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  • A New Art Fair – Worlds Apart // Singapore

    A New Art Fair – Worlds Apart // Singapore

    A New Art Fair - Worlds Apart // Singapore

    To me, the concept of a hotel art fair was quite unusual, as this is my first experience of one – it’s the very first of it’s kind in Singapore, and it opens on Friday at the Conrad Centennial.

    A New Art Fair - Worlds Apart // Singapore

    Photo taken at Doors Hotel Art Fair 2012 in Seoul.

    Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, Worlds Apart Art Fair is an international art fair featuring emerging contemporary artists from Asia, Africa, Lebanon, Europe, the Americas and Australia. There is also a special focus on emerging artists in Singapore. (more…)

  • Being Together: Family & Portraits – Photographing with John Clang

    Being Together: Family & Portraits – Photographing with John Clang

    Being Together: Family & Portraits – Photographing with John Clang

    Being Together: Family & Portraits – Photographing with John Clang explores the theme of the “Family”, the central building block of Singapore society, by looking at Singaporeans’ sense of identity, rootedness and connection to their families both in Singapore and abroad, in cities such as London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Presented over five series of works by Clang, namely Being Together, The Moment, Fear of Losing The Existence, Guilt and Erasure, the exhibition will showcase over 90 works by the artist, and more than 40 historical portraits of the family from the National Museum of Singapore’s own collection.

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  • We Are Pirates of Uncharted History // Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

    We Are Pirates of Uncharted History // Ota Fine Arts, Singapore

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    Nobuaki Takekawa’s first show in Singapore imparts an almost mythical feel as you step into a gallery surrounded by maps and pirate chests, and then encounter a large boat hovering in the middle of the space.

    Born and raised in Japan, Nobuaki Takekawa was one of tens of thousands of Japanese who encountered the massive earthquake and subsequent nuclear accident of 2011. The events led Takekawa to question the rapid progress of a “Western-originated” world, and to reconsider the history of mankind and the origins of technology.

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