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Artist in Focus - Zhang Tongshau

An Interview with Neha Kirpal

STOP! Indians Ahead

Art Stage Singapore 16

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 17

The Road to Persepolis:Travelogue OccurrencesBy Gilles Massot

Something and Nothing

Erehwon: New Sculptures And Paintings by Yim Tae Kyu

Congo River: Arts of Central Africa

Brilliant New Year

Space-Activities-CultureA solo exhibition by TheChankerk 19

Forest Rain Gallery Presents: Preview of Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair Hongkong

Paintings from South East Asia

7/24: SINS “N” THE CITY 20

Roberto Chabet: To Be Continued

LIVING PORTRAITS: A Living Legacy

A Class of its Own

Pop! Back into the Future with Burton Morris 21

Collectors’ Stage: Contemporary Asian Masterpieces from Private Collections

MY STORY II: Solo show by WONG SHIH YAW


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OPEN HOUSE! (OH)

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this issue of The Pocket Arts Guide, the first of 2011.

Often January editions take a reflective look over the year that has passed to sum up what have been the highlights of the year gone by. However, as I prepared to consider what to include in this guide, it became apparent that, whilst 2010 was indeed a dynamic year for the arts in Singapore, 2011 is building on that momentum at the outset.

January starts with gusto and includes the launch of the premier art fair, Art Stage coming to the iconic Marina Bay Sands, the second edition of Open House!, a wealth of gallery openings as well as the M1 Festival.

It is not just events in Singapore that local art players are focused on; two Singapore-based galleries will make their way to India Art Summit in New Delhi to showcase their artists amongst a number of international exhibitors.

And so, without realising it, the issue has come together before my eyes and I hope, is a reflection of the energy and drive the art community has within Singapore. I hope you enjoy an insight into the various events taking place this month and I wish you a very Happy New Year.

Camilla HewitsonGuest Editor

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On the Cover Mick Saylom ‘Puppets - Subtle Fingers’

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Art Stage Singapore13.01.11 – 16.01.11 / Art Stage Sinagapore, Marina Bay Sands /www.artstagesingapore.com

Art Stage Singapore, Asia’s new premier international art fair will make its debut at the iconic Marina Bay Sands. The fair will focus on the Asia Pacific art scene, featuring over 100 of the world’s leading and up-and-coming galleries in a showcase of the best and most exciting of Asian artistic creativity. The exhibitors represent 18 countries that have been selected based on the fair’s cornerstone criteria of quality and the presentation of art in context.

World-renowned galleries that will be exhibiting include Boers-Li Gallery (Beijing), Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin (Paris/Miami), Nature Morte (New Delhi/Berlin), Tomio Koyama Gallery (Kyoto/Tokyo), among many others. Leading contemporary artists exhibiting at the fair include Ai Weiwei (China), Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan (Philippines), Cai Guoqiang (China Subodh Gupta (India), Fx Harsono (Indonesia), Takashi Murakami (Japan), Thukral & Tagra (India), Vasan Sitthiket (Thailand).

Art Stage Singapore is committed to encouraging talents of rising stars in the art world, and will feature Project Stage, a platform dedicated to young galleries and artists actively engaged in supporting new talents who seek to develop new ideas and practices. Project Stage exhibitors will include Galerie Grand Siecle (Taipei), LDX Contemporary Art Center (Beijing), Megumi Ogita Gallery (Tokyo), One & J. Gallery (Seoul), Project Fulfill Art Space (Taipei), PLATFORM3 (Bandung), Shrine Empire Gallery (New Delhi), Gallery TAGBOAT (Tokyo), Vanguard Gallery (Shanghai) and Vivi Yip Art Room (Jakarta).

Image: Cai Guo-Qiang, DancerCalice 2009.

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M1 Singapore Fringe Festival05.01.11 – 16.01.11 / www.singaporefringe.com

The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival returns for its 7th year running. Organised and curated by The Necessary Stage, the festival showcases works from international artists, ranging from dance to theatre.

The 2011 Festival is featuring a stronger Asian presence, and will include for the first time, India and Korea. Several works will also make their first appearance in the festival; with 3 works making their Asian premieres and 10 works their world premier.

The event revolves around how art can be used as a tool to educate. Art is recognized for its ability to impart knowledge, and how it may be used to acquire new perspectives and insights to what we already know. However, not only can art educate, it can also be used to indoctrinate, especially when there is a lack of active engagement and discourse, both of which are elements crucial to the process of education. The process of art creation can also be informed and educated by interaction with audiences and communities, and through the Festival’s works, a look at how artists experience learning process as they create art will be explored.

Image: Achinto Bhadra, Another Me: Transformations from Pain to Power, 2007.

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The exhibition explores the experiences of travel photographer and writer, Gilles Massot in his journey to Iran, a place of opposing forces in it’s splendour as a Persian empire, but also in the rigor of the Islamic republic. Dreamy timeless images are created through the artist’s use of reality and imagination creating a contrasting parallel. The works are further enhanced through a soundscape created especially for the exhibition by Damien Lock, further intensifying the viewer’s experience.

The Road to Persepolis:Travelogue OccurrencesBy Gilles Massot13.01.11 – 29.01.11 / SOCIETE GENERALE Private Banking Gallery /www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg

Something and Nothing explores the concept of nothing, as a state of being of absence, in places and in images that are often neglected due to familiarity; or our perceived nonexistence of it. The artist, Loh Wan Ting believes that the existence as well as our participation of the viewing of places and objects is a reflection of life; a juxtaposition of the old and new, the mundane and significant, of darkness and light.

Something and Nothing03.01.11 – 06.01.11 / The Arts House /www.theartshouse.com.sg

Art Seasons Gallery is pleased to announce ‘Erehwon: New Paintings and Sculptures by Yim Tae Kyu’. Yim’s works are recognized for their playful reinterpretation of traditional ink painting and for the bitterly amusing scenes of metropolitan banality. The unusual title, ‘Erehwon’, resonates with the name of a satirical utopia in Samuel Butler’s novel, Erehwon (1872), and is an anagram of the word “nowhere”. Yim’s imagined world extends that view to our times. He has an ability to portray the landscape of periphery, all the while, overcoming the contested reality with a drive to imagine.

