Arts Picks: Haridas Contemporary's reopening show, Apad's 63rd anniversary, Roots & Resonance
Small Things Brought Together
Art gallery Haridas Contemporary is ready to cut the ribbon after
its move from Lavender Street to art cluster Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Small Things Brought Together is the inaugural exhibition at this new white cube space, with Singapore artist Melissa Tan's suspended stainless steel sculpture as the centrepiece.
The group show features nine emerging and mid-career artists – mostly from Singapore, as well as some from Malaysia and the Philippines.
Tan's eye-catching irregular forms, determined by asteroid s' t rajectories, are joined by the paintings of Esmond Loh, Lucas Tan, Jeremy Sharma and Minstrel Kuik, among others.
Filipino artist Lyle Buencamino has two paintings from his Completely Agreeable series, after his successful No Fighting In The Museum series (2009 to 2010) that critiqued austere behaviour in museums with stills of 1950s fist fights drawn from film archives in the Philippine s.
The exhibition doubles as a preview of the gallery's programming for the next 12 months , which consists of solos of some participants.
Where: Haridas Contemporary, 04-01F Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 37 Keppel Road
MRT: Tanjong Pagar
When: Aug 2 to 31; noon to 7pm (Thursdays to Saturdays), noon to 5pm (Sundays), by appointment only on Wednesdays, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Admission: Free
Info:
haridascontemporary.com/exhibitions
Cipta – Art Through Time
Iskandar Jalil's Stoneware.
PHOTO: MAYA GALLERY
Malay art association Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya (Apad), or Association of Artists of Various Resources, is turning 63. This special five-day exhibition at the School of the Arts is titled Cipta, meaning 'to create' in Malay, and works by 33 artists from Apad and other art societies will be on show.
Most of the more than 50 works spanning sculpture, ceramics, painting, video, installation and mixed media are for sale, with 30 per cent of proceeds going to Apad.
They include the stoneware of Cultural Medallion recipient Iskandar Jalil and the lucid watercolours of Idris Ali.
There are also works by late Malay art pioneers Abdul Ghani Hamid, S. Mohdir, Sulaiman Suhaimi and Sarkasi Said, to whom the show pays special tribute.
Apad president and Maya Gallery co-founder Masturah Sha'ari says: 'The 26 Apad members are between the ages of 22 and 85. This ensures the association's continuity and renewal.'
Idris Ali's Hock Lam Street.
PHOTO: MAYA GALLERY
Where: School of the Arts Gallery, 1 Zubir Said Drive
MRT: Dhoby Ghaut/Rochor
When: Aug 1 to 4, noon to 8pm; Aug 5, 9am to 5pm
Admission: Free
Info:
str.sg/LZJ3
Roots & Resonance
Koeh Sia Yong's Lunch Break, Samsui Women (2024).
PHOTO: ARTCOMMUNE GALLERY
In addition to collector
Chong Huai Seng's major show at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, this is yet another collector who has brought out his private acquisitions to honour Singapore's 60th birthday.
Financial adviser Stephen Teo has selected 25 works from hi s co llection of more than 100 works for a show at Carlton Hotel Singapore, opening on Aug 2.
They span oil, watercolour, acrylic, ink and woodcut, and are by familiar names including second-generation oil painter Koeh Sia Yong, watercolourist Ong Kim Seng and the late maestro Lim Tze Peng.
Expect nostalgic scenes of tranquil kampung, bustling riverside and market trades, as well as heritage architecture of temples and shophouses.
For those who have not had enough of the
Samsui woman mural controversy, look out for Koeh's more traditional rendition of Samsui women squatting for a lunch break, painted in 2024. The exhibition is presented by gallery artcommune.
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