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Subject Shall Remain Anonymous, essay by Jason WEE The Remains of Anonymity, essay by Adele TAN Doris DUKE ANG Sookoon Ahmad Zakii ANWAR Ba CAMACHO HOANG DUONG Cam Mella JAARSMA Adam LEE Vincent LEOW Maya MUOZ Donna ONG Nipan ORANNIWESNA Jeremy SHARMA
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Doris DUKE
(1910-1967) DXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Doris Duke was a London based commercial artist during the 1930s. When war broke out in September 1939, she joined the Women's Auxilliary Air Force. Whilst in the WAAF in London, Duke was asked to work as a cartographical artist. During the war, Duke met Eric Kennington (1888 1960), the official British war artist. He inspired her to take up portrait painting. BXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX. Between 1954 and 1967 she was based in Malaysia and Singapore. Her first commission in Malaysia was from the Brigade of Ghurkas and in the particular the Gurkha Royal Signals, whose Commanding Officer wished to have portraits representing the various Gurkha tribes. Her next commission was to paint the Sultan of Negri Sembilan, who later became the first Supreme Ruler / King of Malaya H.H Tuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Muhammed, K.C.M.G. For this portrait, she travelled to the Sultan's residence in Seremban. The portrait was completed and hung in the Secretariat at Seremban. IXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. In 1955, Duke took part in the Malaya Federation Arts Exhibition alongside artists such as Chen Wen Hsi. Her paintings included Gurkha Major Parsuram Gurung MBE, Girl in Pink, Tanah Merah and Woman of Limbun Jat. LXXXXXXXX Later in 1955, the first exhibition of works by Women Artists of Malaya was held. The selection committee included Georgette Chen. Dukes works Girl in Pink and Market Kuala Lumper were featured in the exhibition. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX
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ANG Sookoon
(b.1977, Singapore. Lives and works in Singapore) TX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X X X XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX The sculptures featured in this exhibition create an oxymoronic object, part soft bread and part prickly crystals; mirroring the ups and downs of romantic love. The series is titled Love is Like a Chunk of Gold. For something so much discussed, the concept of love completely eludes us The Singapore Show: Future Proof: Singapore Art Museum, 2012-01-13. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X X XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX. Ang Sookoon graduated RMIT, Australia and the School of Visual Arts, New York (BFA, 2002) and is winner of a number of prestigious awards and residences. S XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. She has had three solo shows in Singapore and the USA and her work has featured in group exhibitions at Singapore Art Museum, ICA Singapore, National Art Studio Seoul, Osage Gallery, SouthAfrican National Gallery Cape Town, Beijing Biennale and Goliath Art Space New York. XXXXXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX
Sookoon ANG Your love is like a chunk of gold 2, Your love is like a chunk of gold 3, bread, monoammonium phosphate, dimensions variable, 2012
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Ahmad Zakii ANWAR Reclining Figure 13 (detail), charcoal and gloss medium on paper, 69.5 x 222cm, 2012
(b.1955, Malaysia. Lives and works in Johor Bahru) X X X . Zakii's new charcoal work continues his fascination with the medium. This new commission takes a darker turn, the body seemingly shrouded by foreboding."On charcoal drawings - No brushes, turpentine, gel or the endless paraphernalia that goes with painting. It is just the charcoal, your fingers and the paper. The strength of the medium lies in the intense relationship between black and white and the endless gradations of greys in between the absence of colour strips away everything illusory, revealing the form in its most basic and essential nature. But the simplicity is deceptive. It is an intensely honest medium and if you are not good enough, there is nowhere to hide... as told to Lindy Poh in Ahmad Zakii Anwar published by Standard Chartered Bank 2007. X X X X X Ahmad Zakii Anwar is a graduate of the School of Art and Design, MARA Institute of Technology Malaysia. He began his career as a graphic artist, producing some of the leading advertising graphics of his time before turning to fine art practice. H . His work has been exhibited widely in Southeast Asia, the US, China and Europe at Valentine Willie Fine Art, Richard Koh Fine Art, Andrew Shire Gallery, Plum Blossoms and Barbara Greene Fine Art among many others. He has taken part in residencies at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute and most recently, in Mexico. AX X
