{"id":12131,"date":"2017-09-12T12:05:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/?page_id=12131"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T05:52:26","slug":"karachi-biennale-2017-press-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/art-fairs\/karachi-biennale-2017-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi Biennale 2017 &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='artfairs-title'  class='avia-section av-av_section-28b6a3550cb0d93e8cc281966a696620 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Karachi Biennale 2017 \u2013 Works\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/art-fairs\/karachi-biennale-2017-works\/\">works<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"selected\" title=\"Korea International Art Fair 2014 \u2013 Press Release\" href=\"https:\/\/weiling-gallery.com\/gallery\/art-fairs\/korea-international-art-fair-2014-press-release\/\">press release<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-0688d0b0b6ed2f8b057db7a8270206df hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock  '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: open sans thin; font-size: 25px; line-height: 24px; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #333333;\">Karachi Biennale 2017<br \/>\nIvan Lam<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\">\n<p>The inaugural Karachi Biennale will be a prominent art event which will take place in October 2017. The vibrant city of Karachi, Pakistan will be the host of this prestigious art event with the appropriately curated theme of \u2018Witness\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>To engage the public and bridge them to the world of art, the Karachi Biennale 2017 has invited established and prominent artists from across the world to be part of this prestigious event. It will be held at the Narayan Jagannath Vaidya (a High School which is still in operation) where participants of this show have been selected to interpret the theme &#8211; Witness. It will be an eye opening experience to see how artists come together to present their art, within the environment of a running school in Karachi, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Lam will be the only artist to represent Malaysia at the Karachi biennale with a project that involves students from the school and the community.<\/p>\n<p>He has also created an art installation called\u00a0<em>You Said You Will Never Leave<\/em>\u00a0which he will be gifting to the children of Pakistan during the biennale. Six months before the biennale started, he created a workshop in Karachi where he involved 300 children in a community project of making art with a purpose.<\/p>\n<p><em>You Said You Will Never Leave<\/em> serves as an introductory platform of art, from Lam to the children in Karachi who are perhaps less exposed to art. The installation is shaped to resemble a colour wheel, a symbol that is universal and acts as both play and education. Many years ago, Ivan said to a girl that he would return, he didn\u2019t, he left and never came back. During the workshop in Karachi, the students had asked Lam the same. Ivan Lam hopes that he can hold onto his words this time around, to come back and finish what he started.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>KIAF\/14 will be held at the Seoul COEX Hall from the 25th to 29th September 2014.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> <em> Wei-Ling Gallery will be showing in Hall A at booth A92.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-12131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/212584241\">Curatorial Workshop with Malaysian Artist &#8211; Art TV Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"works\u00a0|\u00a0press release Karachi Biennale 2017 Ivan Lam The inaugural Karachi Biennale will be a prominent art event which will take place in October 2017. 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