VIRTUAL GALA

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

PROGRAMME BOOKLET ABOUT

VISION

To be a leading, dynamic private museum in Southeast Asia and a national model in that engages, inspires and builds communities through art.

The Private Museum is a non-profit private museum in Singapore founded by Singaporean philanthropist, art collector and real estate developer, Daniel Teo, together with his daughter Rachel Teo in 2010. Fuelled by passionate patronage for the arts, the museum aims to establish an alternative platform to bridge the gap between the private and the public. It supports the exchange of ideas across cultures, educational initiatives, artistic and curatorial collaborations with collectors and practitioners of the arts. With a vision to promote art appreciation, the independent arts space engages local, regional and international audiences from all walks of life. The Private Museum is a registered Charity MISSION and Institution of a Public Character (IPC) since 2010 and 2015 respectively. To serve as an independent platform in bridging the gap between public and private spheres through the exchange of ideas across cultures, The Private Museum Ltd educational initiatives, artistic and Institution of a Public Character (IPC) curatorial collaborations. Address: 51 Waterloo Street #02-06 Singapore 187969 Contact: +65 6738 2872 | [email protected] Website: www.theprivatemuseum.org FB/IG: @theprivatemuseum PROGRAMME

Pre-event Cocktail Reception Please join us for our pre-event online Cocktail Reception to mingle SCHEDULE and chat with fellow supporters of the arts. The Zoom room will be open earlier at 6:30 PM.

Guided plating demonstration Have fun hosting and plating your meal at home in a guided with Flutes Restaurant demonstration together with the Executive Chef of Flutes Restaurant.

The Private Museum Online Hosted by our multi-talented emcee Sharda Harrison, TPM is hosting Charity Auction our very first online live auction via Zoom as we celebrate our 10th anniversary with a total of ten auction items. These include a series of six art pieces and four artist experiences by Singapore and Singapore-based artists: Kayleigh Goh, Han Sai Por, Justin Lee, Ng Yak Whee, Alvin Ong, Ong Kim Seng, Ben Puah, Sun Yu-Li, Jodi Tan, and Melissa Tan. 6:30 PM Pre-event Cocktail Reception (please note that the Zoom room will open early for the reception) Read on for more information on the items and how to participate in our online charity auction live!

7:00 PM Commencement of The Private Museum Virtual Gala 2020 All proceeds raised will go back to fund the costs of TPM's daily operations, exhibitions, physical and virtual programmes, outreach 7:05PM Introduction and plating demonstration by Chef Peter, Executive Chef of initiatives, research, documentation and overseas collaborations. Flutes Restaurant Mini Documentary - Mediations is a digitised exhibition experience in collaboration with 7:20PM The Private Museum's 10th Anniversary Video Highlights Mediations: A Selection of the German Ambassador to Singapore Dr Ulrich Sante. Bringing the Works by Ulrich Sante exhibition experience to the residence of the German Ambassador, this short film will feature a rarely-seen body of selected artworks 7:25 PM Welcome Address by Founding Chairman, Mr Daniel Teo, The Private by Dr Sante, who, beyond his diplomatic duties, is not only a keen Museum appreciator of the arts, but a passionate contemporary visual artist at heart. Viewers will also be able to witness Dr Sante in conversation 7:30 PM Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour, Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Cul- with Singapore Ambassador-at-Large Professor Tommy Koh. ture, Community and Youth

Gala Prizes Best Plating 7:35 PM Zoom Toast and Group Photo-Taking Serve up your best plate and stand a chance to win the Best Plating prize! 7:45 PM The Private Museum Online Charity Auction Best Dressed The theme for this year's gala is 'Old Singapore'. Join us virtually in 8:20 PM Mini documentary screening - Mediations: A Selection of Works by Ulrich your finest, most fashionable outfit based on your interpretation of Sante the theme.