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Bea CAMACHO
(b.1983, Manila, Philippines) C X X This new work is an architecture dependent on the relationship between the known and the unknown. There is an invisible half; an unseen component occurring at the same time as the component seen in this video. The perceived totality is an active fiction that is reliant on the physical connection between the part revealed and the part concealed. It explores the imaginary through abstraction and reconstitution, presenting a condition between the familiar and the unfamiliar; it is a structure in flux. X X . Camacho is a visual artist who works with installation, video and performance to explore ideas of distance, absence, memory and loss, often in relation to family and home. C . Camacho received her BA in visual and environmental studies from Harvard University where she was awarded the Albert Alcalay Prize for outstanding work in studio art and the David McCord Prize for achievement in the arts. H . Her work has been shown in several institutions, including the National Museum of the Philippines, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Cultural Centre of the Philippines, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Kyoto ArtCentre, Triennale di Milano Design Museum and the Tate Modern. X X X X X X X X X X
Bea CAMACHO Contingent Architecture I, single-channel video, 2:25 minute loop, 2012
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(b.1974, Vietnam. Lives and works Ho Chi Minh City) X Voloda 1886-2011 is a collage photograph, binding one of my self-portraits with one of V.I. Lenin who had a strong influence on world history as well as the history of Vietnam. The process of making the photograph is actually the process of collage fragments, collected when taking an auto-portrait using macro lens and close-up focus to reconstruct a portrait loosely based on the portraits of people who made an effect on my personal history. The people I have chosen are carefully considered, as is the time at which the photograph was taken a time when they were still young and had not started their careers. Conversely, because most of the portraits I found of historical figures were worn out, the process of binding fragments of my personal history with theirs gradually becomes the restoration process of a broader history. As told to Tolla Sloane, 2012. X X Hoang Duong graduated as a painter from Hanoi Fine Arts University in 1996, he is one of the most active contemporary artists in Vietnam today. H . His conceptual works span a range of mediums: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, video and digital photography. His works are deeply concerned with the human condition, the relations that might existed between ones inner and outer worlds. His work has been exhibited at the Aichi Triennale Japan, ifa-Galerie Berlin, ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Jakarta Biennale, Coreana Museum of Art Seoul, Singapore Art Museum , Zendai Museum of Modern Art Shanghai, Guangdong Museum of Art Guangshou, Singapore Biennale and Museum of Contemporary Art Karlsruhe, Germany. " X X X
HOANG DUONG Cam Volodya 1886-2011, digital print edition of 5 + 2AP, 110 x 120cm, 2012
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Mella JAARSMA
(b. 1960, Netherlands. Lives and works in Yogyakarta since 1984) J X X X X X . Through my work, I question origins, and actually deconstruct identities by producing renewable identities and seeing identity as a transient invention. Clothing, as a second skin, has become a major theme. Clothing can be seen as an instrument to communicate to the surrounding world. It is a vehicle for all sorts of messages. On the other hand, our skin and other layers protects us from invaders - as told to Jason Wee, 2012. X X X X X X X . Jaarsma grew up in the Netherlands and studied visual art at Minerva Academy, Groningen. Following that she graduated from the Art Institute of Jakarta and has been based in Yogjakarta since 1984. H . Her work has been presented widely in exhibitions in Indonesia and beyond including the Singapore Art Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Gwangju Biennale, Yokohama Triennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei and Katonah Museum New York. She is also co-founder of one of Indonesias most influential spaces, Cemeti Art House. " X X X X X
