This exhibition is held at Grey Projects from 7th May 2015 to 31st May 2015.
Grey Projects is an independent art space so you kind of figure the works that are showing there.
The exhibition is curated by Andrea Fam and Jason Wee.
Bruce Quek presented a projection of 'stars' which moved about slowly. Interesting. It think it was titled Consider(Paris); Cadastre per Aspera.
Melissa Tan did a follow up of her windy up / music box thingy. She constructed 3 stands to house the industrial quality music wind up thingy. I think after the fragile one at the Richard Koh exhibition broke last year. This time the height of the pins on the drums were based on Rocks, and would hit against the comb to produce the sound. So the industrial cranking against the musical comb was interesting.
Points for collectors: Not sure about Bruce Quek. Was featured in the Singapore Eye, but other then his writing, he has remained low profile. Melissa Tan is considered a Buy, her sculptures sold well at Art stage. However, the stands I felt was priced a bit high.
Interesting exhibitions which we attend. Mainly paintings but everything Art in Singapore with hot collector tips.
Friday 22 May 2015
Saturday 9 May 2015
Peculiar Textures - Luke Heng, Hilmi Johandi and Bradley Foisset
This exhibition is held from 8th May to 13th June 2015 at Galerie Steph at Helu-Trans Artspace. It coincides with the reopening of the revamped space, which now features only Ikkan Art and Galerie Steph.
This exhibition featured the three artists, Hilmi Johandi, Luke Heng and Bradley Foisset.
Hilmi's works are a continuation of his series. This time he presented smaller format works as compared to his art stage pieces. It is definitely an improvement / moving on. Although superficially it looks the same, but the brush strokes, structure, presentation of ideas and colour palette are much different.
Luke Heng presented brilliant works on paper. He claims they are drawings, but it looks much like paintings to me. In fact he intentionally painted a rectangular area, and left a border to make it look like a print. And the font of the title and his signature at the bottom where a la print style to further the deception. But the small format works are gorgeous.
Bradley Foisset presented a collage of images cut into various shapes and sizes and printed onto aluminium. Looks a bit messy. Not his best works. But interesting. He also presented two abstract mixed media pieces that look something like Piet Mondrian works but with the painted areas textured.
Points for collectors: Hilmi and Luke are strong buys. Hilmi's works were all pre-sold. Some of Luke's works were also bought up. Bradley Foisset is on the watch list. He does good work but needs to show more and get more exposure.
This exhibition featured the three artists, Hilmi Johandi, Luke Heng and Bradley Foisset.
Hilmi's works are a continuation of his series. This time he presented smaller format works as compared to his art stage pieces. It is definitely an improvement / moving on. Although superficially it looks the same, but the brush strokes, structure, presentation of ideas and colour palette are much different.
Luke Heng presented brilliant works on paper. He claims they are drawings, but it looks much like paintings to me. In fact he intentionally painted a rectangular area, and left a border to make it look like a print. And the font of the title and his signature at the bottom where a la print style to further the deception. But the small format works are gorgeous.
Bradley Foisset presented a collage of images cut into various shapes and sizes and printed onto aluminium. Looks a bit messy. Not his best works. But interesting. He also presented two abstract mixed media pieces that look something like Piet Mondrian works but with the painted areas textured.
Points for collectors: Hilmi and Luke are strong buys. Hilmi's works were all pre-sold. Some of Luke's works were also bought up. Bradley Foisset is on the watch list. He does good work but needs to show more and get more exposure.
Saturday 2 May 2015
Other things to catch in May 2015
The exhibitions are coming fast and furious.
FOST is opening Izziyana Suhaimi this friday. Galerie Steph is opening Hilmi Johandi/Bradley Foisset/Luke Heng this friday. Grey Projects is opening Bruce Quek/Melissa Tan this thursday.
Been really busy so only have time to write quick snippets rather than anything in depth. So sorry.
Anyway 3 more exhibitions which we have attended.
Prudential Eye Awards/ Singapore Eye
Catch it if you can. 1st June 2015 - Vesak Day will be free entry, so go and chiong that day. You should go just to catch
FOST is opening Izziyana Suhaimi this friday. Galerie Steph is opening Hilmi Johandi/Bradley Foisset/Luke Heng this friday. Grey Projects is opening Bruce Quek/Melissa Tan this thursday.
