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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)187969

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CONTENTS
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18 COMING UP 30 FEATURES
Forest Rain Gallery Looking In / At / Back: Galleries in the Spotlight -
Photography Exhibition A review of 2010:
School Holiday Art Classes
• Cape of Good
(Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society) HIV - Show me the Love 21 Hope Gallery 32
HAPPYARTLAND – A MOTHER’S • The Luxe Museum 34
INSPIRATION, Solo Exhibition By
• Ovas Gallery 36
Theresia Agustina S. 18
24 SPOTLIGHT • Sunjin Galleries 38
Ukrainian Vernissage
Artist in Focus -
Stockroom Christmass Show Robert Longo
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

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40 REVIEW 61 SINGAPORE
Jatiwangi Artists in Residence
ART MAP
Festival 2010
Floating Worlds
66 DIRECTORIES
56 POSTSCRIPT Singapore Art Galleries
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COMING UP
Situated between the Singapore Art Museum and

Sculpture Square, Forest Rain Gallery is nestled in the
centre of the Bras Basah Arts District.
Forest Rain is a Singapore based art gallery established

in 2010. With zeal and affinity towards the Arts, Forest
Rain provides a range of art works across many artistic
styles and mediums. From oil paintings, to prints and
calligraphic works, Forest Rain boasts a wide portfolio of
Forest Rain Gallery art work to suit every aesthetic palate. The Gallery’s key
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strength is its close bond with the artists, enabling this
advantage to build strong, professional, relationships
between the Artist and the Gallery.
Forest Rain Gallery provides art consultation services,

including the commissioning of works for public, private,
and corporate spaces. Forest Rain also offers its space
as a venue for public and private events.
Forest Rain Gallery:

261 Waterloo Street, #02-43/44 Singapore 180261
Secondary school students are invited to make full use of

their December school holiday to learn to paint still life in oil
under the tutelage of reputable Mr. Wee Shoo Leong. Adults
who wish to begin their foray into painting are also welcome
to join the regular Foundation Oil Painting classes. There will
be a new intake every first week of the month.
Contact Mr Wee at +65 9726 2028 to book a class now.
School Holiday Art Classes

(Nrityalaya Aesthetics Society)
December / Stamford Arts Centre /
www.foundationoilpaintingclass.com
DECEMBER 2010 / 17
COMING UP
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
HAPPYARTLAND – A MOTHER’S Blora. Reflecting the simplicity and innocence of child’s play,
INSPIRATION, Solo Exhibition By
Theresia Agustina S. Tere’s showcase of 10 works in various mediums including
03.12.10 – 24.12.10 / SBin Art Plus / drawing, sculpture and graphic art, are creative expressions
www.sbinartplus.com that depict a childlike delight in the discovery of a happy
world full of wonders and new experiences.
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.
Ukrainian Vernissage From depictions in golden light by Figol, to the lushly coloured
03.12.10 - 15.12.10 / White Canvas Gallery /
renditions of Fylonenko and ending at the idiosyncratic
www.whitecanvas-gallery.com
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
Stockroom Christmas Show and senior Walmajarri artist, Wakartu Cory Surprise. We also
— 2010
07.12.10 - 18.12.10 / Redot Fine Art Gallery / have some stunning woven baskets by Nancy Taylor, from
www.redotgallery.com the Martumili community that would make for the perfect
centrepiece in anyone’s home.

COMING UP
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
A Book Launch: in a curated experience. Through a variety of perspectives
Who Cares? 16 Essays On
Curating In Asia and literary styles, these texts constitute primary notes
08.12.10 / Sotheby’s Institute of Art / towards ‘curatorial criticism,’ a subfield of art criticism that
www.whitecanvas-gallery.com identifies the new in curating today.
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
Floating Worlds of contemporary Singaporean artists who use their direct
10.12.10 – 10.01.10 / Chan Hampe Galleries @
Raffles Hotel / www.chanhampegalleries.com 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.
Congo River
10.12.10 - 10.04.11 / Asian Civilisations Museum /
www.acm.org.sg
DECEMBER 2010 / 19
COMING UP
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
MINE – Delia Prvački under unknown levels of digging into its depths. ‘Mine’
18.12.10 – 09.01.11 / Sculpture Square /
www.sculpturesq.com.sg explores this sacred realm of what is unseen, hidden and
undiscovered through mining into the natural resources of
Mother Earth.
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:6
till 18.12.10 / LASALLE /
www.lasalle.edu.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.
Express Yourself Freely A very conscientious and cogent walk through that will fill you
– Back to Nostalgia
till 19.12.10 / LEFTFOOT Entrepot, The Grand with a sense of belonging. Our nostalgic senses, sometimes
Cathay / www.contemporaryart.sg neglectful of, will unravel its resonance. Make believe this
moment and enjoy this sublime honesty of works.