8:40 PM Announcement of Gala Prizes Please post a photo of your best plate and outfit in our Facebook group* before 8:30 PM. The winner will be announced at the end of the night and win attractive prizes! 8:45 PM Congratulatory Video by Friends of the Museum

9:00 PM End of The Private Museum Virtual Gala 2020 *A link to our Facebook group TPM Virtual Gala 2020 has been sent to your email. Kindly contact us if you are unable to access the group. CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE I would like to extend my heartfelt generation artists from the collection of 65 carefully-selected works by 35 artists congratulations and gratitude to all Su-yen Wong and Fermin Diez. Silhouettes: from the Asia- Pacific region from the our donors, patrons, collaborators, Collecting Singapore Modern brings Yeap Lam Yang collection that spans collectors, artists, directors and staff for together a selection of paintings including over three decades. While the works are another wonderful year at The Private modern masterpieces by the likes of Cheong categorically small— the exhibition’s Museum (TPM) Singapore. As we gather Soo Pieng, Chua Mia Tee, Lim Cheng Hoe curatorial theme intentionally limits to celebrate the 10th anniversary of and more. The collection allows viewers a the size of the works to 60 cm by 60 TPM, I am proud to share with you the glimpse of everyday life in Singapore in its cm—there is nary a ‘smallness’ in their meaningful exhibitions and activities we early decades of growth and development. significance. Each work is precious and have had so far. These achievements These paintings capture the places and treasured, each a symbolic step into allowed us to forge new friendships, people from a bygone time, the snippets the collector’s foray into the art world inspire rich conversations and create and silhouettes of an idyllic Singapore as a patron and supporter of the arts. lasting memories. now past. Search and Discover: The Joy of Collecting unravels the process of exhibition-making TPM has come a long way since its COVID-19 hit the world unannounced and reveals the joy of art-collecting—the inception. It was established as a - causing global lockdowns and discovering and revisiting of artists and registered charity on 12th March 2010 unprecedented changes to our lives. As a their works; and embodies a rekindling of and was granted the Institution of a result, our 10th anniversary programming old relationships and the forging of new Public Character (IPC) since 4th May 2015. had to be adjusted and adapted to “new ones. Yeap’s apt reminder that “there Since our humble beginnings, we have norms”. Mediations: A Selection of Works is good art everywhere waiting to be grown to host multiple artist-in-residence by German Ambassador to Singapore, Dr uncovered” is an invitation to all viewers to collaborations, outreach programmes Ulrich Sante was one of the exhibitions chart their individual, personal journeys and more than 50 exhibitions over the adapted to a digitised exhibition. Building in search and discovery of art and artists, past decade. on our mission to bridge the private and young or old. public by facilitation, an exchange of ideas As part of our special 10th anniversary across cultures, Mediations celebrates the In this evening’s Charity Auction, we are programming, TPM revisits its foundation of bilateral ties forged between Singapore proud to present to you a fascinating bridging the private and the public through and Germany, and importantly offers a line-up of artworks and experiences by a line-up of exhibitions featuring an array glimpse into the converging worlds of Singapore and Singapore-based artists. of private art collections. We started the art and diplomacy. This digital project We would like to thank our patrons, year with the debut showcase of the DUO emerged as a result of the COVID-19 crisis collectors, artists, galleries, collaborators Collection. Emerging: Collecting Singapore which prompted us to rethink how we and staff for their heartfelt dedication Contemporary featured selected works of engage with our audiences and adapt to and continuous support towards our emerging Singapore and Singapore-based new norms of virtual experiences. Bringing organisation. These achievements and artists from the DUO Collection. The launch the exhibition experience to the residence milestones would not have been possible of the exhibition was held during Singapore of the German Ambassador, this mini without all your generous support for the Art Week 2020 where we collaborated with documentary will feature a rarely-seen arts and for The Private Museum. performing arts space, Centre 42 in staging body of selected artworks by Dr Sante, who, a cross-disciplinary programme - fusing beyond his diplomatic duties, is not only a Last but not least, a very special thank the worlds of the visual and performing arts. keen appreciator of the arts, but a passionate you to our Guest of Honour, Mr Edwin Nearing the end of the opening reception, contemporary visual artist at heart. Viewers Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and our guests experienced a performance which are also be able to witness Dr Sante in Youth for kindly gracing this occasion. was designed to lead guests to our after- conversation with Singapore Ambassador-at- party at Centre 42 situated across us. Large Professor Tommy Koh. Daniel Teo Following this exhibition which focuses on In ending our year, Search and Discover: Founding Chairman collecting contemporary art in Singapore, The Joy of Collecting - Selections from The Private Museum, Singapore our next exhibition showcases modern the Yeap Lam Yang Collection, co-curated artworks by Singapore’s 1st and 2nd by Aaron Teo and Beverly Yong, features Han Sai Por: Secret Landscapes Repeat, repeat, repeat; revising 10 YEARS OF – A Bali Purnati Artist Residency the phenomenon of printing FORGING NARRATIVES 05 Aug – 25 Sep 2016 17 May 2019 – 07 Jul 2019 Tanah Air: Homeland Flashes of Brilliance: Selected 26 Oct – 23 Dec 2016 Works of Chen Wen Hsi from the PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Collections of Johnny Quek and 21st Century Calligraphy: the Lewis Sisters Selections from the Nanshun 02 Aug 2019 – 29 Sep 2019 Shanfang Collection 11 Jan – 12 Mar 2017 Ian de Souza: Clear Light James Holdsworth: Hong Zhu An: The Limitless 10 Oct – 08 Dec 2019 Thoughts of Gulag Void – a place of stillness Oh Soon-Hwa: 26 Nov 2010 – 16 Jan 2011 where the breath begins… Coastal Regions (Delta) 02 Aug – 06 Oct 2013 17 Mar – 14 May 2017 Wong Mei Sheong & Jimmy Ong: Transfiguring Kitakyushu Biennial 15 Apr – 27 May 2011 LINES in Singapore 2013 / i 08 Jun - 25 Jun 2017 2020 (information) 23 Oct – 08 Dec 2013 To Add a Meter to an Unknown Benny Ong: Walking Mountain: An Iconic Collection of Contemporary Chinese the Thought Photography Zul: Sonically Exposed 04 Aug – 24 Sep 2017 15 Jan – 09 Mar 2014 23 Sep – 30 Oct 2011 Emerging: Collecting Singapore Optimism is Ridiculous: Contemporary – Selections from 舞: A Goh Soo Khim Collection The Altarpieces – the DUO Collection Ye Shufang: The Happiness Index 11 Jan – 01 Mar 2020 06 Aug – 28 Sep 2014 Natee Utarit 16 Nov – 26 Dec 2011 24 Jan – 11 Mar 2018

