Burma

Here is the final installment of our week long vlog series of four Burmese artists who will be headlining our first ever art show "To Be or Not to Be" at Gallery35 in New York. Below is a profile of Min Kyaw Khine which I chef-ed up. Check it out and if you're in the NYC area, feel free to swing by and experience their work first hand. 

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Here is the third installment in our week long vlog series of four Burmese artists who will be headlining our first ever art show "To Be or Not to Be" at Gallery35 in New York. Below is a quick profile of Kyawswar Thant (also known as KST) which I strung together. If you look closely you can even spot a cameo by Mantle head chief Shaun Randol striking his art pose. Check it out and if you're in the NYC area, come by and support these great artists and their work. 

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Here is the second installment of The Mantle's week long vlog series of four Burmese artists featured this weekend in our first ever art show "To Be or Not to Be" at Gallery35 in New York.

Below is a quick profile of Chaw Ei Thein. Check out her work and if you're in the NYC area, come by and support the other great artists on this bill.

Follow Anthony on Twitter @culturegy

Here is the first installment of The Mantle's week long vlog series of four Burmese artists featured this weekend in our first ever art show "To Be or Not to Be" at Gallery35 in New York. Below is a quick profile of Aung Zaw Tun which I shot and edited (co-interview creds of course aided by Mantle cheif Shaun Randol).

Check it out and if you're in the NYC area, please come by and support these great artists and their work.

Follow Anthony on Twitter @culturegy

by Harry W.S. Lee. Originally published by our partner site, World Policy Blog.

In a prison-issued white sarong, the artist enters, blinded by a black bag over her head, stumbling her way on tiptoes, her legs trembling from hunger and fear. On the floor, she struggles to devour rice and the water through the black bag, venting out heavy gasps, punctuating with groans—a disturbing sight almost too private to be public.

At what point in a revolutionary moment do you put down the drums and take up the guns? It used to be that I was a stubborn advocate of total pacifism and non-violence. Over the past few years, however, I have shifted—very slowly—from that position. The sounds of gunfire and the sight of unarmed protesters scurrying for their lives in Tahrir Square in Cairo last night have once again given me pause.

Just like fellow blogger Ather Zia, my exuberance in responding to the call to share with readers the story I will be keenly watching in 2011 exceeded space allowances. I take this time, then, to build on my thoughts concerning Wikileaks and Julian Assange, and share the other individuals whom I will be watching this year.

Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery was hopping February 19 for the opening reception for works presented by artists Chaw Ei Thein and Brad Darcy. The DJ spun some smooth tunes, curator Nunu Hung held court, and a packed house took in the striking works of the two artists coming together under the banner of “Transformed Conversation.”