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Ode to Art: A Group New Gallery opening - Part1: A brief overview of CMY

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landscape 32 K

Equilibrium: A solo exhibition

The real problem of
Colours of Enchantment by censorship (of the arts) 40
Josephine Linggar
Show Me The Love 44
Andy Warhol Exhibition 23
Ghost Walking: Take
random.less- A solo exhibition Possession 48
by Vincent Chow
The Affordable Art Fair
TIME & PLACE - A Rediscovery
of normality 24 52 INTERVIEW
An Interview with Om Mee Ai

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Singapore Art Galleries
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Tourist Spots
Malaysia Art Guide

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 EDITOR’S LETTER
Issue #13 (November 2010)
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support Singaporean artists and contribute to development of the Singaporean
arts industry.

Chan Hampe Galleries @ Tanjong Pagar was born from the Fill Your Walls
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artists. Under Chan Hampe Galleries we will widen our scope to include
curated group shows, identifying and promoting artists who we believe
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COMING UP COMING UP

TIME & PLACE - A rediscovery of normality

11.11.10 – 05.12.10 / Sunjin Galleries /
www.sunjingalleries.com.sg

A weathered hand stretches over to pass an anticipating boy a cone topped

off with a scoop of gleaming vanilla ice cream. A portrait of two girls in child-
like renditions tells you that they are looking forward to growing up, excited
to be adult-like. In another image, two men, faces shielded by caps and
hats that block off the harsh sunlight depicted the anonymous hands at the
work of clearing fallen leaves and other things to keep the street clean. In
another moment, a musician sits in solitude, thoughts elusive to the voyeur.

Snippets of these easily forgotten moments of the ordinary are gathered

together in Time & Place, showing a group of four Filipino artists: Norlito
(Norlie) Meimban, Migs Villanueva, Azor Pazcoguin and Anthony Palomo.

In our current state of accelerated living, the ordinary is often passed off
as insignificant and therefore, quickly and easily forgotten. Since the time
Robin Williams’s character in the film Dead Poets Society (1989) says,
“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary”, the two
words Carpe diem have often been associated with doing greatness.

However, the meaning of ‘Carpe’ was intended to convey the idea to enjoy
the moment. In Horace, the phrase is part of the longer Carpe diem, quam
minimum credula postero – “Seize the day, trusting as little as possible
in the future”, and intended to mean that the future is unknowable and
therefore one should scale back one’s hopes to a brief future and drink (and
enjoy) one’s wine. In other words, to enjoy the moment.

When was the last time you reflected on your own excitement at the
prospect of growing up and then thought about your current priorities? How
long since you created something with your own hands (a small ceramic
bowl maybe?) or wrote your thoughts down?

Time & Place reminds us to enjoy and even to learn to appreciate the
little moments in our daily lives. Norlie Meimban, Migs Villanueva, Azor
Pazcoguin and Anthony Palomo shows us that an event or a moment does
not have to come with a date, time, venue and dress code indicated for it
to be significant. The simplest memory can be captured at any time and in
any place.

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COMING UP
Ode to Art: A group exhibition
01.10.10 - 31.12.10 / Mercedes-Benz Center /
www.mercedes-benz.com.sg
Equilibrium: A solo exhibition
by Liu QuanDai
16.10.10 - 13.11.10 / Forest Rain Gallery /
www.forestraingallery.com
Colours of Enchantment by
Josephine Linggar
05.11.10 – 11.11.10 / Alliance Française de
Singapour / www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg
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Come on down to the Mercedes-Benz Center for an impressive
body of work from Ode to Art Gallery, featuring artists such
as Christian Pendelio, Eric Chomis and Coplu. In addition,
Hommage a Rene Lalique presents a feast to your eyes with
crystal creations of the artist.
The artist Liu looks to the idea of balance in his work, and
echoes the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu in
his paintings. Liu believes in maintaining a sense of equilibrium
in his paintings, by juxtaposing the trivial with the serious. He
uses the duck as a symbol to represent the common Man,
as a voice amongst many voices. The artist aims to relay the
message of maintaining a balance in life through his artwork,
and hopes that it relates to the contemporary audience.
Josephine Linggar paints beautiful women.
She is well-known for her elegant and enchanting portrayals
of Indonesian maidens in serene and contemplative poses.
Skilful brush-play of colour and tone bring light and life to
facial expression, body contours and drapery. The mood
and ambience of Josephine’s paintings are further enhanced
with sepia tones or rich, vibrant hues of reds and blues.
Josephine engages the viewer with her detailed attention
to the textured richness and intricate patterns typical of
Indonesian costumes and headdress. Her maidens are
usually set in a montage of Balinese or Javanese gardens,
temples, cultural ceremonies or backstage dance scenes
which give life, movement and charm to each painting.
Andy Warhol Exhibition
06.11.10 – 27.11.10 / Pop and Contemporary
Fine Art / www.popandcontemporaryart.com
random.less –
A solo exhibition by
Vincent Chow
11.11.10 – 21.11.10 / Chan Hampe Galleries /
www.chanhampegalleries.com
COMING UP
Andy Warhol will be best remembered as the most famous
exponent of Pop Art where he took the technique of silk
screening to a completely new level. Warhol also had the gift
of understanding “defining moments” and important people
of a generation and the ability of bringing people together
with every day icons and household items. Taking images
from popular culture, Warhol created many paintings that
remain icons of 20th-century art, such as the Campbell’s
Soup Cans, Disasters and Marilyns.
For any collector or enthusiast who wishes to appreciate
Pop Art, its origins, its development and its soul, Warhol`s
works are a must see!
An engineer by training, Vincent Chow decided to follow
his heart and delve into full-time artistic practice after five
years in as an electrical engineer. Since 2008, Vincent has
exhibited at various locations, including The Arts House @
The Old Parliament House, The Substation and recently in
Kuala Lumpur at the Annexe Gallery.
In random.less, Vincent will present a series of works created
through the interplay of the conscious and subconscious in
his search for new visual experiences. The creation process
for him involves finding artistic order in the chaotic freedom
of the subconscious.
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It’s set to change the way we all think and feel about
contemporary art and it’s finally making its debut in Asia!
The Affordable Art Fair Singapore will showcase art from
more than 30 Asian and European galleries and all the
pieces are priced between S$100 and S$10,000. The Fair’s
incredible success in nine key cities around the world will
be replicated in Singapore in an event for the whole family.
It offers a variety of art-related activities, including print-
making demonstrations, children’s workshops and expert
talks on contemporary art – all provided as part of the
modest entry fee and in a stress free, relaxed ambience.
Feel free to grab a bite from various restaurants and bars,
too! It’s definitely a spectacular event not to be missed!