Erehwon: New Sculptures And Paintings by Yim Tae Kyu15.01.11 – 13.02.11/ Art Seasons Gallery /www.artseasonsgallery.com

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Brilliant New Year exhibition features a group of artists with various artistic styles to welcome the Chinese New Year. The paintings are characterized by blazing beauty of floral and landscape nature charm colours. Among the artists on display are Xu Min, Poh Siew Wah, Zhai Yong, Goh Beng Kwan, Leo Hee Tong.

Brilliant New Year 01.01.11 – 28.01.11 / Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery / www.capeofgoodhopeartgallery.com

Following Chankerk’s last exhibition “Horizon of changes” - a tribute to the historical importance of Chinatown - this series extends his oeuvre to other parts of Singapore. Locations vary from hidden back allies of conservation shophouses, the Singapore River, to the iconic architecture prevalent in the CBD. Chankerk aims to demonstrate the contrast between the demand for progressive growth and the desire to preserve Singapore’s cultural heritage. Chankerk explores shifting of images, gestural strokes, and layering of paints to create a sense of tension, uncertainty, and melancholy, a reflection of the social, physical, and spiritual phenomenon of a rapidly changing Singapore.

Space-Activities-CultureA solo exhibition by TheChankerk12.01.11 – 28.01.11 / Chan Hampe Galleries @ Tanjong Pagar / www.chanhampegalleries.com

After it’s debut in Paris earlier this year, the Asian Civilization Museum welcomes the first major exhibition on African art in Southeast Asia. Congo River: the visual power of the region is portrayed in over 100 sculptures, masks and beautifully crafted objects and figures, illustrating the artistic traditions of Central African nations of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and Gabon. The exhibition explores the shared heritage between the people expressed through art made possible via trade on the Congo River. A selection of works by Pablo Picasso is presented in the exhibition, allowing visitors to witness how African sculpture influenced the development of Picasso’s Modernist style.

Congo River: Arts of Central Africa10.12.10 – 10.04.11/ Asian Civilization Museum / $8 / www.acm.org.sg

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The exhibition deals with contemporary perceptions and interpretations of humanity’s age-old moral conscience. Featuring the works of 5 renowned Indonesian photo artists: Artli Ali, Davy Linggar, Marsio Juwono, Paul Kadarisman and Sinartus Sosrodjojo, 7/24: Sins “n” the City highlights various techniques and genres in the development of contemporary photography. Altogether, the 15 pieces works showcase conventional photo journalistic depiction of political sloth, surrealist mixed media photography, romantic abstraction, conceptual and realist styles. Accompanying the works is a large photomontage by Indonesian master Nico Dharmajungen.

7/24: SINS “N” THE CITY11.01.11 – 10.02.11 / Galerie Sogan & Art / www.soganart.com

The common theme of this exhibition is the pictorial representation of life as seen by various artists from Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. From modern to contemporary, figurative to surrealist, the artists express how they view their environment, and comment on the issues they face in their lives. The artists include Chandra Johan, Pupuk DP, Popo Iskandar, Putu Sutawijaya, Janiz Chan, Diego Menendez, Faizin, Isur Suroso, Manjeet Shergill, Stefan Buana, Nguyen Thanh Binh and Maninder Krishnan.

Paintings from South East Asia19.11.10 / Galerie Waterton / www.galeriewaterton.com

Forest Rain will be joining the Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Hong Kong, is an exclusive art event from Korea, once only open to galleries from Korea and Japan. This event attracts art connoisseurs & collectors from Asia (Korea, Japan, China and South East Asia) and around the world.

This show includes prominent Singaporean artists such as: Tan Choh Tee, Chng Seok Tin, Han Sai Por, Lim Leong Seng and Chua Say Hua. Top works from these artists will be showcased in Hong Kong in February 2011. Forest rain gallery intends to use Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Hong Kong, as a platform to establish Singapore artists in greater Asia. There will be a preview of this exhibition from 15 – 31 January 2011 in our gallery before our show in Hongkong. For more information, please visit www.forestraingallery.com

Forest Rain Gallery Presents: Preview of Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair Hongkong 15.01.11 – 31.01.11 / Forest Rain Gallery /www.forestraingallery.com

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The Osage Art Foundation and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore, ICAS, LASALLE College of the Arts present To Be Continued. A landmark survey exhibition of Filipino conceptual artist Roberto Chabet, the exhibition is curated by Ringo Bunoan, Isabel Ching and Nilo Ilarde, and showcases Chabet’s signature material – store-bought plywood boards – and gathers, for the first time, significant pieces such as his seminal 1980s trilogy Russian Paintings, House Paintings and Cargo and Decoy.

Living Portraits, featuring more than 200 oil paintings, other visual media and audio commentary, is divided into three sections: The Colonial Period, Images of Everyday Life, Modernisation and Industrialisation. It is imperative, as never before, to honour these exceptional leaders, so that, as Eugene K B Tan, a Law professor recently stated, “we do not have a collective amnesia about our past.” Singapore has its heroes; it needs to honour and recognize them as LIVING LEGACIES. Their lives, their legacies uphold and encourage the ideals and uniqueness of Singapore and its people.

Roberto Chabet: To Be Continued 14.01.11 – 12.02.11 / Laselle, ICA Gallery 1 & 2 / www.laselle.edu.sg

LIVING PORTRAITS: A Living LegacyLiving Portrait Gallery / www.livingportraits.com.sg

Oasis Gallery is presenting the creativity of 4 talented artists from different parts of the world, coming together each with their own distinguish styles. Frederic Berger’s (France) fascination with ink and endless potential as a medium for contemporary art is reflected through his lotus scapes. Singaporean artist, Rosihan Dahim evokes surrealism through paintings. Jose Maria Bustos (New York) evokes the physical beauty of the human form through its inner strength and beauty by applying multiple layers using vibrant colors, texture, and line. Li Wei from China is inspired by the visual attention to the customs of South Gansu inhabited by the Tibetan people, he uses traditional techniques but expresses his thoughts in a modern and contemporary perspective, subtle and delicate.

A Class of its Own29.11.10 – 29.02.11 / Oasis Gallery / www.oasisgallery8.com

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The Singapore Art Museum is proud to present Collectors’ Stage: Contemporary Asian Masterpieces From Private Collection, organised to coincide with the first edition of Art Stage Singapore 2011, the newest international art fair in the Asia Pacific. The exhibition presents an unparalleled occasion for art lovers to experience first-hand, iconic works of contemporary Asian art drawn from distinguished private collections. It is also an opportunity to take stock of the Asian contemporary art phenomenon that has blazed a trail on the international art scene. The exhibition is presented at the Singapore Art Museum as well as at Artspace @ Helutrans in Tanjong Pagar.

