Room for FAAM Residence Program vol.3

Since its inauguration in 1999, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (FAAM) has conducted its Residence Program, which invites artists and researchers from Asia every year to stay for a certain period and cultivate exchanges through collaborative art-making, workshops, talks and other programs with citizens. Through the Residence Program, FAAM intends to promote local people’s further understanding of Asian arts and cultures, which is expected for us to become a hub of artistic exchanges in Asia

This newly set-up room in the Asia Gallery introduces “Now” and “Past” of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum’s Residence Program. We are planning to change the display a few times a year for introducing the activities of artists and researchers staying in FAAM this year and displaying the newly acquired works created in Fukuoka by our resident artists.

The on-going exhibition is the third in the series and introduces four artists in our Artist in Residence Program and Support Program who participated in the exhibition, Art in Hakata Old Town 2019 (October 11-14). They

displayed their works made during their residency period in the temples in the Hakata Old Town. The exhibition is an outdoor art event to display artworks in the historic areas in Fukuoka. Our resident artists have participated in the exhibition in spring and fall last year, and this year marked the third in the series.

Among four artists participated in the Art in Hakata Old Town exhibition, this section introduces three: Han Sungpil (Korea) and Le Hien Minh (Vietnam) from 2019 Residence Program and Candy Bird (Taiwan) from 2018 Residence Program, and show a part of their works through documentation photographs and videos. We hope this exhibition shows you our activities beyond the physical boundary of the museum.