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“Layered Brilliance”a solo exhibition by

Sivilay Souvannasing

Opening Reception: 3 December 2010, 6.30pm till late

Exhibition runs till 19 December 2010

M Gallery, 51 Waterloo Street, #03-03B/04 (S)187969Tue - Sat: 11-7pm Sun: 12-5pm [email protected] www.mgallery.com.sg +65 6338 0093

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Galleries in the Spotlight - A review of 2010:

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• The Luxe Museum 34

• Ovas Gallery 36

• Sunjin Galleries 38

Forest Rain Gallery

School Holiday Art Classes (Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society)

HAPPYARTLAND – A MOTHER’S INSPIRATION, Solo Exhibition By Theresia Agustina S. 18

Ukrainian Vernissage

Stockroom Christmass Show

A Book Launch: Who Cares? 16 Eassys on Curating in Asia

Floating Worlds 19

Congo River

MINE – Delia Prvački

Dis/placement:6

Express Yourself Freely – Back to Nostalgia

US AND THEM AND YOU: A solo exhibition by Khairuddin Hori

Looking In / At / Back: Photography Exhibition

HIV - Show me the Love 21


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Secondary school students are invited to make full use of

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School Holiday Art Classes (Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society)December / Stamford Arts Centre / www.foundationoilpaintingclass.com

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SBin Art Plus celebrates the joy of a mother’s love this

December, with its first solo exhibition entitled Happyartland,

featuring the work of one of Indonesia’s most promising

female contemporary artists Theresia Agustina S or “Tere”

as she is known in the arts circles.

Portraying the joy and happiness that every mother hopes

for her child, Tere draws much of her inspiration from

watching the world through the eyes of her young daughter

Blora. Reflecting the simplicity and innocence of child’s play,

Tere’s showcase of 10 works in various mediums including

drawing, sculpture and graphic art, are creative expressions

that depict a childlike delight in the discovery of a happy

world full of wonders and new experiences.

HAPPYARTLAND – A MOTHER’S INSPIRATION, Solo Exhibition By Theresia Agustina S.03.12.10 – 24.12.10 / SBin Art Plus /www.sbinartplus.com

The title Ukrainian Vernissage is not to be taken literally; it

is more like an allegory to the show being the Singapore

debut of these three artists, that will thus place them into

the public consciousness. Displaying their individuality in the

unique style and technique each adopted in their work, the

paintings are all rich in colour and light; the strong eye of

the artist comes through each piece in presenting the world

through their perspective.

From depictions in golden light by Figol, to the lushly coloured

renditions of Fylonenko and ending at the idiosyncratic

imaginings from Martiashvili, the trio demonstrate beauty

in ways that are particular to each, yet still complementary

due to the shared experience of living in a country with a

complex political history.

Join ReDot Fine Art Gallery for some mulled wine and festive

cheer as we celebrate the holiday season and the opening

of our annual Stockroom exhibition of affordable artworks

by artists from many different art centres within Australia.

We will have some engaging works by Jean Yaritji Lane who

uses her paintings to tell the story of the Seven Sisters using

a beautiful contrast of colours. Or perhaps you might be

captured by the truly exquisite artworks from award winning

and senior Walmajarri artist, Wakartu Cory Surprise. We also

have some stunning woven baskets by Nancy Taylor, from

the Martumili community that would make for the perfect

centrepiece in anyone’s home.

Ukrainian Vernissage03.12.10 - 15.12.10 / White Canvas Gallery / www.whitecanvas-gallery.com

Stockroom Christmas Show — 201007.12.10 - 18.12.10 / Redot Fine Art Gallery / www.redotgallery.com

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Chan Hampe Galleries is pleased to announce its third

exhibition for 2010 - Floating Worlds - a group exhibition

comprising of three of Singapore’s most accomplished

young artists: Genevieve Chua, Michael Lee, and Grace Tan.

Floating Worlds – usually associated with the Japanese term

“Ukiyo” of which described the urban lifestyle (especially the

pleasure seeking aspects) of the historical Edo-period – is

in this context used to encapsulate the vivid imaginings

of contemporary Singaporean artists who use their direct

environment as inspiration to create personal mythologies

and dream-like narratives.

Once known as the ‘River that swallows all rivers”, the

mighty Congo River is the second longest river in Africa after

the Nile. Threading its way through the heart of Africa for

over 4000 kilometres, it links the Central African nations of

the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo

and Gabon. For the first time in Southeast Asia, encounter

the artistic traditions of Central Africa in this exciting new

exhibition.

Floating Worlds10.12.10 – 10.01.10 / Chan Hampe Galleries @ Raffles Hotel / www.chanhampegalleries.com

Congo River 10.12.10 - 10.04.11 / Asian Civilisations Museum / www.acm.org.sg

Who Cares? is an anthology that compiles 16 essays on

curating art in and of Asia. One of the themes addresses

the politics of care, commonly understood as the basic

role of curators, with regards to art and artists, across time

and contexts. Another theme revolves around markers of

success in the realm of contemporary curating. A third

recurring theme deals with curating in the globalised art

world of advanced travel and communication technologies.

A fourth theme reconsiders the audience as active producers

in a curated experience. Through a variety of perspectives

and literary styles, these texts constitute primary notes

towards ‘curatorial criticism,’ a subfield of art criticism that

identifies the new in curating today.

A Book Launch: Who Cares? 16 Essays On Curating In Asia08.12.10 / Sotheby’s Institute of Art / www.whitecanvas-gallery.com

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This year, Sculpture Square is pleased to present the

exhibition entitled, ‘Mine’ by Delia Prvački which is a site

specific exhibition invoking a visual imagery of a mine or a

certain space where through mining, many treasures of the

earth like Gold, Coal and other precious, natural resources

are usually dug and found. Metaphorically speaking, to mine

through millions of years of fossil dirt, rocks and stones, the

job of a miner has long been a sacred one as he discovers

many secrets and unseen treasures of Mother Earth

under unknown levels of digging into its depths. ‘Mine’

explores this sacred realm of what is unseen, hidden and

undiscovered through mining into the natural resources of

Mother Earth.

MINE – Delia Prvački18.12.10 – 09.01.11 / Sculpture Square /www.sculpturesq.com.sg

This exhibition is collaboration with LEFTFOOT and is

advocated by SingTel, in view of their keen support of Youths

in the Arts fraternity and also in line with their mantra of

encouraging Youths to “Express Yourself Freely”.

