Tabled

Yee I-Lann
Silverlens, Singapore

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About

    Silverlens is pleased to present Tabled, a solo exhibition by Yee I-Lann taking place at Silverlens Gillman Barracks from August 1 to September 7, 2014. This is the artist’s first exhibition at Silverlens.

    The exhibition will feature various work from Yee’s portfolio: Picturing Power (2013), a series of photomontages where she mines archival images to construct the relationships between colonizers and the colonized, and makes a position for identity politics and reclaiming history; Tabled (2013), a series of ceramic dinner plates inspired by traditional blue-and-white china but printed with images of ordinary people from the streets of Malaysia and Indonesia; YB Series (2010), a satirical series of cropped photographs of flower brooches that are normally pinned onto the shirt of “important” politicians attending events; Study of Lamprey’s Malaysian Male (2009), an appropriation of an 1868-69 ethnographic photograph by John Lamprey, Front View of a Malayan Male; and, Kerbau (2007), water buffalo raking through traffic cones, which was shown at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

    Yee has gained recognition internationally for her distinctive photomedia-based practice which seeks resonances across history, landscape, memory and cultural identity. Such layers necessitate an extensive and multi-layered visual vocabulary drawn from historical references, popular culture, archives and everyday objects.

    Born in 1971 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Yee I-Lann graduated from the University of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) with a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) in 1993 with a major in Photography and a minor in Cinematography. Her work has been exhibited in museums and international biennials. Recent exhibitions include Picturing Power, Tyler Rollins, New York (2014); The (Post) Colonial Photostudio, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK (2013); Paris Photo (2013); Suspended Histories, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2013); Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan (2013); and, Fluid World, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia (2011). She was a member of the curatorial team for the 2013 Singapore Biennale. Yee currently lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Silverlens is pleased to present Tabled, a solo exhibition by Yee I-Lann taking place at Silverlens Gillman Barracks from August 1 to September 7, 2014. This is the artist’s first exhibition at Silverlens.

The exhibition will feature various work from Yee’s portfolio: Picturing Power (2013), a series of photomontages where she mines archival images to construct the relationships between colonizers and the colonized, and makes a position for identity politics and reclaiming history; Tabled (2013), a series of ceramic dinner plates inspired by traditional blue-and-white china but printed with images of ordinary people from the streets of Malaysia and Indonesia; YB Series (2010), a satirical series of cropped photographs of flower brooches that are normally pinned onto the shirt of “important” politicians attending events; Study of Lamprey’s Malaysian Male (2009), an appropriation of an 1868-69 ethnographic photograph by John Lamprey, Front View of a Malayan Male; and, Kerbau (2007), water buffalo raking through traffic cones, which was shown at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Yee has gained recognition internationally for her distinctive photomedia-based practice which seeks resonances across history, landscape, memory and cultural identity. Such layers necessitate an extensive and multi-layered visual vocabulary drawn from historical references, popular culture, archives and everyday objects.

Born in 1971 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Yee I-Lann graduated from the University of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) with a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) in 1993 with a major in Photography and a minor in Cinematography. Her work has been exhibited in museums and international biennials. Recent exhibitions include Picturing Power, Tyler Rollins, New York (2014); The (Post) Colonial Photostudio, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK (2013); Paris Photo (2013); Suspended Histories, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2013); Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan (2013); and, Fluid World, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia (2011). She was a member of the curatorial team for the 2013 Singapore Biennale. Yee currently lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Works

Yee I-Lann
Tabled
2013
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ceramic rimmed flat plates with digital decal prints and back-stamp
11" diameter
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Yee I-Lann
Kerbau
2007
6150
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PVC billboard
108h x 384w in • 274.32h x 975.36w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #1
2010
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #2
2010
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C-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #4
2010
6143
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #3
2010
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #5
2010
6144
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #6
2010
6145
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #7
2010
6146
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #8
2010
6147
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #9
2010
6148
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
The Orang Besar Series: “YB” #10
2010
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c-type print
13.78h x 10.24w in • 35h x 26w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Study of Lamprey's Malayan Male I & II
2009
6151
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c-type print
16.54h x 23.62w in • 42h x 60w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Picturing Power: Wherein one surreptitiously performs reconnaissance to collect views and freeze points of view to be reflective of one's own kind
2013
6132
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm
24.80h x 70.87w in • 63h x 180w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Picturing Power: Wherein one, in the name of knowledge, measures everything, gives it a name and publicises this, thereby claiming it
2013
6133
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 70.87w in • 63h x 180w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Picturing Power: Wherein one nods with political sympathy and says I understand you better than you understand yourself, I’m just here to help you help yourself
2013
6134
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 24.80w in • 63h x 63w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Picturing Power: Wherein one cultivates cultural codes, the noble endeavours of mankind and thereby puts them in their place
2013
6137
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Giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 70.87w in • 63h x 180w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Picturing Power: Wherein one tables an indexical record of data-turned-assets and rules like the boss you now say that you are
2013
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 70.87w in • 63h x 180w cm
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Yee I-Lann
Picturing Power: Wherein one claims the hearts and minds of the innocent and gives them the knowledge that is to be learnt
2013
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 24.80w in • 63h x 63w cm
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Picturing Power: Wherein one hands over the ways of seeing loot, land and labour and thereby builds complicity in the exculpation; you are now partners in crime
2013
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 24.80w in • 63h x 63w cm
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Picturing Power: Wherein one’s legacy comes full circle and posits that you too can exploit and subjugate and fluff yourself up in a splendid game of your own jolly adventure
2013
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giclee print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Fine Art, 310gsm 100% cotton rag
24.80h x 35.43w in 63h x 90w cm
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