Khoo Sui Hoe: An Overview Silhouettes: Collecting Singapore Old Campus Revisited: In Flux by Wee Hong Ling Modern – Selections from the Part I – The Artist Collection A Chua Ek Kay Collection 16 Mar – 06 May 2018 Collection of Su-Yen Wong and 17 Oct – 14 Dec 2014 of the Catholic High School Fermin Diez 11 Jan – 11 Mar 2012 You, Other; I, Another 27 Mar – 16 Aug 2020 Khoo Sui Hoe part II: 18 May 2018 – 24 Jun 2018 21 Jan - 08 Mar 2015 Kitakyushu Biennial Mediations: A Selection of in Singapore Echoing Fragments Works by Ulrich Sante 30 Mar – 27 May 2012 From Maquettes to : 03 Aug 2018 – 23 Sept 2018 [Digital Exhibition Experience] An Anthony Poon Estate To Be & Not To Be: Collection Search and Discover: The Joy of 20 Jan – 10 Mar 2016 EMBODIMENT | SENTIENCE Fung Ming Chip 05 Oct 2018 – 09 Dec 2018 Collecting – Selections from the 24 Oct – 09 Dec 2012 Yeap Lam Yang Collection Hong Zhu An: Pure Heart – Of Dreams and Contemplation: 22 Oct – 23 Dec 2020 Lim Tze Peng: A Private A Bali Purnati Foundation Selections from the Collection Collection Artist Residency of Richard Koh 23 Jan – 10 Mar 2013 27 Mar – 31 May 2015 23 Jan 2019 – 03 Mar 2019

The Loss Index: Perishables Influences and Friendships: A From Lost Roots to and Other Miscellanea Chua Ek Kay Estate Collection Urban Meadows 22 Mar 2019 – 05 May 2019 05 Apr – 02 Jun 2013 02 Aug – 22 Sep 2015 THE PRIVATE MUSEUM ONLINE

CHARITY AUCTION Featuring an exciting line-up of artworks and experiences by 10 Singaporean and Singapore-based artists!

