All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt : A Group Exhibition
Current exhibition
Installation Views
Overview
There’s a sense of despondence to the common souvenir template: “I went to x and all I got was this lousy t-shirt”. A t-shirt could never adequately conjure the experience that it refers to, is what it seems to suggest. What purposes do these souvenirs serve, then?
Like the lousy t-shirt, the exhibition showcases various artistic strategies for memory work. These artworks are specifically evocative, reaching for a tangible connection between the present object and a remembrance of places and events past. By reworking souvenirs or imagining them into existence, these artists express a belief in artworks as mnemonic devices, capable of storing and prompting these memories for future recollection.
These artworks aren’t afraid to dwell in paraphernalia, either, serving as a reminder that sentimentality can surprise us with its forceful attachment to the mundane and everyday. They make references to things but also people, as gestures to our collective transience and how, one day, our legacies might be represented in lousy t-shirts or other unexpected forms.
Like the lousy t-shirt, the exhibition showcases various artistic strategies for memory work. These artworks are specifically evocative, reaching for a tangible connection between the present object and a remembrance of places and events past. By reworking souvenirs or imagining them into existence, these artists express a belief in artworks as mnemonic devices, capable of storing and prompting these memories for future recollection.
These artworks aren’t afraid to dwell in paraphernalia, either, serving as a reminder that sentimentality can surprise us with its forceful attachment to the mundane and everyday. They make references to things but also people, as gestures to our collective transience and how, one day, our legacies might be represented in lousy t-shirts or other unexpected forms.
Works
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Agus SuwageThe Great Masturbator , 2016Watercolour and tobacco juice on paper76 x 57 cm -
Ahmad Fuad OsmanNicolae Ceausescu (1918 - 1989) , 2015Oil on canvas145 x 228 cm
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Ahmad Fuad OsmanStalin (1878 - 1953) , 2016Oil on canvas145 x 182 cm
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Thuy Anh DangWe Will Meet Somwhere #2 , 2021Painting on silk, Dó paper, tree roots32.5 x 44.5 cm
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Thuy Anh DangA Day Out #7, #8, #9 , 2022Oil on paper32.5 x 40 cm (each)
USD 500 (each) -
Tan Zi HaoFaux amber , 2023Resin and keyboard keysDimensions variable
(5 pieces)Edition of 3 -
Tan Zi Hao-apism, 2023Resin and keyboard keys3.5 x 3.8 x 2 cmEdition of 3
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Tan Zi Haohang... in there, 2023Resin and keyboard keys7.2 x 9.6 x 2.8 cmEdition of 3
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Tan Zi Haoyou don't belong, 2023Resin and keyboard keys6 x 7.5 x 2.5 cmEdition of 3
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Tan Zi Haoignorance to spare , 2023Resin and keyboard keys5.8 x 7.8 x 2.4 cmEdition of 3
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Tan Zi Haoyou are everywhere wherever you are, 2023Resin and keyboard keys8.3 x 7.5 x 3.6 cmEdition of 3
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Ugo UntoroPortrait of SP , 2021Ballpoint on cigarette paper box17 x 8 cm
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Kentaro HirokiBack side of photograph; JAPAN TODAY - KYOTO , 2017Photograph : Digital Scan, Epson Ultra Chrom HD ink on ILFORD, GALERIE Gold Mono Silk 270 gsm
Back side of Photograph : Drawing, Graphite and Caran D'ache, Luminance 6901 on ILFORD, Photographic paper14 x 10 cm
Frame Size : 41.5 x 31 cm -
Kentaro HirokiBack side of photograph; Pilgrims Japan, 2017Photograph : Digital Scan, Epson Ultra Chrom HD ink on ILFORD, GALERIE Gold Mono Silk 270 gsm
Back side of Photograph : Drawing, Graphite and Caran D'ache, Luminance 6901 on ILFORD, Photographic paper22 x 19 cm
Frame Size : 41.5 x 31 cm -
Kentaro HirokiBack side of photograph; JAPAN AIR LINES , 2017Photograph : Digital Scan, Epson Ultra Chrom HD ink on ILFORD, GALERIE Gold Mono Silk 270 gsm
Back side of Photograph : Drawing, Graphite and Caran D'ache, Luminance 6901 on ILFORD, Photographic paper16 x 20.5 cm
Frame Size : 41.5 x 31 cm -
Than SokThe Gift 1, 2017Watercolor on
acid free
watercolor paper40 x 50 cm -
Than SokThe Gift 2 , 2017Watercolor on
acid free
watercolor paper40 x 50 cm -
Than SokThe Gift 3, 2017Watercolor on
acid free
watercolor paper40 x 50 cm -
Than SokThe Gift 4, 2017Watercolor on
acid free
watercolor paper40 x 50 cm -
Than SokThe Gift 5 , 2017Watercolor on
acid free
watercolor paper40 x 50 cm -
Than SokThe Gift 6, 2017Watercolor on acid free watercolor paper40 x 50 cm
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Than SokPromotion (USA pen), 2013Watercolor on paper42 x 30 cm
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Than SokPromotion (10,000 Riels), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (10 USD), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (20 USD), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Bed Sheets), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cambodian National Rescue Party Hat), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cambodian National Rescue Party Shirt), 2013Watercolor on
paper42 x 30 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cambodian People Party Blue Shirt), 2013Watercolor on
paper42 x 30 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cambodian People Party Hat), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cambodian People Party Raincoat), 2013Watercolor on
paper42 x 30 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cambodian People Party Shirt Heart), 2013Watercolor on
paper42 x 30 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Cholesterid Tea), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Degree, men roll on), 2013Watercolor on
paper42 x 30 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Dove soap bar), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Johnsons baby soap), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (NY T-shirt), 2013Watercolor on
paper42 x 30 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Sarong), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Than SokPromotion (Towel), 2013Watercolor on
paper30 x 42 cm -
Tawan WattuyaI Am Your Father , 2022Acrylic on canvas150 x 200 cm
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