FOST Gallery’s Echoes of Anticipation opened over the weekend at Gillman Barracks, featuring the works of Sebastian Mary Tay , Ian Woo, Wyn- Lyn Tan, Grace Tan and Ong Si Hui .
From abstract drawings on apps to paintings from the 1990s, to tiny plastic sculptures which look like impossibly fragile bone, to gorgeous glass blocks spilling over with colour and light – this show offers art lovers such a great way to close the year.
We had a chance to chat a bit with Sebastian Mary Tay, who told us about how he painstakingly crafted every tiny element in his dioramas which were then photographed in tones of post-apocalyptic purple and bright orange.
Purple was important, he explained, because it is the colour of royal pomp but also that of grief. The photographs of the dioramas call out to you with their candy colours, but stare at them for a bit longer, and you’ll start to feel a tad uneasy.
There is a sinister undertone to these photographs that perfectly encapsulates the tension of never- ending pandemic restrictions 😞.
Still, folks were out and about (in a socially- distanced way) in the Gillman sunshine and it felt really good to come out and see some art. This exhibition runs over the Xmas season, and ends on 23 Dec. Further details at Fost Gallery.