Collectors’ Stage: Contemporary Asian Masterpieces from Private Collections13.01.11 – 13.02.11 / Singapore Art Museum / www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

As befits a sequel to his well received autobiographical show earlier this year, MY STORY II continues with a montage of more light-hearted vignettes from the life of Singaporean painter WONG SHIH YAW, this time presented in glorious Technicolor. Executed in a graphic woodcut style originally which is reminiscent of nostalgic scenes of social realism from the early to mid-20th century, the series is evolving into a more painterly and symbolic direction.

MY STORY II: Solo show byWONG SHIH YAW06.01.11 – 16.01.11 / Utterly Art /www.utterlyart.com.sg

Following in the tradition of Andy Warhol, Burton Morris transforms everyday items into vibrant works of art. His style consists of bright colors with his signature radiant lines, which to him represent the energy he imbues into each piece. In his post-Pop style, Burton Morris boldly projects an enticing mood of happiness, high energy and fun. He chooses one subject per composition to create what he calls “an instant happening” for the viewer. In his paintings, Morris energizes every day images with his unique style so that a steaming coffee cup, a swirling martini and a dancing popcorn box all take on a new life under his paintbrush. Pop! Back into the Future

with Burton Morris08.01.11 – 29.01.11 / Pop and Contemporary Fine Art / www.popandcontemporaryart.com

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When contemporary Chinese art en-tered global auction houses, the vivid

colours and politically-charged caricatures of painters such as Yue Minjun indicated that post-Maoist China had given its artists the breathing space to dream.

Zhang Tongshau’s woodblock prints have a refreshing ideogramic realism that address-es modern issues using a millennia-old art form. Zhang, who was born in Shandong in 1981, said that he uses the art of wood-block printing to create monochromatic snapshots of everyday life with oil-based ink on white handmade paper.

“I never intended to describe an aspect of society or express sarcasm with my art work,” said Zhang. “I only record what I see in daily life. I intend my art pieces to be objective reflections that I have put onto a print, while making up a scene and creating an atmosphere.”

Zhang graduated from the Xian Academy of Fine Arts in 2005 after which he had his first exhibition. He entered a contemporary Chinese art world that was maturing as it diversified beyond the eruption of free expression that followed the Cultural Revolution. Without the groundbreaking flamboyance of his predecessors, Zhang’s subjects are incisive black figures, who have been given generous amounts of white space.

Zhang’s lens probes a shadowy world, inhabited by creatures whose facial features have sunk into an inky blackness, like the subjects of underexposed photographs; and the missing details are noticeable by their absence. Who Are You Apt More To, a one-and-a-half metre wide by two-metre long woodblock print, offers a polite close encounter with one of these

eyeless creations, whose main tools of expression are a gleaming set of teeth and oversized hands. Zhang’s suited figures find an identity through physical gestures, emphasised by the alien minimalism of their form.

“Clothes have become more powerful codes of identity than faces,” said Zhang. “Suits and ties have become uniforms for particular situations that anyone can fit into and they have become ways for people to find an identity. The faces of my figures have faded out but their open mouths give them a voice, and different hand gestures are indicators of different states. Viewers can read what the men in the paintings are saying based on their mouths and hands.”

This is evident in Establishing a Business Relationship with a Third Party, in which these communication tools convey the respective expressions of three different subjects with graphic eloquence. The uniform solidarity seen in Welcome is reminiscent of the propagandist socialist realist art of the Mao era. If, as it can be implied, Zhang based it on formal situations that he observed, the image expresses an irony about the modern business world in China. And different pieces present these ideas in different ways. In Conversation, the body language of arms and legs are pronounced and in This Way Please, an oversized hand looks as if it is trying to distance the viewer. These visual statements are made louder by the immense size of Zhang’s prints, most of which reach two metres in length. This is even more breathtaking when we take into account that one giant woodblock needs to be created for each image.

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“I think the size of an art piece has an essential role to play,” said Zhang. “When creating an image, different sizes have different visual and psychological effects. Of course, this depends on the conditions and needs of the piece and how powerful it needs to be. I usually take two to four weeks to create one big piece but I need to produce different types of images and think about my art work in different ways to provide the variety that keeps it alive and makes it constantly different.”

It is too early to decide if these figures have become the trademarks of Zhang’s career but they epitomise the imagistic clarity he needs to make his mark in an overcrowded art scene. Elegantly simple, Zhang’s black and white suited men are given a voice through printing techniques that powerfully hone an image, and its underlying message, to an essential point.

And as the contemporary Chinese art world blossoms, Zhang’s way of breathing new life into woodblock printing, which is historically associated with natural scenes, revitalises rather than reconstructs. By remaining faithful to time-honoured tools, he proves that they can mirror the modern world as eloquently as any 21st century craft; and given that many traditional art forms are scrambling for a place in the contemporary landscape, there’s an evolutionary value in this that provides continuity with the past. “Woodblock printing is a traditional art form that dates back to ancient times,” said Zhang. “It is simple, direct and powerful compared with other art forms, and I personally think it suits my objectives and what I am trying to say. We are in the midst of a renaissance in contemporary Chinese art, and the achievements of many pioneering artists have already laid the groundwork for

creators like me. I feel as I am in a world in which artists are ceaselessly trying out new things, as they reflect the changing conditions around them. There has already been a generation of artists in China who have rebelled against tradition with images that were fresh to the art scene. Without them, contemporary Chinese art won’t be where it is now and it’s the right time for me to continue a traditional art form in an innovative way. ”

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In the world in which we inhabit day to day regardless of geographical location

or nationality, there are more often than not similar realities of existence that many human beings face such as aggression, social and economic struggles and a changing environment affecting livelihood and a sense of history.

The past exhibitions at M Gallery have tended to showcase mainly cultural themes in the works presented. Step-ping away from that trend, “Voices” will exhibit the works of six top Laotian art-ists: Mick Saylom, Mongkham Bualavanh, Kongphat Luangrath, Marisa Darasavath, Sivilay Souvannasing and Souliya Phou-mivong (Sai). From paintings to installa-tion to video, the ubiquitous theme reso-nating from work to work is that of a more contemporary style reflecting social com-mentaries of today’s world.

