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&, Artist, Tanah & Air, Kangkanger, Kota-K Art Gallery, Board Forever Sabah & FINAS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
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โ€œSoft Bordersโ€ is currently on view at Blindspot Gallery, running through 7 Nov. Check out the walk-through video. ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ Featuring works by Igshaan Adams, Bi Rongrong, Kazuko Miyamoto, Angela Su, Aiko Tezuka, and Yee I Lann, the exhibition weaves together artists across geographical, cultural, and material boundaries, bridging together metaphors of materiality โ€“ย between bodies and systems, hand and machine, softness and power. Book your visit via the link in bio. ๐Ÿ”— - ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” Until 7 Nov, 2026 - #SoftBorders #BlindspotGallery
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Threads and tales ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ”–โœ‚๏ธ
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Works by Yee I-Lann are now on view in โ€๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”โ€œ. These woven mats (tikars) were made with land-based communities in Sabah, extending her longstanding inquiry into representations of power shaped by colonial histories and the resilience of ancestral methods. The tikar, carried down through generations, are made with a tropical bamboo, with patterns that shimmer under light. ๐ŸŽ‹ ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง (2024) depicts nine different mats, bearing patterns that carry distinct symbolisms. Two mats rise above as a door, allowing access to ancestral memories, and as an overturned table. The table, brought in by European colonizers, represents dominance administered by colonial powers, but here, it becomes upended. This work was featured in the โ€œANTEPRIMA x CHAT Contemporary Textile Art Prizeโ€ exhibition, when I-Lann won the award. In ๐˜ผ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™ช-๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™ช (2024), a monumental bamboo mat invites a cartographic read. The woven pattern is called โ€Mansau-ansauโ€œ, taking form in a labyrinth. It means to wander without knowing your destination, letting your path unfold as you go. - ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” Until 7 Nov 2026 - Images: [3][4] Yee-I-Lann, ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ: ๐˜š. ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ก๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜’๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, 2024 [5][6][7] Yee-I-Lann, ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ-๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, 2024. - #YeeILann #SoftBorders
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ART BORNEO 2026 and some of my favourite exhibits. Open Gallery 13.00-22.00 5-16 SEP 2026 HTM : 25k (umum) & 15k (Mahasiswa/Pelajar) ๐Ÿ“Aula Dekranasda Check out my reel from the same event for more details of my own visitor experience. Recommended for all art lovers โค๏ธ
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Thank you all for joining us on Saturday for the opening of โ€œSoft Bordersโ€ and the Guided Tour. The exhibition will run through 7 Nov 2026! ๐Ÿงถ - ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” Until 7 Nov 2026 - Photo by Ramond Ho - #BlindspotGallery #SoftBorders
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e-announcement: "Soft Borders" at Blindspot Gallery / Igshaan Adams, Bi Rongrong, Kazuko Miyamoto, Angela Su, Aiko Tezuka, Yee I-Lannโ  Sep 15 โ€“ Nov 7, 2026 / Opening: Saturday, Sep 12, 3pm โ€“ 6pm Exhibition guided tour: Saturday, Sep 12, 4pm (conducted in English)โ  Linkin.bio
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RUANG// VILLAGE TALKS: Materials / Bodies / Industries Bringing together contemporary artists Marcos Kueh, Yee I-Lann and Kawita Vatanajyankur, alongside curator and moderator Elena Wise, this session looks at how artistic practice engages with industry, craft traditions and labour in Southeast Asia and beyond. The conversation will focus on how histories of production are explored through collaborations with craft communities, the use of the physical body, and encounters with industrial machines and processes. Following short introductions to each artistโ€™s practice and selected works, the session will continue as a moderated discussion before opening to a live audience Q&A. Date: September 15th Format: Live Online Join us wherever you are: 05:00 PM Jakarta 11:00 AM London 06:00 AM Toronto 08:00 PM Sydney How to join: DM us or email to hq@thinkruang.com and we will send you the link and instructions to join.