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OVAS
GALLERY
OVAS Art Gallery was established in 2008, Representing Artists:
specializing in Asian modern contemporary
THAILAND
arts by established as well as up-and-coming
Lukkana Wichyanundh
artists. The gallery also focus on artists who
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employ extremely unique technique and/or Ping Kongklom
media in creating the original artworks. Watsayamon Saenghirun
Tirawan Suphawut
At present, the gallery represent various Sittikorn Pokpong
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artists from Thailand, Indonesia and India
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and their artworks are exclusive to OVAS Art
Gallery in Singapore and Malaysia. INDONESIA
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The gallery also provide art consultancy I Nyoman Danta
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upcoming Art Expo Malaysia and Affordable
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SPOTLIGHT NEW GALLERY OPENING

Narate Kathong Season of Love – Enchanted Garden, 2010 Oil on canvas 150 x 150 cm Ping Kongklom Feel of Success, 2010 Mixed Media 180 x 130 cm

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FEATURE PART I: SINGAPORE VISUAL ARTS

Part I:
A brief
overview of
the Singapore
Visual Arts
landscape
Text: David Chew

Image credits to: School of the Arts, Singapore

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FEATURE
The first of a three-parter
series, Singapore Art Museum
curator David Chew gives us an
overview of the entire visual arts
landscape in Singapore, taking
stock of existing efforts as well
as identifying current gaps to
face upcoming challenges.
The second part (featured in
the next issue) will focus on the
state of Singapore visual arts
practice, and specific issues
faced by artists here. The third
part will reflect thoughts and
reflections of these artists and
curators on the issues raised in
these articles.
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S ome 30 years ago, there was one national
museum in Singapore, and a handful of
exhibitions organized annually, mostly organized
by artists themselves.
Today, the statistics paint a startlingly different
picture. With 52 museums in Singapore (and
within that number four national museums), there
are also some 1,000 exhibitions being staged
yearly, with a total of some 23,000 exhibition
days in total 1.
The Singapore Art Museum, which mission is
to preserve and present the art histories and
contemporary art practices of Singapore and the
Southeast Asian region, is a major institutional
influence on the local art scene, staging over 20
changing exhibitions in a year, and amassing one
of the world’s largest public collection of modern
and contemporary Southeast Asian artworks.
Audiences at both museum and gallery exhibi-
tions are steadily climbing, as are the sales of
artworks. More and more galleries are being set
up in Singapore, with over 200 presently located
on our island.
Singapore artists themselves are constantly gar-
nering accolades and critical acclaim everywhere
from Sao Paolo to Gwangju, with the average
ages of these artists presented on the interna-
tional stage getting lower and lower with each
passing year.
To sustain this growth in what is becoming
identified by authorities as a potential area of
specialty for Singapore, the following areas are
key drivers to the development and sustainability
of a vibrant visual arts scene here.
Image credits to: School of the Arts, Singapore
PART I: SINGAPORE VISUAL ARTS
I. Content Creation
Vital to any artistic scene in any country
is the creation of unique artistic content.
Starting at the beginning of the chain
is the provision of arts education. The
School Of The Arts (SOTA) opened in
2004 as Singapore’s first independent
pre-tertiary arts school to nurture
youths talented in the arts (the
school would groom not only the next
generation of artists, but also creative
professionals and individuals who would
be passionate for and be committed to
the arts, creating the next generation of
arts consumers and appreciators).
It is also encouraging to see that
enrolment in diploma arts courses has
quadrupled in the past 4-5 years (some
500 visual and multi-disciplinary artists
were enrolled in 2008 in diploma arts
courses in institutions such as LASALLE
College of the Arts and the Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts) 2.
The attrition rate from diploma to
graduate programs, however, could not
be more acute. The numbers quoted
above drop to under 100 each year as
they transit to undergraduate visual arts
courses.
For artists who do make it across
the threshold, there are currently
numerous support mechanisms for
content creation. SAM, as a national
museum and institution for one, actively
commissions and acquires unique
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FEATURE PART I: SINGAPORE VISUAL ARTS

Singapore work. Together with the National While the growth in this infrastructural
Arts Council, through its various funding aspect of the visual arts is slowly gaining
schemes such as the Arts Creation Grant, strength and critical mass (especially the
as well as other international platforms and organic growth in areas such as Ubi and the
programs, ensure artists can adequately Tanjong Pagar Distripark), this growth has
and sustainably focus on the creation of art. largely been inconsistent and fragmented
at the moment. Efforts towards organizing
The current gap in this area however is some grouping or strategic alliances of
the need for more artist residencies and similar businesses (e.g. art galleries) have
regional exchanges for Singapore artists, not resulted in major effect on the overall
which together will create a dynamic and landscape.
inspirational environment for art creation
and production. Rather than simply a need for ‘more’
galleries, auction houses and art fairs, the
There has also been an increased recognition existing players need to be able to offer a
of the need for critical discourse that is variety of (‘more’) entry points for art lovers
currently lacking. Crucial to improved artistic and consumers, balanced with enough
production, it is important (both to artists differentiation so there is no cannibalization
and their audiences) that critical discourse of each other, and this is able to stimulate Image credits to: Singapore Art Museum

is produced to generate knowledge and an and increase demand in the market to grow
active discussion about art. the pie for everyone.

II. The Support Industries III. Promotional and Presentational

Platforms
With over 200 galleries and a handful of
auction houses located in Singapore, the Just as important are the platforms that
visual arts industry (in terms of operating promote our artists and present their works.
receipts) is slowly growing, worth some
$3.4 million in 2008 3. Currently, national platforms such as
the Singapore Art Show (for developing
Several art fairs have now taken their spot Singapore artists) and Singapore Biennale
in our annual calendar, from the established (which places established Singapore artists
Art Singapore, to the Affordable Art Fair next to international artists) cater to a select
and soon to come Art Stage in Jan 2011, group of artists, and more platforms, of
all of which facilitate the distribution and varying scales and entry points for artists at
promotion of the unique artworks created.