It is difficult to always extract the moral high ground on human behaviour and Mick Saylom tackles this topic with pow-erful imagery leaving the viewer contem-plating the need for human understanding and respect. Mick reflects on the impact of the actions of adults on the younger generation in his painting “Influence” hint-ing at the spiralling behavioural traits that may pass from one generation to anoth-er without some intervention to change track. Violence permeates his works with the weak gathering strength to overcome a bully in “Revenge On The Bully”. The age old debate on whether violence is ever an acceptable means to react to a situation or if an “eye for an eye” is the only way to re-balance the wrongs that have been committed are played out with the viewer left with no other question to ponder on. The overall theme from the works of Mick in this exhibition are brought together in

the portrayal of the imbalance of power, be it social power and/or physical power in his work, “Puppets - Subtle Fingers”. Control, corruption and social structures shine through the composition.

Kongphat Luangrath, in his 60s, is one of the most senior and recognised artists in Laos having exhibited in many parts of the world. His work “Racing” reflects on the chaos of modern life and the lack of peace many people face to continue their existence. Whilst “Shout - Hear Me!” by Sivilay Souvannasing echoes this need for time to stop the conveyor belt of life and take the opportunity to be heard through protest or a demonstration.

Reminiscent of the principal themes of Pre-Raphealitism, Mongkham Bualavanh speaks about changes from rural coun-tryside to modernity in “Past and Pres-ent”. From buffaloes and trishaws, to modern transportation, high rise build-ings and computers, the pace at which society stomps forward leaves a sense of history altering its course and traditions being lost in the melee of development. In his trademark cubist style, Mongkham explores the plight of one section of so-ciety, women, in “Women In The Cage”. In a similar vein, Sivilay Souvannasing re-flects on the need for humanity to keep pollution down before it is too late in “Global Warming” whilst Marisa reflects on the precious balance of happiness and temptation in her “Spirit of Mother – Co-lourful Poppy”.

“Chance” is life changing. Buffaloes made of clay are used to represent the poor and underprivileged people. Artist Souliya Phoumivong implies that what this group of people need is to be given one thing: a chance in life; the opportu-

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nity to enable them to progress and do better in life for themselves and those around them. The buffaloes head through a tunnel to be transformed into coloured bulls. The tunnel of opportunity repre-sents a breath of new life and progress and at the same moment, reminds the onlooker of the power they may behold to offer people a chance at life.

It is a powerful collection of works that makes up “Painted Voices” and brings to the fore the everyday struggles behind the results of a developing world. Too often forgotten in the fast paced societ-ies in which we live, M Gallery asks us to take a moment to reflect and consider the world around us.

Opening Reception: 21 January 2011Preview starts from 11 January 2011Exhibition runs till 28 February 2011

M Gallery31 Waterloo Street #03-03B/04Singapore 187969Tel 65-63380093

Opening Hours:Tuesdays to Saturdays - 11:00AM to 7:00PMSundays - 12noon to 5:00PM

Mondays - (by appointment only)

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Artists:Mick Saylom (34) is one of the top young artists in Laos and specialises in ink and oil on canvas; although he is ver-satile in various media. He has been collected by the National Art Gallery, Singapore and the United Nations Office in Vien-tiane amongst others.

1. Revenge On The Bully by Mick Saylom2. Puppets – Subtle Fingers by Mick Saylom3. Influence by Mick Saylom 4. Good Service by Mick Saylom

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Artists:Kongphat Luangrath trained in Vien-tiane, Laos and Sofia and is best known for his surrealist painting style. His works are collected by art collectors and pub-lic institutions including The National Art Gallery, Singapore.

Marisa Darasavath (38) combines west-ern and traditional techniques with thick black curves and strong colours. She is collected by The National Art Gallery, Sin-gapore and The Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka.

Racing by Kongphat Luangrath

Spirit of Mother - Colourful Poppy by Marisa Darasavath

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Mongkham Bualavanh (38) is a cubist whose works cover socio-politico and at times, cultural themes. A graduate of the National Institute of Fine Arts in Vientiane, Laos, his works are in the hands of inter-national collectors.

Sivilay Souvannasing (28) recently had a successful solo exhibition in Singapore. A cubist who also uses geometrics as well as multi-layering of images and co-lours. His works are gaining good col-lectors’ interest and have also landed at The National Art Gallery, Singapore and United Nations Office in Vientiane.

Women In The Cage by Mongkham Bualavanh

The Spirit of Morality by Sivilay Souvannasing

Shout - Hear Me by Sivilay Souvannasing

Past and Present by Mongkham Bualavanh

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Artists:Souliya Phoumivong (28) specialises in visual art, video art and installations. A talented artist who graduated from The National Institute of Fine Arts in Vientiane, Laos.

Chance by Souliya Phoumivong

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AN INTERVIEW WITH NEHA KIRPAL DIrecTOr, INDIA ArT SuMMIT 2011Image: India Art Summit 2009

Image: India Art Summit 2009

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The India Art Summit (IAS) was founded in 2008 when

there wasn’t an international art fair in India, despite the fact that it was witnessing signifi-cant growth. India Art Summit was conceived a s a platform to bring many constituents of modern and contemporary In-dian art together, and provide a window into the Indian art scene for the rest of the world.

The 3rd edition of India Art Summit presents 84 exhibiting galleries from 20 countries in-cluding India, Australia, France, Germany, Korea, Japan, Singa-pore, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, UK and USA. Alongside the art fair, there will be a Sculpture Park, Video Lounge, Curated Art Projects, Live Performanc-es, an elaborate Speakers’ Fo-rum, an Art Store and a range of exciting Collateral Events around the city of Delhi.

Neha Kirpal, Fair Director, talks to The Pocket Arts Guide about how the India Art Summit has developed and what we can expect for the next edition.

TPAG: What is the reason the fair was started and why New Delhi?NK: We wanted to represent the entire country and felt that Delhi being the capital city, and home to both a growing number of art collectors as well as some of the country’s most important independent art organizations, private museums, and art colleges was appropriate.

This fair has local beginnings but is very much a global mix of galleries and artists, what attracts these international galleries to join the fair?In recent years both Indian art and the Indian art market have attracted the interest of the international art world. Thus we received a great response from international galleries and we will have 34 participating at the fair, which is double from last year. Most of our international galleries have been interested in the Indian market, and see IAS as a suitable entry point into this new, growing art market- the one time in the year when the entire country’s art fraternity comes under one roof for a few days.

