Ghosts & Absences
Words and images of two painting practices
Two-person exhibition, with Gan Siong King
Kedai Kebun Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
18 April - 11 May 2025
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"Ghosts & Absences: Pictures and Words of Two Painting Practices" is a collaborative exhibition between Malaysian artist Gan Siong King and Singaporean artist Yeo Tze Yang.
Bringing together two distinct personalities, backgrounds, and painterly approaches, the exhibition considers what unfolds when practices meet, whether in resonance, friction, or a quiet, sustained tension. Images drawn from childhood memory, media fragments, cosplay, and digital iconography overlap and diverge, pointing in multiple directions at once.
The project begins with two essays, written independently by each artist, reflecting on their contexts, memories, and relationship to painting. These texts frame painting as both method and question: a formal exercise, a context-laden medium, a mode of expression, a commodity, and an everyday practice.
Together, the writings and works invite a consideration of how images and language produce meaning, alongside, against, and through one another.
Read the essays by Tze Yang and Gan here.
Credits
Exhibition identity by Ejin Sha
With thanks to Rismilliana Wijayanti, Ananta D Rahayu and Kedai Kebun Forum for their kind support
