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PLURALITIES OF TASTE IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE

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PLURALITIES OF TASTE IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE

Our world is a vastly interconnected one. It’s almost a truism, by now, after decades of being inundated with promises of the transformative potential of globalisation and network technologies. Across the political spectrum, expressed in various art forms, interpretations and predictions ...

JULIA CALFEE: MESSAGES FROM ANOTHER WORLD

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JULIA CALFEE: MESSAGES FROM ANOTHER WORLD

Two thoughts underlie the project, Messages From Another World: on one hand, the realization that space is not empty, but a universe teeming with life that is invisible to ordinary sense perception and on the other, the realization that there are universals common to all humankind. The Swiss are a ...

INSIGHTS INTO NAN QI’S ARTWORKS

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INSIGHTS INTO NAN QI’S ARTWORKS

When Hong Kong was taken over by China in 1997, Margaret Thatcher negotiated with Deng Xiaoping in order to smooth the transition and keep some British marks and traditions that had accompanied the people in Hong Kong. “One China, Two Systems” is a constitutional principle formulated by Deng ...

FABIENNE VERDIER: ONE AND ONENESS

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FABIENNE VERDIER: ONE AND ONENESS

When it comes to French artist Fabienne Verdier, a single brush stroke is all it takes to make a compelling work of art. A single well-mediated, perfectly executed, and precisely-positioned brushstroke which is a result of over three decades of contemplation and practise. Verdier’s grand canvases ...

DOUG AND MIKE STARN – THE NO MIND NOT THINKS NO THINGS

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DOUG AND MIKE STARN – THE NO MIND NOT THINKS NO THINGS

Born in 1961, American artists and identical twins Doug and Mike Starn were primarily known for working conceptually with photography, and are concerned largely with chaos, interconnection and interdependence.  They have continued to defy categorization, effectively combining traditionally ...

CHUN KWANG YOUNG AND THE MARKS OF HISTORY

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CHUN KWANG YOUNG AND THE MARKS OF HISTORY

At the age of 69, Chun Kwang Young is today internationally recognized as an artist who has been seeking the essence of his home country, Korea, to infuse it onto the social and political contradictions expressed by the Abstract Expressionist statement. In his work, Chun Kwang Young creates small ...

A CONVERSATION WITH BERNAR VENET – PART I: FROM TAR TO CHARCOAL

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A CONVERSATION WITH BERNAR VENET – PART I: FROM TAR TO CHARCOAL

What makes a great artist? Some might say technical skill, or the ability to create a piece of art that is aesthetically pleasing. Bernar Venet, however, began his talk at the National Library Building by stating that great artists ‘raise questions about the nature of art.’ In discussing his ...

A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE

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A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE

The term ‘modern sculpture’ has been used in reference to sculptures in the modern and contemporary art world that were created after Rodin (1840–1917), largely regarded as the father of modern sculpture. However, what exactly defines modern sculpture? While the issue has received much ...

ABSURDITY AND AESTHETICS: INSIDE DANE PATTERSON’S HYPOTHETICAL WORLD

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ABSURDITY AND AESTHETICS: INSIDE DANE PATTERSON’S HYPOTHETICAL WORLD

“With thought experiments the philosopher puzzles through moral conundrums. In a way these images are aesthetic conundrums where I’m playing with extremes or interjections of nonsense.” – Dane Patterson Dane Patterson’s graphite rooms are not the kind one would feel comfortable in, even ...

THE DOT MATRIX – NAN QI ON STORM

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THE DOT MATRIX – NAN QI ON STORM

For Chinese artist Nan Qi, building his art perspective took him along a pathway dotted with Chinese and Western ideas and ideology. When you ponder upon it, everything evolves from a single atom, building into a molecule, an entity, a thought, a community, a collaboration, a society, and beyond. ...

AGATHE DE BAILLIENCOURT: A SINGAPORE STORY

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AGATHE DE BAILLIENCOURT: A SINGAPORE STORY

For most of the 2000’s de Bailliencourt called Singapore her home. Soon after arriving in 2002 she began to gather a strong local following that grew exponentially over the years. It was the ideal environment for the young artist, , especially in the arts scene. That’s why I wanted to come ...

LI TIANBING AND THE SELF-PORTRAIT SERIES

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LI TIANBING AND THE SELF-PORTRAIT SERIES

Li Tianbing explores fiction and reality haunted by selected childhood memories in a suffocating society and charged political setting. Using photographs as a medium to illustrate his reflections on the past and his multicultural experiences, Li layers the present using oil painting in a timeless ...