The exhibition New Silk Roads: Painting Beyond Borders, to be held from 21 to 27 April 2015 at the ION Art Gallery, ION Orchard, will be ground-breaking: for the first time in Singapore, modern and contemporary painting from the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will feature in a major show centering upon the region’s artists.

Curated by Sally J. Clarke, Co-Founder ENE Central Asian Art, the exhibition’s main theme revisits a familiar idea – that of the Silk Road. While building on the notion of the roads as conduits for exchange, the exhibition will however lend a fresh perspective, given the relatively limited exposure which Central Asian artists have had internationally.

New Silk Roads: Painting Beyond Borders