Po Po




For other uses, see Popo (disambiguation).



















Po Po
Born
Hla Oo


1957 (age 61–62)

Pathein, Irrawaddy Division, Myanmar
Nationality Burmese
Known for Painting
Movement Performance Art

Po Po (born 1957) is a Burmese installation and performance artist. His work has been exhibited in Japan, South Korea and Berlin.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Life


  • 2 Work


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Life


Po Po was born in 1957 in Pathein, Myanmar. His formal name is Hla Oo.[2] He is self-taught. Since 1987 Po Po has held many solo exhibitions, and his work has been shown at the Yokohama Triennial in Yokohama, Japan, the Gwangju Biennial in Gwangju, South Korea, Fukuoka Triennale in Fukuoka, Japan and in the House of World Cultures, Berlin.[1] A May 2004 report described Po Po as one of the younger Myanmar artists who were creating impressive works in isolation and in conditions of penury.[3] However, Po Po is one of the few "contemporary" Myanma artists who have been able to travel, for example participating in the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum's event in 1999.[4] He was also able to take part in Saigon Open City in Vietnam.[2] In June 2010 he visited Singapore to give a talk at the Osage Art Foundation.[5]



Work


Po Po, and another self-taught artist Aung Myint, are pioneers in the performance art field in Myanmar, with Po Po staging a 30-minute seminal performance in 1997.[6] Po Po is widely regarded as Myanmar's first practitioner of this art form.[7] Many of his works are playful, impulsive, ironic and sociable.
Other works are provocative and shocking.[1] His installation work "rice terrace" at the Osage Gallery in Singapore in May/June 2010 involved 1000 Styrofoam boxes, each with about 100 grains of growing rice, with the boxes arranged on mud terraces in the gallery.[8] He describes his computer-installation Scream of the Dead, which features an open mass grave, as a metaphor for life in Myanmar and the world today.[1] His work is thoughtful and full of depth. In his photography he employs elements of cubism, which he considers to be the "highest state of intellectual approach" to painting.[9] A critic has said: "At best, his works reflect the lightness of being, joyfully, bearably so".[2]



References





  1. ^ abcd "Po Po". Culturebase. February 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-16..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abc "His works are few and far between but amazingly full of depth". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
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  3. ^ YIN KER (May 2004). "Creation in Isolation: The Life and Career of Bagyi Aung Soe". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2010-11-16.


  4. ^ Chu Yuan (March–April 2006). "Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts". NY Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2010-11-16.


  5. ^ "Artist Talk by Po Po". ArtCalendr. 5 Jun 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-11-16.


  6. ^ Phoebe Wong. "Nothing if not liberated". Asia Art Archive. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2010-11-16.


  7. ^ Iola Lenzi. "Citizen of the world: recent works by Aung Myint" (PDF). Yavuz Fine Art Gallery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-16.


  8. ^ "Po Po's Terrace: Circumventing the Art World". BoonsCafe. June 14, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-16.


  9. ^ "27 contemporary Southeast Asian artists featured in ASEAN-Korea photo exhibition". Art Radar Asia. July 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-16.




External links



  • "Po Po". Magic Art Gallery. Retrieved 2010-11-16.



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