Mella JAARSMA Talisman, chainmail, dimensions variable, 2009 (photography by Mie Cornoedus)
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Adam LEE
(b.1979, Melbourne. Lives and works in Victoria) X X X X X X X X . For me, the work is really about this relationship or contrast between our resilience and our frailty. I think those two characteristics of humanity have been magnified in the last decade or so. As told to Dan Rule in Artist Profile, Australia. X X X X X X X X X X X X Lee graduated with a BFA and MFA from the Royal Melbourne Institute in 2006. He has since had a number of solo shows in Australia and won the 2011 RBS Emerging Artist award. His works were recently featured at Art Stage Singapore. " X X X X X X X X X
Adam Lee Wilderbeast , oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 66 x 46cm, 2011
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Vincent LEOW
(b.1961, Singapore. Lives and works in Singapore) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Vincent Leow is a pivotal figure in the alternative art scene in Singapore. His practice parallels the development of contemporary art in Singapore. Leow is the founder of Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW), a leading alternative artist-run space in Singapore. L . Leows solo shows include Singapore Art Museum, Jendala Gallery@Esplanade, Tadu Art Space Bangkok, Xin Beijin Gallery, Lip Gallery Yogjakarta and group shows at Seoul Museum of Art, 52nd Venice Biennale Singapore Pavillion, GuiYang Biennale and Gwanju Biennale. X X X X X X X X X
Vincent LEOW White Portrait, oil on canvas, 100 x 80cm, 2009
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Maya MUOZ
(b.1972, Philippines. Lives and works in the Philipines) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . Muoz graduated from the San Jose University, Silicon Valley, California, USA, majoring in painting and three-dimensional space design. S . She has exhibited widely in the Philippines, participating in group shows and solo exhibitions around Manila. T X X X X X X X X X X X
Maya MUNOZ Afternoon I, oil on canvas, 153 x 122.5 cm, 2011
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Donna ONG
(b.1978, Singapore. Lives and works in Singapore) X The series of works in this exhibition, Suspending Twilight, were drawn at the Medical School Museum in Singapore. While the foetuses depicted are anonymous, her connection with them is deeply personal. This is the first time the works have been shown in Singapore. X X . Donna Ong is an installation artist, best known for her ambitious narrative environments made from furniture, found objects and original artwork. Her works have been exhibited both locally and internationally in shows such as the 2nd Moscow Biennale and the inaugural Singapore Biennale 2007. Since her graduation from Goldsmiths College, London and University College with a degree in Fine Art as well as in Architecture, she has received much positive critical review for her installations. Her first solo show titled Palace of Dreams was held at The Arts House, formerly known as the Old Parliament. She has won several awards and prizes, including the Singapore Undergraduate Scholarship from UCL, the Shell-NAC scholarship from the Singapore Arts Council and Shell and the Sefton Open Competition in Two-Dimensional Art (2004), UK. H Her recent activities include an exhibition in Beijing for the Singapore Season in China, a residency by Arts Initiative Tokyo with an accompanying exhibition at Scai x Scai gallery, Tokyo, and was recently chosen as one of the artists in the Venice Architectural Exhibition (2008) under the Singapore Pavilion. In 2009, she was recognised for her artistic achievements and received the Young Artist Award from the Singapore government and that same year, was awarded the Peoples Choice award for the Presidents Young Talent Exhibition and Competition. X
Donna ONG Suspending Twilight I-IV, ink on paper, 20 x 30cm framed each, 2006
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Nipan ORANNIWESNA
