Category Archives: Singapore
Of Forest, Sea and Mountain’
Of Forest, Sea and Mountain’ is a collection of images depicting the deconstruction of conventional landscape by three talented photographers Dju-lian Chng, Jovian Lim and Ang Song Nian , which will be exhibited at 2902 Gallery from Nov 25 to Dec 16.
Evoking a sense of an unusual mix of romanticism and avant-garde, it is the [...]
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SIPF 2010
The Singapore International Photography Festival will be back next year and I’m so excited! It’s one of the largest showcase of photography in Singapore (or the region) and if you missed it, the next installation promises to be bigger and better!
The open call for exhibition submissions started today and is meant to showcase both [...]
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The Unfamiliarity of the Familiar
My friends are having an exhibition this weekend at the Arts House. As part of Objectifs’ Shooting Home program, I’m curious how the photographers have developed over the course of one year. Do check out the exhibition or join them for the guided tour on Oct 10 for more insight into their works.
The Unfamiliarity [...]
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Paradise Lost: New Photo-documentary Works
Paradise Lost is an exhibition curated by Zhao Renhui, which seeks to present the transition of documentary photography in our region. As digital processes proliferate in the industry, photography has lost its role as an objective witness. Now, viewing photography requires a certain (healthy) sense of criticism and suspicion. The artists involved are: Ang Song [...]
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Interview: Zhao Renhui
TOP, Tottori Desert artist-led expedition
© Zhao Renhui, 2008
Here’s the interview with Zhao Renhui, who graciously and painstakingly answered my questions. I hope that you’d enjoy reading this.
How and why did you focus your work on animals? Was it an obsession that grew over time, alongside photography, or did photography inform your choice?
I think I use [...]
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Showcase: Zhao Renhui
In a two-part post, I would be showcasing Zhao’s winning works and a lengthy interview that I conducted with him over email. His works can be seen at the Institute of Critical Zoologists.
Yaohong: Much of your work revolves around the zoological gaze and I believe that the works you submitted to the competition clearly defined [...]
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Zhao Renhui
Zhao Renhui is a young Singaporean photographer who recently made waves by winning the 29th UOB Painting of the Year award. This is the second consecutive year that the award has been given to a photographer. I would like to introduce some of his older works here before discussing his winning works in a later [...]
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Zhuang Wubin
Photographer/writer Wubin was commissioned by the Chinese Heritage Centre in Singapore to shoot and research on Chinatowns in Southeast Asia. The resulting work was published as a book earlier this year and he is showing his work at Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from July 9 – 31.
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Chinatowns [...]
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The Voyage to the Ends of the World
My friend, Jovian Lim, recently graduated from the fine art program at NTU. His graduation piece, The Voyage to the Ends of the World, was one of my favorite series on exhibit. The prints were simply gorgeous to look at. It was a pity that they were taken out of context somewhat, as the series [...]
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Art Incubator