DOCSLIB.ORG

Download SB2016 Exhibition Guide

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Download SB2016 Exhibition Guide ORGANISED BY COMMISSIONED BY SUPPORTED BY SINGAPORE SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 BIENNALE 2016 ARTISTS AHMAD FUAD OSMAN 59 KENTARO HIROKI 21, 49 SHARMIZA ABU HASSAN 27 MALAYSIA THAILAND/JAPAN MALAYSIA MARTHA ATIENZA 31 HTEIN LIN 46 DO HO SUH 28 PHILIPPINES/NETHERLANDS MYANMAR SOUTH KOREA/UNITED STATES/ UNITED KINGDOM AZIZAN PAIMAN 41 JIAO XINGTAO 59 MALAYSIA CHINA ADEELA SULEMAN 49 PAKISTAN RATHIN BARMAN 51 SAKARIN KRUE-ON 61 INDIA THAILAND MELATI SURYODARMO 23 INDONESIA HEMALI BHUTA 26 MARINE KY 57 SEA OF INDIA CAMBODIA/FRANCE EDDY SUSANTO 25 JAPAN INDONESIA SOUTH KOREA JAPAN BUI CONG KHANH 50 PHASAO LAO 35 VIETNAM TCHEU SIONG NOBUAKI TAKEKAWA 48 LAOS JAPAN YELLOW SEA DAVID CHAN 54 CHINA SINGAPORE H.H. LIM 21 JACK TAN 47 MALAYSIA/ITALY SINGAPORE/UNITED KINGDOM CHIA CHUYIA 41 MALAYSIA/SWEDEN LIM SOO NGEE 20 MELISSA TAN 42 PAKISTAN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE CHOU SHIH HSIUNG 29 TAIWAN MADE DJIRNA 27 TAN ZI HAO 28 EAST INDONESIA MALAYSIA CHINA SEA ADE DARMAWAN 48 TAIWAN BANGLADESH INDONESIA MADE WIANTA 25 TITARUBI 34 HONG KONG INDONESIA INDONESIA DENG GUOYUAN 34 INDIA TROPIC OF CANCER MYANMAR CHINA MAP OFFICE 23 TUN WIN AUNG & WAH NU 32 LAOS HONG KONG/FRANCE MYANMAR DEBBIE DING 55 SINGAPORE/UNITED KINGDOM MUNEM WASIF 42 RYAN VILLAMAEL 36 BANGLADESH PHILIPPINES 3 PAGE THAILAND PHILIPPINES PATRICIA PEREZ EUSTAQUIO 22 PHILIPPINE SEA PHILIPPINES PHUONG LINH NGUYEN 33 WEN PULIN 43 VIETNAM BAY VIETNAM ZANG HONGHUA OF SOUTH BENGAL FAIZAL HAMDAN 47 CHINA CAMBODIA CHINA SEA BRUNEI NI YOUYU 30 CHINA WITNESS TO PARADISE 2016: 44 ANDAMAN DEX FERNANDEZ 26 NILIMA SHEIKH, PRANEET SOI, SRI LANKA SEA PHILIPPINES PERCEPTION3 55 ABEER GUPTA & SANJAY KAK SINGAPORE INDIA MALAYSIA BRUNEI FYEROOL DARMA 33 SINGAPORE PALA POTHUPITIYE 24 XIAO LU 20 SRI LANKA CHINA SINGAPORE SUBODH GUPTA 54 INDIA QIU ZHIJIE 29 PANNAPHAN YODMANEE 31 EQUATOR CHINA THAILAND GREGORY HALILI 30 PHILIPPINES NIRANJAN RAJAH 50 HARUMI YUKUTAKE 22 MALAYSIA/CANADA JAPAN HAN SAI POR 37 SINGAPORE ARAYA RASDJARMREARNSOOK 36 ZULKIFLE MAHMOD 24 INDONESIA JAVA FLORES SEA SEA THAILAND SINGAPORE AGAN HARAHAP 32 INDONESIA S. CHANDRASEKARAN 46 SINGAPORE TIMOR SEA CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 VENUES EVENTS 62 MESSAGES 4 SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM 16 SCHOOL PROGRAMMES 66 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN SAM AT 8Q 38 CURATORIAL TEAM 7 AFFILIATE PROJECTS 68 & ORGANISER NATIONAL MUSEUM 52 OF SINGAPORE PARALLEL PROJECTS 70 PRECINCT MAP 8 & STAMFORD GREEN PERANAKAN MUSEUM 56 PROMOTIONS & SPECIALS 79 VISITOR & VENUE INFORMATION 10 ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM 58 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 80 NINE CONCEPTUAL ZONES 12 SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT 60 UNIVERSITY CREDITS 82 OF MIRRORS OF MIRRORS AN ATLAS AN AN ATLAS SINGAPORE SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 BIENNALE 2016 FROM WHERE WE ARE, HOW DO WE PICTURE THE WORLD — AND OURSELVES? In charting our way around the world, humankind has relied on instruments of vision as well as navigation. Atlases map and mirror our journeys of discovery and often make visible more than just physical terrain; driven by our needs and desires, they embolden us to venture into the unknown. From our coordinates in Southeast Asia, the arc of our shared histories encompasses East and South Asia. 000 8 8 000 These regions bear the imprints of one another’s diverse cultures, even as boundaries are also constantly reimagined. Fraught and unstable, N N ACM ACM PAGE 4 PAGE these borders are characterised by fluid movement 5 PAGE and migration which also reflect pre-state national entities, and highlight the challenges that beset contemporary conditions. Where navigational tools enable us to set our sights