Category Archives: Exhibitions
TransportAsian
Opening this Friday in conjunction with the Singapore Art Festival and Month of Photography is a group exhibition, TransportAsian, at the Singapore Art Museum. Centered around transportation in Asia, artists from Asia and Southeast Asia were invited to explore and interpret the the themes. Artists involved are Dominic Khoo, John Clang, Chua Chye Teck, Samantha [...]
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The Life of My Sisters
I’m slightly behind my posting but opening today at The Cathay Gallery is an exhibition, The Life of My Sisters, by Debby Ng and Edwin Koo. In collaboration with The Little Sisters Fund and asia! magazine, the photographers entered the lives of young Nepalese girls currently receiving help from the fund. The Little Sisters Fund [...]
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CUT 09
ABOVE, from (“Octopus Garden“) © Agan Harahap The theme for this year’s CUT is Figure and once again, we are treated to an insight to Southeast Asia’s photography scene. From the press release: Artists featured in CUT09 are on the forefront of highlighting the problematics of representation in photography. Instead of subscribing to the belief [...]
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The Rice Project
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“The Rice Project“) © The Rice Project Team, 2008 The Rice Project is a photography exhibition featuring the works of 10 photographers who turned the spotlight back on the Asian Tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka. Five years after the tragedy, houses and lives are still being rebuilt. The project started off [...]
Angkor Photography Festival
TOP, from (“Thai Child Boxing“) © Susetta Bozzi, 2008 Now that SIPF is over, the next big event to watch out in Southeast Asia is the Angkor Photography Festival. It will be on from 23 Nov to 28 Nov in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The first festival of its kind in SEA, this is its fourth [...]
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SIPF Opening
© Ch’ng Yaohong One word to describe the SIPF opening today – amazing! It’s hard to see so many good works congregated in one area especially in Singapore and I was literally blown away by the quality I saw. There were so many good works on show that it’s hard for me to single out [...]
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SIPF!
SIPF kicks off this Wednesday at 2902 Gallery and it’s gonna be a crazy month (and more) of photography happenings around Singapore. First off will be the exhibition launches at various locations across the island, followed by several talks and seminars this weekend. I would be going for the workshop next week! It’s hard trying [...]
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Shooting Home 2007 Reunion Show
Last year’s Shooting Home batch are having their reunion show, Doubt, at the Arts House next week. Master printmaker, Chris Yap, is curating the show. I am an alumni of Objectifs’ Shooting Home workshop and it’s truly one of its kind in Singapore. More details on their official website. I’m excited thinking about how they [...]
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New Castle
I visited Chua Chye Teck’s New Castle exhibition at The Substation after school yesterday. I really wanted to visit after I saw the emailer a few days back. Chye Teck’s work has always resonated with something in me and New Castle was the first time that I got to see his prints. TOP TO BOTTOM, [...]
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Party of Tomorrow