SCREEN PRINT EXHIBITION SERIES
SHANGHAI X PHNOM PENH
DEC 10, 2016 – JAN 09, 2017
A Tale of Two Cities is a continuing silkscreen exhibition series first initiated by IdleBeats in 2015. Each exhibition composes the latest works of two studios – IdleBeats and one from another city around the world. Persistence, consistency, innovation and the free expression of one’s own root culture are the threads common to all.
The serial nature of the exhibitions focuses on the hand print making medium and cultural exchange through the eyes and hands of a range of emerging print makers worldwide. After the success of the first Tale Of Two Cities featuring silk-screen pioneer FrenchFourch from Paris, IdleBeats is looking toward South East Asia in 2016, inviting Sticky Fingers Art Prints from Cambodia to continue writing the second chapter of the two-city tale.
At A Tale of Two Cities #2, IdleBeats will release the latest print series from its two creative brains – a brand new portrait series <STATUE> from Nini Sum and the next edition of the <Real Big City> series from Gregor Koerting. As for guest studio Sticky Fingers, the crew has been establishing its roots in Cambodia for years, their works offering the most direct reflection of the local life. Their color is bold, passionate and psychedelic, the emotion is rich and direct. Furthermore, earlier this year, IdleBeats visited Phnom Penh to create and print a collaborative art print together with Sticky Fingers, which will be revealed for the first time at the exhibition opening day!
