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Tiffany Chung at Lumiar Cité, Lisbon: Thủ Thiêm: an archaeological project for future remembrance (June 8th to September 8th, 2019).
Cover image. Tiffany Chung,1972 Thủ Thiêm Development Plan by US AID (Agency for International Development), 2013. Ink and oil on vellum and paper. location: Cây Bàng Street, Thủ Thiêm – a shoe paved road, 2016. Assorted retrieved shoes. Installation view. An...
Photo Essay of LASALLE SHOW — MA, BA and Diploma Graduate Showcase in Fine Arts 2019
Image 1. Cindy Sao, Repulsion of the Subconscious Mind, 2019. Fabric, yarn, wire.Some of the notable works for me from budding young artists graduating in the various programmes in fine arts at LASALLE College, and why.1. Playing with titles. Cindy Sao (Image 1). The...
Outside My Eye: The M.A. Fine Arts Graduation Showcase at LASALLE College of the Arts
Image 1. Fauzi Johann, 1820-1920 (2019), composed of several works arranged as an installation.Expectations ride high for this cohort of eight in the M.A. Fine Arts programme at LASALLE. The graduation showcase, premised on a theme of perception (here connoting...
Cheng Ran’s Lament: Mountain Ghost at Ota Fine Arts
Image 1. The Lament: Mountain Ghost, 2018. Single channel video with sound, 13'14": Edition of 6 + 1 A.P. Courtesy Ota Fine Arts If you love the blending of genres, especially the textual with the visual, you will love Cheng Ran's Lament: Mountain Ghost at Ota Fine...
Bridging the fictive and visual worlds: The exhibition ‘Dissolving Margins’ at ICA Singapore
Image 1. Camille Henrot, Office of unreplied emails (2016-17). Exhibition detail.How often is the internet featured in artistic works? Are our modern means of communicating and building community via Instagram, Twitter, email, featured in art-making, and if...
Entang Wiharso’s Hybrid Brain at Mizuma Gallery Singapore
Image 1. Entang Wiharso, Reconstruction -- Floating Garden, 2018. Ink, acrylic, glitter, car paint on canvas. 145 x 214 cm. Entang Wiharso (born 1967 in Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia) calls himself a diaspora artist, and he regularly shuttles back and forth from...
Investigation into Materiality: Trees of Life Exhibition at NTUCCA Singapore
Cover Photo: Sopheap Pich, Delta (2007). Rattan and wire. 341 x 478 x 70 cm. Trees of Life – Knowledge in Material, the current exhibition at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) (21 July – 30 September 2018), is an exploration into...
At the RockBund Museum Shanghai: Lin TianMiao’s Systems
My Garden, 2018. Aluminium frame, glass, liquid circulation system, carpet. Dimensions variable. Systems, the title of Lin Tianmiao's first solo exhibition in Shanghai curated by Alexandra Munroe, held at the beautiful Rockbund Museum, is an exemplar of a scientific...
A Beautiful Elsewhere : Fondation Cartier showcases its collection at the Shanghai Power Station of Art (25 Apr – 29 Jul 2018)
Cover photo: Beat Takeshi Kitano, The Kitano Sewing Machine 'Hideyoshi', 2009. Cardboard, cloth, metal, paint, and polystyrene. 320 x 380 x 240 cm. Commission for the exhibition Beat Takeshi Kitano, Gosse de painter, 2010. Acquisition 2013.Decidedly reflecting...
Virtually, Presenting: DigiMuse Presents at the National Museum Singapore
3d-printed dresses. BEEING HUMAN. Image by Elaine Chiew Ever wondered how technology such as virtual reality might interface with or enhance a museum-going experience? Would it add value in terms of multiplicity of information...
Asianfuturism and Feminine Grotesque Bodies: Lee Bul at the Hayward, Southbank.
Exhibition View: Crashing. Lee Bul, Hayward Gallery (2018)If Afrofuturism were to have a companion genre within Asian artists, would it be called Asian futurism and what kind of works would be envisioned? Crashing, the title of Lee Bul’s solo retrospective at the...
See Like a Heretic: Suzann Victor’s exhibition at Gajah Gallery Singapore
Image 1. See Like A Heretic, 2018. Crushed stained glass, fresnet lens, nuts, bolts, frame. 509 x 509 x 336 cm. That hushed hallowed feeling one gets looking up at the nave or chancel of a church and seeing a biblical scene played out on stained glass?...
The History of Photography in Singapore Through Peranakan Eyes
Chinese Towkee. Albumen print. G.R. Lambert & Co. Singapore, 1900s. Photo Elaine ChiewThe exhibition Amek Gambar: Peranakans and Photography at Singapore's Peranakan Museum (from May 5 to Feb 3 2019) is a rare glimpse into the very first and early days of the...
Conquest, Power, Knowledge: Zai Kuning’s Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge
Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge. Installation, 2018. Photo Elaine ChiewZai Kuning's Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge (showing at TheatreWorks Singapore from 12 April to 13 May 2018) is a 17-meter-long 4-meter-high suspended skeleton of a sea...
In the Mood of Brian Gothong Tan: Lost Cinema (Institute of Contemporary Arts)
Lost Cinema, 6 channel video installation, 3 video projections, 16:9 ratio, colour, silent; 3 digital videos displayed on monitors, 16:9 ratio, black and white silent. Performance Still. Courtesy Elaine ChiewThe woman in the cheongsam and upswept hairdo walks into the...
Encounter Under The Banyan: Jason Lim’s Site Specific Performance at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
Jason Lim, Under the Shadow of the Banyan. Performance still. Courtesy Elaine ChiewThe banyan tree within the Singapore context and regional mythology has a lot of symbolism. Huffington Post, for Singapore's 50th anniversary of its independence, compared the...
The Three Eggs: Luhrmann’s Gatsby, Clayton’s Gatsby, and Fitzgerald’s Gatsby
Say what you will about Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby extravaganza, but I thought the modern music take in the movie, especially the music by modern rappers, was bangin' (on that in a minute).(Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen the movie, do not read).There was a...