further afield, one instrument in particular – the mirror – brings us into that which is still so mysterious: the self. While we depend on mirrors to show us to ourselves, their reflective surfaces are not always reliable for they echo, skew, magnify and invert. How will a coupling of atlas and mirror shape the way in which we view the world? Through a constellation of artistic perspectives which trace our intertwining relationships, An Atlas of Mirrors positions Southeast Asia as a vantage point from which to picture our world anew. AN ATLAS OF MIRRORS — AT ONCE, MANY WORLDS. OF MIRRORS OF MIRRORS AN ATLAS AN AN ATLAS SINGAPORE SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 BIENNALE 2016 MESSAGES JANE ITTOGI KATHY LAI CHAIR, SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM CEO, NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL, SINGAPORE CO-CHAIR, SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER, SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 CO-CHAIR, SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 ADVISORY COMMITTEE Singapore Biennale 2016, centred on I also thank my Co-Chair, Kathy Lai and The fifth edition of the Singapore Biennale Beyond the Biennale, the team of curators Southeast Asia, investigates the intangible the members of the Singapore Biennale marks a decade-long journey of establishing has also partnered with other art wells of identity and nationhood and other Advisory Committee* who together made itself as Singapore’s pre-eminent showcase organisations, galleries and individual artists states of invisibility in the make-up of rich our peregrinations and focus, illuminated of contemporary art. Today, the Biennale for them to present a wide array of affiliated the region’s histories and cultures. Titled by T.K. Sabapathy – our ever glowing and is a much-anticipated event that inspires and parallel shows. These shows will provide ‘An Atlas of Mirrors’, this Biennale’s vantage indispensable Singapore art historian and art meaningful dialogue and exchange of ideas interesting counterpoints or elaborations in points are East Asia, South Asia, and thinker. I am most grateful to the National between art communities in our region. response to the Biennale. Southeast Asia, and stellar artworks were Arts Council and our Ministry, Ministry of We are happy that it has become a critical selected or commissioned by an organising Culture, Community and Youth, for much platform for the unique practices, concerns On behalf of the National Arts Council, curatorial mind, working like a navigational support extended to enable making this and perspectives of artists from Southeast I would like to take this opportunity to tool that maps and mirrors regions within Biennale significant. Asia, and acts as a springboard for featured congratulate the Singapore Art Museum and around us. artists to be noticed and invited to other for bringing to us another outstanding global platforms. display of art from our region. I would like Artists from across Asia, from Bangladesh to extend our appreciation to the curators, and Brunei, Cambodia and China, to * Singapore Biennale 2016 Advisory Committee: As the leading contemporary art institution participating artists and everyone involved Singapore and South Korea conjure visual Ahmad Mashadi, Head and Senior Associate Director, in Singapore, the Singapore Art Museum is for their commitment and contribution NUS Museum; Professor Chua Beng Huat, Provost Chair worlds where the real, surreal, abstract Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National in the best position to work collaboratively towards shaping Singapore as a city where and imaginary migrate and intertwine, University of Singapore; Huzir Sulaiman, Creative with curators from Malaysia, Singapore, you can see great art. PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE and each communicates – from vastly Director, Studio Wong Huzir and Joint Artistic