Image credits to: Singapore Biennale

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FEATURE

different points of their careers, are required.
SAM, as a national arts institution, together
with the upcoming National Art Gallery,
which will open in the next 4 years, will play
an active role in fulfilling and expanding the
variety of presentational options in the visual
arts landscape, as are some commercial
gallery spaces, in helping to promote artists
in local, regional as well as international
While courses and programs for fine
arts studies have always been offered to
create new generations of artists, other
career streams such as arts management,
curators, conservators, critical writers,
have had to go overseas to pursue these
areas. This higher cost for one, may prevent
larger numbers from pursuing similar career
paths and skills training, and many who do
An assistant curator with the Singapore Art Museum
overseeing Singapore and Chinese art, David Chew
is a former arts journalist who also handled cultural
and museum policy with the National Heritage
Board.
He is overseeing the Trans-Cool Tokyo exhibition,
which SAM is co-organising with the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tokyo, which opens nov 19 at
sam at 8q and runs till feb 13, 2011.
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arenas. pursue these courses tend to go to Western

There is a need, however, for more institutions, whose situations and conditions 1-3. Singapore Cultural Statistics 2004 - 2008
independent art spaces like The Substation may vary greatly from that of Singapore’s
4. Singapore Cultural Statistics 2004 – 2008: this
and Grey Projects to allow artists to and the region. figure excludes employment by the museums, galleries and
heritage sector, which has nonetheless remained relatively
present “works in progress”, that are being consistent over the same time period in the region of 4/500.
developed conceptually and are not ready Hardly the solution of course (but the first
for the earlier mentioned more formalised that comes to mind) is to set up an insti-
platforms, and thus allows for forays and tution here to fill this gap, but the current
experimentation of the untried and the small numbers may not make this a finan-
unknown to develop and test-bed artistic cially viable option. Partnering with over-
ideas and concepts. seas institutions such as UK’s London
Southbank University or Fukuoka Asian Art
Museum might be a more realistic option,
IV. Capability Development with the courses tailored to the practicalities
(for conservation) and politics (for curating
If there is one worrying statistic for the and writing) specific to Singapore and the
visual arts industry, it is that of the arts and region for example. The provision of basic
cultural manpower figures. In 5 years, the degrees specializing in foundational areas
total employment for the visual arts scene such as art history is also crucial.
has fallen from 9,197 in 2003 to 7,804 in
2007 4. These factors lay down the infrastructure and
facilitate the production of art by Singapore
Enrolment in post-graduate local arts artists. The next article will investigate these
courses is still in the single-digit category artistic practices of Singapore artists and
(in part due to the few choices available but the specific issues faced by them.
also small take-up numbers for now), and
specialist courses such as for curating and
conservation remain far and few between.

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FEATURE CENSORSHIP

The real
problem of
censorship
(of the arts)

I n 1994, two performances at the new year’s eve event of the

Artists’ General Assembly art festival 1993/4 were censured
by the National Arts Council (‘Art’ acts at Parkway Parade vulgar
and distasteful: NAC, The Straits Times, 5 January 1994) after
being reported in The New Paper (Pub(l)ic Protest, 3 January
1993), resulting in an arrest and the refusal of support of
performance art and forum theatre, both seen as performances
without fixed scripts (Govt acts against 5th Passage over
performance art, The Straits Times, 22 January 1994). Fast
forward to 2010, the 6th Future of Imagination, an international
performance art festival, is held at Sculpture Square with support
from government agencies and institutions, seven years after the
ten-year de facto ban by the NAC is lifted; and Fetter Field, a
public site-specific performance art event which began in 2006,
successfully completes its 3rd run. It would seem that, at least
for performance art, censorship is a thing of the past, and the
front that is presented is that all’s well on the island state, but is
it really the case?

To the general public perhaps it appears to be, but the untold

stories behind public appearances of latitude towards the arts,
rather give the lie to the notion that censorship has ceased. In
2009, a film focusing on the same subject as one of the 1994
performances, Tanjong Rhu (2008), was withdrawn from the

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6th Singapore Short Cuts, even though This support (and its denial) occurs not bold enough steps, even if it calls for borders on hostility. In I am still waiting for
it received an R(21) rating and is thus just in direct funding, but also in other more transparency and engagement of my passport (2010), Sha Najak presents
theoretically permitted to be screened in forms that force compliance of content, government agencies with the community. the passport of her Muslim grandmother,
public; and in September 2010, the forum such as venue availability, protracted and a letter to her grandmother from
theatre performance shh... censorship licence applications, limits to publicity or Moreover, the report does not necessary her Hindu husband who, due to others’
was prevented from presenting its advertising, ratings that reduce audience translate to change, since they are but disapproval of their relationship, left the
original script by the Media Development reach, and other obstacles that are not recommendations to the government. family. The letter is filled with the most
Authority. Not to mention, both the above visible to the general public, but that result (Censorship Review Committee report mundane of questions asking for news of
performance art festivals are today still in self-censorship. was ‘well-considered’ even though not all the family, if all are well and why the lack
required to apply for licences and must recommendations may pass muster: MICA of replies — a desire for intimacy that is
gain approval prior to their presentation, On 3rd August, 2010, an arts community Minister, TODAY, 20 September 2010). being denied by religious intolerance. The
with Fetter Field often having to apply for position paper on censorship and regulation But the purpose of the position paper point is, censorship is not about saving
more than one licence per performance was submitted to the Censorship Review is not simply a battle with government us from harm as is often given as the
due to overlapping jurisdiction of multiple Committee (2009/10) and the Ministry agencies, even though it is the case that justification for its enforcement. Rather
agencies for certain public sites. While it of Information, Communications and the the source of censorship is fundamentally censorship is the problem. Censorship
is not entirely public knowledge, certain Arts (MICA) (that oversees the National institutional — whether from ministries, prevents us from talking, from knowing,
institutions are exempt from applying Arts Council and the Media Development funding agencies, venue providers, from discussing amongst ourselves and
for licences to present art, not because Authority), calling for an end to censorship, schools, or other organisations. The true within our communities, that which may
they are inherently more liberal but rather bearing 1,786 supporting signatories from question in a discussion of censorship is make us less suspicious of each other,
it is expected that they will take on the the community and public (the full paper is this: what happens to the arts, and what that which will make us more tolerant of
role of censor for the programmes and available at: http://sites.google.com/site/ happens to the experiences intended for our differences, and that which can help
artworks they present on their own. At artsengagesg). The position paper by the its audiences? us become more aware of our own and
times, given the ambiguity of content they arts community against censorship may each other’s experiences and concerns.
are ‘supposed’ to be gatekeeping, these appear to be directed at the government At an independent artist-run space, When art attempts to create the possibility
same institutions become the unfortunate alone, and in some respect it is, as the Post-Museum, an exhibition titled Non- for such discussion and is censored, the
cat’s paw of higher authorities, and thus paper is in a sense a minority report to the Dominant Discourse presenting artworks question that should be asked is, whom
these institutions lose the trust of, and official Censorship Review Committee’s by Seelan Palay, Rachel Zeng, Ezzam really is being harmed?
their connection to, the artistic community. (CRC) report (released September 15, Rahman and Sha Najak opened recently.
2010), since the offer by more than Showcasing artworks inspired by subjects
In Singapore, art content is tied to twenty members of the arts community not often spoken about, it is an attempt to
support, and here a form of censure to join the committee was rejected by the broaden the field of local discussion, and a
that, while not appearing as overt as for government. From a survey of responses deliberate act of not censoring one’s self.
example a ban, an arrest or the forced from the arts community to the CRC’s One topic that Singaporeans shy away from
closure of an event or venue, is enacted. report the committee has not taken is religion, with a touchiness that almost