Please join our Zoom session for the Virtual Gala hosted by our multi-talented emcee Sharda Harrison and warm up your fingers before the Online Charity Auction at 7:45 PM.

The artworks and experience items will be shown on screen to facilitate the live auction.

How to participate:

• Input your bid in the Zoom Chat box in the following format: Example:

B2000 B for Bid, 2000 for the offered price in Singapore dollars

• Your bids will be announced by our emcee Sharda Harrison as they stream in.

• The highest bid wins!

• You will be contacted by our museum staff for confirmation should you have offered the highest bid.

More details will be announced during the gala. We look forward to your active participation! LOT 1 Jodi Tan (b.1990) is a Singapore-based artist. Her core LOT 2 Alvin Ong (b. 1988, Singapore) is a graduate of the Ruskin interest lies in image-making and image-reading. Tan School of Art, University of Oxford, UK (2016) and the Royal graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts in 2011, from Still Life #31, 2016 Tropical Maladies #8, 2018 College of Art, London, UK (2018). His paintings playfully LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. She was awarded combine diverse visual vocabularies, culminating in surreal Acrylic on paper The Winston Oh Travel Research Award in the same year. Ink on paper 20.8 x 28.5 cm 35 x 27 cm bodily configurations suspended between moments Solo presentations include Session 7, Peninsular, Singapore of pleasure and pain. At the age of 16, he became the (2019) and Room, SPRMRKT, Singapore (2018). She has Suggested value: SGD 600 also participated in group exhibitions locally including Suggested value: SGD 1,000 youngest winner of the UOB Painting of the Year Award, Bloom, iPreciation (2019), Departure 3, iPreciation (2018), Singapore (2005). He was awarded a residency in 2017 Re:Generation - Young Singapore Artists Series, The with the Royal Drawing School, as well as the 2018 Chadwell Fullerton Hotel Singapore (2018), and UNTAPPED EMERGING, Award. His works have been exhibited in Singapore and the SHOPHOUSE 5 (2016). UK. His works are collected by the ILHAM Gallery, Malaysia, the Ingram Collection, UK, and the Victoria & Albert Museum (Print Collection), London, UK. Embark on an exclusive artist walk with Justin lee in his birthplace and uncover the memorable landscape to unwind.

LOT 3 Ben Puah (b. 1976, Singapore) is an established LOT 4 Justin Lee (b. 1963, Singapore) is a visual artist who contemporary artist. His works are in the form of seeks to record everyday lifestyle into visual art based on his cultural, and it's surrounding by doubting questions Old Quarter, 2017 paintings, drawings, sculptures, performance art, music, Exclusive Artist Walk with film, and streetwear. Puah’s art movement, POST SURREAL appearances. Lee looks into how society shapes our thought Chinese ink on rice paper, Justin Lee in his hometown, MONOPOLYISM, explore themes of self identity(real & and thinking in today contemporary art world, by reworking acrylic painted wood, found on pop consumer products and its images onto carton unreal going in a parallel line) in our cosmopolitan society for 8 objects on canvas boxes, prints and fabrics. He has participated in several and re-interpreted it in his own world. Ben Puah has 30 x 30 cm Suggested value: SGD 1,000 solo and group show in Singapore, Japan, Korea, Malaysia exhibited his works in Singapore, Australia, Japan, USA, and China. He was awarded Mont Blanc Young Artist World Suggested value: SGD 1,000 Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, London, Malaysia and Patronage Project 2006, Hamburg, German. China. He also organized community-based projects, such as the "Colours of Life" community project. His artwork is in public and private collections in numerous local and international locations. Ong Kim Seng Masterclass and Lunch

Learn more about his processes and techniques in this hands-on watercolour painting masterclass under the guidance of internationally-acclaimed watercolourist Ong Kim Seng, followed by a delectable lunch hosted by The Private Museum.