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The Guggenheim Museum (@guggenheim) explores the enduring influence of Pop art with Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now, an exhibition bringing together iconic works from the 1960s alongside contemporary perspectives. From Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein to todayโ€™s leading voices, the exhibition examines how artists transformed everyday imagery, consumer culture, and familiar objects into powerful reflections on society, identity, and visual culture. By elevating the ordinary into something unexpected, Pop art challenged traditional ideas of what art could be, leaving a lasting impact that continues to shape contemporary practice. On view at the Guggenheim through January 10, 2027. Featured artists: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Richard Hamilton Yayoi Kusama Lucia Hierro (@lucia_hierro_) Yee I-Lann (@yeeilann) Tommy Kha (@tommykha) Alex Da Corte Martine Gutierrez (@martine.tv) Cara Romero (@cararomerophotography) Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim (@mohamedalmansoori) Baseera Khan (@baseerakhan) Sheida Soleimani (@sheidajanam) Jim Dine (@jimdinestudio) Chryssa Andy Warhol
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Watch this video on Yee I-Lann, produced by NOWNESS (@nownessasia ) for the โ€˜Meet the Artistsโ€™ series by Art Basel (@artbasel ), to learn how she weaves together ancestral knowledge, colonial history, and contemporary conditions through the tikar (woven mat in Malay). ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ Since returning to her home state of Sabah in 2017, Yee has developed collaborative mat-weaving projects with sea- and land-based communities. In the video, she discusses her ongoing collaboration with Dusun and Murut weavers from Sabahโ€™s interior, works from which will be presented in โ€œSoft Bordersโ€. Drawing on both inherited and newly created patterns, these works trace cultural heritage while metaphorically challenging hierarchical power structures and reclaiming local narratives. ๐ŸŽ‹ ๐Ÿ”— Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS ASIA. Yeeโ€˜s works will be featured in our upcoming group exhibition, โ€œ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”โ€. Stay tuned! - ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 3 - 6pm, 12 Sep 2026 (SAT) ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ 15 Sep - 11 Nov 2026 - #YeeILann #SoftBorders
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KANAZAWA: Yee I-Lann is featured in Collection Exhibition: Walking, Staying at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, on view from 23 May 2026 through 18 October 2026. Exploring the physical and political dimensions of movement and presence, the exhibition features Yee I-Lannโ€™s The Orang Besar Series, Kain Panjang with Petulant Kepala, 2010. Combining traditional batik techniques with digital photographic printing, the work critically reflects on power structures, identity, and the complex histories of Southeast Asia. COLLECTION EXHIBITION: WALKING, STAYING ๐Ÿ“ 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa 23 May 2026 โ€“ 18 October 2026 Installation photos by Natsumi Kinugasa, courtesy of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Detail of Orang Besar Series, Kain Panjang with Petulant Kepala, 2010.
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Upcoming Exhibition | ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” Blindspot Gallery is pleased to present โ€œ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”โ€, opening on 12 September, and on view from 15 September to 7 November 2026, featuring works by Igshaan Adams, Bi Rongrong, Kazuko Miyamoto, Angela Su, Aiko Tezuka, and Yee I-Lann. Bringing together artists across diverse geographies and material approaches, the exhibition examines how borders โ€” social, cultural, historical, and geographical โ€” are stretched, untethered, and reimagined. Themes of community, labor, technology, and globalization come into focus. While the artists engage with the logic of weaving, embroidery, and interlacing, their material vocabularies extend beyond the thread to encompass beads, wire, bamboo, hair, metal, and enamel. Textile and fiber are approached not as singular mediums, but as sites of negotiation โ€” between bodies and systems, hand and machine, softness and power. The opening reception and exhibition are by invitation and appointment only. - ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 3 - 6pm, 12 Sep 2026 (SAT) ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ 4pm, 12 Sep 2026 ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ 15 Sep - 11 Nov 2026
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Artist | ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—œ-๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป | ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” | upcoming We are thrilled to feature Yee I-Lann in our upcoming group exhibition, โ€œSoft Bordersโ€. Yee I-Lann (b.1971, Sabah, Malaysia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses photography, textiles, collaborative weaving, video, and installation. Drawing on archival research, her works center on the complex geopolitical history of archipelagic Southeast Asia and their continuing impact on social experiences. Her works unpack โ€œnotions of power and who has power in storytellingโ€. Since returning to her hometown of Sabah in 2017, Yee has been developing collaborative mat weaving projects with sea- and land-based communities in the region. ๐‘บ๐’๐’‡๐’• ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’“๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 3 - 6pm, 12 Sep 2026 (SAT) ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ 15 Sep - 11 Nov 2026 - Images: [1] Portrait of Yee I-Lann. Courtesy of artist and @silverlensgallery - #YeeILann #SoftBorders [2][3] Installation view of โ€œYee I-Lann: Mansau-Ansauโ€ at Singapore Art Museum, 2024. Image courtesy of Singapore Art Museum. [2][3] Installation view of โ€œYee I-Lann: Mansau-Ansauโ€ at Singapore Art Museum, 2024. Image courtesy of Singapore Art Museum. [4] Installation view of โ€œANTEPRIMA x CHAT Contemporary Textile Art Prize 2024โ€ at CHAT, 2024. Image courtesy of CHAT. [5] Installation view of โ€œYee I-Lann: Until We Hug Againโ€ at CHAT, 2021. Image courtesy of CHAT. [6] Installation view of โ€œYee I-Lann: Mansau-Ansauโ€ at Kunstmuseum Thun. Photo by David Aebi. Image courtesy of Kunstmuseum Thun.
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