9 days more to Christmas!
1 month more to Art Week!
Interesting exhibitions which we attend. Mainly paintings but everything Art in Singapore with hot collector tips.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Singapore: Inside Out
This is a showcase of Singapore's creative talent that has been to Beijing, London and New York, before ending in Singapore as part of the year end SG50 Jubilee Celebrations.
It aims to show the world Singapore's various art talents, in all genres, not only visual arts. It ran from 27th November till 6th December 2015 over at a field by Tan Quee Lan street.
Managed to catch the Singapore edition. The three (fine artists/ visual artists) that caught my attention are: (didn't mention the current Art Gods' obligatory favourite Ho Tzu Nyen and his video)
The most interesting was Vertical Submarine's mirror image room, making one think about reality and oneself. Everyone was shunted into the room to enter the exhibition proper, as it was the first room, so I think the curator of the show also thought that it was the best too. Seems Vertical Submarine is making a comeback after the bad press of the 'Stray Cats'.
But the first art you see is actually Zul Mahmod's 'Alice did you hear that?'. This is typical Zul's sound installation work. Interesting work, but really wished it had a better aural quality, rhythm, tempo and sound quality. Full marks as a piece of visual art, but as sound art not sure if it's that good, i.e. try just listening to it and see whether it passes. So if he produced better sound, then it will be the bomb.
Robert Zhao did a shop of tourism, The Nature Shop, which is a collection of things (collected or created) related to Singapore and tourism and arranged in a shop format. The logo was obviously a take on/ play of the Singapore Tourism Board's logo. Overall, interesting but a shop idea is not very fresh. This installation could be readily attributed to Robert Zhao because of the way he approaches the subjects he wants to deal with. (Was there self promotion of his works too? He included a cat sculpture with the clipped ear into the shop, sort of similar to the ones he sold at Mizuma (refer to my earlier post). He should stick to his photos and other installations like the Eskimo Wolf Trap which are way much better.
It aims to show the world Singapore's various art talents, in all genres, not only visual arts. It ran from 27th November till 6th December 2015 over at a field by Tan Quee Lan street.
Managed to catch the Singapore edition. The three (fine artists/ visual artists) that caught my attention are: (didn't mention the current Art Gods' obligatory favourite Ho Tzu Nyen and his video)
The most interesting was Vertical Submarine's mirror image room, making one think about reality and oneself. Everyone was shunted into the room to enter the exhibition proper, as it was the first room, so I think the curator of the show also thought that it was the best too. Seems Vertical Submarine is making a comeback after the bad press of the 'Stray Cats'.
But the first art you see is actually Zul Mahmod's 'Alice did you hear that?'. This is typical Zul's sound installation work. Interesting work, but really wished it had a better aural quality, rhythm, tempo and sound quality. Full marks as a piece of visual art, but as sound art not sure if it's that good, i.e. try just listening to it and see whether it passes. So if he produced better sound, then it will be the bomb.
Robert Zhao did a shop of tourism, The Nature Shop, which is a collection of things (collected or created) related to Singapore and tourism and arranged in a shop format. The logo was obviously a take on/ play of the Singapore Tourism Board's logo. Overall, interesting but a shop idea is not very fresh. This installation could be readily attributed to Robert Zhao because of the way he approaches the subjects he wants to deal with. (Was there self promotion of his works too? He included a cat sculpture with the clipped ear into the shop, sort of similar to the ones he sold at Mizuma (refer to my earlier post). He should stick to his photos and other installations like the Eskimo Wolf Trap which are way much better.
Overall very good but I can't help sharing my thoughts about the works.
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Gillman Barracks the past weekend (5th -6th Dec 2015)
Aggregation - Chun Kwang Yong at Pearl Lam Gallery. Nice typical works of his. Does his work on Korean Mulberry paper, then ties it up and assembles it into a nice sculptural and structural form. You should catch it if you can.
You should also try to catch 7, the group exhibition at Shanghart. It runs from 21st November till 10th January 2016. It features works by Birdhead, Chen Xiaoyun, Liang Shaoji, Shao Yi, Wang Youshen, Xu Zhen/ MadeIn and Zhu Jia. Really good works this time. Not often impressed with Shanghart's offerings but this time it was good.
You should also try to catch 7, the group exhibition at Shanghart. It runs from 21st November till 10th January 2016. It features works by Birdhead, Chen Xiaoyun, Liang Shaoji, Shao Yi, Wang Youshen, Xu Zhen/ MadeIn and Zhu Jia. Really good works this time. Not often impressed with Shanghart's offerings but this time it was good.