Director, China and India to harness their different Checkpoint Theatre; Assistant Professor Michelle Lim, different perspectives and national locations School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological perspectives. With the theme of ‘An Atlas and by different media – similar yearnings: University; Teh Joo Heng, Principal, Teh Joo Heng of Mirrors’, this edition of the Biennale will for something better, more humanity. Architects; June Yap, Independent Curator; Yeo Whee Jim, give us a glimpse of this region’s historical Director (Arts & Heritage), Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth Low Eng Teong, Director, Sector Development and contemporary relationships with each The viewer is challenged to explore (Visual Arts), National Arts Council; and Paul Tan, Deputy other, and with the larger ambit of East CEO, National Arts Council. contemporary presentations of notions, and South Asia. some unsettled and unsettling, of place, past, present, future, self and community Since 2006, the Singapore Biennale has and hopefully will find inspiration to relook, contributed significantly towards growing rethink and relearn. the interest and appreciation for contemporary art among the Singapore This fifth edition of the Biennale in Singapore public and foreign visitors alike. The Biennale and its wondrous journey would not have offers a range of school programmes and been possible without the special gifts of the outreach activities to enable young imaginative and tireless Creative Director, audiences and the general public to enjoy Dr Susie Lingham. The passionate team of the presentation at a deeper level. specially appointed Associate Curators – Suman Gopinath from Bangalore; Michael Lee from Singapore; Nur Hanim Khairuddin from Ipoh; and Xiang Liping from Shanghai – and SAM Curators each brought their own whole world to enrich the atlas. OF MIRRORS OF MIRRORS AN ATLAS AN AN ATLAS SINGAPORE SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 BIENNALE 2016 SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 MESSAGES CURATORIAL ORGANISER SUSIE LINGHAM TEAM CREATIVE DIRECTOR SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016 Welcome to ‘An Atlas of Mirrors’, the fifth ‘An Atlas of Mirrors’ will be anchored at the SUSIE LINGHAM The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is a contemporary CREATIVE DIRECTOR edition of the Singapore Biennale! Singapore Art
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Media Release Singapore Art Museum Reveals Singapore
    Media Release Singapore Art Museum Reveals Singapore Biennale 2016 Artists and Artwork Highlights ‘An Atlas of Mirrors’ Explained Through 9 Curatorial Sub-Themes Singapore, 22 September 2016 – The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) today revealed a list of 62 artists and art collectives and selected artwork highlights of the Singapore Biennale 2016 (SB2016), one of Asia’s most exciting contemporary visual art exhibitions. Titled An Atlas of Mirrors, SB2016 draws on diverse artistic viewpoints that trace the migratory and intertwining relationships within the region, and reflect on shared histories and current realities with East and South Asia. SB2016 will present 60 artworks that respond to An Atlas of Mirrors, including 49 newly commissioned and adapted artworks. The SB2016 artworks, spanning various mediums, will be clustered around nine sub-themes and presented across seven venues – Singapore Art Museum and SAM at 8Q, Asian Civilisations Museum, de Suantio Gallery at SMU, National Museum of Singapore, Stamford Green, and Peranakan Museum. The full artist list can be found in Annex A. SB2016 Artists In addition to the 30 artists already announced, SB2016 will include Chou Shih Hsiung, Debbie Ding, Faizal Hamdan, Abeer Gupta, Subodh Gupta, Gregory Halili, Agan Harahap, Kentaro Hiroki, Htein Lin, Jiao Xingtao, Sanjay Kak, Marine Ky, H.H. Lim, Lim Soo Ngee, Made Djirna, Made Wianta, Perception3, Niranjan Rajah, S. Chandrasekaran, Sharmiza Abu Hassan, Nilima Sheikh, Praneet Soi, Adeela Suleman, Melati Suryodarmo, Nobuaki Takekawa, Jack Tan, Tan Zi Hao, Ryan Villamael, Wen Pulin, Xiao Lu, Zang Honghua, and Zulkifle Mahmod. SB2016 artists are from 18 countries and territories in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