How has the response been to the integration of local and international artworks by visitors to the fair?Showcasing Indian and international art together has been a positive thing for both local and international galleries; it has allowed visitors to IAS to see Indian art in a global context, and in fact triggered increased interest, and curiosity about both. As people get more exposure to art from other parts of the world, their interests and appetite gets developed and they will then most certainly be future buyers as well.

Over the years how many visitors have you seen through the doors of IAS? Between the 1st and 2nd edition, IAS grew significantly in terms of scale and reach; in 2009, IAS attracted 40,000 visitors (as compared to 10,000 in 2008). For the coming edition we expect 60000-70000 people over the four days.

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Image: India Art Summit 2009

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What do you see for the future of IAS?We hope to continue to build on the foundation that India Art Summit has created in the Indian Art scene - as a consolidated platform for the Indian art scene, and to continue to forge deeper relationships between art communities across the globe.

When: VIP & Press Preview: Thursday, 20th January 2011 Public Days: 21st - 23rd January 2011

Where:Hall No. 18, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

www.indiaartsummit.com

Despite economic troubles, IAS has had strong success, what do you attribute this to?India Art Summit brings together many stakeholders. Besides galleries there are a number of cultural, educational, and artist led organisations that are part of our programme. Post the phenomenal boom and thereafter the downturn; there was a need to focus on long-term sustainability. India Art Summit was conceived as a collaborative initiative from the outset. Its objective was to help address the needs of the art scene here, and to build a consolidated platform. It has received a lot of support from the art community, and continues to do so, and that is a key factor in its success in this region.

What are you most looking forward to at the fair this year?One of the most exciting things about India Art Summit is that every edition has seen expansion and new dimensions added to it. This year the fair is far more international in terms of galleries, as well as Directors of major European museums, the top international art media - many of these are visiting the Art Summit. We hope their participation, and interactions with the art community in India will form stronger international links to the Indian Art Scene - and increase awareness and exchange in this sense.

You offer Curated Walks during the event - what can one expect if one attends one of these?There is a range of walks available. Most of them are conducted in collaboration with students and researchers at the country’s best art/art history colleges, and with young curators. They have a variety of themes, which are usually created to help make the artwork more accessible for general visitors. They were a huge success last year and initiatives like this are very effective in deepening the interest of people new to art, and many potential new collectors.

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STOP! INDIANS AHEAD

As part of a new generation of Indian Dias-pora Artists who are drawing on their own

culture for inspiration, Singapore based, Kenyan born, British educated artist, Ketna Patel’s cur-rent series juxtaposes High Art with contempo-rary Popular Culture. Ketna’s candid portrayal of the lives of everyday Indians compresses this region’s illustrious past with its rapidly unfolding future, making the compositions both personal and impersonal.

The imagery created by Ketna Patel, has been transferred onto the car in Mosaic. Using a meth-od similar to that employed by artisans of the Byzantine period, SICIS, the world leader in Mo-saics, has carried out the execution of the mo-saic artwork in their factory in Italy. This unique collaboration has resulted in converting the new iconic Tata Nano car into a symbolic ‘Jewel for the masses’. The car is a marriage of Art and Utility, and the viewer is encouraged to make an appraisal of ‘received’ ideas filtered down to us through our media saturated conditioning and rampant con-sumer culture. In addition to the presenting the Nano car at the India Art Summit, Indigo Blue Art will be show-casing the works of Ms Patel in their booth, A13. The artwork comprises a collection of both 3D collages on wood and limited edition acrylic screen prints. The collection will also showcase some furniture, which includes a barber’s chair, itself a poignant metaphor for dying street culture everywhere in the world.

Visit Indigo Blue Art at STAND A13.

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OPEN HOUSE! (OH)OH! is open to public 4pm – 8pm, 8, 9, 15, 16 January 2011 Marine Parade Community Club, 278 Marine Parade Road

Text: Viviana Mejia

Image: Oliver Bettin House at Niven Road - featuring Huang Wei

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Open House! (OH) is in its second year and welcomes visitors to Marine Parade this month. Explore this little seaside town and visit six flats transformed into exhibition spaces by twelve artists.

Home is not only the place where someone lives. It is the reflection of a

personal identity, of a way of seeing. Art comes from a personal introspection, the translation of something that comes from within. What happens when you combine something so personal and you have access to it from the inside? It means you are at Open House.

Last December, Alan Oei and his team of collaborators presented the exhibition Open House! Under the premise, “here comes the neighbourhood”, Oei displayed artworks of several artists based from or based in Singapore. The conceptualization of the project was centered on the idea of inviting the spectator into the homes of people living in a particular street, Niven Road, to observe the artwork displayed inside.

The street encapsulated numerous histor-ical instances of Singapore’s architecture and history; such as houses that spoke of a long gone past through their deteriorat-ing walls and mossy windows. A trendy condo stands for the city’s fast-paced developments and decadent capitalism. But many remodeled houses captured the essence of time. They spoke of the past through the quotidian of the present.

Once inside, the art pieces became part of the decoration merging with the inhab-

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Image: phunk - The Synthetics, 2007 - Pink Blue Photography

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Image: Jes Brinch

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Image: Yen Lin Teng - Linear Perspective, 2009

itants’ daily activities. Visitors were welcomed into the houses by informed “tour guides” who talked about the art works, gave a historical background of the neighbourhood and shared anecdotes of its residents. Works by artists such as the collective art and design group :phunk, Lynn Lu, Rebecca Lim, Zhao Renhui, Huang Wei, Ho Tzu Nyen, Vertical Submarine, Marisa Keller, Kosuke Misawa, Charlotte Cain and Jason Wee intervened the spaces in a very intimate way.

Alan Oei curator and co-founder of Open House, Qinyi Lim, Assistant Curator at NUS Museum and Zineng Wang, independent curator and writer will be presenting a second edition of this concept with a walkabout in the heartlands of Marine Parade. Visitors will have an opportunity to rediscover the neighbourhood as well as to discover insider secrets like the Bridge of Love, dolphin sightings and earthquakes. Six flats will be transformed into art exhibition spaces where artists such as Natalie Hennidige will be working with the local residents to create and present stories of Marine Parade. Jes Brinch will literally turn one of the owner’s rooms upside down and Yen Lin Teng will create an anamorphic drawing installation at an HDB lift landing where the images come to life only from certain angles. Zhao Renhui will be

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one specific intervention how Anthea, an exuberant homeowner with an upbeat outgoing personality was paired with a sound artist, Mark Wong who decided to tease out salient aspects of her character by creating sound pieces to complement pieces of her home decoration.

