new publication entitled Yee I-Lann: Fluid Worldwhich charts thedevelopmentofYeespracticeoverthepastfteenyears,documentingeachmajorseriesofworkwhilefurtherexploringthecontextofmediumandthesubjectmatterengaged.Thetitleofthepublicationdescribesthecontextof thesenarratives,a uidworldofchangingborders,shiftingculturalidentities,historiesforgotten and those being writtenin general it seeks to enrich our knowledge and understanding of the Southeast Asian social, cultural and political frameworksYeespracticeoperateswithin,throughshortessaysbyregionalthinkersandcommentators.

Yee I-Lann received her BA in Visual Arts from the University of South Australia, Adelaide in 1992. She has exhibited in the ThirdAsia-PacifcTriennial,Queensland Art Gallery (1999), Contemporary Commonwealth, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia (2006), Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM Museumof Contemporary Art, Germany (2007), New Nature, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand (2007) and the 2009 Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Japan. Also aproductiondesignerforfeaturelms,shestraddlestheSouthChinaSeaspendingtimebetweenherhometowninKotaKinabaluandKualaLumpur.

EXHIBITION DATES 8 APRIL15 MAY, 2011Image: Yee I-Lann, Kain Panjang with Carnivorous Kepala, 2010 Photo courtesy the artist and Valentine Willie Fine Ar t, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA14 PORTER STREET PARKSIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5063

T 08 82 72 26 82 F 08 83 73 42 86 E program@cacsa.org.au W www.cacsa.org.au

THE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE OF SA IS ASSISTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, ITS ARTS FUNDING AND ADVISORY BODY, AND THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTTHROUGH ARTS SA AND HEALTH PROMOTIONS SA. THE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE OF SA IS SUPPORTED BY THE VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFT STRATEGY, AN INITIATIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN, STATE AND TERRITORY GOVERNMENTS