    [Show full text]
  • Introducing the Museum Roundtable
    P. 2 P. 3 Introducing the Hello! Museum Roundtable Singapore has a whole bunch of museums you might not have heard The Museum Roundtable (MR) is a network formed by of and that’s one of the things we the National Heritage Board to support Singapore’s museum-going culture. We believe in the development hope to change with this guide. of a museum community which includes audience, museum practitioners and emerging professionals. We focus on supporting the training of people who work in We’ve featured the (over 50) museums and connecting our members to encourage members of Singapore’s Museum discussion, collaboration and partnership. Roundtable and also what you Our members comprise over 50 public and private can get up to in and around them. museums and galleries spanning the subjects of history and culture, art and design, defence and technology In doing so, we hope to help you and natural science. With them, we hope to build a ILoveMuseums plan a great day out that includes community that champions the role and importance of museums in society. a museum, perhaps even one that you’ve never visited before. Go on, they might surprise you. International Museum Day #museumday “Museums are important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” — International Council of Museums (ICOM) On (and around) 18 May each year, the world museum community commemorates International Museum Day (IMD), established in 1977 to spread the word about the icom.museum role of museums in society. Be a part of the celebrations – look out for local IMD events, head to a museum to relax, learn and explore.
    [Show full text]
  • INTRODUCTION the Story of Singapore and Her People Has Always Been One of Resilience Amid Change
    Sungei Rd 1 INTRODUCTION The story of Singapore and her people has always been one of resilience amid change. From the early pioneers who came to make a living, to later generations who overcame the war and struggled to build a modern, sovereign nation, Singapore’s success over the past 50 years owes much to the indomitable spirit, fortitude and resourcefulness of her people. National Day Parade, 2015 This national resilience continues to be a hallmark of independent Singapore. It has allowed the nation to weather periods of crisis, defend and strengthen herself on all fronts, and for her people to work together to transform the island into a global hub for commerce and culture. Today, this same Singapore spirit is driving a new phase of development as the nation strives to create a liveable and sustainable city; a home like no other with ample room to grow and opportunities for different communities to flourish and build a better future together. This collective resilience, which defines Singapore’s journey from 14th century trading hub, to colonial port to independent nation and global city, is the theme of the Jubilee Walk. Created in 2015 to mark Singapore’s Golden Jubilee, the Jubilee Walk is a specially curated trail of iconic locations that recall Singapore’s historic beginnings, her path towards nationhood, and show the way forward to Singapore’s present and future as a global city. 2 In this 1570 map by Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius, the Malay Peninsula appears as an elongated extension of mainland Southeast Asia, and Singapore as an appendix, marked “Cincapura” 3 4 The Jubilee Walk celebrates how far we have arrived after 50 years of independence and looks back in time to situate the island’s current progress within a maritime legacy spanning over 700 years.
