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Where the Wild Things Are

UshaFebruary 19, 2019

Singapore-based artist Nandita Mukand’s solo show Mind(less) Wilderness offers a masterclass in understanding the dividing lines between sculpture and paintings... Read More

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Fire and Fury

UshaNovember 9, 2018

After Fire (1966) by Lim Yew Kuan is but one of a collection of extraordinarily detailed woodcut prints in the National Gallery Singapore’s permanent collection... Read More

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Precision Vision

PaulineNovember 9, 2018

Anthony Poon, Black and White, c. 1970s. Collection of the National Gallery Singapore. This acrylic painting is by second-generation Singapore artist Antho... Read More

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Flirting With Danger

PaulineNovember 9, 2018

Vertical Submarine, Flirting Point, 2009. Image credit: Vertical Submarine. Flirting Point, by independent artist collective Vertical Submarine, was com... Read More

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Money for Nothing

UshaNovember 9, 2018

Few artworks are as fiercely, angrily literal as Vincent Leow’s Money Suit, a sculptural object which is presently on display in the National Gallery Singapore:... Read More

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Kampung Idyll

PaulineNovember 9, 2018

Liu Kang, Life By the River, 1975 This oil painting, Life By the River, is by pioneering first-generation Singapore artist, art educator and critic, Liu Kan... Read More

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Games People Play

Yi JianOctober 30, 2018

What do you see when you look at a board game like Monopoly or chess? Little figurines moving along a checkered path, or players huddled around holding fake mon... Read More

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♫ Kinetic Rain, Kinetic Rain ♪

MansiJuly 7, 2018

Some works of art garner an ecstatic squeal of admiration from me, while others invite me to contemplate. Whether at an art fair or gallery hopping, these react... Read More

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Paper Chase

AlfonseApril 27, 2018

It may be interesting to note that while modern usages of the term "white elephant" may not refer to actual elephants any longer, it was, once upon a time, real... Read More

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Hymen Hysteria

UshaApril 20, 2018

In this day and age of #metoo, it seems ridiculous that matters associated with women’s reproductive abilities and genitalia could still be taboo topics in soci... Read More

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Where the Wild Things Are

Fire and Fury

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Money for Nothing

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Games People Play

♫ Kinetic Rain, Kinetic Rain ♪

Paper Chase

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