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FEATURE SHOW ME THE LOVE

HIV -
Show Me
The Love

Yang Tao A Toy that Wishes to Fly 2009 Painted Bronze height 120 cm

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FEATURE SHOW ME THE LOVE

W orld AIDS Day is observed annually

on the 1st of December. Beginning
in 1988, it setout to be a day to raise
take good care of your health and well-
being.
important areas of our lives yet remain a
silent population – because of our stigma
and discrimination. Empathy and support
awareness on HIV/AIDS, the prejudice Given this knowledge, a mix of local from the people around them can make
against people living with HIV and the emerging and established artists has significant difference in the lives of people
need to improve education and prevention been tasked to create works to engage living with HIV/AIDS.
efforts regarding the spread of HIV. Around the audiences to provoke them to think
the world, governments, organizations about their pre-conceived ideas on HIV. We hope that this exhibition provides an
and community groups plan and hold Running from mid-November to the end opportunity for you to think differently and
commemorative events that aspire to of December, at two locales – The Drama act positively in your future encounter
these objectives and honor those who have Centre and Chan Hampe Galleries @ with any matters relating HIV/AIDS.
passed on from AIDS related illnesses. Tanjong Pagar – the showing presents
Many organizations also use this time multidisciplinary works and the artists’ We hope that you will realize that your
to focus on boosting prevention efforts take on HIV/AIDS. sexual health is something you can take
and to advocate progressive attention charge of – by using condoms and going
from both private and public sectors on The exhibition titled, HIV – Show Me The for screening as part of your healthcare
treatment and care for people living with Love, resonates a thread of discourse routine. And eventually, we hope that
HIV/AIDS. that resides within the spheres of our you will have new found confidence
relationships. We would like to start in managing your sexual health and
This year, the Health Promotion Board people thinking about safer sex within the in growing respectful and responsible
(HPB) of Singapore will commemorate contexts of their relationships. Not just relationships with your loved ones.
World AIDS Day with, Crazy Christmas that, but to also have a more profound
(with Dream Academy) and with this art understanding on how we communicate, HIV - Show Me The Love features new work
exhibition. In collaboration with HPB, and the trust and respect we build with from Sheryo Ang, Kelvin Atmadibrata, Marla
Arterial Creative, an art consultancy our partners. Through art, we would like to Bendini, Casey Chen, Aiman Hakim, Rachel
company, has put together this exhibition. encourage people to be more self aware Lim, JiJi Oh, Ezzam Rahman, SeanK,
in their thoughts and actions, and to William Sim, Skope, Tara Tan and Samuel
Many people still consider HIV to only communicate openly with their partners. Woo.
affect certain populations – such as people The exhibition hopes to start people
Managed by Arterial Creative and supported by the
who visit sex workers, men who have sex thinking on issues, such as trust and Health Promotion Board and Chan Hampe Galleries
with other men or if one has many sexual what it means in a relationship. Ultimately,
partners. But truth is it is not who you it is our hope that partners will love and Locations:
Chan Hampe Galleries @ Tanjong Pagar
are but what you do that matters. What respect each other and protect each November 24th to December 24th, 2010
we want to bring out at this exhibition is other’s health.
that anyone who has sex without using Opening night
November 30th, 2010 @ 7pm
condoms is putting him or herself at risk With current science and medicine, +
of potential infection. And by being aware people living with HIV can live strong and Drama Centre @ National Library Building
of this fact, you will be more proactive to healthy lives. They contribute to the many December 2 to December 19, 2010

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FEATURE GHOST WALKING

S pell#7 has been working in the medium of the audio

walk for the last 6 years. Our text-based works create
immersive sonic environments, which alter perceptions of
the listeners’ surroundings, space and time.

Last September, we received the Arts Creation Fund from

the National Arts Council to develop a new work over the
period of a year. The result is Ghostwalking, a free download
which people can listen to and watch on smart phones or
media players as they travel around the city.

Ghostwalking consists of 4 audio walks and 3 videos that

people activate as they travel along and around the North
East Line (NEL) MRT in Singapore.

Coming closer to you

spell#7 began as a theatre company. Formed in 1997 by

Ghosts Paul Rae (from the UK) and myself, we made original work
inspired by theatre we saw when we were studying in Drama

Walking:
in the UK, live art, the American company, The Wooster
Group. We produced in a frenzy, we had lots to say, we
played pop music loudly, and sprinkled performances

Take liberally with pop culture references. We made shows in

theatres as well as site specific ones in places like Zouk

Possession
and Chijmes. The quality of the work… well, that varied.
But the one thing was for certain – we wanted to create an
intimate experience audience.