COMING UP
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
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
Looking In / At / Back: be. WEE noted, and I agree, that most photographers these
Photography Exhibition
days do not even shoot this way anymore. By going through
till 23.12.10 / Light Editions Gallery /
www.lighteditions.com.sg 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
HIV – Show Me The Love and reflect on how this disease has changed and shaped our
till 24.12.10 / Chan Hampe Galleries @
world. It would inspire you to know what are your role is in
Tanjong Pagar / www.chanhampegalleries.com
preventing its spread.
DECEMBER 2010 / 21
COMING UP
Image credit: Marc Quinn Angkor Windfarm.
Bartha & Senarclens exhibits at Art Stage Singapore

12.01.11 – 16.01.11 / Art Stage Sinagapore, Marina Bay Sands /
www.bartha-senarclens.com
Lorenzo Rudolf, the Former Director of Art Basel, foothold as the dominant cultural centre in South
Inventor Art Basel Miami and co-creator of East Asia” – Frédéric de Senarclens.
ShContemporary, is launching Art Stage Singapore,
an international event that will open the annual Bartha & Senarclens is showcasing paintings,
art season in Singapore. For its debut the fair drawings and sculptures by internationally acclaimed
will include a selection of leading galleries and and emerging artists. The show features artworks
interesting, young galleries from Asia Pacific and by modern and contemporary artists: Armen Agop
abroad creating a unique opportunity for the Asia - Egypt, Rina Banerjee - India, Tom Carr - Spain,
Pacific art market. Yves Dana - Switzerland, Barry Flanagan - United
Kingdom, Damien Hirst - United Kingdom, Joan
The fair is supported by various Singapore state Miró - Spain, Adriana Molder - Portugal, Marc
agencies driving the development of the arts Quinn - United Kingdom, Doug & Mike Starn -
including the Singapore Economic Development United States of America Thukral & Tagra - India,
Board, Singapore Tourism Board, National Heritage Victor Vasarely - Hungary, Bernar Venet - France,
Board and the National Arts Council. “We are Tom Wesselmann - United States of America, Beat
thrilled to be part of such a prominent cultural event Zoderer - Switzerland.
that echoes our ambition to bring international art
to Singapore. This fair strengthens Singapore’s

COMING UP
Layered Brilliance
Solo Exhibition: Sivilay Souvannasing
03.12.10 – 19.12.10 / M Gallery, 51 Waterloo Street /
www.mgallery.com.sg
Change is coming quickly to the Lao People’s managed to find ways to express himself. In an
Democratic Republic. Beyond economic interview, he mentions his propensity for painting
“Layered Brilliance”
development, the social and cultural aspects of
Lao life are evolving to suit a global world. Yet,
on walls, tables and chairs – anything he could find
within his own home. He sculpted out of found
aLao
soloculture is soby
exhibition strong, embedded in generations materials, including clay and wood. His passion
of farming communities and ethnic diversity, that it was evident from childhood and, recognizing this,
Sivilay Souvannasing
resists the change as much as it accepts it. Sivilay his father encouraged him to pursue his love of
Opening Reception:
Souvannasing, a Lao contemporary painter, aims painting, telling him to go to the Ecole des Beaux
3 December 2010, 6.30pm till late
to illustrate that balance and exchange, using his Arts in Vientiane and become “the best painter in
Exhibition
advanced runs till 19styles
painting December 2010
and life experience to Laos.” This was no easy task, considering the lack
enhance his works. of funding in the arts and the heavy competition with
M Gallery, 51 Waterloo Street, #03-03B/04 (S)187969 other aspiring artists. But Sivilay now stands as one
Tue - Sat:
At only 28,11-7pm
Sivilay Sun:
renders12-5pm
a maturity and complexity of the most recognizable Lao painters today.
art@mgallery.com.sg www.mgallery.com.sg
to his work
+65 6338 0093 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
DECEMBER 2010 / 23
SPOTLIGHT
Robert Longo
A Hidden Talent in a Black and White World
Max, 2002 Lithograph 109 x 76 cm

ARTIST: ROBERT LONGO
Men in the Cities Plate II, 1990 Lithograph 66 x 106 cm
DECEMBER 2010 / 25
SPOTLIGHT
I t’s not often that an artist of grandiose and artist and his ability to obtain and portray so
international stature falls into the category
of undervalued, but Robert Longo is one such
many different levels of shading and depth
with simply one colour, black. He uses several
artist. different charcoals and techniques to create
the surfaces but maintains the importance
Robert Longo is an artist who has exhibited that the white shown, is only the white of the
in at least 28 cities, in 12 different countries paper itself.
across 4 continents, yet there are still people
in Asia who have yet to be exposed to the Black and white images always evoke the
sublime brilliance of an artist who focuses notion of photography which Longo views as
mainly in black and white. “culture`s collective memory”. Longo looks
for his work to find a middle ground, that of
Yet perhaps it is this colour preference that one between a photograph and a drawing
may be at the root cause of this enigma in and ultimately wants the viewer to be pulled
certain parts of Asia. Robert Longo, like many in close to the piece, to see for themselves,
of his peers, has a substantial international what the medium actually is and to have the
body of work to his credit, being exhibited in question of whether or not it`s a photograph
such exalted locations as the MOMA and the in their mind right up until the point at which
MET in New York, across to the Tate Gallery it becomes clear...that it is not! It is this
in London. relationship that inevitably draws the viewer
into the piece and captivates them thereafter.
Last year, in 2009, the Museum of Modern and This form of artwork is known as Hyper-
Contemporary Art in Nice held a retrospective Realism.
of 100 pieces of Longo’s artwork covering
the last 30 years thus confirming his position Longo draws parallels between drawing and
as one of the pre-eminent American artists photography and believes agrees that both
of our day. The Museum of Modern and have similar qualities. Longo refers to these
Contemporary Art in Nice (or MAMAC as two media, drawing and photography as
it`s known) has held major shows for other “bastard” art forms in as much as firstly there
American greats such as Jim Dine and Robert was painting and sculpture and then drawing
Indiana. and photography, the illegitimate offspring.
In all of Longo`s work, both past and present, Longo saw this underworld of art expression
you can begin to see the sheer genius of the as an area to explore and exploit. When