On one hand, this exhibition contributes to create a sense of history and past. On the other hand, it provides a space for communal interaction and acknowledge-ment of an identity. Collectively, the idea of finding an identity as a community is brought by sharing, accepting an invita-tion to come in, to learn and to find a common shared element of being.

With the Open House! experience there is an interesting juxtaposition where accessibility is brought to private spaces and thus creating a public corridor. Artbecomes a mediator that facilitates ex-periencing both spaces at once. As the owners of these houses allow artworks to be in their homes and for visitors to appreciate them, a sphere of private and public is blurred to the point that they both coexist at the same moment in time.

recreating a fictional narrative about one of the homes, which containing an already overwhelming number of artworks proved a challenge in itself. Oei describe that for Open House one of the central themes is “to re-imagine the lives and stories of each space”.

In addition to this idea, this project is centered on the premise that Singaporeans should take creative ownership over the spaces in which they reside. As an artist, co-founder and curator Alan Oei has constructed narratives around his works and projects. Last year he delved into a more historical perspective with the intention to construct a sentiment of lost memory. This year the team approaches the notion of a disappearing part of Singapore, the kampong. “Most housing estates in Singapore are pretty bland and undistinguishable. But Marine Parade is quite special because its first residents were moved en masse from the surrounding kampongs, and so there were micro-communities that were closely knit and involved in each others’ lives” describes Oei. In this creative process stories become a medium to translate life into the past and present of Singapore. Co-curator Qinyi Lim further explains “nearly all of these houses have certain histories with either the resident or the locale. The artworks explore, intervene and deal with the notion of home on different levels – is it the flat, the owner, the estate, the community? These are just some of the questions that OH! can raise”. “The curators played the function of matchmakers. It was really a process of engaging homeowners and trying to understand their personalities and their preferences in art and then inviting artists whose sensibilities could complement or run in productive opposition to theirs to work in their homes” illustrates co-curator Zineng Wang. She further explains with

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Art Trove Gallery 51 Waterloo Street #02-01/2/3Singapore 187969

T: +65 6336 0915 F: +65 6336 9975E: [email protected] W: www.art-trove.com

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EEagle’s Eye 39 Stamford Road #01-01Echo Art Galerie 19 Tanglin Road #02-59Evil Empire 48 Niven Road

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GGalerie Belvedere 168 Robinson Road #36-01Galerie Waterton 39 Keppel Road #02-01

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AAndrewShire Gallery 5 Swiss Cottage EstateAratong Galleries 26 Mount Pleasant DriveArt Forum 82 Cairnhill RoadArt Glass Solutions 30 Kuo Chuan AvenueArt Seasons 7 Kaki Bukit Road 1 #02-12Art Tree Gallery 333A Orchard Road #04-11Art-2 Gallery 140 Hill Street #01-03artcommune 133 New Bridge Road #02-77Artesan 793 Bukit Timah Road #02-01 Artfolio 328 North Bridge Road #02-25ArtGoGo 402 Orchard Road #02-08ARTINNO 391B Orchard Road #23-01

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CdeM ART & DESIGN Blk 5 Westbourne Road #01-02Collectors Contemporary 5 Jalan Kilang Barat #01-03COMBINART 27 Woodlands Industrial Park E1 #01-08

Boon’s Pottery91 Tanglin Road #01-02A Tanglin Place Singapore 247918T: +65 6836 3978www.boonspottery.com

Bruno Gallery91 Tanglin Road#01-03 Tanglin Place Singapore 247918T: +65 6733 0283www.brunoartgroup.com

DaTang Fine Arts Singapore177 River Valley Road, Liang Court , #02-09A Singapore 179030 T: +65 9846 2098 / +65 9721 3718www.9911art.com

Dynasties Antique & Art Gallery 18 Boon Lay Way #01-136 TradeHub 21 Singapore 609966T: +65 67383268www.9911art.com

fill your walls21 Tanjong Pagar Road #04-02Singapore 088444T: +65 6222 1667www.fill-your-walls.com

Forest Rain Gallery261 Waterloo Street #02-43/44 Singapore 180261T: +65 6336 0926www.forestraingallery.com

Art Trove51 Waterloo Street #02-01 to 03Singapore 187969T: +65 6336 0915www.art-trove.com

Cape of Good Hope140 Hill Street #01-06 MICA BuildingSingapore 179369T: +65 6733 3822www.capeofgoodhopeartgallery.com

Chan Hampe Galleries328 North Bridge Road#01-04 Raffles Hotel ArcadeSingapore 188719T: +65 6338 1962 www.chanhampegalleries.com

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Living Portraits 31 Tanjong Pagar

MM Gallery 51 Waterloo Street #03-03B/04Metakaos 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1 #03-22

OOde to Art 252 North Bridge Road #01-36E/FOpera Gallery 2 Orchard Turn #03-05

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HHaKaren 19 Tanglin Road #02-43Heng Artland 290 Orchard Road #04-08

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LLarasati www.larasati.comLinda Gallery 15 Dempsey Road #01-08 Light Editions Gallery 39 Keppel Road #02-02B

Li Fine Art19 Tanglin Road#03-32 Tanglin Shopping CentreSingapore 247909T: +65 6235 3306www.lifineart.com

Ken Crystals133 New Bridge Road#01-45 Chinatown PointSingapore 059413T: +65 6339 0008 www.lifineart.com

Lukisan Art Gallery110 Faber DriveSingapore 129421T: +65 6774 1609www.lukisan-art.com

Mulan Gallery19 Tanglin Road#02-33 Tanglin Shopping Centre Singapore 247909T: +65 6738 0810www.mulangallery.com.sg

Muse The Art Gallery268 Upper Bukit Timah Rd #03-09 @ The Old Fire StationSingapore 588210T: +65-8388 0044www.musetheartgallery.com

Pop and Contemporary Fine Art390 Orchard Road#03-12 Palais Renaissance Singapore 238871T: +65 6735 0959www.popandcontemporaryart.com

Impress Galleries 1 Kim Seng Promenade#02-07/08 Great World CitySingapore 237994T: +65 67362966www.impressgalleries.com

The Gallery of Gnani Arts1 Cuscaden Road#01-05 The Regent Singapore 249715T: +65 6725 3112www.gnaniarts.com