    [Show full text]
  • F Y E R O O L D a R
    YEO F Y E R O O L D A R M A Born 1987, lives and work in Singapore EDUCATION HISTORY Class of 2012 LASALLE College of the Arts Fine Arts Attained Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Fine Arts EXHIBITIONS HISTORY INDIVIDUAL 2017 Monsoon Song, Yeo Workshop, Singapore 2015 MOYANG, flaneur gallery, Singapore GROUP 2017 Beyond… boundless oceans and vast seas, islands.peninsula Fantasy Islands, Objectifs Ubi, Ubi! UbiStudio 2016 SEMANGAT X/Contemporary Expressions of Southeast Asia Spirit, Galeri Petronas Singapore Biennale 2016: An Atlas of Mirrors, Singapore Art Museum SCOUT Singapore: Emerging Art Practices, Gillman Barracks 2015 SEMANGAT: Art of ASEAN, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, MY Portraits in Verses, Fred Torres Gallery, New York, USA (in collaboration with Galerie Steph) Coming Home, Bedok Reservoir, Singapore 2014 Cam Biasa, ArtOne 21, Singapore FRAGMENTS, TAKSU, Singapore An Eminent Takeover, Eminent Plaza, Singapore SENI MINI, Mi Casa Su Casa, Singapore 2013 GLIMPSE, BUNC@Radius, Singapore Treehugger, FOXRIVER, Singapore MICASA SUCASA, Mi Casa Su Casa, Singapore A National Conversation: blah! Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore D U S T B U N N I E S, Société General Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour 2012 The Kids Aren’t Alright, Almanic Clinic, Blue House Artist Village, Singapore Painting 12B, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia OCCUPIED ART (Lit Up ’12), Telok Ayer Performing Arts Center, Singapore Paradox-ity: City of Contrast, World Expo ’12, SG Pavilion, Yeosu, South Korea L A S A L L E S H O W ’12, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore 2011 D A I X Y G A L A S Y, INSTINC, Singapore The City Limits (Lit Up ’11), Goodman Arts Center Art Gallery, Singapore Minimart ’11, The Substation, Singapore 2009 W H I T E W A S H E D II: grRR! Dbl O Art Space, Singapore Journey through our eyes, Art House, Singapore Sour Jokes, Société General Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour 2008 BE(long)ING, Mint Museum of Toys, Singapore Insert Title, The Art Studio, Old School at Mt.
    [Show full text]
  • 16 27 January 2019
    16 27 January 2 019 CONTENTS FRINGE CALENDAR FRINGE FOREWORD MESSAGE FROM M1 LIMITED FRINGE 2019: STILL WATERS FRINGE HIGHLIGHTS LIVE FRINGE FRESH FRINGE FRINGE ACTIVITIES TICKETING INFO & SCHOOL BOOKINGS ABOUT THE FRINGE & FRINGE TEAM ABOUT THE NECESSARY STAGE ABOUT THE DESIGN CONCEPT KUDOS FRINGE MAPS FRINGE 2020: MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE M1 SINGAPORE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2019: FRINGE STILL WATERS HIGHLIGHTS WORKS This is Where JOGGING: ANGKAT: A Definitive, Alternative, Sean Cham (Singapore) Theatre in Progress Reclaimed Narrative of a Native Hanane Hajj Ali Nabilah Said & Noor Effendy Ibrahim (Lebanon | France) (Singapore) VENUE Selected JCDecaux Esplanade NAFA bus shelters Theatre Studio Studio Theatre From 26 Dec 2018 12 SAT 13 SUN 14 MON 15 TUE 16 WED 17 THU 18 FRI 19 SAT 20 SUN 21 MON 22 TUE 23 WED 24 THU 25 FRI 26 SAT 27 SUN * Refer to Fringe Maps for more information M1 SINGAPORE FRINGE LIVE FESTIVAL 2019: FRINGE STILL WATERS WORKS A Fortunate Man Above the Mealy- Q&A (the 36 questions) New Perspectives (UK) Mouthed Sea Rachel Erdos and Dancers (Israel) Unholy Mess (UK) VENUE Esplanade Esplanade Esplanade Theatre Studio Theatre Studio Theatre Studio 12 SAT 13 SUN 14 MON 15 TUE 16 WED 17 THU 18 FRI 19 SAT 20 SUN 21 MON 22 TUE 23 WED 24 THU 25 FRI 26 SAT 27 SUN * Refer to Fringe Maps for more information M1 SINGAPORE FRINGE LIVE FESTIVAL 2019: FRINGE STILL WATERS WORKS precise purpose Kaspar Ayer Hitam: Catamite of being broken Edith Podesta & Nanyang A Black History Loo Zihan Koh Wan Ching Academy of Fine Arts of Singapore (Singapore)