Singapore Contemporary Young Artists have chosen to

represent an insight into nostalgia with a collage of past,

present and future concepts. The 5 artists will bring you

through a reminisce of old events that will sparkle memories.

A very conscientious and cogent walk through that will fill you

with a sense of belonging. Our nostalgic senses, sometimes

neglectful of, will unravel its resonance. Make believe this

moment and enjoy this sublime honesty of works.

Express Yourself Freely – Back to Nostalgiatill 19.12.10 / LEFTFOOT Entrepot, The Grand Cathay / www.contemporaryart.sg

Dis/placement:6, a showcase of new art works by six

Singapore-based Korean artists, is a landmark exhibition

that reveals a unique amalgamation by which Korean

pictorial sensibilities have been rethought in the context of

living in Singapore. Curated by the Korean Art Professionals

in Singapore (KAP), which consists of Korean artists, art

writers and art administrators, the exhibition embarks on an

exploration of creative practices and seeks to bridge the

visual cultures of the Korean and Singapore art communities.Dis/placement:6till 18.12.10 / LASALLE / www.lasalle.edu.sg

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Memories are about things that are passed, but also of

things that will come to pass. They are not often the same

facts that everyone remembers; that as much as memories

are created by the individuals, there are sights, smells,

sounds, touch that evoke memories, that brings to mind

images that exists more than what is in front of us.

In Calculation and Immediacy, the images evoke a certain

sense of time passed, that things are not what they used to

be. WEE noted, and I agree, that most photographers these

days do not even shoot this way anymore. By going through

Chua’s images, it is quite apparent what the concerns of

his time were.

The 1st of December, every year for the past 22 years, has been a day of reflection and solidarity with those who live with HIV/AIDS and their families. This day allows you and me to reflect on our roles in preventing the spread of HIV in Singapore and the world. In line with HPB’s ongoing annual commitment to this day, we bring to you the Art Exhibition, ‘HIV – Show Me The Love’.

Young and established artists have been invited to create art pieces that exemplify what World AIDS Day stands for. Experiencing the art exhibition, will allow you to contemplate and reflect on how this disease has changed and shaped our world. It would inspire you to know what are your role is in preventing its spread.

Looking In / At / Back: Photography Exhibitiontill 23.12.10 / Light Editions Gallery / www.lighteditions.com.sg

HIV – Show Me The Lovetill 24.12.10 / Chan Hampe Galleries @ Tanjong Pagar / www.chanhampegalleries.com

Us and Them and You is a showcase of photo prints by local multi-disciplinary artist and Associate Artist of The Substation, Khairuddin Hori. The exhibition will highlight the existence of a minority group within the Singaporean-Malay minority through photo documentation.

Often seen as heathens and undesirable misfits primarily due to their physical disposition and lifestyle choices, members of this minority group will be captured on large scale prints, their photo portraits acting as testaments to the widespread Asian embrace of globalisation and western ideologies.US AND THEM AND YOU:

A solo exhibition by Khairuddin Hori till 19.12.10 / The Substation Gallery / www.substation.org.com

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Bartha & Senarclens exhibits at Art Stage Singapore12.01.11 – 16.01.11 / Art Stage Sinagapore, Marina Bay Sands /www.bartha-senarclens.com

Lorenzo Rudolf, the Former Director of Art Basel, Inventor Art Basel Miami and co-creator of ShContemporary, is launching Art Stage Singapore, an international event that will open the annual art season in Singapore. For its debut the fair will include a selection of leading galleries and interesting, young galleries from Asia Pacific and abroad creating a unique opportunity for the Asia Pacific art market.

The fair is supported by various Singapore state agencies driving the development of the arts including the Singapore Economic Development Board, Singapore Tourism Board, National Heritage Board and the National Arts Council. “We are thrilled to be part of such a prominent cultural event that echoes our ambition to bring international art to Singapore. This fair strengthens Singapore’s

foothold as the dominant cultural centre in South East Asia” – Frédéric de Senarclens.

Bartha & Senarclens is showcasing paintings, drawings and sculptures by internationally acclaimed and emerging artists. The show features artworks by modern and contemporary artists: Armen Agop - Egypt, Rina Banerjee - India, Tom Carr - Spain, Yves Dana - Switzerland, Barry Flanagan - United Kingdom, Damien Hirst - United Kingdom, Joan Miró - Spain, Adriana Molder - Portugal, Marc Quinn - United Kingdom, Doug & Mike Starn - United States of America Thukral & Tagra - India, Victor Vasarely - Hungary, Bernar Venet - France, Tom Wesselmann - United States of America, Beat Zoderer - Switzerland.

Image credit: Marc Quinn Angkor Windfarm.

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Layered BrillianceSolo Exhibition: Sivilay Souvannasing03.12.10 – 19.12.10 / M Gallery, 51 Waterloo Street /www.mgallery.com.sg

“Layered Brilliance”a solo exhibition by

Sivilay Souvannasing

Opening Reception: 3 December 2010, 6.30pm till late

Exhibition runs till 19 December 2010

M Gallery, 51 Waterloo Street, #03-03B/04 (S)187969Tue - Sat: 11-7pm Sun: 12-5pm [email protected] www.mgallery.com.sg +65 6338 0093

Change is coming quickly to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Beyond economic development, the social and cultural aspects of Lao life are evolving to suit a global world. Yet, Lao culture is so strong, embedded in generations of farming communities and ethnic diversity, that it resists the change as much as it accepts it. Sivilay Souvannasing, a Lao contemporary painter, aims to illustrate that balance and exchange, using his advanced painting styles and life experience to enhance his works.

At only 28, Sivilay renders a maturity and complexity to his work unsurpassed by most painters of his generation. Growing up in a farming community in Southern Laos, there were not many creative outlets, aside from the inspiring natural landscapes and country lifestyles of the Lao people, yet Sivilay

managed to find ways to express himself. In an interview, he mentions his propensity for painting on walls, tables and chairs – anything he could find within his own home. He sculpted out of found materials, including clay and wood. His passion was evident from childhood and, recognizing this, his father encouraged him to pursue his love of painting, telling him to go to the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Vientiane and become “the best painter in Laos.” This was no easy task, considering the lack of funding in the arts and the heavy competition with other aspiring artists. But Sivilay now stands as one of the most recognizable Lao painters today.

