Exhibition Extravaganza: Access Your Emotions This October with 3 Exhibitions at ION Art Gallery

This October, ION Art gallery presents three very different and abstract art exhibitions crafted by diverse groups of talented and passionate artists from Singapore, Korea and Japan. Visitors to the showcase will have an opportunity to explore varying forms of art that are inspired by poignant human emotions including hope, desire, and sadness. The month begins with Celebration! heART 10TH Anniversary Exhibition from 5th to 13th … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: Access Your Emotions This October with 3 Exhibitions at ION Art Gallery

Exhibition Extravaganza: Epistēmē – A sensory installation at ION Art Gallery

Presented by Australian luxury skin, hair and body care brand Aesop, Epistēmē is a brand new art installation at ION Art Gallery that re-imagines the gallery space as a theatre of the senses – showcasing the moment Aesop’s formulations interact with the skin’s surface through aroma, sound, tactile materiality, sculptural intervention, and moving images. Presented as part of ION Orchard’s 10th anniversary, the evocative, sensory installation … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: Epistēmē – A sensory installation at ION Art Gallery

Exhibition Extravaganza: I am, but also at UltraSuperNew Gallery

This September, discover the ideas of labels and segregation as UltraSuperNew Gallery presents a group show by Anna Chan, Dipali Gupta, Fazleen Karlan and Maisarah Kamal. To make sense of the world, we label and are labelled. To connect with others and form bonds, we live within the labels that are given to us, be it by ourselves or by others. A cycle forms where … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: I am, but also at UltraSuperNew Gallery

Exhibition Extravaganza: Zhao Zhao’s Control at the Mizuma Gallery

This September, Mizuma Gallery Singapore presents Control, a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Zhao Zhao – his first in Southeast Asia. Featuring new sculpture and embroidery works, the exhibition will showcase two of Zhao Zhao’s iconic series: his Control series and Constellations series. Manifest in the works of Zhao Zhao is a persistent interest in Chinese history, tradition, craft, culture and a keen observation of life. … Continue reading Exhibition Extravaganza: Zhao Zhao’s Control at the Mizuma Gallery

Museum Musings: Planes & Enevelopes at UltraSuperNew Gallery

This March, UltraSuperNew Gallery is set to present Planes & Envelopes, a brand new exhibition by Hazel Lim and Ginette Chittick, brought together for the first time. Both artists are known for using simple materials such as yarn and paper to create woven artworks, primarily focusing on intersections of contemporary art, design and craft. Using pared down materials such as the kapok yarn and semi-translucent paper, they fashion … Continue reading Museum Musings: Planes & Enevelopes at UltraSuperNew Gallery

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

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

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

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

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