CELEBRATION OF LIFE JUSTIN LEE WITH DORIER ASIA PTE LTD Part of i Light Marina Bay Celebration of Life is a playful commentary on the role and value of traditional culture in our contemporary society, Through the use of Pop-art as a playful medium in this work, this installation celebrates Asian values in our modern society through a tongue-in-cheek manner. In this 3D projection installation for the ArtScience Museum, Justin playfully blends traditional Eastern iconography with modern-day symbols of our global capitalist culture. This approach suggests cultural resilience – the ability of Asian culture, to survive, to withstand, to endure, and to adapt to the changing contemporary society.
In conjunction with an on-going exhibition, internationally-renowned media artist Naoko Tosa transforms Singapore’s city skyline with an exterior projection on the ArtScience Museum façade.
“Sound of Ikebana” – the theme of four seasons inspired by different cultures showcases Japan’s four seasons alongside strong artistic influences of the Rimpa School. Colours representative of China, Malaysia and India have been included to acknowledge the exhibition’s staging in Asia. Shot at 2,000 frames per second using high-speed photography, “Sound of Ikebana” is a series of videos that showcases vibrant images using various liquids (such as paints and oils) created from sound vibrations.
Naoko Tosa is an internationally renowned Japanese media artist who believes in the artistic concept that “various cultures in the world are connected just as one culture from the ancient time of human history at unconsciousness level overcoming nationalism”. Connecting this concept to a computer, she has created a new concept called “Cultural Computing”, creating a new frontier of art products to lead society to a richer future. Covering a wide range of areas, Naoko’s art includes sculpture, visual art, video art, digital art, just to name a few. She has exhibited her artworks at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the New York Metropolitan Art Museum and Japan Creative Center at Singapore among many locations worldwide. Naoko is currently a professor at Kyoto University and a visiting professor of the National University of Singapore.
Contemporary Terracotta Warrior No. 10 Yue Minjun, China
Now into it’s 4th edition, Art Stage Singapore presents works from 158 galleries as well as eight new country and regional platforms curated by experts of the respective arts scenes including Mami Kataoka, chief curator of Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, and Huang Du, the Beijing-based art critic. This year’s fair seemed to be a bit more chill, with less large-scale installations on show compared to the previous years. The fair has shifted its focus to education with more talks and curated platforms. There were some pretty interesting and thought-provoking artworks which I really liked.
Bamboo sculpture at the entrance
50 Faces Jane Lee, Singapore Comprising 50 miniature painting objects on a 10metre wall, the artist attemptes to create a painting’s portrait, and to incorporate the viewer’s face into the artwork in order to add an element of interaction.
Good Things Come in Pairs Peng Wei, China I call them hum-sup shoes. Choy..
Shield Rachel Kneebone It’s a wall of…the male anatomy that left me slightly dumbfounded. Definitely not hanging this one in my living hall.
Tityus Damien Hirst White Cube gallery doesn’t disappoint with this year’s showcase. Darren & I loved this particular piece formed up of entomological specimens and Hammerite paint on canvas. Never knew bugs could be so beautiful, and they were very well-preserved.
A piece of artwork admiring an artwork We stood transfixed, admiring every detail. Too bad Christmas is already over, else “Thank you for the lovely present oppa!”
We loved the artworks by one of Belgium’s top artists Jan Fabre as well.
Wondered how many hundreds of thousands of bugs were used for this cloak.
Angels have pets too
One of the few large-scale installations we spotted. Darren called this Air Pig. I think it’s really cute. I like happy art.
Animals on show
And a bronze safari
They No. 2 Cai Lei
Goldrush Dolk, Norway A popular Norweigian street artist, Dolk remains anonymous and little is known about him. His works have been exhibited globally in New York, London, berlin, Oslo, Tokyo and Bergen, the artist’s hometown. The musk ox in this artwork is a symbol of nature in constant struggle against expanding civilization.
The Cutest Oz Celestial-Eye Yan Mao-Lin
Whale of a ship
The story of my life. Period.
Tracy Emin’s neon artworks never fails to tug a little emotion in my heart.
Artwork by Bounpaul Phothyzan, Laos at the Southeast Asia platform
There Is No Other Paradise Justin Lim, Malaysia One of our favourite works
I bet you won’t be playing hooky with these
We really liked these 3-dimensional artworks by TeamLab at Ikkan Art Gallery. TeamLab is not an artist cohort, but made up of programmers, mathematicians, architects, CG animators and other collaborators. Way cool.
Very clever interaction of furniture with light and puppetry by a Taiwanese artist
Flower Co. Guard Jiang Shuo This $86K guard is definitely festive-looking
Fairy surrounded by two pleasure-seeking men
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Afternoon Excursion Zhao Limin
Why do they remind me of Power Rangers?
Art is also resistance Hayat
OO-X Shigeki Hayashi
It’s life-likeness gave me the creeps.
Legs parade
Image of Chair (Father) Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew This was painted on different layers of mesh, and put together.
It’s lonely at the top…
You have to look at an angle to see this artwork. Very space-saving!
Shuttlecock fairy wings
I was pretty amazed with this piece by Choe U-Ram. Only the price tag stopped me from bringing it home.
How would you feel working in a room filled with dots painted on newspaper?
One of my favourite pieces. I love wood carving, something I excelled in back in school.
Trisha Dancing Susan Weil
Picasso Painting on a Pepsi Crate
Kiddy representations
Liu Bolin is one of my favourite Chinese artists. He painstakingly paints himself to blend in with his surroundings. Can you spot him in these three works?
Parfums de Revolte Hayat
Layer Drawing – The Tactual Sky Nobuhiro Nakanishi printed 100 images of sunrise photos he took on acrylic sheets and layered them to depict the passage of time.
We realised it made a terrific photo op too! Till edition 2015… :)
Caught G-Dragon at a music showcase during Fashion Week 2013. Although I just recently saw Big Bang during F1, I just couldn’t seem to get enough of him. So I happily shelled out $120 to listen to him sing 4 songs, and get pushed around like a star-struck teenager. I definitely wasn’t expecting the getting-pushed-around & queue-in-a-straight-line bits for what I paid, but looking on the bright side it made me feel young again :D
It was so darn difficult to take a photo, especially being vertically-challenged and squeezed together with teenage girls who couldn’t seem to stop jumping & screaming. I admire their energy level. And I hate the iPads blocking my view.
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