Exhibition date: Saturday 10 Jan 2015 (opens to public at 1 pm) – 31 Jan 2015
Participating Artists: Chris Yap (b. 1969 Singapore), Wee Kheng-Li (b. 1971 Singapore), Wang Ruobing (b.1975 Chengdu, China) and Sai Hua Kuan (b.1976 Singapore).
Artist Dialogue session with Milenko Prvacki: 17th January 2015, at 11:30 a.m
In January 2015, iPreciation will start the new year with a group photography exhibition, presenting the works of four Singaporean artists – Chris Yap (b.1969), Wee Kheng-Li (b.1971), Wang Ruobing (b.1975) and Sai Hua Kuan (b.1976). This show aims to promote greater awareness and understanding of contemporary fine arts photography practice that currently exists here through Singapore artists who are keen to emphasize the role of visual intelligence, critical thinking / theory, and philosophy in engaging with the world through human eyes. The works will focus on the poetics of space and place, tensions of history and contemporaneity, all captured through scenes of the streets in Asia, from Singapore to Japan to Indonesia to China. Works shown will appear as museum-quality, fine art prints in frames, in traditional ink scroll formats and in latest LED lightbox installation presentations. With very few Southeast Asian artists-photographers who can present artistic ideas and dialogues through well-executed photographic works, this is an exceptional opportunity for visitors and Singaporeans to engage with new perspectives and representations in the bodies of photographic works. This exhibition will be the first of several dialogues within and outside of Singapore that will be an ongoing exploration of the concepts and artistic development of professional artists-photographers-printmakers in Singapore.
Photography mobilize the idea of history, time and space. Through their lenses, these artists have focused the audience on interesting observations of the streets of Singapore and Asia, where each scene becomes an observed anthropological and cultural space. In walking through these spaces with these artists, we walk into a historical moment in time – a unique point in history that has arrived and left, its moment immortalized only on the captured images. This show invites Singaporeans and collectors interested in photography and art to engage with the work. For photographs are not just stories or an end in themselves. They provide evidences of stories – evidences that demand investigation and interpretation, and an invitation to look beyond the aesthetics and techniques of photography, into informed critical observations of our visual history to interpret and understand our society and culture.
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Artworks:
Chris Yap
- Art Science 1,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Art Science 2,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- CBD,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Chinatown 01,Pigment ink on archival photo paper,119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Chinatown 02,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Chinatown 03,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- East Coast 01,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- East Coast 02,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- East Coast 03,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Esplanade 01,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Esplanade 02,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Haw Par Villa,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Katong,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Kuo Chuan Ave ,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Little India,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Merlion 1,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Merlion 2,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Raffles 01,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Raffles 02,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 1,Pigment ink on archival photo,119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2,Pigment ink on archival photo,119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Singapore Flyer,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Toa Payoh 1,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Toa Payoh 2,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Toa Payoh 3,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Victoria Concert Hall 1,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Victoria Concert Hall 2,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Victoria Concert Hall 3,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
- Victoria Concert Hall 4,Pigment ink on archival photo paper, 119.5x153cm(framed),2014
Wee Kheng-Li
- Yellow Patterned Curtain,2010,59.5x85x6.5cm,Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Red Window Ornaments,2011,59.5x85x6.5cm,Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Window With Blue Hose,2012,59.5x85x6.5cm,Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Cadenza Lane, 2011, 59.5 x 85 x 6.5 cm, Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Azure Shadows, 2011, 59.5 x 85 x 6.5 cm, Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Corner Mural, 2010, 59.5 x 85 x 6.5 cm, Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Three Mops,2011,59.5x85x6.5cm,Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Translucent Sheeting,2010,59.5x85x6.5cm,Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
- Winter Camellias,2011,59.5x85x6.5cm,Archival digital pigment print on transparent film mounted in light box
Chen Sai Hua Kuan
- The Rise and Fall No.1, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.2, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.3, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.4, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.5, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.6, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.7, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- Chen Sai Hua Kuan, The Rise and Fall No.8, 2014, 90x160cm, Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.9,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.10,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.11,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.12,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.13,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.14,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.15,2014,90x160cm,Photography
- The Rise and Fall No.16,2014,90x160cm,Photography
Wang Ruobing
- Passing by, June 03 2009, 1553hrs, 2010, 36x541cm, Fine art print
- Passing by, April 04 2010, 1326hrs, 2010, 40.5 x 447cm, Fine art print
- Passing by, April 27 2011,1440hrs-ABC Birds Centre,2011,61x480cm,Fine art print
- Passing by, October 19 2011, 1341hrs, 2011, 34 x 451cm, Fine art print
- Passing by, November 21 2014, 1814hrs, 2014, 35.8 x 435cm, Fine art print
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