Blatant exercise of transnational repression as China targets exiled artist

8 months ago

Tenzin Nyidon 

DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 27: Sai, a Myanmar artist and curator who fled Thailand after Chinese authorities forced the removal of Tibetan and other exiled artists’ works from an exhibition in Bangkok, says he does “not feel safe at all” even after relocating to the UK, calling the incident an “unprecedented act of transnational repression.”

Sai co-curated Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), a 10-artist exhibition exploring state violence, authoritarian alliances, and grassroots resistance. Just days after its opening on 24 July, he said Chinese embassy staff demanded the removal of works by Tibetan,...

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