Wave Five, 2000 Lithograph 26 x 61 cm
DECEMBER 2010 / 27
SPOTLIGHT
Longo started with his large scale drawings friends up onto the roof of his house where
it was unheard of, for some it is still a difficult he was living at the time in South Street and
concept to grasp today. directed and photographed them in various
positions. He would throw things at them or
At the start Longo wanted his pieces to be pull them with rope in order to try and get just
as big as possible, reflecting his passion and the position he was looking for.
desire. He also wanted his work to compete
against the cultural competition of the time The original inspiration was from a film by
which included movies, television, magazines, Werner Maria Fassbinder, “The American
newspapers and billboards. Longo now views Soldier”, where Longo was trying to recapture
the size of his work in a different way in that the state of someone who had just been shot
today he wants to play with the size concept and seemed to be “dancing” just before they
rather than compete against and challenge it. died. His intention was that these men and
women be abstract rather than put in any
Longo also looks back at his time in Europe kind of surrounding and this is part of the
as a turning point in both his career and appeal of the series with their ability to entice
his life. In the late 1980`s, at a time when and captivate the viewer and then hold that
Longo`s world was collapsing around him attention and interest. Their attire was Longo`s
in New York, he journeyed to Europe and in idea of a uniform that people were wearing
particular, Paris, where in his own words he at that time, be they bankers, office workers
became a “better person”. There the artist from Wall Street or the punks and new wave
learned to channel and direct his passion and people.
anger in a more focused, productive way. In
the early 1990`s he also met Hans Mayer in When I look at the “Men in the Cities” series
Germany who helped him produce some of my mind is immediately filled with images
his biggest monumental pieces, such as the from “The Matrix” trilogy where Neo, Trinity,
“Wax Crosses” in 1991. It was also here that Morpheus and Agent Smith are contorting
Longo met his German actress wife, Barbara their bodies in order to miss the stream of
Sukowa, whom he married in 1994. oncoming bullets being fired at them. Keanu
Reeves is a big Robert Longo fan and it may
Longo is still probably best known for his “Men be that he took some inspiration from the
in the Cities” series in which he portrayed artist when filming these ground breaking
suited men and women in various contorted scenes in the films.
poses. For these pieces Longo actually took

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!
DECEMBER 2010 / 29
FEATURE
Galleries
in the
Spotlight—
A review
of 2010
Text: Malvina Tan

GALLERIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT
1. The Luxe Museum — Han Rihan Survival, 2007 Ink, colour and acrylic on paper 100 x 86 cm
2. Cape of Good Hope Gallery — Leo Hee Tong 梁其栋 Twinkle Night 闪烁的夜晚 2010 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm
3. Ovas Gallery — Saengkom Chansrinual Grand Mountain, 2009 Solid acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 cm
4. 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 cm
ii. Eng Siak Loy 翁锡礼, Old Street 旧街 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas 75 x 100cm
iii. Leo Hee Tong 梁其栋, Twinkle Night 闪烁的夜晚 2010 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm

C ape of Good Hope Art Gallery, and Terence Teo Chin Keong were also
established in 1989, is one of the involved in the showcase, with works
more prominent art galleries in Singapore. that blend the new and old, eastern and
western concepts to portray their personal
Most recently, the gallery has taken characteristics.
part in a variety of exhibitions. Some
of the well received exhibitions are The Art Expo Malaysia 2010 is an opportunity
Romance of Bali – Recent paintings by to the art collectors, art lovers, art
Huang Fong, Art Expo Malaysia 2010, students for embracing passion of art. It
Modern Ink Paintings and Sculptures by was very eye-opening encounter for the
Fu Xin Min, Flow in Nature – The Colour gallery with the arts. It promotes works
of Rainforest – Dance’s Rhythm – Trio by Singaporean artists to the rest of the
Show, The Oil Painting Exhibition by Three world, one that is definitely useful to the
Artists and Sunshine on 36 Degree North gallery.
– Contemporary Chinese Watercolour
Paintings Exhibition. Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery plans to
put in more emphasis on veteran artists
A highlight for the gallery’s participation from Singapore. The gallery hopes to
in these exhibitions would have to be Art showcase more works by Eng Siak Loy,
Expo Malaysia 2010. They showcased Leo Hee Tong, Lim Tze Peng and Tew Nai
a group of Singaporean artists and they Tong in 2011. Some of the works involve
emphasised on Singaporean art. They paintings with an association with figures
also helped to promote the works of and scenery in classical and modern
Singaporean artists to overseas platforms. expression.
Some of the artists who participated in
this were Dr. Ho Kah Leong, Lim Yew In addition, the gallery plans to have a
Kuan, Tan Choh Tee, Wong Kian Ping, Lee show by Hong Ling’s ink paintings. He
Choon Kee with their realistic approach. is an artist specialising in landscape
Besides them, artists like Choy Weng painting on four seasons. Hong Ling is
Yang, Goh Beng Kwan, Leo Hee Tong, the professor at the 3rd workshop of Oil
Chieu Shuey Fook were showcased as Painting Department of Central Academy
well. Their works focus more on abstract of Fine Arts, Beijing.
expressions. Moreover, artists Lim Tze
Peng, Aw Tee Hong, Koeh Sia Yong, Eng Look out for the gallery’s participation in
Siak Loy, Low Puay Hua, Teo Kim Liong 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 cm

ii. Cai Guangbin Painted Digital Images No. 01B, 2010 Ink on paper 70 x 90cm
iii. Hai Rihan, Impressions 2000 Mixed media on paper 100 x 100cm

