Saturday, 14 January 2017

VADA Untapped Discovery 2016

This was held in December 2016 at ChanHampe Galleries' Shophouse 5 at Geylang.

There were ten artists featured:

1. Akai Chew - he presented some prints to deal with Utopia / versions of paradise. Interesting pieces.

2. Cassandra Koh - presented paintings of myths / mythology. Very nice works.

3. Clare Chong - presented photos and videos. Good film maker.

4. Germaine Chong - presented fungus and a live culture. Conceptually interesting.

5. Ivan David Ng - presented very nice sculptures.

6. Kiwha Lee Blocman - showed some paintings to do with colour, space, perception and depth. Very good maturing works.

7. Cynthia Delany Suwito - did her noodle stitching. Tedious and painstaking.

8. Leow Wei Li - Drawings about space like the one in AAF. Nice works.

9. Wang ChenYing Rebecca - Did her works with towels/ fabrics.Nice works.

10. Zulkhairi Zulkiflee - presented two prints to do with Malay roots and heritage. Nice works.

Zulkhairi Zulkiflee

Leow Wei Li

Cassandra Koh

Akai Chew

Rebecca Wang

Clare Chong

Germaine Chong

Cynthia Delany Suwito

Kiwha Lee Blocman

Ivan David Ng

Ivan David Ng

Ivan David Ng

Points for collectors: Really loved all their works. Kudos to the selection committee for selecting this excellent field of artists. All are a buy rating. But as for all young artists there is always the risk of attrition.

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