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Max, 2002 Lithograph 109 x 76 cm

RobeRt Longo A Hidden Talent in a Black and White World

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Men in the Cities Plate II, 1990 Lithograph 66 x 106 cm

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artist and his ability to obtain and portray so

many different levels of shading and depth

with simply one colour, black. He uses several

different charcoals and techniques to create

the surfaces but maintains the importance

that the white shown, is only the white of the

paper itself.

Black and white images always evoke the

notion of photography which Longo views as

“culture`s collective memory”. Longo looks

for his work to find a middle ground, that of

one between a photograph and a drawing

and ultimately wants the viewer to be pulled

in close to the piece, to see for themselves,

what the medium actually is and to have the

question of whether or not it`s a photograph

in their mind right up until the point at which

it becomes clear...that it is not! It is this

relationship that inevitably draws the viewer

into the piece and captivates them thereafter.

This form of artwork is known as Hyper-

Realism.

Longo draws parallels between drawing and

photography and believes agrees that both

have similar qualities. Longo refers to these

two media, drawing and photography as

“bastard” art forms in as much as firstly there

was painting and sculpture and then drawing

and photography, the illegitimate offspring.

Longo saw this underworld of art expression

as an area to explore and exploit. When

It’s not often that an artist of grandiose and

international stature falls into the category

of undervalued, but Robert Longo is one such

artist.

Robert Longo is an artist who has exhibited

in at least 28 cities, in 12 different countries

across 4 continents, yet there are still people

in Asia who have yet to be exposed to the

sublime brilliance of an artist who focuses

mainly in black and white.

Yet perhaps it is this colour preference that

may be at the root cause of this enigma in

certain parts of Asia. Robert Longo, like many

of his peers, has a substantial international

body of work to his credit, being exhibited in

such exalted locations as the MOMA and the

MET in New York, across to the Tate Gallery

in London.

Last year, in 2009, the Museum of Modern and

Contemporary Art in Nice held a retrospective

of 100 pieces of Longo’s artwork covering

the last 30 years thus confirming his position

as one of the pre-eminent American artists

of our day. The Museum of Modern and

Contemporary Art in Nice (or MAMAC as

it`s known) has held major shows for other

American greats such as Jim Dine and Robert

Indiana.

In all of Longo`s work, both past and present,

you can begin to see the sheer genius of the

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Wave Five, 2000 Lithograph 26 x 61 cm



friends up onto the roof of his house where

he was living at the time in South Street and

directed and photographed them in various

positions. He would throw things at them or

pull them with rope in order to try and get just

the position he was looking for.

The original inspiration was from a film by

Werner Maria Fassbinder, “The American

Soldier”, where Longo was trying to recapture

the state of someone who had just been shot

and seemed to be “dancing” just before they

died. His intention was that these men and

women be abstract rather than put in any

kind of surrounding and this is part of the

appeal of the series with their ability to entice

and captivate the viewer and then hold that

attention and interest. Their attire was Longo`s

idea of a uniform that people were wearing

at that time, be they bankers, office workers

from Wall Street or the punks and new wave

people.

When I look at the “Men in the Cities” series

my mind is immediately filled with images

from “The Matrix” trilogy where Neo, Trinity,

Morpheus and Agent Smith are contorting

their bodies in order to miss the stream of

oncoming bullets being fired at them. Keanu

Reeves is a big Robert Longo fan and it may

be that he took some inspiration from the

artist when filming these ground breaking

scenes in the films.

Longo started with his large scale drawings

it was unheard of, for some it is still a difficult

concept to grasp today.

At the start Longo wanted his pieces to be

as big as possible, reflecting his passion and

desire. He also wanted his work to compete

against the cultural competition of the time

which included movies, television, magazines,

newspapers and billboards. Longo now views

the size of his work in a different way in that

today he wants to play with the size concept

rather than compete against and challenge it.

Longo also looks back at his time in Europe

as a turning point in both his career and

his life. In the late 1980`s, at a time when

Longo`s world was collapsing around him

in New York, he journeyed to Europe and in

particular, Paris, where in his own words he

became a “better person”. There the artist

learned to channel and direct his passion and

anger in a more focused, productive way. In

the early 1990`s he also met Hans Mayer in

Germany who helped him produce some of

his biggest monumental pieces, such as the

“Wax Crosses” in 1991. It was also here that

Longo met his German actress wife, Barbara

Sukowa, whom he married in 1994.

Longo is still probably best known for his “Men

in the Cities” series in which he portrayed

suited men and women in various contorted

poses. For these pieces Longo actually took

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Robert Longo`s body of work is simply

impressive ranging from his “Men in the

Cities” series, through “Black Flags”,

“Bodyhammers”, “The Freud Cycle”,

“Monsters”, “The Sickness of Reason”,

“Bodies”, “Beginning of the World”, “Perfect

Gods” to his latest collection of works, “The

Mysteries”.

For any collector who looks for a progression

in an artist`s work, Robert Longo is a must

have. This is an artist who has dared to take

a media, consigned to small and sometimes

abstract work, displayed in small and

usually dismal venues and propelled it to

the meteoric heights that demands a global

audience today. Few artists, certainly those

still living, can lay hold to that particular

claim to fame!



gaLLeRies in the spotLight— a Review of 2010Text: Malvina Tan

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1. The Luxe Museum — Han Rihan Survival, 2007 Ink, colour and acrylic on paper 100 x 86 cm2. Cape of Good Hope Gallery — Leo Hee Tong 梁其栋 Twinkle Night 闪烁的夜晚 2010 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm3. Ovas Gallery — Saengkom Chansrinual Grand Mountain, 2009 Solid acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 cm4. Sunjin Galleries — Norlito Meimban ESTUDYANTE, 2000 Acrylic on Canvas 152 x 152 cm

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Cape of Good Hope Gallery

i. Lim Tze Peng 林子平, Calligraphy 书法 2009, Ink on rice paper 140 x 70 cmii. Eng Siak Loy 翁锡礼, Old Street 旧街 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas 75 x 100cmiii. Leo Hee Tong 梁其栋, Twinkle Night 闪烁的夜晚 2010 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm

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Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery, established in 1989, is one of the

more prominent art galleries in Singapore. Most recently, the gallery has taken part in a variety of exhibitions. Some of the well received exhibitions are The Romance of Bali – Recent paintings by Huang Fong, Art Expo Malaysia 2010, Modern Ink Paintings and Sculptures by Fu Xin Min, Flow in Nature – The Colour of Rainforest – Dance’s Rhythm – Trio Show, The Oil Painting Exhibition by Three Artists and Sunshine on 36 Degree North – Contemporary Chinese Watercolour Paintings Exhibition.