T he Luxe Art Museum, located just

behind the busy streets of Orchard
road in Singapore, is a relatively new
can take you away from the stress and the
fast paced lifestyle.
gallery that is affiliated with the ever Since the 1940s, waves of artists from
successful Yisulang Art Gallery. both China and other countries have
embarked on expeditions to Tibet. With
The Luxe Art Museum, an affiliation artistic pursuits, they observed, absorbed
to Yisulang Art Gallery, aims to create and painting. Hence, their masterpieces
awareness for the contemporary Chinese testified to the artistic milestones in their
fine arts to bridge the stereotyped ideology careers. Such external cultural forces
that has erected a false barrier between have developed Tibetan painting in
traditionalism and modernism. Thismore ways than one. Slowly but surely,
directional focus is to propel contemporary Tibetan art established a new approach—
Chinese fine arts to the forefront of the artintroducing new aesthetic concepts, ideas
world across Southeast Asia and beyond; and perspectives with the use of different
by building a representative permanent techniques and even materials.
collection and exhibiting renowned art
thus providing a platform for critical fine In 2010, Luxe has showcased a variety of
art research and debate. works, and one of which was by renown
local sculptor, Han Shuli.
Focusing on Contemporary Chinese Ink
as well as Contemporary Tibetan Art, In view of 2011, Luxe is planning for a
Luxe does provide a variety of captivating show in April for Contemporary Chinese
works. Ink works. This exhilarating show was
seen at the National Art Museum in Beijing
Contemporary Chinese Ink takes on back in 2004, but was never brought into
a fresh approach. Chinese Ink has a Singapore before. You can, too, look
long history as you may know, and is forward to another show towards the end
usually regarded as a form of language. of the year, by two female Chinese artists.
Currently, Chinese Ink has evolved greatly Peng Wei, who does installation art, and
and this change is rarely seen outside Chen Qing Qing, who dabbles in ink on
China. Ink art produced by artists has paper.
a wider social relevance in the current
climate. It is evident that the art produced The Luxe Art Museum enjoys an
absorbs the idea of leisure and also the exceptional reputation. Passionate, Luxe
artists’ expression and personality can be dedicates its efforts to the fostering and
strongly felt. Thus, one can say that the the promoting of Chinese art.
works are rather free spirited— works that
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OVAS Gallery

O vas Art Gallery was established in

2008 specialising in Asian modern
contemporary art by established as
artists is an approach that the gallery
is currently focusing on. Chung feels
that this approach allows the gallery to
well as emerging artists. They invest build on a bigger potential in terms of
and capitalise on up and coming Asian investment value due to the affordability of
artists who exhibit a totally unique art the artworks— this would unquestionably
concept. The artists in Ovas are carefully encourage more sales.
handpicked to reflect the exclusiveness
and display concept. At this point of time, the gallery is looking
into expanding their range of artists,
This year, the gallery has seen a relative spreading over other parts of South East
success. Taking part in ArtSingapore, Asia such as Vietnam and China.
ArtExpo Malaysia and Affordable Art Fair
(AAF) 2010 Singapore, their artworks were Looking into the brand new year, Chung
highly regarded based on the welcoming hopes that the gallery would be able to
response from visitors of the fair. continue to prosper from their recent
triumph from the AAF 2010 Singapore. He
Owner and art director of Ovas Art Gallery, intends for the gallery to be more active in
Dr Chung Sew Meng, feels that the AAF taking part in exhibitions this year. One of
2010 Singapore was the most lucrative the exhibitions that you can look out for
exhibition for the gallery. Having exhibited would be their participation in the AHAF-
artworks from emerging artists from HK in February 2011. Chung plans for
countries like Thailand and Indonesia, the gallery to take part in Art Melbourne
the gallery managed to garner sales and 2011 and Art Taipei 2011 but he is certain
exposure despite being the new kid on the that the gallery will make an appearance
block. at ArtSingapore 2011, ArtExpo 2011 and
AAF 2011 Singapore.
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
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Sunjin Galleries
Zhang Tongshuai Floating 漂浮 2008 Woodcut 128 x 89cm
S unjin Galleries is one of Singapore’s

leading art galleries. Specialising
in promoting outstanding artworks from
Sunjin held a number of exciting
exhibitions for the year 2010. The gallery
held shows exhibiting the works of Israeli
emerging artists across Asia, the gallery artist David Gerstein, Japanese artists
has built a strong reputation representing Tomoaki Tarutani and Yoichi Ogata,
some of the leading and most sought after Singaporean artist Choy Weng Yang &
artists in the region. Recently the gallery’s Malaysian artist Jolly Koh. In addition,
achievement have been recognised “Obscure Desire” and “Time & Place” were
and celebrated at the 11th Beijing two other compelling shows that Sunjin
International Art Exhibition. At an award held. Besides that, art fairs such as Art
giving ceremony in May 2008, the Ministry Expo Malaysia 2010 and the Affordable Art
of Culture PRC presented Ms Jennifer Fair (AAF) 2010 Singapore saw Sunjin’s
Soen, Sunjin’s founder and director with participation.
a certificate recognizing the gallery as one
of the “Top 10th most influential galleries These shows certainly contributed to
of 2008”. Sunjin’s success for the year. Cutting-edge