LOT 5 Ong Kim Seng (b. 1945, Singapore) is an internationally LOT 6 Kayleigh Goh (b.1993, Malaysia) is currently an renowned watercolourist. He is known for his immaculate independent art practitioner based in both Singapore and technique in expressing the contrast between light and Malaysia. She received her BA (Fine Arts) from Singapore Watercolour Masterclass shadow bringing a realistic depth to his paintings. He What We Are Seeking To Be Lasalle College of the Arts in 2016 and had participated in and Lunch with artist, participated in group and solo exhibitions internationally. -Shanghai 1, 2019 various group shows in Singapore and Malaysia. She had Ong Kim Seng, for 8 Ong won six awards from the American Watercolour Wood, graphite, cement her first Solo show at Gajah Gallery in 2018. Inspired by the Society, along with the Dolphin Fellowship, and more and acrylic paint psychological and poetic implications of place, her works Suggested value: SGD 1,000 notably won the Cultural Medallion award for visual arts 50 x 50 cm are soft and quiet, gently moving the viewer to contemplate by the Ministry of Information and the Arts, Singapore in on ideas of home and rest. In the fast-paced life of the city, 1999. Ong was president of the Singapore Watercolour Suggested value: SGD 1,800 she allows us access to a metaphysical space where we can Society from 1991 to 2001 and subsequently becoming the safely unpack unresolved emotions of despair. Her works Honorary President. then offer a temporary escape from the complexities and incongruities in life. Sun Yu-Li Studio Visit and Lunch

Unearth the intriguing process behind Sun Yu-Li’s work in his studio at Emily Hill, and conclude the morning with a delightful lunch hosted by The Private Museum.

LOT 7 Melissa Tan (b. 1989, Singapore) is a visual artist based LOT 8 Sun Yu-Li (b. 1948, Singapore) is an esteemed local in Singapore and received her BA (Fine Arts) from Lasalle artist. An architect turned sculptor, Sun is intrigued by the knowledge fields of topology, archaeology, metaphysics, Back to Where We've College of the Arts in 2011. Her works are based on nature, Studio Visit and Lunch with themes of transience and beauty of the ephemeral. linguistics and mathematics, prevalent in his distinctive Never Been #5, 2018 artist Sun Yu-Li, for 8 style. His works are widely collected and have exhibited Found road fragment, Her recent projects revolve around landscapes and the process of formation. Interested in geography and textures internationally. He actively gives back to community stainless steel, plaster and Suggested value: SGD 1,000 through charity efforts, educational outreach and by asphaltum lacquer of rocks, she explores to translate the visual language taking up advisory roles. Sun brought art to the community 24 x 12 x 21 cm through different mediums. Employing processes such as through initiatives such as the Chingay Art Float, PA Talent paper cutting, painting and silk-screen techniques, she Musical, SMRT EZ-Link cards, National postal stamps, Suggested value: SGD 2,200 is interested in materiality and how the medium supports National coins and KrisShop Gift Pack. Sun was accorded the work. Though trained as a painter, she also works the Dayawati Modi Award in 2016 for his outstanding with video, sound and objects. She was included in The contributions to the field of Fine Arts. Singapore Show: Future Proof, at 8Q in 2012 and An Atlas of Mirrors, Singapore Biennale 2016, Singapore in 2016. She also participated in the National Art Council and Dena Foundation Artist Residency program (Paris, France) in 2013. Ng Yak Whee Studio Visit and Lunch

Immerse yourself in the abstract landscape of Ng Yak Whee’s work in an exclusive visit to his studio and relish in an intimate lunch over at Ng Yak Whee’s garden.

