Umbra: An exhibition by Adeline Kueh and Susiarjo

This exhibition was held at Objectifs which is the Chapel where Sculpture Square used to be. It ran from the 3rd of December to 20th December 2015.

It was a show about Shadows and all the things that one can interpret about it, be it the physical space or inner soul.

Betty presented Projects onto fabric, photograph and an installation of found rocks which she decorated.

The photos were ok. The rocks were interesting but not very visually stunning. It was laid on the floor near the entrance to catch the lights and cast shadows. But the videos were very good and mesmerising. Was particularly very impressed with SeaScape, a projection onto glitter fabric. The other two video projections, Bouganville Serenade and Body of Light as it is filtered through Agate were visually enthralling and very good too.

Adeline presented a projection onto the wall of a shadow of something like a window frame which moved slowly. Not impressed. 6 photos were also shown of buildings and rooms, I assume to show the shadows, good photos but nothing to set it apart from other photographers. But her installation Old Friends, which looked like two buildings, one new and one older juxtaposed against one another. This one was visually pleasing and I like it very much. She also presented an installation of  'brass bells' suspended from a brass plate by red string. Very nice and interesting piece. But I just wished there was a bit more attention to detail; one can see the grubby fingerprints on the brass plate, maybe the installer or artist could have worn gloves when setting it up.

Sea Scape

Bouganville Serenade

Body of Light as it is Filtered Through Agate

Old Friends

So Near Yet So Far

Precious Sediments

Finger Prints

Finger Prints

Points for collectors: Adeline Kueh and Betty Susiarjo are part of the art teaching faculty in Singapore. Adeline has also been feature in the Singapore Eye awards. So their credentials are good. But not really sure of getting their works yet, cause multiple media artists tend to end up a jack of all trades and a master of none. But I guess for installations and photography the learning curve is less steep and shorter than in painting. So we would have to see how they develop before I can commit on which type of their works one should get. But currently Betty's video projection are really excellent. And I like the installations Adeline presented here. Not too convinced about her photos which got her noticed in the Singapore Eye.