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Museum Musings: I Am You at UltraSuperNew Gallery

UltraSuperNew Gallery on Rowell Road is set to present their first exhibition of 2019 this February. Titled I Am You, the exhibition will feature the work of eclectic French visual artist Elodie Chandernagor, as she challenges the illusion of self and explores the divinity of the human body through her photography.  Major questions Chandernagor asked herself as she went through this exibition included definitions of the artist and … Continue reading Museum Musings: I Am You at UltraSuperNew Gallery

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Museum Musings: In Random Order at FOST Gallery

This year, FOST Gallery starts off 2019 with a brand new exhibition. At In Random Order, works by artists Kray Chen, Heman Chong, Grace Tan and Syagini Ratna Wulan are set to be featured, unified by functioning within a structure, physical or conceptual, in turn determined by a set of rules and a unified composite of interrelated and independent (possibly infinite) modular parts. Yet each … Continue reading Museum Musings: In Random Order at FOST Gallery

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Museum Musings: Something Above; Somewhere Beyond at FOST Gallery

FOST Gallery presents Something Above; Somewhere Beyond, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Sebastian Mary Tay. As Tay’s first major exhibition with the gallery, the exhibition brings together selected photographic works from four different series: Redolent Hills and Delectable Mountains (2012/2013), Amidst the Colours (2015) and Where Does the Sun Rise; Where Will the Moon Shine (2017-) and Time Passing (2018-). Tay is interested in concepts of Ontology, … Continue reading Museum Musings: Something Above; Somewhere Beyond at FOST Gallery

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Museum Musings: Painting With Light at the National Gallery Singapore

What exactly is the role of art in society? National Gallery Singapore’s second edition of Painting With Light, the gallery’s festival of international films on art, returns this October to answer exactly that. Painting with Light will screen over 30 thought-provoking international feature-length and short films in the month-long programme held at the National Gallery Singapore itself, curated to stimulate conversations on the role of art and museums … Continue reading Museum Musings: Painting With Light at the National Gallery Singapore

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Museum Musings: Wu Guanzhong – Expressions of Pen & Palette at the National Gallery Singapore

The National Gallery Singapore commemorates seminal Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong’s centennial year with a special exhibition celebrating his use of art and literature. Co-curated by Dr Cai Heng and Jennifer K. Y. Lam., the exhibition will comprise a selection of key works from the Gallery’s collection and major private collections, revealing recurring themes and symbolism that run through his work, including depictions of his hometown … Continue reading Museum Musings: Wu Guanzhong – Expressions of Pen & Palette at the National Gallery Singapore

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Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

National Gallery Singapore launches an all new exhibition this week, featuring an ode to seminal plein-air (the art of painting outdoors) artist Lim Cheng Hoe. Entitled Painting Singapore, the exhibition features over 60 artworks, sketches and archival materials highlighting the his career over four decades and mastery over outdoor watercolour landscape painting. Although largely self taught, Lim also studied painting under the then-art inspector of schools, Richard Walker, and … Continue reading Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery

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SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Review)

Afro-futurism is given a musical touch in a stirring work of speculative fiction. Toshi and Bernice Johnson Reagon’s Parable of the Sower is a genre defying work that, if it were to be summed up, would simply be a powerful musical adaptation of one of the most seminal works of Afro-futurism. Parable of the Sower was originally written as a novel by award-winning author Octavia E. Butler, and is … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Review)

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National Gallery Singapore’s (Re)Collect: A Retrospective on our National Collection

The National Gallery may only have been around for a couple of years, but it’s already established itself as the go to national institution to look to for any and all information on the local and regional visual arts scene. With their latest exhibition (Re)collect: The Making of Our Art Collection, the National Gallery takes a look back on some of the key art pieces that make … Continue reading National Gallery Singapore’s (Re)Collect: A Retrospective on our National Collection

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SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Preview)

 Considered one of the foremost pioneers of the Afro-futurism movement, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sowerfollowers is a sprawling, epic tale of the spiritual awakening of young Lauren Olamina, amidst a dystopian America wracked by the violence brought on by climate change, unrelenting greed, and systemic injustice. Known for her keen ear for sonic Americana, musician Toshi Reagon has been celebrated for … Continue reading SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Preview)

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SIFA 2018: 0600 by Ground Z-0 (Review)

Silence is power in this immersive tour that summons the ghosts of the past to the National Gallery.  It’s 10pm at the National Gallery, long after opening hours have ceased, and all is quiet. It’s a little nervewracking; one becomes keenly aware of each step you take, echoing through the walls of the former Supreme Court with its high ceilings and expansive corridors. And that’s … Continue reading SIFA 2018: 0600 by Ground Z-0 (Review)

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