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Building Conversations: Michael Lee and Nadiah Bamadhaj
15 Sep 2006 – 25 Feb 2007
Building Conversations is an attempt at inscribing a sense of criticality in the thinking of architecture and the histories that surround it. The contemporary art practices of the artists Michael Lee and Nadiah Bamadhaj engage the vernacular of architecture by cross-referencing heritage with history, present politics with future ruin.
Nadiah Bamadhaj’s work have been for the most part overlined by a political skin, but her recent projects and concerns are finding new directions. Architecture has been prominent, with her morphing of unlikely architectural types in even more unlikely settings. Her works have a beautiful subtlety that may be lost to the un-keen observer, but a delight of discovery for those who take the time.
Michael Lee’s practice has also been marked by thoughts of morphing; in his case however, the problematic is more architecturally grounded—the continuance of the body with the building. He has made explorations of buildings and their relation to the human form, how we transgress or relate to the spaces that envelop us. His works are minimal but brimming with the rigor of craftsmanship and preciseness rarely seen in art practices today.
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Family Of Late Singapore Abstract Artist Anthony Poon Donates 23 Works To Singapore Art Museum
25 January 2007
Singapore Art Museum is proud to receive the donation of 23 important works by late artist Anthony Poon, Singapore’s important abstract artist. The works range from the late 1960s to 2005 and include 3 sculptures, 2 wall reliefs and 18 paintings.
To mark this occasion, a Donation Ceremony will be held on 25 January (Thursday) at 10.30am, SAM, with Professor Tommy Koh, Chairman of National Heritage Board as the guest-of-honour. Some of the donated works will be on display during the event.
Srihadi Soedarsono and Chua Ek Kay -- Drawing Ground
24 Nov 2006 to 21 Jan 2007
The Singapore Art Museum in association with Gajah Gallery will be exhibiting works by two of South East Asia’s master artists: Chua Ek Kay, from Singapore, and Srihadi Soedarsono, from Indonesia. This exhibition brings together, for the first time, two of Southeast Asia's illustrious artists whose work have been hugely influential if not pivotal in the field. Their recent landscapes affirm their visions and pursuit of depictions beyond visual transcriptions of topography or locations. Their landscapes assume metaphysical, spiritual and symbolic resonances - suggesting the energy and character of land forms unique to the region and its people.
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Between, Beside, Beyond
Daniel Libeskind’s Reflections and Key Works, 1989-2014
4 January to 15 January 2007
The Singapore Art Museum, in association with Keppel Land, presents an exhibition of architectural prints, renderings and drawings of the works of New York-based master architect, Daniel Libeskind. The exhibition entitled Between, Beside, Beyond: Daniel Libeskind’s Reflections and Key Works, 1989-2014, features 16 architectural masterpieces, beginning with Libeskind’s 1989 winning entry for Berlin’s Jewish Museum Design Competition to his vision for Fiera Milano (in collaboration with Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki and Piero Paolo Maggiora) and the masterplan of the New York World Trade Centre site, both expected to be completed in 2014.
The selection of these works by Guest Curator, Michael Lee Hong Hwee, rests on the main criterion of showcasing the ingenious possibilities of architectural design and Libeskind’s diversity and versatility across different building categories, geographic locations and scale.
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M1 Fringe Fest
30 Jan 2007 – 11 Feb 2007
Organised by The Necessary Stage and presented by Singapore Art Museum
Project coordinator: Noorashikin Zulkifli
The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is an annual festival of theatre, performance arts, film, dance, visual arts, mixed media, music and forum created and presented by Singaporean and international artists. Themed differently each year, the Festival aims to bring the best of contemporary, cutting-edge and socially-engaged works to the Singapore audience.
Three international artists will be featured at SAM. Works presented include performance art pieces Reset Button and Should I Be in My Bodi?* by anti-cool a.k.a. Tomoko Takahashi (Japan) and Tim Jeeves (UK) respectively, as well as an exhibition of previous photographic works and a new Festival commissioned installation by Dutch artist Jan Rothuizen. Local sound artist Ang Song Ming will be collaborating with Rothuizen on an audio response to his exhibition The Self Collector.
For more information, visit the Festival website at www.singaporefringe.com.