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
Tomoaki Tarutani Matazuine. Ruwaru. Tannifu Mixed media
on paper 54 x 54 cm the fine detailed pattern formed by the
wood grains in the block. Zhang is an
works by Zhang Tongshuai and Tomoaki artist whose works stand out amongst the
garnered a lot of sales and this definitely garish works of his contemporaries.
provided a good grounding for the gallery.
Aside from that, the gallery managed to Moving on, Sunjin encountered better
engage the visitors better by holding an sales this year as compared to the year
artist talk with artists Choy Weng Yang 2009. The most profitable fair that the
& Jolly Koh. Moreover, the gallery’s gallery took part in would have to be
participation in the art fairs received an Art Expo Malaysia 2010. Through this
exceptional response. participation, it allowed the gallery to tap
into fresh and different markets outside of
Jennifer Soen particularly highlights Singapore. Also, the AAF 2010 Singapore
works by Filipino artist Norlie Meimban helped the gallery to create awareness
and Chinese artist Zhang Tongshuai. amongst entrant collectors.
Norlie, a graduate of Fine Arts at the All in all, Sunjin reached greater heights
University of the Philippines, has mounted for the year 2010.
over six solo exhibitions. He is successful
in employing a variety of painting and The gallery looks forward to the brand
graphic techniques as he worked as new year and intends to welcome it with
illustrator and animator for a number a show promoting Japanese and Korean
of years. Norlie portrays his love of contemporary artists.
movement, and sometimes an infatuation
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JATIWANGI ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

FESTIVAL 2010
26.06.10 – 09.07.10 / Indonesia
Text: Jacklyn Soo
I n 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
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meaningful experiences and site-related During the first days of the residency, the
works inspired by their stay and interaction artists and hosts try to get to know and
with the villagers. explore a number of ways to collaborate.
The introduction and exploration is then
The event is to make the artists as facilitators formulated into a series of presentations,
for the villagers, articulating numerous issues which started from July 5th to 9th, 2010.
in local neighborhood. The artists articulate The presentations represented the result
their ideas to create concrete works with of collaboration between the artists’
the villagers. Audience members include the artistic visions with the villagers in their
locals from Jatiwangi and visitors from other daily activities. The presentations from the
cities in Indonesia and countries abroad 22 artists are varied in practice ranging
are invited to the opening and welcomed to from ceramic, drawing, photography, film,
observe the festival as well. installation, performance art, sound art,
contemporary puppet and music.
The artists were separated into the 7
villages; Arrival and Description of Interaction
I had the opportunity to work with children
1. Rahmat Haron and Haseena Abdul and adults in my village called Burujul Wetan.
Majid (Singapore) stayed in Jatisura.

2. Len Jittima (Thailand) , Paisan Set off in a motorcycle with my luggage in the
Plienbangchang (Thailand) stayed front of my host, I arrived in his little humble
in Surawangi. home where I was greeted by his wife and 2

3. Dani Iswardana (Solo) and Haidar Afandi young daughters by her side. It was dark and
(Singapore) stayed in Sutawangi. my host had kindly showed me to my room
where I could unpack and unwind. Indrani
4. Prilla Tania (Bandung), Hiroyuki stayed with me on my first night. That night I
Hukuoka (Japan), Daniel Milan Cabrera could not sleep for a few reasons; the bustling
(Mexico) stayed in Leweunggede.
motorcycles in the night that drove pass the
5. Mella Jaarsma (Yogjakarta), Forum house, the neighbours chatting away fiddling
Lenteng – Gasworo Aryaningtyas with the ringtones on their latest mobile
(Jakarta), Nindityo Adipurnomo
(Yogjakarta) stayed in Sukaraja Wetan. phone, and my anticipation on getting to
know this beautiful place I have come to call
6. Jacklyn Soo (Singapore), Kosala Priyam Home.
(Sri Lanka), Indrani Ashe (America),
Natas Setiabudhi and Nurdian Ichsan The next morning I awoke with rashes on
stayed in Burujul Wetan.
both my forearms and had decided to shift
7. Angga Wedhaswhara (Bandung), home to another host’s house whose mother
Ghazi Alqudzy (Singapore) and Handi apparently was a rebana player.
Hermansyah (Bandung) stayed in Logji.
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I met up with the rest of the artists; Kosala, in their society and improve the lives of
Ichsan, Natas and Indrani. We were brought women in their village. She did a workshop
to meet the chief of the village, Pak Ku’u and with children to write down their thoughts
his community members to get to know each and feelings about their relationship with
other and to find out what activities the village their mothers on a cut out piece of paper
had in store for us. shaped like a hand. Haseena mentions
that in islamic countries, handshakes with
As the days went by, the artists were treated each another is a common form of respect
to feast after feast, dances after dances and towards another person and to be able to
mountains after mountains of local delights by express their thoughts/emotions on a icon
the villagers. In our more serious meetings, shaped like a hand, the artwork immediately
we discussions on ways to improve the arts becomes a metaphor for things unsaid and
and culture of the village. The 5 artists also unexpressed.
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 Rahmat Haron with Farmers in harvesting rice fields.
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
Haseena seen here with group of children at her
to the founder of Jatisura Village. In 2 workshop.
performance art and installation, Rahmat
gathered the farmers to clean the cemetery
courtyard where the founder of Jatisura, SURAWANGI VILLAGE
the first chief head’s body laid. He later did The village had trouble with its committee
an installation piece cutting the rice harvest organisers and was not particularly
into a big heart-shaped representing his interested in taking part in the festival.
love and respect for the livelihood and daily Jittima and Paisan did a performance
living of farmers in Jatisura. work involving the farmers and workers in
Surawangi but soon left the residency back
Haseena worked with children and mothers to Thailand.
in a workshop involving poetry and painting.
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SUTAWANGI VILLAGE
In 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 Jittima’s & Paisan’s performance at Surawangi.
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 Dani Iswandi introducing Wayang Beben to a
based on the site of Sawa (paddy fields) as group of children in Sutawangi Village.
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 Haidar with the girls preparing for the video
JARF and the other artists. shooting in the paddy field. (haidar took)
“This residency is about how the