A highlight for the gallery’s participation in these exhibitions would have to be Art Expo Malaysia 2010. They showcased a group of Singaporean artists and they emphasised on Singaporean art. They also helped to promote the works of Singaporean artists to overseas platforms. Some of the artists who participated in this were Dr. Ho Kah Leong, Lim Yew Kuan, Tan Choh Tee, Wong Kian Ping, Lee Choon Kee with their realistic approach. Besides them, artists like Choy Weng Yang, Goh Beng Kwan, Leo Hee Tong, Chieu Shuey Fook were showcased as well. Their works focus more on abstract expressions. Moreover, artists Lim Tze Peng, Aw Tee Hong, Koeh Sia Yong, Eng Siak Loy, Low Puay Hua, Teo Kim Liong

and Terence Teo Chin Keong were also involved in the showcase, with works that blend the new and old, eastern and western concepts to portray their personal characteristics.

Art Expo Malaysia 2010 is an opportunity to the art collectors, art lovers, art students for embracing passion of art. It was very eye-opening encounter for the gallery with the arts. It promotes works by Singaporean artists to the rest of the world, one that is definitely useful to the gallery.

Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery plans to put in more emphasis on veteran artists from Singapore. The gallery hopes to showcase more works by Eng Siak Loy, Leo Hee Tong, Lim Tze Peng and Tew Nai Tong in 2011. Some of the works involve paintings with an association with figures and scenery in classical and modern expression.

In addition, the gallery plans to have a show by Hong Ling’s ink paintings. He is an artist specialising in landscape painting on four seasons. Hong Ling is the professor at the 3rd workshop of Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.

Look out for the gallery’s participation in Art Expo Malaysia 2011.


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The Luxe Art Museum

i. Nan Qi Lady Soldier A, 2009 Ink and colour on paper 140 x 70 cmii. Cai Guangbin Painted Digital Images No. 01B, 2010 Ink on paper 70 x 90cmiii. Hai Rihan, Impressions 2000 Mixed media on paper 100 x 100cm

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T he Luxe Art Museum, located just behind the busy streets of Orchard

road in Singapore, is a relatively new gallery that is affil iated with the ever successful Yisulang Art Gallery.

The Luxe Art Museum, an affiliation to Yisulang Art Gallery, aims to create awareness for the contemporary Chinese fine arts to bridge the stereotyped ideology that has erected a false barrier between traditionalism and modernism. This directional focus is to propel contemporary Chinese fine arts to the forefront of the art world across Southeast Asia and beyond; by building a representative permanent collection and exhibiting renowned art thus providing a platform for critical fine art research and debate.

Focusing on Contemporary Chinese Ink as well as Contemporary Tibetan Art, Luxe does provide a variety of captivating works.

Contemporary Chinese Ink takes on a fresh approach. Chinese Ink has a long history as you may know, and is usually regarded as a form of language. Currently, Chinese Ink has evolved greatly and this change is rarely seen outside China. Ink art produced by artists has a wider social relevance in the current climate. It is evident that the art produced absorbs the idea of leisure and also the artists’ expression and personality can be strongly felt. Thus, one can say that the works are rather free spirited— works that

can take you away from the stress and the fast paced lifestyle.

Since the 1940s, waves of artists from both China and other countries have embarked on expeditions to Tibet. With artistic pursuits, they observed, absorbed and painting. Hence, their masterpieces testified to the artistic milestones in their careers. Such external cultural forces have developed Tibetan painting in more ways than one. Slowly but surely, Tibetan art established a new approach— introducing new aesthetic concepts, ideas and perspectives with the use of different techniques and even materials.

In 2010, Luxe has showcased a variety of works, and one of which was by renown local sculptor, Han Shuli.

In view of 2011, Luxe is planning for a show in April for Contemporary Chinese Ink works. This exhilarating show was seen at the National Art Museum in Beijing back in 2004, but was never brought into Singapore before. You can, too, look forward to another show towards the end of the year, by two female Chinese artists. Peng Wei, who does installation art, and Chen Qing Qing, who dabbles in ink on paper.

The Luxe Art Museum enjoys an exceptional reputation. Passionate, Luxe dedicates its efforts to the fostering and the promoting of Chinese art.


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OVAS Gallery

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O vas Art Gallery was established in 2008 specialising in Asian modern

contemporary art by established as well as emerging artists. They invest and capitalise on up and coming Asian artists who exhibit a totally unique art concept. The artists in Ovas are carefully handpicked to reflect the exclusiveness and display concept. This year, the gallery has seen a relative success. Taking part in ArtSingapore, ArtExpo Malaysia and Affordable Art Fair (AAF) 2010 Singapore, their artworks were highly regarded based on the welcoming response from visitors of the fair.

Owner and art director of Ovas Art Gallery, Dr Chung Sew Meng, feels that the AAF 2010 Singapore was the most lucrative exhibition for the gallery. Having exhibited artworks from emerging artists from countries like Thailand and Indonesia, the gallery managed to garner sales and exposure despite being the new kid on the block.

In retrospective, 2009 was a seemingly unsatisfactory year for the gallery. Having to shift from its original home to its current location in Kaki Bukit, Ovas gallery persevered and continued to source for artists in Asia who are able to produce intriguing and edgy artworks in hopes of making a change to the bad spell. Investing in younger and emerging

artists is an approach that the gallery is currently focusing on. Chung feels that this approach allows the gallery to build on a bigger potential in terms of investment value due to the affordability of the artworks— this would unquestionably encourage more sales.

At this point of time, the gallery is looking into expanding their range of artists, spreading over other parts of South East Asia such as Vietnam and China.

Looking into the brand new year, Chung hopes that the gallery would be able to continue to prosper from their recent triumph from the AAF 2010 Singapore. He intends for the gallery to be more active in taking part in exhibitions this year. One of the exhibitions that you can look out for would be their participation in the AHAF-HK in February 2011. Chung plans for the gallery to take part in Art Melbourne 2011 and Art Taipei 2011 but he is certain that the gallery will make an appearance at ArtSingapore 2011, ArtExpo 2011 and AAF 2011 Singapore.