    [Show full text]
  • Stasi Frenetica
    PRESS RELEASE | Torino, 1 February 2021 Artissima STASI FRENETICA From 3 to 12 February 2021, Artissima finally opens to the public the three exhibitions of Stasi Frenetica (Frenetic Standstill) at GAM, Palazzo Madama and MAO, the museums of Fondazione Torino Musei. Ready from 5 November 2020, the shows have never been able to be visited live up to now, but they have received great interest from the public and professionals thanks to its virtual and online tours. Artissima International Fair of Contemporary Art announces the opening of Stasi Frenetica (Frenetic Standstill) each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 3 to 12 February 2021, in the museums of Fondazione Torino Musei – GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palazzo Madama - Museo Civico d’Arte Antica and MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale. The exhibitions are open on Wednesday and Thursday from 11am to 7pm and on Friday from 11am to 8pm. Parallel to Stasi Frenetica, at GAM the public will be able to visit the two exhibition projects FOLLE (Crowds) – presenting a selecion of historic photograhs from the Archivio Publifoto Intesa Sanpaolo picturing diverse moments of social proximity and gatherings from the 1930s to the 1990s, and JaguArt – the group show of the 10 finalists of the Italian Talent Road Show across Italy in search of young talents, based on the dialogue between Artissima and Jaguar Land Rover Italia. The access to the shows is regulated ensuring full safety for visitors and staff, with limited admissions and routes that allow for adequate distancing, in compliance with all ministerial guidelines. The Fondazione Torino Musei also ensures the regular and periodic cleaning and sanitation of museum environments.
    [Show full text]
  • Contemporary Art of Pakistan
    HOPES OF PARADISE CONTEMPORARY ART OF PAKISTAN HOPES OF PARADISE Contemporary Art of Pakistan Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain - This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies - The Flower that once has blown forever dies Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat Hopes of Paradise, Contemporary Art of Pakistan is a collaboration between Grosvenor Gallery and Canvas Gallery, Karachi, and has been curated by Sameera Raja and Charles Moore. The exhibition features works of art by artists either residing in Pakistan, or Pakistani artists working overseas. The title is taken from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and references the passing of time, links to history, mortality as well as individual hopes and desires, themes explored in the work of the participating artists. Huma Mulji (b.1970) is an award-winning multimedia artist based between Pakistan and the UK. She graduated from the Indus Valley School of Art in 1995, and was awarded an MFA from Transart Institute, Berlin in 2010. She is perhaps best known for her work with taxidermy, and in her work questions notions of failure, neglect, truth and the absurd, creating material juxtapositions. Her works are spatially evocative and are imbued with an ‘anti-heroism’. Adeela Suleman (b.1970), a graduate from the Indus Valley School of Art is primarily a sculptor, known for her large scale sheet metal and found object sculptures referencing subjects and visual imagery from Islamic and Middle Eastern history. Her body of work has consistently reflected a deep engagement with political, gender and societal concerns.
