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Convergences of Art, Science and Technology (C.A.S.T )
Till 9 September 2004
Curated by Jean Wee
Art becomes the medium through which one can contemplate practices and discourse of science and technology, as well as consider its impact on society. Playful and creative expectations of the future invite your response, while hands-on stations provide interaction for technological interface with science and creativity, including student activities held in conjunction with the exhibition at the Art Lab. The opening installation of the exhibition will feature work by artists, in collaboration with scientists, computer engineers and medical professionals. Their combined wide ranging fields of expertise are a social proposition of a converging future of art, science and technology. A selection of electro-microscopic scientific images captured by researchers of the National Institute of Medical Research (Inserm), France, will be included in this opening installation. These images provide a view of science mimicking art, where images of cells, DNA, neurotransmitters and the brain, appear in unexpected and visually engaging permutations.
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Twilight Tomorrow
20 May 2004 – 26 September 2004
SAM Galleries 2.7 & 2.8
Curator: June Yap
Against the backdrop of the short history of video art from recording and experimentation of mechanical techniques and aesthetics, contemporary video art continues to push the limits of video as a medium of expression and communication, and as a play upon media itself - as source of reality, information, documentation and memory. The moving image possesses the seduction of a believable reality, it invites, provides empathetic reward and vicarious violence, satisfies voyeurism and constructs identification. The title of the exhibition, Twilight Tomorrow, is derived in part from the spirit and sentiment of spectacle and showmanship, and is a reflection upon today's media culture's pervasion, simultaneously raising the question of what its future holds.
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Beautiful Dragon
Till 18 July 2004
SAM Galleries 2.1 - 2.4
The exhibition presents the works of contemporary French artists Pierre et Gilles, whose stylised portraits are created in the tradition of glamour photography. Creating their illusionistic and fantastic portraits, a mixture of artifice and reality, the artists stage their images with props, costumes and lighting, pointing to their roots in commercial illustration and design.
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Ju Ming 2004 Singapore • Beijing • Shanghai *Blockbuster!
1 Jul 2004 – 19 Sep 2004, Galleries 1.5 & 2.5
1 Jul 2004 - 31 Dec 2004, SAM Courtyard
Curator: Joyce Fan
Co-organised by Singapore Art Museum, Juming Museum and iPRECIATION
Internationally renowned Taiwanese artist, Ju Ming has exhibitied widely in the Tokyo Central Musuem (1978), Ayala Museum in Manila (1984), Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan (1995), Place Vendome in Paris (1997), Luxemborg City (1999) and in Brussels, Belgium (2000). In this blockbuster event, the last installation of his famed Taichi Arch series will be launched together with works from his Living World Series. The exhibition in
Singapore, a joint project by Singapore Art Museum, Juming Museum in Taipei and iPreciation, will feature more than 60 sculptures.
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Fascination with Nature : Finger Paintings by Wu Tsai Yen
8 April 2004 - 4 July 2004
SAM Galleries 1.1, 1.3 & 1.4
Curator: Low Sze Wee
The exhibition aims to provide a survey of the artistic career of the late Wu Tsai Yen - one of Singapore’s pioneer ink painters and its foremost exponent of the art of finger painting. The show features about 40 works from the permanent collection of the Singapore Art Museum and local private collections. This exhibition also honours the artist's last significant donation to the museum in August 2001.
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Seni Singpore 2004
2 October 2004 – 28 November 2004
SAM Galleries 1.1 – 1.4; SAM Galleries 1.5 & 2.5; SAM Galleries 2.7 & 2.8
Curator in charge: Ahmad Mashadi
Jointly organised by the National Arts Council and the Singapore Art Museum of National Heritage Board, with artistic director, Professor Chua Beng Huat from the National University of Singapore's Department of Sociology, the exhibition from Oct - Nov 2004 will comprise several exhibition components. A main exhibition, Home Fronts, will feature works by urban artist collectives from Singapore, South East Asia and beyond to explore the notion of home in relation to geographical, socio-cultural, economic constraints and location. Other components include new media projects that investigate the relationship between moving images, location and the audience, and the influence of art history and theory on new media art.
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Embracing Infinity : Works by Tan Swie Hian
25 August – 19 December 2004
SAM Galleries 2.1 - 2.4
Curator: Low Sze Wee
Like all great artists, Tan Swie Hian’s work defies art historical categorisation and extends across various mediums. The exhibition showcases about 40 recent works from this artist whose pieces reflect a profound understanding of literature and a fundamental philosophical orientation that is based on Buddhism and Asian aesthetic traditions. This solo exhibition is a component of the Visual Arts Feste 04.
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