Materialised Time by Latent Spaces

This exhibition Materialised Time is curated by Chun Kai Feng. It will run from 17th May to 15th June 2014.

It's a brilliantly curated exhibition with good pieces displayed and even the Curator's Text as part of the exhibition hand out is well written. You can read what the exhibition is about from the Latent Spaces website. Am impressed because these independent exhibitions are often a waste of time or the only interesting thing there is the headliner of the exhibition or it's mainly by artists for artists themselves. But kudos to Latent Spaces who want to plug the space between artists and the public (and art enthusiasts like us).

It features 5 artists Jeremy Sharma, Ang Soo Koon, Chun Kai Feng, Chun Kai Qun and Joao Jasco Paiva. All brilliant artists who have been widely exhibited.

Chun Kai Feng is showing one piece which is in the centre of the room, showing two fences attached at right angles to each other. It juxtaposes the new and old, with one made of stainless steel which doesn't corrode with time and the other a steel one that has aged with patina.

Jeremy Sharma is showing 4 pieces which are smaller study pieces of  the two series which he showed at Mode Change. Must say these pieces are very appealing. And two of the pieces he experimented with 3-D printing. As he told the curator, the hand is imprecise so why not use a machine to make precise art, like industrial/ factory produced items. Looking at these pieces you get a deeper understanding of Jeremy's thought and physical processes of his art which are as important as the final finished pieces of the series. In fact these pieces are much nicer and there is a good connection with his thoughts and his works.

Jeremy Sharma's Works

Chun Kai Qun presented 3 pieces. One was a video which was from his ongoing Still Alive? series. It was brilliant and passed the 1 minute rule. Best one I have seen in a while. He also did an installation of raffia string and newspaper (classified ads) which I thought was really nice.

Chun Kai Qun's The Paper, Some Paper

Joao Jasco Paiva sent one of his works from Hong Kong. It was from his Lumberyard Array Series. I thought it was a good piece. The curator knows the artist so he sent over a good piece.

Lumberyard Array #7 in the foreground and Ang Soo Koon's Balls at the back

Ang Soo Koon's two pieces were a silicone basketball and a silicone football titled "I only exist because you think of me".

So you should go over to the exhibition and have a look then talk to the Latent Spaces crew like Chun Kai Feng or Elizabeth Gan who can enlighten your understanding of the pieces and the exhibition as a whole.

Super Exhibition!

Points for collectors: Really good to go and see the pieces. Understand that this is the way exhibitions should be held and this is the current trend in arts scene/exhibtions. In fact a lot of curators can learn from Chun Kai Feng.

Nothing for sale though.

Note: Parking at Haw Par Villa costs $5 per entry, might as well catch the Ten Courts of Hell while you are there. Pizza Queen's Favourite.