Local performance group, spell#7 launch
their most ambitious audio-video journey to
date, Ghostwalking (www.ghostwalking.sg)
Text: Writer who?
As the company was based in Little India, in 2004, we
decided to use Little India as a site for a work. Together
with Ben Slater and Evan Tan, we created Desire Paths, an
audio walk of Little India. People get a CD player – those
were the days before mp3 players and went on a walk
around Little India. From there, spell#7 went on to explore
other ways of using audio.

spell#7 created Sky Duet a static audio piece set on the

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FEATURE
Singapore Flyer for the Singapore Bien- his life, or dream a new one up. Tony is
nale in 2008, then Dream-Home, a per- haunted, or is he haunting these places?
former led audio walk from Shenton Way
to Chinatown for the Singapore Arts Fes-
tival in 2009.
We like having a captive audience. We like
being close to you. The theatre we want
to make these days take place in between
peoples’ ears, as they move along the
city’s arteries, dwell in its heartlands, and
consume its spectacles.
The score
Ghostwalking takes the form of a free
download, which people can listen to and
watch on smart phones or media players.
It is a collaboration between Kaylene Tan
(Text), Ben Slater (Text), Evan Tan (Music
and Sound) and Sherman Ong (Video).
There are four audio walks - narrated
guided walks around Dhoby Ghaut, Little
India, Outram and Punggol and three
video journeys - short films that can be
watched while travelling between stations.
There is a suggested route and maps,
which can be stored on the media device
or printed. The entire experience takes
about 3 hours.
On the audio walks listeners follow four
chapters in the story of Tony, a man who
conjures fragments of a life that spans
Singapore’s history and even its future. He
tells stories, attempts to make sense of
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WALK 1:
1960. Set at the site of the old National Library. A young
Tony meets and falls in love with a librarian. Everything
is just beginning.
WALK 2:
1976. Set on Pearls Hill. Tony has become a successful
filmmaker and is on his way to visit his mistress at the
swanky Pearl Bank Apartments, but he gets distracted.
GHOST WALKING
WALK 3: Library, is musical and light. Punggol,
1984. Set in Tekka Food Centre. We see Tony through
the eyes of his daughter. It is the moment he leaves his goes sci-fi, Tekka attempts to create an
family and goes to the cinema.
“invisible” movie, with sound effects and
Pearls Hill uses music and effects from
1970s B-grade movies.
On the video journeys that unfold on the
train between stops, audiences watch
the confessions of various people from
contemporary Singapore, all are in some
way exiles, metaphorical ‘ghosts’ caught
between cultures, countries, identities.
WALK 4:
2021. Set in Punggol LRT. It is the future and Tony is
now a detective. He is on a mission to look for a girl.
With the audio experiences, Ben and
I were exploring ways of story telling.
We were interested in playing with time
and history, to immerse listeners in an
experience which taps into their familiarity
of an environment yet disorientate them at
the same time.
VIDEO 1:
The ghost visitor who comes to a girl in a dream.
For example, at National Library, which is
set in 1960. Tony talks about the library
as if it is there. But it isn’t. At the same
time, many listeners will have their own
memories of that site and know the fate of
the building, which makes Tony’s reliving
of his romance at the library all the more
bittersweet.
Besides using different actors to voice
Tony at different stages of his life (Brendon
Fernandez, Adrian Pang, Lim Kay Siu and
Tony Yeow), each audio walk takes on a VIDEO 2:
The ghost lover, a man who becomes a gigolo to make
different style. For example, for National money to visit his girlfriend overseas.
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Who knows what people will do, given that

freedom?

The performance begins when someone

clicks to download, where sounds and
videos “possess” the device that is closest
to their body. The content becomes their
heart, their brain.

Press play and theatre now exists in the

VIDEO3: space between the ears, in the space
The ghost wife, who drifts between places and
countries after her husband dies. between one’s fingertip and a touch
screen. Theatre now is the wired body in
C

We wanted to open up the Ghostwalking the environment. The space is activated.

experience, so that it was not just about The listener performs by being present.
M

one man. Watching someone tell you Y

an intimate story over the phone, these We create the score. CM

characters are like friends or a fellow MY

passenger confessing a secret.

CY

Like many of Sherman’s work, these CMY

“ghosts” look you in the eye and talk. K

Unflinching and undramatic, bordering

between the real and make believe, they
haunt you.

Taking Possession
Why the download? I was interested in
creating a work that was self contained
and could take care of itself. One aspect
of the audio walks that I always found
tedious was the management of the
equipment. Someone had to be in charge
of giving out the device, to check it had
battery, that the tracks were lined up.

I wanted to give people to freedom and

responsibility for their own experience.

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INTERVIEW Om Mee Ai

An Interview: TPAG: It is understood that to read

Korean painting one must understand
I think my choice to investigate geometric
abstract painting has been influenced somehow

Om Mee Ai
Korean ceramics and pottery as a work by my training school at Lasalle College. There,
is often judged by the brush-strokes than I found that art teaching does not emphasise
the technique. Korean aesthetics is also the social/political dimension of art neither is
closely aligned with Korean Buddhism and there a strong reference to national historical
Interview between Confucianism. traditions. Instead, my perception was that
The Pocket Arts Guide there is an attention to “art as art”, there is a
and Om Mee Ai via Although your Fine Art training was
conducted in Singapore, Australia, and the
sort of “purist” approach that involves different
art discourses and art practices, including
email ... UK must audiences have an understanding attention largely to new expressions such as
of Korean art theory to connect with your multi-media and installation art. During my
work? school days, I did a research assignment on
‘Islamic art and architecture’ and philosophy
OMA: I don’t think it is necessary to of western and eastern mind. Perhaps, they
understand Korean art theory to connect to had influence on my sensitivity for the use of
my paintings. It is true that being born and geometry and repetition in Islamic art. I see
raised in Korea I am obviously infused by geometric abstraction as a visual language that
Buddhism and traditional Asian values that is revealed and concealed at same time.
pervade the Korean society. I think though
that my art developments, because they took In 20th Century Korean Art by Yong-na
place in Singapore, are pretty independent Kim, Kim describes the practice of Korean
of Korea contemporary art scene to which artist Park Seo-bo’s Ecriture series. Park
I am actually only loosely connected. I feel is attached to the Korean Monochrome
fully Korean but my works are not necessarily painting movement. Kim explains that Park
derived from the Korean art theory. applies several layers of gesso to the canvas,
beginning from one corner of the canvas and
Korean artist Lee Seung-Jio - geometric ending at another. Park repeats this process
abstractionist and member of the Informel several times to build up thick layers. Park
painting movement in the later half of the explains that this process of repetition brings
20th Century – worked during a particular him closer to nature – asserting that the
time in Korean history characterised by practice and result combines materiality and
rapid economic development and adoption spirituality as one.
of Euro-American values.
To what extent do you feel your own practice
What relevance do you think geometric shares Park’s ideas about the painting
abstraction has to the aesthetics of this time process?
and place – specifically Singapore?