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S unjin Galleries is one of Singapore’s leading art galleries. Specialising

in promoting outstanding artworks from emerging artists across Asia, the gallery has built a strong reputation representing some of the leading and most sought after artists in the region. Recently the gallery’s achievement have been recognised and celebrated at the 11th Beijing International Art Exhibition. At an award giving ceremony in May 2008, the Ministry of Culture PRC presented Ms Jennifer Soen, Sunjin’s founder and director with a certificate recognizing the gallery as one of the “Top 10th most influential galleries of 2008”.

Sunjin held a number of exciting exhibitions for the year 2010. The gallery held shows exhibiting the works of Israeli artist David Gerstein, Japanese artists Tomoaki Tarutani and Yoichi Ogata, Singaporean artist Choy Weng Yang & Malaysian artist Jolly Koh. In addition, “Obscure Desire” and “Time & Place” were two other compelling shows that Sunjin held. Besides that, art fairs such as Art Expo Malaysia 2010 and the Affordable Art Fair (AAF) 2010 Singapore saw Sunjin’s participation.

These shows certainly contributed to Sunjin’s success for the year. Cutting-edge

Sunjin Galleries

Zhang Tongshuai Floating 漂浮 2008 Woodcut 128 x 89cm

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Tomoaki Tarutani Matazuine. Ruwaru. Tannifu Mixed media on paper 54 x 54 cm

works by Zhang Tongshuai and Tomoaki garnered a lot of sales and this definitely provided a good grounding for the gallery. Aside from that, the gallery managed to engage the visitors better by holding an artist talk with artists Choy Weng Yang & Jolly Koh. Moreover, the gallery’s participation in the art fairs received an exceptional response.

Jennifer Soen particularly highlights works by Filipino artist Norlie Meimban and Chinese artist Zhang Tongshuai.

Norlie, a graduate of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, has mounted over six solo exhibitions. He is successful in employing a variety of painting and graphic techniques as he worked as illustrator and animator for a number of years. Norlie portrays his love of movement, and sometimes an infatuation

for repeating images which define motion in his works.

Chinese artist Zhang Tongshuai on the other hand, produces monochromatic artworks. Zhang has exhibited extensively in China and his works are increasingly collected by a growing pool of international collectors. He is a daring artist who works with wood block print of an unusually large size. Such can be extremely difficult to accomplish, however, Zhang has proven that his skill should be admired as he managed to maintain a very high quality print with every artwork displaying the fine detailed pattern formed by the wood grains in the block. Zhang is an artist whose works stand out amongst the garish works of his contemporaries.

Moving on, Sunjin encountered better sales this year as compared to the year 2009. The most profitable fair that the gallery took part in would have to be Art Expo Malaysia 2010. Through this participation, it allowed the gallery to tap into fresh and different markets outside of Singapore. Also, the AAF 2010 Singapore helped the gallery to create awareness amongst entrant collectors.

All in all, Sunjin reached greater heights for the year 2010.

The gallery looks forward to the brand new year and intends to welcome it with a show promoting Japanese and Korean contemporary artists.


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JATIWANGI ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE FESTIVAL 201026.06.10 – 09.07.10 / IndonesiaText: Jacklyn Soo

In June 26th – July 9th 2010, a community art residency took place in the town of Jatiwangi, sub-district of Majalenka, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.

Jatiwangi Art Factory or JaF is an art space set up by two brothers; Arief Yudi and Ginggi S. Hasyim who runs a roof tile factory in Jatiwangi. JaF has a ceramic studio, a gallery, multi-purpose spaces as well as a radio station known as JAF FM. It is also the home of Arief Yudi and his family, where all his other siblings were brought up. Ginggi who is currently the head for Desa (Village) Jatisura, Jatiwangi has high hopes and dreams of seeing his community go far and is concerned with issues faced by his community and works hard in establishing JaF and supporting its activities (workshops, events and discussions) to raise understanding, creativity and awareness to the people in his community.

Arief, his older brother, seeks to benefit the local residents by giving them the opportunity to observe, exchange ideas and work with talented Indonesian and international artists through residency programme called Jatiwangi Artists in Residence Festival (JarF).

JarF is developed for community cultural exchange between Indonesian Artists, overseas Artists and villagers in a bi-annual festival in the area of Jatiwangi, Indonesia. Invited Artists from around the world develop relations between JaF and the villagers through workshops, performances, exhibitions, talks, forum to promote cultural, ethnical, historical exchange and mutual understanding between these communities.

JATIWANGI ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE FESTIVAL (JARF) was first organised in December 2006 and another in 2008 with 15 participants in 2008 and 20 participants in 2008. The 2010 event took place from June 26th – July 9th 2010 with 21 artists from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Mexico of varying disciplines of art and the participation of 7 villages from Jatiwangi region; Jatisura, Surawangi, Sutawangi, Leweunggede, Sukaraja Wetan, Burujul Wetan and Loji.

Curated by Heru Hikayat and organised by JaF (Jatiwangi Art Factory), JARF 2010 included a short 2 week artists residency and an arts festival where the artists collaborate with their hosts to explore and create

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meaningful experiences and site-related works inspired by their stay and interaction with the villagers.

The event is to make the artists as facilitators for the villagers, articulating numerous issues in local neighborhood. The artists articulate their ideas to create concrete works with the villagers. Audience members include the locals from Jatiwangi and visitors from other cities in Indonesia and countries abroad are invited to the opening and welcomed to observe the festival as well.

The artists were separated into the 7 villages;

1. Rahmat Haron and Haseena Abdul Majid (Singapore) stayed in Jatisura.

2. Len Jittima (Thailand) , Paisan Plienbangchang (Thailand) stayed in Surawangi.

3. Dani Iswardana (Solo) and Haidar Afandi (Singapore) stayed in Sutawangi.

4. Prilla Tania (Bandung), Hiroyuki Hukuoka (Japan), Daniel Milan Cabrera (Mexico) stayed in Leweunggede.

5. Mella Jaarsma (Yogjakarta), Forum Lenteng – Gasworo Aryaningtyas (Jakarta), Nindityo Adipurnomo (Yogjakarta) stayed in Sukaraja Wetan.

6. Jacklyn Soo (Singapore), Kosala Priyam (Sri Lanka), Indrani Ashe (America), Natas Setiabudhi and Nurdian Ichsan stayed in Burujul Wetan.

