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LeeWen (Singapore)
Lee Wen was born in Singapore, where he also
lives and works. He is a multidisciplinary artist and
one of Singapore’s most internationally recognised
contemporary artists and organiser of art events in
Singapore. He has been exploring different strate-
gies of time-based and performance art since 1989.
Best known for his
Yellow Man
series of work, the
multidisciplinary artist is also one of Singapore’s
pioneering performance artists. Through construct-
ed personas the artist plays provocateur, motivated
by a strong conviction of justice and idealism, with
a persistence to stay true to the self in an unsympa-
thetically structured world. Lee often uses his life
experiences and personal dilemmas as initial en-
tries into an artistic journey, recovering memories
and remakingmythologies.Acontributing factor in
TheArtists Village alternative in Singapore and the
Black Market international performance art collec-
tive, Lee has helped initiate and organise events
in order to platform, support and develop perfor-
mance art practices, discourse, infrastructure and
audiences in Singapore.
Ray Langenbach (USA/Malaysia/Finland)
Born in USA, Ray Langenbach lives and works in
Helsinki, Finland, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He
works conceptually at the interface of propaganda
and indoctrination with contemporary art. He con-
venes symposia, curates exhibitions and festivals,
and documents all varieties of performance, South
EastAsian visual art, propaganda and queer culture.
Installations and performance art works: United
States, Europe and Asia-Pacific at the Whitney
Museum of Art, New York LACE (Los Angeles
Contemporary Exhibitions) Nevada Museum of
Art, National Centre for the Arts, Mumba, Art-
space, Sydney, the Asia Pacific Triennale, 3
rd
Wer-
kleitz Biennial-Germany, and the Gwangju Bien-
nale, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Future
of Imagination Festival, Asiatopia, ArtContact,
Helsinki, Kiasma Museum, La Bas, Taidehalli,
Helsinki among others.
Roberto De La Torre - Image: Peter England, Vadehra Art
Gallery, Nueva Delhi & Lakeeren Gallery, Mumbay, India, 2013.
Photos: Prince and Babu Eshwar Prased.
Zierle & Carter - Fortune Teller, 2011, Calgary, Canada,
image taken by Dayna Danger for Zierle & Carter, High
Performance Rodeo
Santiago Contreras Soux - DIKE (Prometheus) 2013, La
Paz, Bolivia.