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INTERVIEW
Process of Nebula-B
Selected pictures of Nebula-B taken at different stages
STAGE 1
One-directional taping, first vertically
and then horizontally. Criss-crossing
layering of base colours . 2-3 weeks
After tape removed. Revealed
colours appear criss-crossed
STAGE 3
Crisscrossing taping. Layering of final
colours by using dry/wet wiping. 2-3
weeks
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Removing the tape reveals the base
colours
STAGE 2
Crisscrossing taping along horizontal
and vertical lines. Layering of body
colours. 2-4 weeks
Final rendition of Nebula-B. Overall
time frame: 2-3 months. No. of paint
layers: 20-50
While removing vertical tape
After removing horizontal and vertical
tape
Om Mee Ai
I can see some similarities between Park Seo-
bo’s art process and my painting practice
with reference to the repetition technique and
layering method and perhaps also in terms
of a monochromatic result. I guess we may
share the same systematic, meticulous and
painstaking approach that can be seen as a sort
of “ritual” that has a cathartic effect on artist
creation. While Park Seo-bo tends to give to his
art a spiritual and philosophical dimension, my
intentions are more closely related to aesthetics.
Still, I hope that my artwork is able to engage
the viewer’s perception and uplift the spirit,
emotions, and mind.
Om Mee Ai will be exhibiting at Chan Hampe
Galleries @ Raffles Hotel Oct 27 to Nov 27, 2010
For more info please contact Chan Hampe Galleries:
+65 6338 1962
info@chanhampegalleries.com
www.chanhampegalleries.com
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DreamSpace Art Studio
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GALLERIES
A #01-05 The Regent
AndrewShire Gallery 5 Swiss Cottage Estate
Aratong Galleries 26 Mount Pleasant Drive
Art Forum 82 Cairnhill Road
Art Glass Solutions 30 Kuo Chuan Avenue
Art Seasons 7 Kaki Bukit Road 1 #02-12
Art Tree Gallery 333A Orchard Road #04-11
Art-2 Gallery 140 Hill Street #01-03
artcommune 133 New Bridge Road #02-77
Artesan 793 Bukit Timah Road #02-01
Artfolio 328 North Bridge Road #02-25
ArtGoGo 402 Orchard Road #02-08
ARTINNO 391B Orchard Road #23-01
Art Trove
51 Waterloo Street
#02-01 to 03
Singapore 187969
+65 6336 0915
www.art-trove.com
Arty Art Gallery 686A Woodlands Drive 73 #15-52
Aryaseni 10A Bukit Pasoh
B D’Peak Art Space Kaki Bukit Road 1 #01-07
Boon’s Pottery
91 Tanglin Road
#01-02A Tanglin Place
Singapore 247918
+65 6836 3978
www.boonspottery.com
Bruno Gallery
91 Tanglin Road
#01-03 Tanglin Place
Singapore 247918
+65 6733 0283
www.brunoartgroup.com
Bartha & Senarclens 75 Emerald Hill Road
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Cape of Good Hope
140 Hill Street
#01-06 MICA Building
Singapore 179369
+65 6733 3822
www.capeofgoodhopeartgallery.com
CdeM ART & DESIGN Blk 5 Westbourne Road #01-02
Collectors Contemporary 5 Jalan Kilang Barat #01-03
COMBINART 27 Woodlands Industrial Park E1 #01-08
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Chan Hampe Galleries
328 North Bridge Road
#01-04 Raffles Hotel Arcade
Singapore 188719
+65 6338 1962
www.chanhampegalleries.com
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DaTang Fine Arts Singapore
177 River Valley Road,
Liang Court , #02-09A
Singapore 179030
+65 9846 2098 / +65 9721 3718
www.9911art.com
Dynasties Antique & Art Gallery
18 Boon Lay Way
#01-136 TradeHub 21
Singapore 609966
+65 67383268
www.9911art.com
d’Art 5 Westbourne Road #02-03
DLR Gallery 22 Marshall Road
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Eagle’s Eye 39 Stamford Road #01-01
Echo Art Galerie 19 Tanglin Road #02-59
Evil Empire 48 Niven Road
F Li Fine Art
FOST 65 Kim Yam Road
Forest Rain Gallery 261 Waterloo Street
fill your walls
21 Tanjong Pagar Road
#04-02
Singapore 088444
+65 6222 1667
www.fill-your-walls.com
G 33B Mosque Street
Galerie Belvedere 168 Robinson Road #36-01
Galerie Waterton 39 Keppel Road #02-01
Galerie Joaquin
1 Cuscaden Road
#01-03 The Regent Hotel
Singapore 249715
+65 6725 3113
www.galeriejoaquin.com
DIRECTORIES
The Gallery of Gnani Arts Mulan Gallery
1 Cuscaden Road 19 Tanglin Road
#02-33 Tanglin Shopping Centre
Singapore 249715 Singapore 247909
+65 6725 3112 +65 6738 0810
www.gnaniarts.com www.mulangallery.com.sg
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HaKaren 19 Tanglin Road #02-43 Ode to Art 252 North Bridge Road #01-36E/F
Heng Artland 290 Orchard Road #04-08 Opera Gallery 2 Orchard Turn #03-05
OVAS Art Gallery
I 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1
#01-11 Enterprise One
Singapore 415934
Impress Galleries +65 6749 9232
1 Kim Seng Promenade www.ovas-home.com
#02-07/08 Great World City
Singapore 237994
+65 67362966
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INSTINC 12 Eu Tong Sen Street
Pop and Contemporary Fine Art
iPRECIATION 1 Fullerton Square #01-08
390 Orchard Road
#03-12 Palais Renaissance
Singapore 238871
K +65 6735 0959
Kwan Hua 19 Tanglin Road #02-09 www.popandcontemporaryart.com
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Red Sea 9 Dempsey Road #01-10
19 Tanglin Road
#03-32 Tanglin Shopping Centre S
Singapore 247909
+65 6235 3306 S.Bin Art Plus
www.lifineart.com 140 Hill Street MICA Building
#01-10/11/12
Singapore 179369
Lukisan Art Gallery +65 6883 2001
110 Faber Drive www.sbinartplus.com
Singapore 129421
+65 6774 1609
www.lukisan-art.com Galerie Sogan & Art
Singapore 059511
+65 6225 7686
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Metakaos 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1 #03-22
Soobin Art International 10 Ubi Crescent #04-90/92/93/95
Sun Craft 19 Tanglin Road #02-08
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Sunjin Galleries Gnani Arts Space Peter’s Frames

