Preview: 16 August 2018, Thursday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Exhibition Opens to Public: 17 August 2018 – 1 September 2018, 10.00am – 7.00pm

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iPRECIATION proudly presents a solo exhibition of Singapore artist Oh Chai Hoo 胡財和. Titled Gentle Breeze, Moving Heart「風動 • 心動」this solo exhibition will feature more than 50 latest works created between 2016-2018 by Oh including ink paintings, ceramic sculptures and a seals light installation that will succinctly showcase his mastery in these mediums. Some of the ink paintings are fan-shaped and there will be a handscroll painting that is as long as 8-metres. 

Oh Chai Hoo (b. 1960, Singapore) graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore in 1982. He is an artist who works extensively with various artistic mediums ranging from ink painting, seal carving to ceramics sculpture. Oh’s mastery of ink painting is as well admired as his fearless experimentation with the medium. In recent years, he has been focusing on the development of new ink techniques on rice paper. Oh’s career now spans over 20 years and he continues to push boundaries of the art form’s rich heritage to create works that are ultimately powerful. Oh has participated in various solo exhibitions including “Tropical Zen Garden” (Esplanade, Singapore, 2014) ,“Lifetime of Change” (iPreciation, Singapore, 2016), “The Serene Path” (Gallery Huit, Hong Kong, 2018) as well as numerous group exhibitions in Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan and United Kingdom. This includes “V’Spartio (Travelling Exhibition) at Asian and Pacific VSA Festival” (Osaka, Japan, 1999), “San, Exhibition by Singaporean Artists” (King’s Road Gallery, United Kingdom, 2000), “GAM Art Exhibition (Ceramic)” (Toyota City Art Museum, Japan, 2003), “Modern Calligraphy Exhibition (Travelling Exhibition)” (China, 2005), “When Space Dissolves Into Luminosity; Where Flowers Bloom Amidst Rocks” (iPreciation, Singapore, 2017) and “International Ink Painting Exhibition” (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan, 2018). Oh’s works can also be found in private and public collections.

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Performance (4pm) & Private Preview (6pm): Thursday, January 25, 2018 (By Invitation Only)

Exhibition opens to public: January 26, 2018 – February 28, 2018

In conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2018, iPreciation proudly presents Along the Great Path 行於大道, a solo exhibition by acclaimed Chinese calligrapher and ink artist, Wang Dongling 王冬齡. Regarded as one of China’s greatest living calligrapher, Wang is best known for his public performances involving large format “Wild Cursive” script (狂草), a Chinese calligraphic style characterized by its erratic and dynamic strokes. His works are often deeply rooted in the ancient philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the Chinese classics. Along the Great Path is Wang’s first ever solo exhibition in Singapore, and features over 30 abstract ink and calligraphic paintings. Among these works, a selected range is presented through a unique medium and format. The exhibition will provide viewers with a rare opportunity to view and appreciate Wang’s captivating and powerful calligraphic works up-close.

Born in 1945 in Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China (中國江蘇省如東), Wang graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the Nanjing Normal University (南京師範大學) under the guidance of prominent literatus and calligrapher Shen Zishan 沈之善 (1899-1969). Wang also became a disciple of Lin Sanzhi 林散之 (1898-1989), known as the sage of cursive script, during this period. He received his Master’s Degree in Fine Art from the Calligraphy Department from the then Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (浙江美術學院) (currently China Academy of Art 中國美術學院) in 1981, under the tutelage of Lu Weizhao 陸維釗 (1899-1980) and Sha Menghai 沙孟海 (1900-1992), when his calligraphy started to emanate its own style and character.

In 1989, at the invitation of the University of Minnesota, USA as a visiting professor to teach Chinese calligraphy, Wang embarked on a journey through the US for four years that expanded his vision of artistic practice through teaching, participation of symposiums and solo exhibitions at institutions like Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley. It was during this period that Wang started his modernist engagement when he immersed himself in the modern works of acclaimed artists like Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Paul Klee (1879-1940), Joan Miró (1893-1983) and Henri Matisse (1869-1954). In addition, Wang was also exposed to Japanese calligraphy during the 1990s, especially of works from the Japanese master Inoue Yuichi 井上有一 (1916-1985). All these influences aroused Wang’s pursuits of experimental techniques and reinterpretations of the ancient art form, refining and fusing them into his own artistic language of gestural abstraction.

Wang’s works have been prominently exhibited at institutions and several international venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, USA), Guggenheim Museum (New York City, USA), National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China) and the Palace Museum (Beijing, China). They can also be found amongst others in the collections of the British Museum (London), the Zhejiang Museum of Fine Art, (Hangzhou, China), the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, USA), Harvard University (Cambridge, USA), and the University of California, Berkley (USA).

Wang is currently a Professor and Director of the Modern Calligraphy Research Center at the China Academy of Art.

This exhibition is of Singapore Art Week 2018, a joint initiative by the National Arts Council, the Singapore Tourism Board and the Singapore Economic Development Board, Singapore Art Week reinforces Singapore’s position as Asia’s leading arts destination. In its sixth edition in 2018, the twelve-day celebration of the visual arts will be taking place in venues across Singapore, from galleries and museums to art precincts and non-profit spaces.

Private Preview: 16th March 2017, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Exhibition Opens to Public: 17th March – 1 April 2017

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iPreciation is honoured to present a solo exhibition by Singaporean artist and Ink master, Zhuang Shengtao. This exhibition brings together a selection of 34 works created between the years 1984 to 2010, a period marked by his significant artistic development from one of tradition to that of the contemporary. These works are a synthesis of traditional and modern themes, where bold brush strokes and abstract characters meet, reminiscent of the aesthetics of modern Western art, yet retaining the fundamentals and symbolism of Chinese calligraphy. They reflect Zhuang’s roots in Chinese Ink painting and calligraphy and his desire to incorporate the free-spirited and expressive quality of the Western art he encountered during his travels to Europe and the USA in the 1980s.

Born in China in 1944, Zhuang came to Singapore in 1955 with his parents. He enrolled in a part-time art program at the Nanyang Academy Of Fine arts in 1964, studying Chinese painting and calligraphy under the tutelage of renowned ink artist, Shi Xiang Tuo. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in 1974, and a Master’s degree in 1977, both obtained from Nanyang University, Singapore. He later went on to study French in Singapore, at the University of Nice (Nice, France) and the Alliance Francoise (Paris, France) in 1981. He moved to the USA in 1987 and enrolled in an Advanced English program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, California. Zhuang also studied print making at the Cornish College of the Arts  (Seattle, Washington, USA) in 1988, and achieved a Master of Fine Art in the University of Washington, (Seattle, USA) in 1990. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Singapore and other countries, including the ‘Three Singaporean Artists’  (1983, Raya Gallery, Australia), ‘New Direction – Singapore Contemporary Art in the 80s and The National Museum Centennial Art Exhibition’ (1987, Singapore National Museum Art Gallery), ‘Journey of Ink’, (1993, Singapore National Museum Art Gallery), ‘Power and Poetry – Monuments and Meditations in Chinese Contemporary Ink Paintings’ (1998, Singapore Art Museum), ‘5^th International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen’ (1999, Shenzhen, China) and in BenSe Art Museum, (2009, Suzhou, China). Zhuang now lives and works in Suzhou, China.

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