Portfolio
Desmond Mah
Please find support material here:
Regalis Gemmiferus, 2024,
acrylic paint on xuan paper with accompanying AI voice via QR code
(H) 90 x (W) 90 cm
Regalis Gemmiferus AI Voice
Labourer No. 38, 2024,
mixed media on xuan paper and bamboo
accompanied by AI voice in Javanese (from Rudi Hendriatno’s text translation of Mah's poem)
via QR code
Open-source Gamelan music
(H) 65 x (W) 26 x (D) 15 cm
Labourer No.38 AI Audio
I Secure My Place Whilst Disregarding Others (Capt. J. Cook), 2024,
acrylic paint and gold foil on xuan paper
(H) 90 x (W) 60 cm
Empire Builder, 2024
acrylic paint on xuan paper
(H) 40 x (W) 26 cm
The road-kill I saw leaving Koorabup (Denmark, Western Australia) and later in my mind, 2023
acrylic paint, mixed media, print, xuan paper, bamboo,
(H) 16 x (W) 86 x (D) 40 cm
Work below, developing at 2025, boorda yeyi Foundational Symposium, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Western Australia
The swamp and its spectre, 2025, acrylic and mixed media on canvas with QR code to accompanying AI voice, (H) 84 x (W) 125 cm
The swamp & its spectre audio
Works below, developed at 2023 Fremantle Arts Centre Studio Program (6 months), Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Western Australia
Rooted resolve, no. 1, 2023
acrylic paint, mixed media, xuan paper
(H) 36 x (W) 20 x (D) 15 cm
Forever enthralled, 2023
acrylic, chinese ink, mixed media, xuan paper, bamboo
(H) 93 x (W) 40 x (D) 17 cm
The fool's attempt to run up a mountain, 2023
acrylic paint, mixed media, print, xuan paper
(H) 87 x (W) 40 x (D) 13 cm
Reviews
Jorgenson D., Hollow Icons: Desmond Mah at Mossenson, Dispatch Review, 23 Oct 2024, 2 pages
Jorgenson D., Hollow Icons: Desmond Mah at Mossenson, Dispatch Review, 23 Oct 2024, 2 pages
Morelli N., Twisted Bodies Tell Their Tales, Curatorial Essay, 27 Aug 2024, 3 pages
Beard S., Paper Trails Between Lion and Swan, Dispatch Review, 27 July 2024, 2 pages
Beard S., Transmutations, Dispatch Review, 23 June 2023, 3 pages