(b.1962, Thailand. Lives and works in Bangkok) O X X . Three new works have been created for this exhibition. The works are an extension of Oranniwesnas work relating to national identity in a globalised world. T . They use a technique seen in his recent solo exhibitions where he pierces small holes in paper or wood to create Braille-like versions of poems and songs. The work is based on an ancient Thai prophecy verse "Pleng-yow Prayakorrn Krungsri Ayudthaya (the verse prophesying the future of Krung Sri Ayutthaya)" and is about the king's dreams and predictions related to sixteen bad omens. There are various suspicions concerning the verse, one of these is that the verse was written in Ayutthaya period of Siam before this ancient capital city collapsed but none ever knew who was the author... X Oranniwesna graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from Silpakorn University, Bangkok and received his MFA and Doctoral degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Art & Music. I In addition to the exhibition Globalization - Please Slow Down at the Thai Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale (2007), he has participated in exhibitions at the Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Busan Biennale, Soka Art Centre Taipei, Eslite Gallery Taipei and Osage Gallery Hong Kong. H . He lives in Bangkok where he is Head of Visual Art Department, School of Fine & Applied Art, Bangkok University. T X X X
Nipan ORANNIWESNA Testimony of Forgetting (detail), hand pierced paper, 210 x100 cm (3 sheets : each 70x100 cm), 2011-2012
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Jeremy SHARMA
(b.1977, Singapore. Lives and works in Singapore) X X X X X X X . Astronaut and Racing Driver are from a series An Anthology of Faces created in 2008. A face conveys deep emotions and establishes a persons identity. Often one look at the face is enough to form an opinion of a personality type; friendly, confrontational or quite simply indifferent as told to Deepika Shetty in the Straits Times 12 June 2008. X X X X X X X X X X X X X . Sharma studied at the LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts and graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) with a BA in Fine Art in 2003 and a MA in Fine Art in 2006. A X X X X X X X
Jeremy Sharma F1 Racer, oil and acrylic on canvas, 183 x 122 cm, 2008
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Jason Wee
is an artist and a writer. He is the author of the nonfiction chapbook My Suit, and coauthor with Sean Tobin of the divisive play Tongues, both published by Math Paper Press. Tongues was a commission by The Necessary Stage and premiered at the 2012 Singapore Fringe Festival. He exhibits with Valentine Willie Fine Art, Give Art and Chan Hampe Galleries. He also runs Grey Projects, an arts platform space and residency.
We are a young, yet visionary gallery concept. We believe that contemporary art can and should be accessible to all, without losing its conceptual strength. Give Art Space is an extension of our web-based gallery, GiveArt.net (b.2010). GiveArt.nets mission is to provide alternative ways to collect critically acclaimed contemporary art through a unique online gift registry allowing collectors to crowd-source for funds to build a contemporary art collection. Give Art Space launches on 4 April 2012 with a group exhibition featuring 11 exciting Southeast Asian contemporary artists at Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore. Give Art Space will focus on nurturing our growing family of gallery artists and curating exhibitions at our space and in collaboration with other institutions and galleries. Our gallery artists and exhibited artists are based in Southeast Asia and the UK. This enables us to provide interesting collaborations, dialogues and exchanges between artists, curators, academics and
writers based in Southeast Asia and the UK. Our mission is to bring Southeast Asian contemporary artists to a global audience and to inspire collectors to discover artists working in this rapidly changing region. Artists have a unique ability to capture these changes in their work, giving us a moment to reflect on the shape-shifting around us. We're passionate about art and believe that art is a fundamental part of our society. Living with art and engaging with artists should be accessible to everyone. By collecting, engaging with and supporting contemporary artists we believe collectors new and old are making a good investment; in the artist, in the open exchange of ideas and in themselves. We will continue to innovate to create inspiring exhibitions and open forums for all whilst nurturing a group of exciting emerging artists. www.giveartspace.net www.giveart.net
Adele Tan
teaches and writes on art and art history, in particular contemporary art and performance in China and Singapore. She holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London) and was a recent Global Art and the Museums fellow at ZKM, Karlsruhe. For several years she was also Assistant Editor of the British journal Third Text.
Graphic design by: Sandrine Llouquet Printed by: AlsOdoMinie Cover image: 2009-12. Vincent Leow. Portrait and Hand (detail), oil on canvas [2009]
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