villagers receive you and how you
learn to receive them back”
Haidar comments.
LEWEUNGGEDE VILLAGE
A similar expression of site-specific work Daniel’s music march with the Ibu Ibu Farmers
along the fields of Leweunggede Village.
can be seen in Leweunggede when artists
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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
Prilla and villagers making sure the Map is ready to
and they sang their traditional community be attached to Hiroyuki’s Bamboo Sail Boat.
songs accompanying Daniel in the
celebration.
Hiroyuki conducted a paper boat SUKARAJA WETAN VILLAGE
workshop with children and together, they Mella Jaarsma, Forum Lenteng – Gasworo
made 1000 pieces of boats constructed Aryaningtyas, Nindityo Adipurnomo stayed
from leaves. Hiroyuki also constructed in Sukaraja Wetan.
a bamboo raft which he sailed from the
irrigation dam to the village as part of his The village head of Sukarajawetan is Pak
performance. It was a hardy task to hand- Didi Susandi. Bapak Rudy Sulistyo who
sail the bamboo boat in the river. is active with the youth community and
together they run a radio station located
Prilla Tania held a textile workshop with the in the public library.
Ibu Ibu group to make a fun, colourful map
of the village as a point of geographical Mella was interested in exploring what
reference in the village. She added the map children had to say about their village and
to the the sail of Hiroyuki’s bamboo boat ran a story telling workshop with 4-10yrs
which Hiroyuki used for his performance. I old. They wrote stories one page while
thought the collaboration between these 2 she recorded readings of their stories and
artists worked really well in exploring the played the recordings during Sukaraja
subtle landscape of Leweunggede. 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.
Hiroyuki on his bamboo boat and placing the leave
boats in the river of Leweunggede.

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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.
A view from the inside of a child’s dream home;

Nindityo Adipurnomo did a workshop workshop conducted by Nindityo Adipurnomo.
based on architecture and interior design
using clay, cardboard, recycled materials
BURUJUL WETAN VILLAGE
with children aged 6-15 years old.
In Burujul Wetan, the largest desa
The children were to design their own
with a population of 8000 people
houses and drew pictures of furniture
was no easy task to coordinate
to accompany the home. What was
workshops and preparations for the
interesting about Nindityo’s workshop was
festival even with 5 artists intervention.
he had the workshop conducted in the
Accounts of misunderstandings and
roof tile factory, after which he presented
miscommunications together with the
an exhibition of the children’s box-homes
limited duration created some tension
together with the tiles. The children each
between the village committee and artists.
had an opportunity to present their homes
to artists and villagers alike.
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
Mella recording stories from the children in
Sukaraja Wetan. 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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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
Collaborative mural painting at the Alun Alun tree
seniors helped to white wash the paints with Children and Villagers of Burujul Wetan.
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.
Kosala Kumara with ‘Wayang Universal’ and
Robak Installation.
I later created a performance work
celebrating the role of the Soto Ayam Scholarship) to study at STSI (Sekolah
(local dish with chicken and rice cubes) Tinggi Seni Indonesia) for one year.
as a story seller, selling my handmade Kosala’s research on Wayang Kulit led
kueh kuehs to the villagers in exchange him to develop Wayang Plastic using used
for a story about Burujul Wetan or about plastic found within the village.
their personal experiences. The gerobak
(food cart) was also installed with sound He conducted the Wayang Plastic
recordings of daily village sounds; bells, workshop with Ibu Ibu and children alike
motorcycle, chicken croaking that I had and later suggested a further collaboration
collected during my stay. as we saw similarities in our exploration of
the village.
The robak (food cart) was decorated
with Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppets) Ichsan and Natas had a different approach
made by Kosala Kumara, a visual and to handling the interest of clay and the
performance artist from Sri Lanka who interaction they had created through a
was Kosala awarded a scholarship from performance and exhibition of abstract
Indonesian Education Ministry (Darmasiswa clay works by the villagers.

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Diligently producing up to 60 clay pots, LOJI VILLAGE

the duo from Bandung requested the kind The opening festival on the 26th June
intervention of these pots in its unbaked was held at Loji village where Angga
form by suggesting a punch, a pull, a drag Wedhaswhara (Bandung), Ghazi Alqudzy
or by tearing a part of the clay pot which (Singapore) and Handi Hermansyah
they have made in identical forms. Several (Bandung) stayed.
senior villagers, artists and members from
JarF took part in this performance which Angga made a children’s scrapbook
does leave room for questioning the role workshop getting the children to scribble
of artist in the community project. and document their daily lives, finding
materials to keep in the plastic folders
Indrani initiated a project which involved which was sold as an auction during the
pain stakingly stitching pieces of batik night festival presentation of Loji. The
into a curtain pattern and installed onto a money from the auction will be donated to
becak (tricycle) which she paraded round the village to construct a library.
the village with music and dance. Her time
during the residency was spent moving Ghazi made a short film addressing the
from home to home and working with the concerns of modern living and filal piety
women community in Burujul Wetan. 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.
An eldery from the village giving the clay a good
knock-out.
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
Indrani walking along the streets of Burjul Wetan visual and performance artist based in
with her becak (tricyle).
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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 Screen-shot of the film “Trio DeKil” by the
quietly, gently, lighting up the darkness of children of Loji Village and directed by Ghazi
Aldqucy.
the night sky.
An example from the pages of a child’s scrapbook