Black Earth Auction
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367 Joo Chiat Road
#03-62 Work Loft @ Chip Bee #02-30/31, Fortune Centre Tanglin Shopping Centre
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Tembusu 140 Hill Street #01-05
The Gallery of Gnani Arts One Cuscaden Road #01-05
The Peach Tree 129 Tanglin Road
The Tolman Collect 82 Cairnhill Road
U 301 Alexandra Road
Utterly Art 229A South Bridge Road 2nd Level
V Changi Museum 1000 Upper Changi Road North
Valentine Willie Fine Art 39 Keppel Road #02-04
VITRIA 17 Chee Hoon Avenue
VUE PRIVÉE 20 Cairnhill Road
W +65 6338 2234
Wetterling Teo Gallery 3 Kim Yam Roafd
X MAD Museum of Art & Design 333A Orchard Road #03-01
Xuanhua Art Gallery
70 Bussorah Street
Singapore 199483
+65 6392 2556
www.xuanhuaart.com
Y Antiquaro
Yang Gallery 19 Tanglin Road #02-41
YAVUZ Fine Art 51 Waterloo Stree #03-01
Yisulang Art Gallery
6 Handy Road
#01-01 The Luxe
Singapore 229234
+65 63376810
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Your MOTHER gallery 91A Hindoo Road
# Art Retreat (Wu Guanzhong Gallery)
2902 Gallery 11 Mount Sophia Block B #B2-09
ART AUCTIONEERS / DEALERS
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Little Red Shop www.littleredshop.org
Singapore 179369
+65 6336 8683 Benaka Art Conservation
www.y2arts.com Private Ltd
Mercedes-Benz Center 64 Taman Warna
Singapore 276386
MUSEUMS Singapore 159968 +65 9105 4377 / +65 6100 2707
Asian Civilisations Museum www.acm.org.sg
+65 6866 1888 www.benakaartconservation.com
www.mercedes-benz.com.sg
The Luxe Art Museum Ngee Ann Cultural Centre 97 Tank Road
6 Handy Road Night & Day 139 A/C Selegie Road
#02-01 The Luxe
Osage 11B Mount Sophia #01-12
Singapore 229234
Public Art Space (Pan Pacific) 7 Raffles Boulevard
www.thelam.sg Sculpture Square 155 Middle Road
Sinema 11B Mount Sophia #B1-12
Singapore Art Society 10 Kampong Eunos
Singapore Contemporary Young Artists
www.contemporaryart.sg
MINT Museum of Toys 26 Seah Street
National Museum of Singapore 93 Stamford Road The Art Gallery 1 Nanyang Walk
Peranakan Museum 39 Armenian Street The Arts House 1 Old Parliament Lane
Post Museum 107/109 Rowell Road The Gallery (SMU) 90 Stamford Road
The Picturehouse 2 Handy Road
The Substation 45 Armenian Street
The Private Museum Third Floor – Hermès 541 Orchard Road
51 Waterloo Street Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall 11 Empress Place
#02-06 72-13/TheatreWorks 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road
Singapore 187969 ANTIQUITIES / FURNITURE
+65 67382872
www.theprivatemuseum.org ART SERVICES
19 Tanglin Road
Ray’s Transport & Services
Red Dot Design Museum 28 Maxwell Road #02-42 Tanglin Shopping Centre
Artwork Installation &
RSAF Museum 400 Airport Road Singapore 247909
Delivery Services
Singapore Art Museum 71 Bras Basah Road +65 6737 4822
All other Art related services
SAM at 8Q 8 Queen Street www.antiquaro.com
+65 91522511
Singapore Coins and Notes Museum artswithray@gmail.com
2 Trengganu Street Level 3
Singapore Navy Museum 32 Admiralty Road West ART SCHOOLS
Singapore Philatelic Museum 23B Coleman Stree
Bhaskar’s Art Academy 19/21 Kerbau Road
FRAMERS LASALLE 1 McNally Street
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts 38/80/151 Bencoolen St
VENUES / ASSOCIATIONS / GROUPS NTU (School of Art, Design & Media) 81 Nanyang Drive
Impress Galleries
NUS Museum 50 Kent Ridge Crescent
Alliance Française de Singapour 1 Sarkies Road 429 East Coast Road
Singapore 429016 School of the Arts 90 Goodman Road
+65 64404533 Sotheby’s Institute of Art 82 Telok Ayer Street
10 Ubi Crescent #01-45/47
www.impressgalleries.com The Republic Cultural Centre 9 Woodlands Avenue 9
ARTSingapore www.artsingapore.net
The Singapore Tyler Print Institute 41 Robertson Quay
ArtSpace at Royal Plaza Hotel 25 Scotts Road
COMBINART 27 Woodlands Industrial Park E1 #01-08
Esplanade 1 Esplanade Drive
Emily Hill 11 Upper Wilkie Road
Give Art 65 Spottiswoode Park Road