7. Angga Wedhaswhara (Bandung), Ghazi Alqudzy (Singapore) and Handi Hermansyah (Bandung) stayed in Logji.

During the first days of the residency, the artists and hosts try to get to know and explore a number of ways to collaborate. The introduction and exploration is then formulated into a series of presentations, which started from July 5th to 9th, 2010. The presentations represented the result of collaboration between the artists’ artistic visions with the villagers in their daily activities. The presentations from the 22 artists are varied in practice ranging from ceramic, drawing, photography, film, installation, performance art, sound art, contemporary puppet and music.

Arrival and Description of InteractionI had the opportunity to work with children and adults in my village called Burujul Wetan.

Set off in a motorcycle with my luggage in the front of my host, I arrived in his little humble home where I was greeted by his wife and 2 young daughters by her side. It was dark and my host had kindly showed me to my room where I could unpack and unwind. Indrani stayed with me on my first night. That night I could not sleep for a few reasons; the bustling motorcycles in the night that drove pass the house, the neighbours chatting away fiddling with the ringtones on their latest mobile phone, and my anticipation on getting to know this beautiful place I have come to call Home.

The next morning I awoke with rashes on both my forearms and had decided to shift home to another host’s house whose mother apparently was a rebana player.

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Rahmat Haron with Farmers in harvesting rice fields.

Haseena seen here with group of children at her workshop.

in their society and improve the lives of women in their village. She did a workshop with children to write down their thoughts and feelings about their relationship with their mothers on a cut out piece of paper shaped like a hand. Haseena mentions that in islamic countries, handshakes with each another is a common form of respect towards another person and to be able to express their thoughts/emotions on a icon shaped like a hand, the artwork immediately becomes a metaphor for things unsaid and unexpressed.

SURAWANGI VILLAGEThe village had trouble with its committee organisers and was not particularly interested in taking part in the festival. Jittima and Paisan did a performance work involving the farmers and workers in Surawangi but soon left the residency back to Thailand.

I met up with the rest of the artists; Kosala, Ichsan, Natas and Indrani. We were brought to meet the chief of the village, Pak Ku’u and his community members to get to know each other and to find out what activities the village had in store for us.

As the days went by, the artists were treated to feast after feast, dances after dances and mountains after mountains of local delights by the villagers. In our more serious meetings, we discussions on ways to improve the arts and culture of the village. The 5 artists also assisted in an exhibition that featured the local arts and crafts of the villagers.

Through these activities, we met the village committees and delightful children who were egar to meet the artists. They later join us in our planned workshop and presentations.

All the 20 artists were in similar situations as I did with my village as this was the aim of JarF to integrate each artist’s skill with and by the community to create discussions and continuation of communal art and culture.

Below are some of the works by the artists in the programme:

JATISURA VILLAGE In Jatisura village, Rahmat Haron was interested in paying ancestoral respect to the founder of Jatisura Village. In 2 performance art and installation, Rahmat gathered the farmers to clean the cemetery courtyard where the founder of Jatisura, the first chief head’s body laid. He later did an installation piece cutting the rice harvest into a big heart-shaped representing his love and respect for the livelihood and daily living of farmers in Jatisura.

Haseena worked with children and mothers in a workshop involving poetry and painting. She wanted to discuss role of women

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Jittima’s & Paisan’s performance at Surawangi.

Dani Iswandi introducing Wayang Beben to a group of children in Sutawangi Village.

Haidar with the girls preparing for the video shooting in the paddy field. (haidar took)

Daniel’s music march with the Ibu Ibu Farmers along the fields of Leweunggede Village.

SUTAWANGI VILLAGEIn Sutawangi, artists Dani and Haidar discussed about the poetic of space in the village using ready materials from the surrounding.

Dani made a bamboo boat which was used in the river and invited other artists to use his bamboo boat as platform for their performance or installation work. Dani also did 2 workshops with children, one of which was a workshop on Wayang Beben (Puppet drawings on scroll) with 40 children and a lantern workshop made out of the skin from banana trucks. His presentation involved the screening of the documentation of his solo show of Wayang Beben.

Haidar’s interaction with the youths – asking the youths to express their feelings and voices about their personal struggle through poetry was made it into a short clip video based on the site of Sawa (paddy fields) as she was surprised to discover that young ladies of 15 year old did not like stepping into the muddy earth of the paddy fields.

The clip was accompanied with music by Tedi who is a musician in Jarf while the photography and video direction was with Bowo, the photographer for the residency programme. Haidar also later made a t-shirt project based on quotations on life with JARF and the other artists.

“This residency is about how the villagers receive you and how you

learn to receive them back” Haidar comments.

LEWEUNGGEDE VILLAGEA similar expression of site-specific work can be seen in Leweunggede when artists

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Hiroyuki on his bamboo boat and placing the leave boats in the river of Leweunggede.

Prilla and villagers making sure the Map is ready to be attached to Hiroyuki’s Bamboo Sail Boat.

Hiroyuki, Prilla Tania and Daniel Cabrera worked together on a festival involving the female farmers of the paddy fields.

Daniel worked with Ibu (Madam) farmers and musicians composing songs for their music march during the presentation. The instruments were made out of bamboo and they sang their traditional community songs accompanying Daniel in the celebration. Hiroyuki conducted a paper boat workshop with children and together, they made 1000 pieces of boats constructed from leaves. Hiroyuki also constructed a bamboo raft which he sailed from the irrigation dam to the village as part of his performance. It was a hardy task to hand-sail the bamboo boat in the river.

Prilla Tania held a textile workshop with the Ibu Ibu group to make a fun, colourful map of the village as a point of geographical reference in the village. She added the map to the the sail of Hiroyuki’s bamboo boat which Hiroyuki used for his performance. I thought the collaboration between these 2 artists worked really well in exploring the subtle landscape of Leweunggede.

SUKARAJA WETAN VILLAGEMella Jaarsma, Forum Lenteng – Gasworo Aryaningtyas, Nindityo Adipurnomo stayed in Sukaraja Wetan.

The village head of Sukarajawetan is Pak Didi Susandi. Bapak Rudy Sulistyo who is active with the youth community and together they run a radio station located in the public library.

Mella was interested in exploring what children had to say about their village and ran a story telling workshop with 4-10yrs old. They wrote stories one page while she recorded readings of their stories and played the recordings during Sukaraja Wetan’s presentation at a Tile Factory.

Gasworo Aryaningtyas represented Forum Lenteng in the residency. Forum Lenteng is an egalitarian non-profit organisation, founded since July 2003 by communication/journalism students, artists, researchers and cultural analysts, as a vehicle to examine problems of culture in society.

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Mella recording stories from the children in Sukaraja Wetan.