from Angga’s workshop.
2 Children with their Scrapbook at the Auction.
Handi making sure the lanterns are ready for display.
CLOSING
The 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 Worlds
10.12. 10 - 10.01.11 / Chan Hampe Galleries
Text: June Yap
T he group exhibition of recent works

of three artists with rather dissimilar
practices — Michael Lee, Grace Tan and
Gallery by artist and architect Dr Ho
Kok Hoe, then also president of the
Singapore Art Society, in 1957 that was
Genevieve Chua, presents a pleasant shelved during the years of Singapore’s
conundrum for the viewer attempting fledgling nationhood, in the artist’s
to sustain a unified reading that is not hands is both historical testament and
simply evident on first look, given their aesthetic interpretation that situates the
rather distinctive formal expressions unbuilt edifice within the contemporary
that accentuate the differences when import given to cultural development
juxtaposed. Yet, the consistency and today. Like a haunting of a ghost from
method, of their internal visions in the past, the work is particularly germane
each series makes them amenable given the anticipation of the opening of
to comparison, with their mingling a similar national complex in Singapore
intimating certain shared narratives and some half a century later, in a few years.
views of space and form, and where In the ongoing series Second-Hand City
such pleasures await gentle teasing out. (2010) Lee continues his exploration
of urban buildings and structures, this
Michael Lee’s practice circles the time referencing ideas of regeneration
subject of architecture, imagined, lost and revitalisation in a dialogue about
and concrete. His earlier works include urban design, that reveal their cultural
the National Columbarium of Singapore and historical conceptual underpinnings.
(2009), of 100 painstakingly modelled W ith a sense of humour that is familiar
‘lost’ (demolished, unbuilt and fictional) in his work though often underrated, #1
buildings, accompanied by droll textual Spiral Supermarket (after Brodsky and
annotations gathered from newspapers, Utkin) referring to the Russian architects,
magazines and statements, that play conceals, half-buried underground, a
with the imaginings and ambitions that tribute to the fallen; and in #3: Shishitv
permeate these constructions, drawing Tower (after David Attenborough),
attention to the human element behind the Rem Koolhaas-designed CCTV
their existence and significance, or lack Headquarters look-alike is suggested,
thereof. Another work, The $100,000 with a witty reference to the British
Gallery of Art (2007), based on the natural history presenter, as dispersing
sketch of the proposed Singapore Art “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 photograph
ii) After the Flood #10 #11 #12, 2010 photograph

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style, like seed-pods around the world. architectural memories of Lee’s work.
Here, Lee calls attention to the usually The series is to be continued by another
unspoken tensions of architectural that will take audiences to what lies
aspiration and formulae of architectural behind the Black Varieties.
success, in the global race for urban
supremacy. In contrast to Lee’s attempt to allude
to the necessity of dialogue as a means
The sense of a familiar haunting of navigating between the idealism and
continues in the spectral-looking hand- pragmatism of architectural logic and
coloured photographs of imagined ambition through absent and fictional
varieties of nocturnal flora by Genevieve constructions, Chua’s phantasmagorical
Chua. Situated in the secondary forests plot appears to deliberately obscure
of Singapore, the Belukar, describing the identities and purposes of its
cleared land that reverts to undergrowth, subjects, almost to the point of implying
the narrative of this series follows from something more sinister. Yet both in their
her earlier works, Raised as a Pack play of notions of memory, forgetting
of Wolves (2009), of a photo series of and imagining, are characterised by a
youths roaming together in the night mode of fragmentation and instability.
seeking familial solace in each other, These shifts that transform and alter
and Full Moon and Foxes (2009), a video our perceptions and expectations are
installation of adolescence and the end to be found also in the work of Grace
of innocence, in being set in an uncertain Tan, known for her fabric sculptures,
woodland, in the hour of darkness. Black composed in sheer silk chiffon, cotton
Varieties (2010) is influenced by the and silk organza, that while appearing
publication Plants that Heal, Thrill and Kill as twisting and turning organic-looking
(2005) by botanist Wee Yeow Chin, and forms of layers and pleats, are structured
references species native to Southeast in their translation into numerical
Asia such as the Hibiscus Mutabilis that systems. Here, n.303, a suspended paper
changes colour as it blooms and dies. installation that reflects more recent
The images by the artist are stained with experimentation with Chinese rice paper
dyes, with the final hues determined, of and water colour paper, described as “a
course, by time. The ambiguous fictional breaking down of rectangles, folds and
narratives that Chua weaves however stitch points,” frames the gallery space,
appear hermetically isolated. As she as well as the works of the two other
describes of the characters in the earlier artists within. Based on the rectangular
two works, “they have no memory of form that is Tan’s particular fascination,
what is outside of the Belukar,” that “because it is the most basic, common
arguably resonates briefly with the lost and efficient shape we can find,” the
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image credit: Grace Tan n.303, mixed media installation