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ARTIST STUDIOS
Barrosa Studio 4 Woking Road #01-02
Chieu Sheuy Fook Studio
Studio 102
91 Lorong J
Telok Kurau Road
Singapore 425985
+65 96690589
chieusf@gmail.com
DreamSpace Art Studio
艺术创作，专业绘画教育。
19 China Street
#03-04/05 Far East Square
Singapore 049561
+65 9168 7785
www.hill-ad.com.sg
Foundation Oil Painting
(conducted by Mr Wee Shoo Leong)
155 Waterloo Street
#01-04 Stam ford Arts Centre
Singapore 187962
+65 9726 2028
www.foundationoilpaintingclass.com
Geeleinan Art Gallery & Studio 1 Whitchurch Road #02-03
Jeremy Ramsey Fine Art 16 Bukit Pasoh Road
Kelly Reedy - Studio Arts 27 Woking Road #01-01
Ketna Patel
35 Jalan Puteh Jerneh
Chip Bee Gardens, Holland Village
Singapore 278057
+65 6479 3736
www.ketnapatel.com
Koeh Sia Yong 许锡勇
10 Kampong Eunos
Singapore 417774
+65 9671 2940
www.yessy.com/koehsiayong
www.koehsiayong.artfederations.com
Marisa Keller 28 Woking Road #03-05
Sealey Brandt Photography Studio
1 Westbourne Road #01-02
Telok Kurau Studios 91 Telok Kurau Lorong J
TOURISTS SPOTS
Armenian Church 60 Hill Street
Battle Box 51 Canning Rise
Botanic Gardens 1 Cluny Road +65 6471 7361
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple 288 South Bridge Road
Bukit Timah Saddle Club 51 Fairways Drive +65 6466 2782
CHIJMES 30 Victoria Street +6336 1818
Chinatown Heritage Centre 48 Pagoda Street +65 6221 9556
Chinese Garden 1 Chinese Garden +65 6261 3632
Crocodilarium 730 East Coast Parkway +65 447 3722
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Escape Theme Park 1 Pasir Ris Close +65 6581 9112 Art Case Galleries www.artcase.com.my
Fort Canning Park 51 Canning Rise +65 6332 1302 Art Expo Malaysia www.artexpomalaysia.com
Goethe-Institut Singapur 163 Penang Road #05-01 Art House Gallery www.arthousegallery.biz
Johore Battery Cosford Road +65 6546 9897 Art Loft www.artloftgallery.net
Jurong Bird Park 2 Jurong Hill +65 6265 0022 Art Salon @ Seni www.theartgallerypg.com
Kranji War Memorial 9 Woodlands Road Artseni Gallery www.artseni.com
Lim Bo Seng Memorial Esplanade Park CHAI (Instant Cafe House of Arts and Idea) www.
Malay Heritage Centre 85 Sultan Gate +65 6391 0450 instantcafetheatre.com
Malay Village 39 Geylang Serai +65 6748 4700 City Art Gallery
Mandai Orchid Garden 200 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 1036 Edi.A Art Gallery www.ediarts.blogspot.com
Marina Barrage 8 Marina Gardens Drive +65 6514 5959 Galeri Chandan www.galerichandan.com
Marina Bay Sands 10 Bayfront Avenue +65 6688 8868 GALERI PETRONAS www.galeripetronas.com.my
Masjid Sultan Kampong Glam Galeri Shah Alam www.galerisa.com
Merlion Park Fullerton galleriiizu @ Shangri-La Hotel www.galleriiizu.com
Mount Faber +65 6270 8855 House of Matahati (HOM) www.matahati.com.my
National Archives of Singapore 1 Canning Rise +65 6332 7909 Islamic Arts Museum www.iamm.org.my
National Library Singapore 100 Victoria Street +65 6332 3255 Lookiss www.lookissgallery.com
National Parks Board 1800 471 7300 Lost Generation Space www.lostgenerationspace.blogspot.com
Night Safari 80 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 3411 Malaysia National Art Gallery www.artgallery.gov.my
Parliament House 1 Parliament Place +65 6336 8811 MERAH: Mansion for Experimentation, Research, Arts and
Raffles’ Landing Site North bank of the Singapore River Horticulture www.facebook.com/pages/MERAH/148050170487
Reflections at Bukit Chandra 31K Pepys Road +65 6375 2510 Metro Fine Art www.metro3gallery.com
Resorts World Sentosa 39 Artillery Avenue +65 6577 8888 NN Gallery www.nngallery.com.my
St. Andrew’s Cathedral 11 Saint Andrew’s Road Pace Gallery www.pacegallery.net
Science Centre Singapore / Omni Theatre 15 Science Centre Pelita Hati www.pelitahati.com.my
Road +65 6425 2500 Pinkguy Gallery www.pinkguymalaysia.com
Sentosa 1800 736 8672 Richard Koh Fine Art www.rkfineart.com
SIA Hop-on +65 9457 2896 Rimbun Dahan www.rimbundahan.org
Singapore Botanic Gardens 1 Cluny Road +65 6471 7361 RougeArt www.rogueart.asia
Singapore Cable Car +65 6270 8855 Shalini Ganendra Fine Art www.shaliniganendra.com
Singapore City Gallery 45 Maxwell Road +65 6321 8321 The Gallery @ Star Hill www.starhillgallery.com
Singapore Discovery Centre Valentine Willie Fine Art www.vwfa.net
510 Upper Jurong Road +65 6792 6188 Wei-Ling Gallery www.weiling-gallery.com
Y 2 S Art Space www.y2sart.com.my
Singapore Expo 1 Expo Drive +65 6403 2160
Singapore Flyer 30 Raffles Avenue +65 6734 8829 ZINC www.zinc.com.my
Singapore Turf Club 1 Turf Club Avenue +65 6879 1000
Singapore Zoo 80 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 3411
SKI360° 1206A East Coast Parkway +65 6442 7318
Snow City 21 Jurong Town Hall Road +65 6560 2306
Sri Mariamman Temple 244 South Bridge Road
Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
12 Tai Gin Road +65 6256 7377
Supreme Court 1 Supreme Court Lane +65 6336 0644
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve 301 Neo Tiew Crescent +65
6794 1401
Taxis
- Comfort/YellowTop +65 6552 1111
- CityCab +65 6552 2222
- Premier +65 732 2516
- Smart +65 6485 7777
- Tibs +65 6555 8888
- Transcab +65 6555 3333
Thian Hock Keng Temple 158 Telok Ayer Street
Touristline 1800 736 2000
Underwater World 80 Siloso Road +65 6275 0030
Universal Studios 8 Sentosa Gateway +65 6577 8888
War Memorial Park Bras Basah Road & Beach Road intersection
MALAYSIA ART GUIDE
+Wondermilk Art Gallery www.theclickproject.com
12 (Art Space Gallery) www.12as12.com
A2 Gallery www.a2artgallery.com
Annexe Gallery www.annexegallery.com
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