    [Show full text]
  • Exhibition Guide
    ArTScience MuSeuM™ PreSenTS ceLeBrATinG SinGAPOre’S cOnTeMPOrArY ArT Exhibition GuidE Detail, And We Were Like Those Who Dreamed, Donna Ong Open 10am to 7pm daily | www.MarinaBaySands.com/ArtScienceMuseum Facebook.com/ArtScienceMuseum | Twitter.com/ArtSciMuseum WELCOME TO PRUDENTIAL SINGAPORE EYE Angela Chong Angela chong is an installation artist who Prudential Singapore Eye presents a with great conceptual confidence. uses light, sound, narrative and interactive comprehensive survey of Singapore’s Works range across media including media to blur the line between fiction and contemporary art scene through the painting, installation and photography. reality. She has shown work in Amsterdam Light Festival in the netherlands; Vivid works of some of the country’s most The line-up includes a number of Festival in Sydney; 100 Points of Light Festival innovative artists. The exhibiting artists who are gaining an international in Melbourne; cP international Biennale in artists were chosen from over 110 following, to artists who are just Jakarta, indonesia, and iLight Marina Bay in submissions and represent a selection beginning to be known. Like all the other Singapore. of the best contemporary art in Prudential Eye exhibitions, Prudential 3D Tic-Tac-Toe is an interactive light sculpture Singapore. Prudential Singapore Eye is Singapore Eye aims to bring to light which allows multiple players of all ages to the first major exhibition in a year of a new and exciting contemporary art play Tic-Tac-Toe with one another. cultural celebrations of the nation’s 50th scene and foster greater appreciation of anniversary. Singapore’s visual art scene both locally and internationally. 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, 2014 The works of the exhibiting artists demonstrate versatility, with many of the artists working experimentally Jeremy Sharma Jeremy Sharma works primarily as a conceptual painter.
    [Show full text]
  • Shaping Visions Unites Expressions of Lived and Natural Environments by Five Celebrated Cultural Medallion Recipients
    PRESS RELEASE STPI Gallery’s Annual Special Exhibition Shaping Visions unites expressions of lived and natural environments by five celebrated Cultural Medallion recipients Opens to Public: Sunday, 27 Sep – Sunday, 15 Nov 2020 STPI Gallery Free Entry Shaping Visions STPI Gallery is delighted to present its Annual Special Exhibition 2020, Shaping Visions. This year, STPI proudly looks close to home with its selection of five extraordinary artists in Singapore: the late master of Chinese ink Chua Ek Kay; pioneering collage artist Goh Beng Kwan; leading sculptor Han Sai Por; seminal performance artist Amanda Heng; and renowned watercolour painter Ong Kim Seng. Shaping Visions marks the first time these distinguished practitioners — who have each been awarded The Cultural Medallion, the nation’s highest honour for arts and culture practitioners — exhibit together, in an ode to their immense artistic contributions. A testimony of artistic sensibilities and achievements across time Shaping Visions unites each artist’s distinct depictions showcases each artist’s trail-blazing style and expert of natural and built environments, shedding light command of media and materials. As the artists hail on personal reflections of and postures towards an from backgrounds that are largely not printmaking- evolving society. centric, the exhibition will feature a diverse range of expressions that invite moments of pause, suspension By bringing together existing, signature pieces as well and perception. as print-based works produced during their respective residencies
    [Show full text]
  • Singapore Biennale 2019: Every Step in The
    Media Release Singapore Biennale 2019: Every Step In The Right Direction Opens Across Multiple Sites in Singapore on 22 November 2019 77 artists and collectives reflect on contemporary life and the human endeavour for change 20 Nov 2019 - Singapore Biennale 2019 (SB2019) returns for its sixth edition, with 77 artists and art collectives from 36 countries and territories. Titled Every Step in the Right Direction, the international contemporary art exhibition invites the public to engage with the act of artistic exploration, drawing on the importance of making choices and taking steps to consider the conditions of contemporary life and the human endeavour for change. Commissioned by the National Arts Council and organised by SAM, the Singapore Biennale will run from 22 November 2019 until 22 March 2020 across 11 venues in the city. With a strong focus on Southeast Asia, the sixth edition welcomes over 150 works across a breadth of diverse mediums including film, installation, sound art and performance, as well as new commissions and works that have never been presented in contemporary art biennales and exhibitions internationally. SB2019’s opening weekend will feature programmes for the public, including artist performances, curator and artist tours and talks. Organised by Singapore Art Museum | Commissioned by National Arts Council, Singapore Supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth 61 Stamford Road, #02-02, Stamford Court, Singapore 178892 . www.singaporeartmuseum.sg 1 Singapore Biennale 2019: Every Step in the Right Direction refers to the ethical imperative for both artists and audiences to make choices and take steps to reflect on the conditions of contemporary life.