OVAS Art Gallery9 Penang Road#02-21 Park MallSingapore 238459T: +65 6337 3932 www.ovas-home.com

Galerie Joaquin1 Cuscaden Road #01-03 The Regent Hotel Singapore 249715T: +65 6725 3113www.galeriejoaquin.com

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ART AUCTIONEERS / DEALERS

Borobudur www.borobudurauction.comMasterpiece www.masterpiece-auction.com33 Auction www.33auction.com

MUSEUMS

Asian Civilisations Museum www.acm.org.sgChangi Museum 1000 Upper Changi Road NorthMAD Museum of Art & Design 333A Orchard Road #03-01MINT Museum of Toys 26 Seah StreetNational Museum of Singapore 93 Stamford RoadPeranakan Museum 39 Armenian StreetPost Museum 107/109 Rowell RoadRed Dot Design Museum 28 Maxwell RoadRSAF Museum 400 Airport Road Singapore Art Museum 71 Bras Basah RoadSAM at 8Q 8 Queen StreetSingapore Coins and Notes Museum 2 Trengganu Street Level 3Singapore Navy Museum 32 Admiralty Road WestSingapore Philatelic Museum 23B Coleman Stree

SSoobin Art International 10 Ubi Crescent #04-90/92/93/95Sun Craft 19 Tanglin Road #02-08

TTembusu 140 Hill Street #01-05The Gallery of Gnani Arts One Cuscaden Road #01-05The Peach Tree 129 Tanglin RoadThe Tolman Collect 82 Cairnhill Road

UUtterly Art 229A South Bridge Road 2nd Level

VValentine Willie Fine Art 39 Keppel Road #02-04VITRIA 17 Chee Hoon AvenueVUE PRIVÉE 20 Cairnhill Road

WWetterling Teo Gallery 3 Kim Yam RoadWhite Canvas Gallery 78 Guan Chuan Street

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Y2ARTS140 Hill Street#01-02 MICA BuildingSingapore 179369T: +65 6336 8683 www.y2arts.com

The Luxe Art Museum6 Handy Road#02-01 The LuxeSingapore 229234T: +65 6338 2234www.thelam.sg

Black Earth Auction 367 Joo Chiat RoadSingapore 427559T: +65 6346 3767www.blackearth.com.sg

Yisulang Art Gallery6 Handy Road#01-01 The Luxe Singapore 229234T: +65 63376810www.yisulang.com

Xuanhua Art Gallery70 Bussorah StreetSingapore 199483T: +65 6392 2556www.xuanhuaart.com

Sunjin Galleries 43 Jalan Merah Saga#03-62 Work Loft @ Chip Bee Singapore 278115T: +65 6738 2317www.sunjingalleries.com.sg

Galerie Sogan & Art33B Mosque StreetSingapore 059511T: +65 6225 7686www.soganart.com

S.Bin Art Plus140 Hill Street MICA Building#01-10/11/12Singapore 179369T: +65 6883 2001www.sbinartplus.com

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VENUES / ASSOCIATIONS / GROUPS

Alliance Française de Singapour 1 Sarkies RoadArt Retreat (Wu Guanzhong Gallery) 10 Ubi Crescent #01-45/47ARTSingapore www.artsingapore.netArtSpace at Royal Plaza Hotel 25 Scotts RoadCOMBINART 27 Woodlands Industrial Park E1 #01-08Esplanade 1 Esplanade DriveEmily Hill 11 Upper Wilkie RoadGive Art 65 Spottiswoode Park Road

Jalan Bahar Clay Studios 97L Lorong TawasJENDELA (Visual Arts Space) 1 Esplanade Drive Level 2La Libreria 50 Kent Ridge Crescent Level 3Little Red Shop www.littleredshop.org

Ngee Ann Cultural Centre 97 Tank RoadNight & Day 139 A/C Selegie RoadOsage 11B Mount Sophia #01-12Post-Museum 107+109 Rowell RoadPublic Art Space (Pan Pacific) 7 Raffles BoulevardSculpture Square 155 Middle RoadSinema 11B Mount Sophia #B1-12 Singapore Art Society 10 Kampong EunosSingapore Contemporary Young Artists www.contemporaryart.sgThe Art Gallery 1 Nanyang WalkThe Arts House 1 Old Parliament LaneThe Gallery (SMU) 90 Stamford RoadThe Picturehouse 2 Handy RoadThe Substation 45 Armenian StreetThird Floor – Hermès 541 Orchard RoadVictoria Theatre & Concert Hall 11 Empress Place72-13/TheatreWorks 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road

ART SERVICES

FRAMERSAce Framing Gallery 226 River Valley RoadFrame Hub Gallery 46A Lorong Mambong

CONSERVATION / RESTORATION

The Private Museum 51 Waterloo Street #02-06 Singapore 187969T: +65 67382872www.theprivatemuseum.org

Impress Galleries 429 East Coast RoadSingapore 429016T: +65 64404533www.impressgalleries.com

Benaka Art Conservation Private Ltd64 Taman WarnaSingapore 276386T: +65 9105 4377 / +65 6100 2707www.benakaartconservation.com

Peter’s Frames19 Tanglin Road #02-02 Tanglin Shopping CentreSingapore 247909T: +65 6737 [email protected]

Ray’s Transport & ServicesArtwork Installation & Delivery ServicesAll other Art related services+65 [email protected]

Gnani Arts Space190 Middle Road#02-30/31, Fortune CentreSingapore 188979.T: +65 6339 1230www.gnaniarts.com

Mercedes-Benz Center301 Alexandra RoadSingapore 159968T: +65 6866 1888www.mercedes-benz.com.sg

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ART SCHOOLS

Bhaskar’s Art Academy 19/21 Kerbau RoadLASALLE 1 McNally StreetNanyang Academy of Fine Arts 38/80/151 Bencoolen StNTU (School of Art, Design & Media) 81 Nanyang DriveNUS Museum 50 Kent Ridge CrescentSchool of the Arts (SOTA) 1 Zubir Said DriveSotheby’s Institute of Art 82 Telok Ayer StreetThe Republic Cultural Centre 9 Woodlands Avenue 9The Singapore Tyler Print Institute 41 Robertson Quay

ARTIST STUDIOS

Barrosa Studio 4 Woking Road #01-02

Geeleinan Art Gallery & Studio 1 Whitchurch Road #02-03Jeremy Ramsey Fine Art 16 Bukit Pasoh RoadKelly Reedy - Studio Arts 27 Woking Road #01-01