A view from the inside of a child’s dream home; workshop conducted by Nindityo Adipurnomo.

Gasworo presented 5 video art works revolving around the theme of his village and the tile factory which he later presented in the compound. He worked with youths on his video to present the experimental videos which ran throughout the night of his presentation.

Nindityo Adipurnomo did a workshop based on architecture and interior design using clay, cardboard, recycled materials with children aged 6-15 years old. The children were to design their own houses and drew pictures of furniture to accompany the home. What was interesting about Nindityo’s workshop was he had the workshop conducted in the roof tile factory, after which he presented an exhibition of the children’s box-homes together with the tiles. The children each had an opportunity to present their homes to artists and villagers alike.

BURUJUL WETAN VILLAGEIn Burujul Wetan, the largest desa with a population of 8000 people was no easy task to coordinate workshops and preparations for the festival even with 5 artists intervention. Accounts of misunderstandings and miscommunications together with the limited duration created some tension between the village committee and artists.

I did a mural painting workshop with children and youths encouraging to paint village scenery where they could make their mark and remember the history and context of their village.

We ran a 3-day workshop starting with sketches on paper and proceeding to painting mural on the walls where the Alun Alun tree stood. The Alun Alun tree is a place of heritage, history and memory for every village in Jatiwangi and an important feature to the people.

Initially it was tough to encourage the children to take part in painting as they were not used to doing public art

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Collaborative mural painting at the Alun Alun tree with Children and Villagers of Burujul Wetan.

Kosala Kumara with ‘Wayang Universal’ and Robak Installation.

workshops with foreign people. I noticed that the children and youths love to draw houses, trees, tile factory, and flowers that they see in the village. One of the painting also had a mosque and food seller stall on the brick walls. It was tough to paint those brick walls but the whole community came to helped out after the 2nd day. Even the seniors helped to white wash the paints and provided light bulbs for us when we had to paint through into the night.

It was challenging to see how we would encourage youths and children to participate in our workshops with the breakdown in barriers and further speaking with the rest of the artists from the other villages, they too faced similar negotiation problems.

I later created a performance work celebrating the role of the Soto Ayam (local dish with chicken and rice cubes) as a story seller, selling my handmade kueh kuehs to the villagers in exchange for a story about Burujul Wetan or about their personal experiences. The gerobak (food cart) was also installed with sound recordings of daily village sounds; bells, motorcycle, chicken croaking that I had collected during my stay. The robak (food cart) was decorated with Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppets) made by Kosala Kumara, a visual and performance artist from Sri Lanka who was Kosala awarded a scholarship from Indonesian Education Ministry (Darmasiswa

Scholarship) to study at STSI (Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia) for one year. Kosala’s research on Wayang Kulit led him to develop Wayang Plastic using used plastic found within the village.

He conducted the Wayang Plastic workshop with Ibu Ibu and children alike and later suggested a further collaboration as we saw similarities in our exploration of the village.

Ichsan and Natas had a different approach to handling the interest of clay and the interaction they had created through a performance and exhibition of abstract clay works by the villagers.

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Indrani walking along the streets of Burjul Wetan with her becak (tricyle).

An eldery from the village giving the clay a good knock-out.

Diligently producing up to 60 clay pots, the duo from Bandung requested the kind intervention of these pots in its unbaked form by suggesting a punch, a pull, a drag or by tearing a part of the clay pot which they have made in identical forms. Several senior villagers, artists and members from JarF took part in this performance which does leave room for questioning the role of artist in the community project.

Indrani initiated a project which involved pain stakingly stitching pieces of batik into a curtain pattern and installed onto a becak (tricycle) which she paraded round the village with music and dance. Her time during the residency was spent moving from home to home and working with the women community in Burujul Wetan.

LOJI VILLAGEThe opening festival on the 26th June was held at Loji village where Angga Wedhaswhara (Bandung), Ghazi Alqudzy (Singapore) and Handi Hermansyah (Bandung) stayed.

Angga made a children’s scrapbook workshop getting the children to scribble and document their daily lives, finding materials to keep in the plastic folders which was sold as an auction during the night festival presentation of Loji. The money from the auction will be donated to the village to construct a library.

Ghazi made a short film addressing the concerns of modern living and filal piety towards the eldery in a film called ‘Trio DeKil’.

He portrayed the hardship and suffering of these villagers who could neither find sustainable jobs or harvesting opportunities. He role casted children to act as adults in this subtle and sympathetic film which won the hearts of many villagers who could relate well to its context.

In a short interview, Ghazi says of his experience. “The festival is not about the artist but about the community.” This certainty echos the thoughts and views of all artists alike.

The third artist in Logji, Handi (bandung) made lanterns with the villgers. He is a visual and performance artist based in

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An example from the pages of a child’s scrapbook from Angga’s workshop.

2 Children with their Scrapbook at the Auction.

Screen-shot of the film “Trio DeKil” by the children of Loji Village and directed by Ghazi Aldqucy.

Handi making sure the lanterns are ready for display.

Bandung. He graduated from ITB - Institute of Technology in Bandung in 1996 and majored in sculpture. His approach to the residency was to freely allow the children to express what they are concern with through the lantern making workshop. Handi then displayed their works in the stream of the river which strode along quietly, gently, lighting up the darkness of the night sky.

CLOSINGThe festival ended on the 9th of July with rock music and an open mic session to thank all artists, villages and JarF committee members. It was a long and tear-filled evening set on the field of Sukaraja Wetan Village. The artists and villagers took their last hugs with words

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of sincerity and appreciation to each other before the crowd disperse and insects roamed the quiet field once again.

Despite numerous accounts on miscommunications and misunderstanding of the artists intention and those of the villages, the project brought new perspective and views to the villagers and artists who spent merely a week together trying to fit the puzzles of culture differences and barriers in art language. Nonetheless the Festival was expressed by the warmth, dedication and commitment from all in making Jatiwangi Artists in Residency Festival a fruitful and unforgettable experience. I later heard some artists will be returning back to Jatiwangi to further explore the aims of JaF in their upcoming Film making festival in Burjul Wetan.

Photo credit: Prabowo Setyadi, Haidar Afandi and Haseena Abdul Majid. Text credit: Arief Yudi Rahman, Heru Hikayat and Juliana Yasin.

For more info about JarF and artists biography: http://jarf2010.blogspot.com/

Special thanks to Singapore International Foundation for supporting Singapore Artists to JarF 2010.

