No substance - Zul Mahmod

This exhibition is held from 9th March to 28th April 2019 over a FOST gallery at Gillman Barracks.

We really like this series, presentation or relaunch of No substance. The visual presentation, tonal and musical qualities are excellent here. Don't know if it's any different from the original but sounds much better here. LOL.

Point for collectors: Strong buy rating. But always some reservation about the longevity and preservation of electronic components in our climate. 

Eye - Gerald Tay; Catalyst - Jay Ho

This double billed solo exhibition was held from 2nd to 20th March 2019 at Chan + Hori Contemporary over at Gillman Barracks.

Gerald Tay presented Impasto works which dealt with masks and facades, and how everyone wears one be it a literal or figurative one. Gerald is slightly older but has also just graduated.

Nice to see young artists painting. He's quite good and did nice works. Still has to improve but a good start.

Jay is much younger and I think graduated from NAFA, that's why I think his works remind me a lot of Raymond Yap's work. Interesting works. Think his works have to do with the process of how the pigment / paint reacts with oil and other materials and he works with it to get the desired effects.

Collaborative works

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Points for Collectors: Buy rating for Gerald Tay. Almost sold out. Jay Ho sold out. But for Jay we give a neutral rating. Have to see how he proceeds with this process. If he pushes on, then definitely a buy rating, until then. As usual Chan + Hori is reasonably priced and Khai Hori is leading the artists in the right way. But I feel they are missing their spin doctor.  

Sweet Dreams - Ian Tee

This exhibition was held from 2nd March to 14th March 2019 at Yavuz Gallery over at Gillman Barracks.

Ian Tee is a young artist that just graduated. We had seen his works cloth/ blanket/ quilt works (Fire Blanket series) before at Grey Projects and Ota Fine Arts. Those were nice. When we researched online to find out more about him, we noticed his works on aluminium was much better. That time he was only scratching and destroying the surface of the aluminium sheets.

This time not only did he scratch the works, he painted on them, added collages of paper/printed paper and other material/objects to his works.

Really nice works which have to do with himself and his feelings of insecurities/ anxieties. That's why this series is called the 'Target series'. He also did a few more before the Target series and those were nice too.

Ian Tee's works were priced very reasonably. Respect to Yavuz and his crew. Because this was a loss making exhibition but he's willing to take a risk on a young Singaporean artist. Don't think there was any funding for this exhibition from NAC either.

But back to his works. He needs to focus a bit more on the painterly aspect of the work. Work the background a bit more to give it more depth and more life, i.e. look at a Rothko. That would set him apart from the other collages that you see around and many artists also hang or add objects to their works. And this technical skill would be the x factor. If you look at Srihardi Soedarsono's work, they look more ah pek / Modern art style, but his brush strokes, use of colours and application of paint is technically excellent and akin to a contemporary artist / abstract artist.

Points for collectors: Buy Rating. Reasonably priced. Sold quite a few too. Good luck to him. We really like his works.

Reformations: Painting in Post 2000 Singapore Art

This exhibition is held from 18th January to 6th April 2019 over at ADM gallery.

The exhibition features works from Kanchana Gupta, Luke Heng, Warren Khong, Jane Lee, Ruben Pang, Tan Guo Liang and Ian Woo.

Don't know how the curator was able to get these great artists to show these great works here.

So please catch this show.

BUT SIMILARLY TO THE NG JOON KIAT SHOW THERE ARE STICKERS SAYING NO PHOTOGRAPHY. DUNNO WHY. REALLY DUNNO WHY. MAYBE IT'S TO STIFLE THE BLOGGERS AND FREE PRESS. LOL

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Points for collectors: Buy rating for everyone!

Searching Operations - Ng Joon Kiat

This exhibition is currently on from 18th January to 6th April 2019 over at ADM gallery at NTU.

Ng Joon Kiat showed a spread of his works from the early to more recent works.

Nice progression of works from his monotonal geographic works. And definitely better then what he showed at FOST gallery earlier.

However, we think he has to think more about the depth push of the works and the colour palette. Currently, it feels like he is thinking very hard about what to do with the paint and the layers and the sculptural effect of the paint and hasn't really stepped back to think about the final outcome more basically. Hence his smaller pieces tend to look better, ie those in the filing drawers.

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Points for collectors: Buy rating for Ng. He's considered important because he's one of the earlier ones who have pushed the use of paint as a media.

ALSO DUNNO WHY ADM GALLERY HAS A NO PHOTO POLICY. AND YOU SEE PICTURES OF THESE WORKS BY EVERYONE ON FB AND INSTAGRAM AND THE NET. CAN'T THINK OF ANY GALLERY/MUSEUM WHO DOESN'T ALLOW PICTURES. NO FLASH I UNDERSTAND. SO NO PICTURES HERE!