    [Show full text]
  • 8Th Euroseas Conference Vienna, 11–14 August 2015
    book of abstracts 8th EuroSEAS Conference Vienna, 11–14 August 2015 http://www.euroseas2015.org contents keynotes 3 round tables 4 film programme 5 panels I. Southeast Asian Studies Past and Present 9 II. Early And (Post)Colonial Histories 11 III. (Trans)Regional Politics 27 IV. Democratization, Local Politics and Ethnicity 38 V. Mobilities, Migration and Translocal Networking 51 VI. (New) Media and Modernities 65 VII. Gender, Youth and the Body 76 VIII. Societal Challenges, Inequality and Conflicts 87 IX. Urban, Rural and Border Dynamics 102 X. Religions in Focus 123 XI. Art, Literature and Music 138 XII. Cultural Heritage and Museum Representations 149 XIII. Natural Resources, the Environment and Costumary Governance 167 XIV. Mixed Panels 189 euroseas 2015 . book of abstracts 3 keynotes Alarms of an Old Alarmist Benedict Anderson Have students of SE Asia become too timid? For example, do young researchers avoid studying the power of the Catholic Hierarchy in the Philippines, the military in Indonesia, and in Bangkok monarchy? Do sociologists and anthropologists fail to write studies of the rising ‘middle classes’ out of boredom or disgust? Who is eager to research the very dangerous drug mafias all over the place? How many track the spread of Western European, Russian, and American arms of all types into SE Asia and the consequences thereof? On the other side, is timidity a part of the decay of European and American universities? Bureaucratic intervention to bind students to work on what their state think is central (Terrorism/Islam)?
    [Show full text]
  • Pouring Her All Into Dancing with Stone
    | TUESDAY,JUNE 25,2019 | THESTRAITS TIMES | arts life D3 Han Sai Por fell in love with the purity of a type Pouring of white stone called han bai yu, which she discovered about 10 years ago in China and uses it to create some of her new her all into works. ST PHOTO: dancing SHINTARO TAY with stone While she finds painting more relaxing, artist Han Sai Por respects the demands of sculpting, channelling her physical energy into her works Ong Sor Fern distraction of colour.” Senior Culture Correspondent The paintings, fluid with move- ment, were inspired by her observa- tions of the effect of wind in forests Cataract surgery two months ago and the power of typhoon storms in did not slow down sculptor Han Sai southern China, where she often Por. Despite the doctor’s advice to travels to for work. avoid heavy lifting, she was deep “When the wind blows, you can into preparations for her new solo see the movement of the wind in exhibition. the trees. It creates energy and Dance With The Wind, which movement and gives life to the for- opens at iPreciation on July 5, does est.” not have the monumental stone She enjoys the process of paint- works Han is known for. But it does ing much more than sculpting. have more than 10 sculptures and “With sculpting, there is the cut- 12 acrylic on canvas works. Prices ting, noise, dust and sweat. With start at $30,000. painting, you can sit with a fan, sit The 76-year-old Cultural Medal- back on a sofa.
    [Show full text]