For Those who have been killed - Vincent Leow
This exhibition is held at Chan Hampe's Shophouse 5. It opened on the 3rd December 2015 with an open house on the 5th and the artist talk will be on the 12th of December 2015.
He presented 4 types of works dealing with the armed conflicts, terrorism, wars and other 'unnecessary' loss of lives. The first type was the words painted on canvas with different colours and backgrounds. The works dealing with different events like Peshawar Massacre and Gaza deaths. He showed 4 of this style of work. Another was 2 works of words on American army surplus stretchers, one had a bone (resin) and another wooden 'AK-47'. The words were quotes from people involved in these conflicts. He also presented a 'coffin' holding his old works of art and was presented against one of his revived paintings which he did in 1990 and managed to salvage. He reworked it and mounted it onto a new canvas. A juxtaposition of old/dead and new/alive. The last one was a collage of stuff he collected and this was done many years ago after a stint in Paris. Over the collage he painted the French flag over it. It seem a poignant reminder of the French shootings recently and how Facebook profiles were overlaid with the French flag in support of the French.
The works were well selected, thought through and gelled well with the theme. The stretcher works had the most impact and easily caught your eye.
Points for collectors: Buy rating. However the pieces were big and not for everyone. I guess he would have sold more if he did the stuff in a smaller format. Prices are fair for a prominent artist his age.
He presented 4 types of works dealing with the armed conflicts, terrorism, wars and other 'unnecessary' loss of lives. The first type was the words painted on canvas with different colours and backgrounds. The works dealing with different events like Peshawar Massacre and Gaza deaths. He showed 4 of this style of work. Another was 2 works of words on American army surplus stretchers, one had a bone (resin) and another wooden 'AK-47'. The words were quotes from people involved in these conflicts. He also presented a 'coffin' holding his old works of art and was presented against one of his revived paintings which he did in 1990 and managed to salvage. He reworked it and mounted it onto a new canvas. A juxtaposition of old/dead and new/alive. The last one was a collage of stuff he collected and this was done many years ago after a stint in Paris. Over the collage he painted the French flag over it. It seem a poignant reminder of the French shootings recently and how Facebook profiles were overlaid with the French flag in support of the French.
The works were well selected, thought through and gelled well with the theme. The stretcher works had the most impact and easily caught your eye.
Points for collectors: Buy rating. However the pieces were big and not for everyone. I guess he would have sold more if he did the stuff in a smaller format. Prices are fair for a prominent artist his age.
Friday, 4 December 2015
This weekend; 5th December 2015
Ok. Many things on.
1. For those who have been killed, solo exhibition by Vincent Leow (one of the pioneers of contemporary art in Singapore). This will be on at Chan Hampe's Shophouse 5 tomorrow with an artist talk on the 12th of December
2. ChanHampe Gallery 3pm tomorrow, Lost City 3's artist talk- Tang Ling Nah, CK Kum, Geraldine Kang and Hong Sek Chern.
3. Flaneur Gallery - Socio-criticism and fictional spaces by Wayne Lim and Ezekiel Wong Kel Win at the gallery till 13th December.
4. Objectifs, Chapel Gallery- Umbra by Adeline Kueh and Susiarjo curated by Ian Woo from 4th to 20th December 2015.
5. Triple Two Art Space at Queen Street - Creatively crafted ceramics - paintings, photos and ceramics by Francis Poon, Wendy Lim, Esther Ng and Noc Vvyne Lim.
6. Still have to go down to STPI to catch Do Ho Suh before it closes on the 2th January 2016.
Wah... very busy again.
1. For those who have been killed, solo exhibition by Vincent Leow (one of the pioneers of contemporary art in Singapore). This will be on at Chan Hampe's Shophouse 5 tomorrow with an artist talk on the 12th of December
2. ChanHampe Gallery 3pm tomorrow, Lost City 3's artist talk- Tang Ling Nah, CK Kum, Geraldine Kang and Hong Sek Chern.
3. Flaneur Gallery - Socio-criticism and fictional spaces by Wayne Lim and Ezekiel Wong Kel Win at the gallery till 13th December.
4. Objectifs, Chapel Gallery- Umbra by Adeline Kueh and Susiarjo curated by Ian Woo from 4th to 20th December 2015.
5. Triple Two Art Space at Queen Street - Creatively crafted ceramics - paintings, photos and ceramics by Francis Poon, Wendy Lim, Esther Ng and Noc Vvyne Lim.
6. Still have to go down to STPI to catch Do Ho Suh before it closes on the 2th January 2016.
Wah... very busy again.
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