Been really busy so only have time to write quick snippets rather than anything in depth. So sorry.
Anyway 3 more exhibitions which we have attended.
Prudential Eye Awards/ Singapore Eye
Catch it if you can. 1st June 2015 - Vesak Day will be free entry, so go and chiong that day. You should go just to catch
- Jane Lee's works
- Kumari Nahappan's works
- Kei Imazu's works
- Donna Ong's works
- Keisuke Jinba's works
- Arin Dwihartanto Sunaryo's work
SAM - After Utopia
Must say it's really a good exhibtion. Amazing the contemporary art that SAM has acquired. Most works are really good stuff. A must catch exhibtion. You should really catch Ian Woo's work too..... really amazed by it. A really good painting that held up against the rest and wasn't drowned out by the big installations and shock factor works.
Ian Woo's work
Never Say No: Entang Wiharso at STPI (24th April -29th May)
Quite a spiffy location and roomy for a non profit organisation. Anyway the art industry is a $$$ monster. Nice varied works by Entang Wiharso. You should catch this if you can too.
New Silk Roads : Painting beyond borders - Filip Gudovic et al
This exhibition was held from 21st - 27th April 2015 at Ion art by ENE Central Asian Art.
This exhibition featured 5 artists from Central Asia. Filip Gudovic was one of them. He presented 7 bigger works and 1 smaller work. The works were abstract works. But the style was abstract with commentary in which certain 'figures' / 'forms' and flow were present to lead the viewer, rather than pure abstract expressionism.
Really nice works.
Points for collectors: Buy. Price point is reasonable because he is a young emerging artist. Can only improve. And he is passionate about his work.
This exhibition featured 5 artists from Central Asia. Filip Gudovic was one of them. He presented 7 bigger works and 1 smaller work. The works were abstract works. But the style was abstract with commentary in which certain 'figures' / 'forms' and flow were present to lead the viewer, rather than pure abstract expressionism.
Really nice works.
Points for collectors: Buy. Price point is reasonable because he is a young emerging artist. Can only improve. And he is passionate about his work.
Ink Extraordinaire - Fan Shao Hua / Liu Guo / Gui Zhao Hai
This exhibition was held at Ion Art Gallery from the 10th - 18th April 2015 by Asia Art Collective.
3 Ink Artists were featured.
But Fan Shao Hua really caught my eye. He is known for is Lotus series be it in oil or ink.
But this time he had many of his older ink works presented. He is definitely a skilled artist. He is able to work with ink and oil. And his representational works are 1st class. He is also able to do abstract works. And has done more contemporary works of social realism. But I feel he excels in his classical works.
Points for Collectors: Strong Buy. However, I feel his price point is a bit on the high side. Having said that, he has international demand from China. And that would drive prices up.
3 Ink Artists were featured.
But Fan Shao Hua really caught my eye. He is known for is Lotus series be it in oil or ink.
But this time he had many of his older ink works presented. He is definitely a skilled artist. He is able to work with ink and oil. And his representational works are 1st class. He is also able to do abstract works. And has done more contemporary works of social realism. But I feel he excels in his classical works.
Points for Collectors: Strong Buy. However, I feel his price point is a bit on the high side. Having said that, he has international demand from China. And that would drive prices up.
Falling off Plastic Chairs - Ian Woo
This exhibition is held at Tomio Koyama Gallery at Gillman Barracks from 10th April 2015 to 17th May 2015.
At this exhibition he presented 5 big new paintings and a handful of drawings.
He is trying something new with his drawings, in which he is adding colour and painting into these small format drawings. Interesting.
For the larger works, some of them, he is adding lines to the paintings. Not strong shapes or representative figures. But lines to help balance or to add something to the painting.
Anyway, Ian Woo has good skill and paints for painting sake.
Good works overall.
Points for collectors: Strong Buy.
At this exhibition he presented 5 big new paintings and a handful of drawings.
He is trying something new with his drawings, in which he is adding colour and painting into these small format drawings. Interesting.
For the larger works, some of them, he is adding lines to the paintings. Not strong shapes or representative figures. But lines to help balance or to add something to the painting.
Anyway, Ian Woo has good skill and paints for painting sake.
Good works overall.
Can you hear us
Softly as the morning sunrise
The Grab
Points for collectors: Strong Buy.
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