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| Andre Monet When loves goes wrong, 2012 |
Last year, Singapore hosted the first French Haute Couture Week, presenting 8 Parisian Couturiers that were recognised by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. This September, it's the turn of Bangkok to present an 'International Couture Fashion Week' mixing creative talent from Thailand with Japan, Korea, Singapore and France.
One of my favorite exhibitions each year is Beyond Limit, Sotheby's annual selling exhibition of monumental sculptures staged in the historic grounds of Chatsworth House. This year it comes with a twist. For the first time it will showcase the work of a single artist, Barry Flanagan. The selling exhibition will take place Sep 7 - Oct 28.
Very little is known about Huang Wei (b.1914 - unknown), a Singapore painter whose works were uncovered a few years ago by artist-curator Alan Oei. Wei began painting - mostly portraits of children - in the late 1940s, after the war. Most of these paintings are still in the process of restoration by Oei and critics have tended to describe his paintings as “representing the trauma of war.”
Nothing is more irritating that a show that opens with its works already sold out (well, barred one), but I guess it also means the gallery is doing a good job in promoting its artists.
Wong Shih Yaw’s “My Story III: Redemption of the Fallen” is currently showing at Utterly Art. The singapore artist imagination never fails to tickle and amuse. The latest installment of his autobiographical series offer a fresh visual metaphors about the world around us. Each painting is dominated by a fantastical machine, which assumes the shape of an animal, another mechanical device or a vehicle of transportation within which the artist sits, or is sheathed or becomes a part of.
In 2008 Hermès edited its first “carré d’artiste”, Hommage au carré by Josef Albers followed by a second in 2010, Photos-souvenirs au carré by Daniel Buren. This year, the french label invited the Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto to create the third edition, which was presented at Basel in June. It'd be great if you could join us, if you're headed up for Basel.













