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SUMMARY:Mirror Straits: A Taiwan-Singapore Joint Presentation
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2026\, artcommune and Liang Gallery are delighted to present ‘Mirror Straits’\, a joint Taiwan-Singapore joint show featuring the works of 8 major Taiwanese and Singapore artists: Cheong Soo Pieng\, Chen Wen Hsi\, Lim Tze Peng\, Wong Keen\, Chen Cheng-Po\, Yang San-Lang\, Liao Shiou-Ping\, and Lee Chung-Chung. ‘Mirror Straits’ is on view at artcommune gallery from 17 January to 15 February 2026\, and will travel to Liang Gallery for its Taipei Leg in September-October 2026. \n‘Mirror Straits’ opens officially on Saturday\, 17 January\, 3pm at artcommune gallery. The opening prefaces a panel discussion titled ‘Parallel Modernities: An Examination of ‘Chinese Diaspora Aesthetics’ in Taiwan and Singapore—A Conversation between Takamori Nobuo and Kwok Kian Chow’\, that will take place between 4.30pm-5.45pm on the same day. All are welcome; RSVP required at kenix@artcommune.com.sg \nCurated by Taiwanese independent curator Takamori Nobuo (chief-curator of 2021 Asian Arts Biennial\, Phantasmapolis\, organised by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts\, and chief-curator of the current 2025 Green Island Biennial)\, the presentation explores the evolving identity of ethnic Chinese communities in the pre- and post-World War Il era\, tracing their diasporic histories and the ways in which artistic expression transitioned\, diverged\, and flourished across regions.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/mirror-straits-a-taiwan-singapore-joint-presentation/
LOCATION:artcommune gallery\, 76 Bras Basah Road\, #01-01\, Singapore\, 189558
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Yao Qingmei: Steel Garden
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception : 13 December 2025\, 4pm\nExhibition Period : 13 December 2025 – 15 February 2026 \nSingapore\, November 2025 — ShanghART Gallery is pleased to present Steel Garden\, a solo exhibition by Paris-based artist Yao Qingmei\, marking her first major presentation with the gallery. Known for an interdisciplinary practice that bridges performance\, video\, photography\, and installation\, Yao examines how bodies move through—and are shaped by—structures of power\, public ritual\, and the choreography of collective life. \nAt the heart of the exhibition is Steel Garden\, her latest two-channel video installation. The work draws from the grand floral displays erected annually during moments of national celebration. Through a series of precise and lingering images—close-ups of flowers\, birds foraging among cracks\, weeds growing between paving stones\, the varied postures of visitors\, and the synchronised gesture of crowds during the flag-raising ceremony—Yao reveals the subtle relationships between individual action\, collective ritual\, and the constructed natural landscape. \nThis multi-chapter video work begins with news reports on specially cultivated festival flowers and culminates in a floating\, dust-like vocal poem from the artist’s own perspective. Drawing upon the concepts of the “moving garden” and the “third landscape” by French gardener Gilles Clément\, the work also references descriptions of pain and hallucination experienced by the soldier Pavel Korchagin in the Soviet novel How the Steel Was Tempered (1934) to reveal the biopolitical framework that underlies this monumental ritual. \nThe exhibition also brings together works spanning more than 10 years\, offering a contextual understanding of Yao’s sustained inquiry into symbolic gesture\, embodied practice\, and moving-image construction. Beginning with early public space interventions and documented performances\, Yao initially used video as a means of recording her embodied actions. Over time\, she has increasingly turned toward filmic construction\, developing a more deliberate cinematic language that positions her both in front of and behind the camera. \nThis evolution is visible in works such as The Third Internationale in Monaco (2012) and Dance! Dance! Bruce Ling! (2013)\, in which Yao performs as a protagonist navigating staged situations that parody ideological choreography. In more recent projects\, including Prelude to Love (2023)\, she adopts the role of a director\, shaping narrative\, movement\, and mise-en-scène to investigate how collective identities are formed\, reinforced\, or unsettled. \nAcross her body of work\, Yao Qingmei articulates a distinctive\, incisive voice within contemporary art—one attuned to the shifting dynamics of nationalism\, memory\, and public space in the twenty-first century. Steel Garden offers a focused yet expansive lens into her practice\, foregrounding an artist whose observations of ritual\, power\, and lived experiences resonate far beyond their point of origin.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/yao-qingmei-steel-garden/
LOCATION:ShanghART Singapore\, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22\, 108937\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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