LOT 9 Han Sai Por (b. 1943, Singapore) is a leading Asian LOT 10 Ng Yak Whee (b. 1954, Singapore) captures the constant Sculptor and Singapore Cultural Medallion Award transformation around him in his abstract landscapes. His works are also filled with movement and musicality as well Seed Pod of Flora Series, 2017 recipient. She has participated extensively in both local and Studio Visit and Lunch international exhibitions. Her projects and works as poetry, which he is keenly interested in. The artist’s works Ceramic with pigment at artist Ng Yak Whee's are also autobiographical, embodying the introspection, 19 x 14 x 12 cm can be found in numerous international institutions, public space and private collections which include China, residence, for 8 dreams and memories of the artist. Ng has won many accolades throughout his many years of practice: Overall India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Suggested value: SGD 4,000 Suggested value: SGD 1,000 Winner of IBM Art Award; 1st Prize Winner of OUB Painting the United States. Han’s recent accolades include of the Year; Silver Medal in Salon des Artistes Francois, the Top Prize at the XI Triennale-India (2005), Outstanding Paris; Distinction Award in Kyoto International Art Exhibition; City Award (2006) and was selected as and Dr Tan Tze Chor Art Awards. The artist’s paintings and a finalist in the Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture sculptures are in the collections of Singapore Art Museum, Competition (2008) and in 2014, Han inducted into the National Art Gallery, Singapore, Fukuoka Art Museum, Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, and many private and corporates collectors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ORGANISER SUPPORTING GALLERIES

We would like to express our sincerest gratitude and appreciation to all our collaborators, collectors, artists and writers for their generous help and support rendered to The Private Museum since its inception in 2010.

A very special thank you to the Guest-of-Honour Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, for officiating the virtual event and taking the time to join us at our OFFICIAL RESTAURANT PARTNER 10th anniversary celebrations.

We would also like to thank all our patrons, sponsors, supporting partners and friends who have contributed to our 3rd annual gala, The Private Museum Virtual Gala 2020, to which none of this would have been possible.

Our heartfelt gratitude to the artists, collectors and galleries who have so graciously donated their artworks in support of the charity auction: SUPPORTER

Gajah Gallery and Kayleigh Goh Ong Kim Seng Han Sai Por Richard Koh Fine Art and Melissa Tan Jodi Tan Richard Koh Justin Lee Sun Yu-Li Ng Yak Whee Yavuz Gallery and Alvin Ong BOARD OF DIRECTORS: FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE: GALA TEAM:

Daniel Teo Rachel Teo Aaron Teo SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PATRONS: Rachel Teo Dana Teo Tessa Sam Dana Teo Claire Teo Nurshafiqah Zainu- Individual Corporate Bill Liu Tan Chuan Yong din Ng Siong Tee Aaron Teo Gladys Chua Rankine Bernadette Rosslyn and Ian de Souza Ong Foundation Tan Kai Seng Tessa Sam Kelsie Tan Oliver Jens Bettin Mark Swee Yong Ker Tong Eng Brothers Tan Siew Ching Jacqueline Foo Richard Chee Tan Chuan Thye 222 Queen St Tan Suan Wee Christina Koh Peter Chew Chee Tong Tan Chuan Yong Q Investment Partners Pte Ltd Tan Chuan Yong Veronica Loo Huey Chien and Han Koon Juan Tan Kai Seng QXY Resources Pte Ltd Claire Teo Bridgette Lim Chong Huai Seng Tan Kon Yew International City Holdings Pte Ltd Danton Teo Christina Lim Robinson Joshua David Tan Suan Wee Waypoints Pte Ltd Pascal Demierre Tan Tjin Hong Foo Fatt Kah Claire Teo Foo Yuli Dana Teo Michael Hwang Daniel Teo #SUPPORTTHEARTS Teo Xian Hui Amanda Marie Charles Liu The Private Museum Ltd is a registered charity and an Institution of a Public Character (IPC) dedicat- William (Bill) Liu Wei Hai Susanah Toh ed to supporting a growing enthusiasm for art, culture and heritage in Singapore. Jacqueline Miranda Su-Yen Wong and Fermin Diez Peter Moe Yeap Lam Yang Linda Neo and Albert Lim Yeo Yang Kwee Jenny Zhu Hui Min Ng Cheng Huat Scan the QR code to be redirected to TPM’s donation platform Elisabeth de Rothschild https://www.giving.sg/the-private-museum-ltd

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