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FLOATING WORLDS10.12. 10 - 10.01.11 / Chan Hampe GalleriesText: June Yap

T he group exhibit ion of recent works of three art ists with rather dissimilar

practices — Michael Lee, Grace Tan and Genevieve Chua, presents a pleasant conundrum for the viewer attempting to sustain a unif ied reading that is not simply evident on f irst look, given their rather distinctive formal expressions that accentuate the differences when juxtaposed. Yet, the consistency and method, of their internal visions in each series makes them amenable to comparison, with their mingl ing intimating certain shared narratives and views of space and form, and where such pleasures await gentle teasing out.

Michael Lee’s practice circles the subject of architecture, imagined, lost and concrete. His earl ier works include the National Columbarium of Singapore (2009), of 100 painstakingly modelled ‘ lost’ (demolished, unbuilt and f ict ional) bui ldings, accompanied by drol l textual annotations gathered from newspapers, magazines and statements, that play with the imaginings and ambit ions that permeate these constructions, drawing attention to the human element behind their existence and signif icance, or lack thereof. Another work, The $100,000 Gallery of Art (2007), based on the sketch of the proposed Singapore Art

Gallery by art ist and architect Dr Ho Kok Hoe, then also president of the Singapore Art Society, in 1957 that was shelved during the years of Singapore’s f ledgling nationhood, in the art ist’s hands is both historical testament and aesthetic interpretation that situates the unbuilt edif ice within the contemporary import given to cultural development today. Like a haunting of a ghost from the past, the work is part icularly germane given the anticipation of the opening of a similar national complex in Singapore some half a century later, in a few years. In the ongoing series Second-Hand City (2010) Lee continues his exploration of urban bui ldings and structures, this t ime referencing ideas of regeneration and revital isation in a dialogue about urban design, that reveal their cultural and historical conceptual underpinnings. With a sense of humour that is famil iar in his work though often underrated, #1 Spiral Supermarket (after Brodsky and Utkin) referr ing to the Russian architects, conceals, half-buried underground, a tr ibute to the fal len; and in #3: Shishitv Tower (after David Attenborough), the Rem Koolhaas-designed CCTV Headquarters look-al ike is suggested, with a witty reference to the Brit ish natural history presenter, as dispersing “à la the balsam plant”, its architectural

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image credit: Micheal Lee Cropped City

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image credit: Genevieve Chua i) Black Varieties, 2010 photographii) After the Flood #10 #11 #12, 2010 photograph

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style, l ike seed-pods around the world. Here, Lee cal ls attention to the usual ly unspoken tensions of architectural aspiration and formulae of architectural success, in the global race for urban supremacy.

The sense of a famil iar haunting continues in the spectral- looking hand-coloured photographs of imagined varieties of nocturnal f lora by Genevieve Chua. Situated in the secondary forests of Singapore, the Belukar, describing cleared land that reverts to undergrowth, the narrative of this series fol lows from her earl ier works, Raised as a Pack of Wolves (2009), of a photo series of youths roaming together in the night seeking famil ial solace in each other, and Full Moon and Foxes (2009), a video instal lat ion of adolescence and the end of innocence, in being set in an uncertain woodland, in the hour of darkness. Black Varieties (2010) is inf luenced by the publication Plants that Heal, Thri l l and Kil l (2005) by botanist Wee Yeow Chin, and references species native to Southeast Asia such as the Hibiscus Mutabil is that changes colour as it blooms and dies. The images by the art ist are stained with dyes, with the f inal hues determined, of course, by t ime. The ambiguous f ict ional narratives that Chua weaves however appear hermetical ly isolated. As she describes of the characters in the earl ier two works, “they have no memory of what is outside of the Belukar,” that arguably resonates brief ly with the lost

architectural memories of Lee’s work. The series is to be continued by another that wil l take audiences to what l ies behind the Black Varieties.

In contrast to Lee’s attempt to al lude to the necessity of dialogue as a means of navigating between the ideal ism and pragmatism of architectural logic and ambit ion through absent and f ict ional constructions, Chua’s phantasmagorical plot appears to del iberately obscure the identit ies and purposes of its subjects, almost to the point of implying something more sinister. Yet both in their play of notions of memory, forgett ing and imagining, are characterised by a mode of fragmentation and instabi l i ty. These shifts that transform and alter our perceptions and expectations are to be found also in the work of Grace Tan, known for her fabric sculptures, composed in sheer si lk chiffon, cotton and si lk organza, that while appearing as twisting and turning organic-looking forms of layers and pleats, are structured in their translation into numerical systems. Here, n.303, a suspended paper instal lat ion that ref lects more recent experimentation with Chinese rice paper and water colour paper, described as “a breaking down of rectangles, folds and stitch points,” frames the gal lery space, as well as the works of the two other artists within. Based on the rectangular form that is Tan’s particular fascination, “because it is the most basic, common and eff icient shape we can f ind,” the

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instal lat ion that is on a larger scale than her earl ier works of wearable pieces that ‘grow’ from the physical bodily form, extends into architectural configuration and sensibi l i ty. It is a new exploration that she hopes “wil l be a point of deflection to break away from the fabric-based works and to explore new themes hidden in the series.”

This chal lenge of spatial negotiation also then brings us back around to the tensions in Lee’s work, of the drawing from and resistance of architectural rational ity. Simultaneously structured and unstructured, Tan’s material negotiations, Lee’s conceptual speculations and Chua’s dreamlike f ict ional evocations revel in destabil isation — of mathematics, science and architecture, by their aesthetic expression. It is an intr insic sense of restlessness of each of their works, the deconstruction and recombination of ideas, sampling and moving on, that ironical ly binds the works of the three art ists together, reveal ing, in an unexpected even if tenuous aff inity of the f leeting conjunction, a reading that goes beyond their staid material construction and composit ion.

June Yap is an independent curator and art historian based in Singapore.

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Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series [Paperback]

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This four-part volume uses an exceptional art program–with sumptuous color pictures–to introduce readers to a succession of art styles from prehistoric times and ancient Egypt, to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture,

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“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.” “But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never

settled.” John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the “London Sunday Times” critic commented: “This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings ...he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.” By now he has.

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The Social History of Art (4 Volume Set) [Paperback]

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The Shock of the New: The Hundred-Year History of Modern Art: Its Rise, Its Dazzling Achievement, It’s Fall [Paperback]

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First published in 1951, Arnold Hauser’s commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art,

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