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installation that is on a larger scale than

her earlier works of wearable pieces that
‘grow’ from the physical bodily form,
extends into architectural configuration
and sensibility. It is a new exploration
that she hopes “will be a point of
deflection to break away from the fabric-
based works and to explore new themes
hidden in the series.”
This challenge of spatial negotiation

also then brings us back around to the
tensions in Lee’s work, of the drawing
from and resistance of architectural
rationality. Simultaneously structured and
unstructured, Tan’s material negotiations,
Lee’s conceptual speculations and
Chua’s dreamlike fictional evocations
revel in destabilisation — of
mathematics, science and architecture,
by their aesthetic expression. It is an
intrinsic sense of restlessness of each
of their works, the deconstruction and
recombination of ideas, sampling and
moving on, that ironically binds the works
of the three artists together, revealing,
in an unexpected even if tenuous affinity
of the fleeting conjunction, a reading
that goes beyond their staid material
construction and composition.
June Yap is an independent curator and art historian

based in Singapore.
Floating Worlds takes place from December 10, 2010

- January 10, 2011. Open daily 10am - 6pm. Chan
Hampe Galleries @ Raffles Hotel, #01-04, 328 North
Bridge Rd
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Parliament House 1 Parliament Place +65 6336 8811
Raffles’ Landing Site North bank of the Singapore River
Foundation Oil Painting
Reflections at Bukit Chandra 31K Pepys Road +65 6375 2510
(conducted by Mr Wee Shoo Leong)
Resorts World Sentosa 39 Artillery Avenue +65 6577 8888
155 Waterloo Street
#01-04 Stam ford Arts Centre St. Andrew’s Cathedral 11 Saint Andrew’s Road
Singapore 187962 Science Centre Singapore / Omni Theatre 15 Science Centre
+65 9726 2028 Road +65 6425 2500
www.foundationoilpaintingclass.com Sentosa 1800 736 8672
SIA Hop-on +65 9457 2896
Singapore Botanic Gardens 1 Cluny Road +65 6471 7361
Geeleinan Art Gallery & Studio 1 Whitchurch Road #02-03
Singapore Cable Car +65 6270 8855
Jeremy Ramsey Fine Art 16 Bukit Pasoh Road Singapore City Gallery 45 Maxwell Road +65 6321 8321
Kelly Reedy - Studio Arts 27 Woking Road #01-01 Singapore Discovery Centre
510 Upper Jurong Road +65 6792 6188
Ketna Patel Singapore Expo 1 Expo Drive +65 6403 2160
35 Jalan Puteh Jerneh Singapore Flyer 30 Raffles Avenue +65 6734 8829
Chip Bee Gardens, Holland Village Singapore Turf Club 1 Turf Club Avenue +65 6879 1000
Singapore 278057 Singapore Zoo 80 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 3411
+65 6479 3736 SKI360° 1206A East Coast Parkway +65 6442 7318
www.ketnapatel.com Snow City 21 Jurong Town Hall Road +65 6560 2306
Sri Mariamman Temple 244 South Bridge Road
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Koeh Sia Yong 许锡勇 12 Tai Gin Road +65 6256 7377
10 Kampong Eunos
Supreme Court 1 Supreme Court Lane +65 6336 0644
Singapore 417774
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve 301 Neo Tiew Crescent +65
+65 9671 2940
e: koehsy@singnet.com.sg 6794 1401
www.yessy.com/koehsiayong Taxis
www.koehsiayong.artfederations.com - Comfort/YellowTop +65 6552 1111
- CityCab +65 6552 2222
- Premier +65 732 2516
Marisa Keller 28 Woking Road #03-05
- Smart +65 6485 7777
Sealey Brandt Photography Studio
- Tibs +65 6555 8888
1 Westbourne Road #01-02
- Transcab +65 6555 3333
Telok Kurau Studios 91 Telok Kurau Lorong J Thian Hock Keng Temple 158 Telok Ayer Street

DIRECTORIES
Touristline 1800 736 2000

Underwater World 80 Siloso Road +65 6275 0030
Universal Studios 8 Sentosa Gateway +65 6577 8888
War Memorial Park Bras Basah Road & Beach Road intersection
MALAYSIA ART GUIDE

+Wondermilk Art Gallery www.theclickproject.com
12 (Art Space Gallery) www.12as12.com
A2 Gallery www.a2artgallery.com
Annexe Gallery www.annexegallery.com
Art Case Galleries www.artcase.com.my
Art Expo Malaysia www.artexpomalaysia.com
Art House Gallery www.arthousegallery.biz
Art Loft www.artloftgallery.net
Art Salon @ Seni www.theartgallerypg.com
Artseni Gallery www.artseni.com
CHAI (Instant Cafe House of Arts and Idea) www.
instantcafetheatre.com
City Art Gallery
Edi.A Art Gallery www.ediarts.blogspot.com
Galeri Chandan www.galerichandan.com
GALERI PETRONAS www.galeripetronas.com.my
Galeri Shah Alam www.galerisa.com
galleriiizu @ Shangri-La Hotel www.galleriiizu.com
House of Matahati (HOM) www.matahati.com.my
Islamic Arts Museum www.iamm.org.my
Lookiss www.lookissgallery.com
Lost Generation Space www.lostgenerationspace.blogspot.com
Malaysia National Art Gallery www.artgallery.gov.my
MERAH: Mansion for Experimentation, Research, Arts and
Horticulture www.facebook.com/pages/MERAH/148050170487
Metro Fine Art www.metro3gallery.com
NN Gallery www.nngallery.com.my
Pace Gallery www.pacegallery.net
Pelita Hati www.pelitahati.com.my
Pinkguy Gallery www.pinkguymalaysia.com
Richard Koh Fine Art www.rkfineart.com
Rimbun Dahan www.rimbundahan.org
RougeArt www.rogueart.asia
Shalini Ganendra Fine Art www.shaliniganendra.com
The Gallery @ Star Hill www.starhillgallery.com
Valentine Willie Fine Art www.vwfa.net
Wei-Ling Gallery www.weiling-gallery.com
Y 2 S Art Space www.y2sart.com.my
ZINC www.zinc.com.my
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Max, 2002 Lithograph 109 x 76 cm

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

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Wave Five, 2000 Lithograph 26 x 61 cm

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Robert Longo`s body of work is simply