Marisa Keller 28 Woking Road #03-05Sealey Brandt Photography Studio 1 Westbourne Road #01-02 Telok Kurau Studios 91 Telok Kurau Lorong J

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Armenian Church 60 Hill StreetBattle Box 51 Canning RiseBotanic Gardens 1 Cluny Road +65 6471 7361Buddha Tooth Relic Temple 288 South Bridge RoadBukit Timah Saddle Club 51 Fairways Drive +65 6466 2782CHIJMES 30 Victoria Street +6336 1818Chinatown Heritage Centre 48 Pagoda Street +65 6221 9556Chinese Garden 1 Chinese Garden +65 6261 3632Crocodilarium 730 East Coast Parkway +65 447 3722Escape Theme Park 1 Pasir Ris Close +65 6581 9112Fort Canning Park 51 Canning Rise +65 6332 1302Goethe-Institut Singapur 163 Penang Road #05-01Johore Battery Cosford Road +65 6546 9897Jurong Bird Park 2 Jurong Hill +65 6265 0022Kranji War Memorial 9 Woodlands RoadLim Bo Seng Memorial Esplanade ParkMalay Heritage Centre 85 Sultan Gate +65 6391 0450Malay Village 39 Geylang Serai +65 6748 4700Mandai Orchid Garden 200 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 1036Marina Barrage 8 Marina Gardens Drive +65 6514 5959Marina Bay Sands 10 Bayfront Avenue +65 6688 8868Masjid Sultan Kampong GlamMerlion Park Fullerton Mount Faber +65 6270 8855National Archives of Singapore 1 Canning Rise +65 6332 7909National Library Singapore 100 Victoria Street +65 6332 3255National Parks Board 1800 471 7300Night Safari 80 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 3411Parliament House 1 Parliament Place +65 6336 8811Raffles’ Landing Site North bank of the Singapore RiverReflections at Bukit Chandra 31K Pepys Road +65 6375 2510Resorts World Sentosa 39 Artillery Avenue +65 6577 8888St. Andrew’s Cathedral 11 Saint Andrew’s RoadScience Centre Singapore / Omni Theatre 15 Science Centre Road +65 6425 2500Sentosa 1800 736 8672SIA Hop-on +65 9457 2896Singapore Botanic Gardens 1 Cluny Road +65 6471 7361Singapore Cable Car +65 6270 8855Singapore City Gallery 45 Maxwell Road +65 6321 8321Singapore Discovery Centre 510 Upper Jurong Road +65 6792 6188Singapore Expo 1 Expo Drive +65 6403 2160 Singapore Flyer 30 Raffles Avenue +65 6734 8829Singapore Turf Club 1 Turf Club Avenue +65 6879 1000Singapore Zoo 80 Mandai Lake Road +65 6269 3411SKI360° 1206A East Coast Parkway +65 6442 7318Snow City 21 Jurong Town Hall Road +65 6560 2306Sri Mariamman Temple 244 South Bridge RoadSun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall 12 Tai Gin Road +65 6256 7377Supreme Court 1 Supreme Court Lane +65 6336 0644Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve 301 Neo Tiew Crescent +65 6794 1401Taxis - Comfort/YellowTop +65 6552 1111- CityCab +65 6552 2222- Premier +65 732 2516- Smart +65 6485 7777- Tibs +65 6555 8888- Transcab +65 6555 3333Thian Hock Keng Temple 158 Telok Ayer Street

Foundation Oil Painting(conducted by Mr Wee Shoo Leong)155 Waterloo Street#01-04 Stam ford Arts CentreSingapore 187962+65 9726 2028www.foundationoilpaintingclass.com

Ketna Patel35 Jalan Puteh JernehChip Bee Gardens, Holland VillageSingapore 278057+65 6479 3736www.ketnapatel.com

Chieu Sheuy Fook Studio Studio 102 91 Lorong J Telok Kurau Road Singapore 425985+65 96690589e: [email protected]

DreamSpace Art Studio艺术创作，专业绘画教育。19 China Street#03-04/05 Far East SquareSingapore 049561+65 9168 7785www.hill-ad.com.sg

Koeh Sia Yong 许锡勇10 Kampong Eunos Singapore 417774 +65 9671 2940e: [email protected]/koehsiayongwww.koehsiayong.artfederations.com

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Touristline 1800 736 2000 Underwater World 80 Siloso Road +65 6275 0030Universal Studios 8 Sentosa Gateway +65 6577 8888War Memorial Park Bras Basah Road & Beach Road intersection

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+Wondermilk Art Gallery www.theclickproject.com12 (Art Space Gallery) www.12as12.comA2 Gallery www.a2artgallery.comAnnexe Gallery www.annexegallery.comArt Case Galleries www.artcase.com.myArt Expo Malaysia www.artexpomalaysia.comArt House Gallery www.arthousegallery.bizArt Loft www.artloftgallery.netArt Salon @ Seni www.theartgallerypg.comArtseni Gallery www.artseni.com CHAI (Instant Cafe House of Arts and Idea) www.instantcafetheatre.comCity Art Gallery Edi.A Art Gallery www.ediarts.blogspot.comGaleri Chandan www.galerichandan.comGALERI PETRONAS www.galeripetronas.com.myGaleri Shah Alam www.galerisa.comgalleriiizu @ Shangri-La Hotel www.galleriiizu.comHouse of Matahati (HOM) www.matahati.com.myIslamic Arts Museum www.iamm.org.myLookiss www.lookissgallery.comLost Generation Space www.lostgenerationspace.blogspot.comMalaysia National Art Gallery www.artgallery.gov.myMERAH: Mansion for Experimentation, Research, Arts and Horticulture www.facebook.com/pages/MERAH/148050170487Metro Fine Art www.metro3gallery.comNN Gallery www.nngallery.com.myPace Gallery www.pacegallery.netPelita Hati www.pelitahati.com.myPinkguy Gallery www.pinkguymalaysia.comRichard Koh Fine Art www.rkfineart.comRimbun Dahan www.rimbundahan.orgRougeArt www.rogueart.asiaShalini Ganendra Fine Art www.shaliniganendra.comThe Gallery @ Star Hill www.starhillgallery.comValentine Willie Fine Art www.vwfa.netWei-Ling Gallery www.weiling-gallery.comY 2 S Art Space www.y2sart.com.myZINC www.zinc.com.my

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