* Recommended for 16 and above
Convergences: Chen Wen Hsi Centennial Exhibition
汇流:陈文希百年诞辰纪念展
30 Nov 2006 - 08 April 2007
Chen Wen Hsi is one of the Singapore’s pioneer artists. A keen observer of nature and an animal lover, his favoured subject matter includes landscapes, figures, birds and animals, still-life studies and abstract compositions. He was proficient in both traditional Chinese ink and Western oil painting and experimented with a variety of styles including Fauvism and Cubism.
This exhibition is a tribute to the legendary artist's outstanding artistic life. It tracks Chen’s creative development and his profound influence on the Singapore art community, featuring key works from notable periods in his artistic career.
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Wong Keen: A Singapore Abstract Expressionist: An exhibition on donated works by Mr & Mrs Koh Seow Chuan
09 March – 24 June 2007
In March 2007, the Singapore Art Museum celebrates the donation of a significant collection of artworks in the exhibition Wong Keen: A Singapore Abstract Expressionist: An exhibition on donated works by Mr & Mrs Koh Seow Chuan. This donation is made up of 63 artworks by Singapore artist Wong Keen that collectively documents a critical period of the artist’s development from the 1960s to current times. An established artist who works in both the Singapore and New York art scenes, Wong Keen is a long-time practitioner of Abstract Expressionism. This exhibition will provide the opportunity to view select pieces of works from the donation.
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Zeng Fanzhi - Idealism
30 April – 16 July 2007
Idealism, a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed Chinese contemporary artist, Zeng Fanzhi, is on at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) from April 30 to July 16 2007. This exhibition of 36 major works includes those from his celebrated series Hospital, Meat, Mask and Portraits. The exhibition also features new works from the Untitled (Night) series that have never been exhibited. Idealism is an exhibition that captures the tension between greatness and emptiness, joyousness and alienation, sentiments echoed in Zeng's powerful expressionist style. The exhibition departs from the chronological presentation of Zeng’s works at international museums and galleries. Zeng responds to the gallery spaces of SAM and the interplay of the theme of idealism. A retrospective-scaled exhibition, Idealism is site specific to SAM and the exhibition’s curatorial direction for which the artist has created new works.
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Engraving the World:
A Selection from the Chalcography Collection of the Louvre Museum
04 May – 22 July 2007
Featuring 138 prints from the Chalcography of the Louvre Museum, Engraving The World explores the history and development of print-making in France over the last four centuries starting from the reign of Louis XIV “The Sun King”. With works inspired by Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, Nicolas Poussin, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Jacques-Louis David, the exhibition showcases the skills of engravers such as Anton Van Dyck, Francois Chauveau and Gilles Rousselet, Sébastien Le Clerc, artists from The Royal Academy of Painting & Sculpture and Louise Bourgeois.
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La Biennale di Venezia - 52nd International Art Exhibition
10 June – 21 November 2007
The Singapore Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale is proud to present new site-specific works by four artists – Da Wu Tang, Vincent Leow, Jason Lim and Zulkifle Mahmod. Jointly presented by the National Arts Council, Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum, this will be Singapore’s 4th consecutive presentation at the Venice Biennale.
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From Words to Pictures: Art during the Emergency
24 Aug 2007 – 31 Oct 2007
Come witness the effects of one of Singapore's darkest movements in history - the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) - on the local arts scene. This tumultuous period saw a series of social and political upheavels such as the Maria Hertogh Riots (1950), the Anti-Yellow Culture Movement in the early 1950s and the Hock Lee Bus Strikes (1955). This exhibition challenges audiences to ponder why particular artistic directions, genres and subject matter were adopted by artists during this period, and raises the question of whether socio-political events shape art-making and artistic activities.
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Widayat Between Worlds: A Retrospective
13 Sept 2007 – 28 Oct 2007
Widayat Between Worlds: A Retrospective is a collaboration between Singapore Art Museum and Museum H. Widayat. As a modern Indonesian artist, Widayat, emerged out of a nationalist art academy (ASRI) in the immediate years following Indonesia’s independence. His paintings have been described as ‘magic-decorative’, the term referencing elements of fantasy and phantasmagory – myths, fantasy flora and fauna – and formal devices principally characterised by crowding of decorative motifs. Featured in this exhibition are Widayat’s production of prints, sculptures on found objects and ceramic wares. The exhibition explores Widayat as a ‘modern’ Indonesian artist and the ideological /discursive frameworks – historical, social and cultural.
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ASIAN ART MUSEUM DIRECTORS’ FORUM 2007
16-18 November 2007 Singapore Art Museum
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