SINGAPORE – Throughout Singapore Artwork Week’s (SAW) tenth version in January subsequent 12 months, artwork will spring up in venues akin to Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Lau Pa Sat and even a Housing Board (HDB) flat.
The annual visible arts pageant returns from Jan 14 to 23 with greater than 130 programmes in galleries in addition to areas outdoors the standard white dice.
Tanjong Pagar Distripark, for one factor, shall be teeming with exercise.
Warehouse areas will play host to initiatives akin to Antinodes, an experimental showcase capturing Singapore’s city artwork types in the course of the pandemic; and Completely satisfied Home, an experiential multimedia exhibition by Mama Magnet and The Council, which may even be offered on-line.
Guests may also wander across the Singapore Artwork Museum’s new two-floor house within the distripark, or head to the bottom flooring for S.E.A. Focus, a up to date artwork showcase by STPI – Artistic Workshop & Gallery that’s being offered in collaboration with Artwork Basel.
SAW, which options bodily and digital programmes by artists from Singapore and past, is a joint initiative by the Nationwide Arts Council (NAC) and Singapore Tourism Board.
This 12 months’s occasion showcases 35 Singapore-based initiatives from an open name, and contains works by about 600 creatives, curators and companions from Singapore and international locations starting from Thailand to america.
In Bedok, artists akin to Ian Woo, Ezzam Rahman and Masuri Mazlan will discover notions of domesticity and the uncanny in an HDB flat.
At Lau Pa Sat, Hawker! Hawker! curated by Yen Phang and Oh Yam Chew will spark dialogue on hawker tradition.
At Bras Basah Complicated, guests can head to Basheer Graphic Books for Diaspora, an exhibition on the evolving situations visible artists function in led by Eddie Ching of Artblovk and co-curated by Lim Cheng Tju.
Over at The Projector cinema, curator Louis Ho will mount an exhibition about unhappiness. Artist Zulkhairi Zulkiflee’s first solo present will run on the Objectifs – Centre for Pictures and Movie and discover notions of Malay masculinity.
Then, there are the standard SAW occasions – exhibitions on the Gillman Barracks arts enclave and Nationwide Gallery Singapore’s Mild To Evening pageant within the civic district.
Funan mall will once more endure a “mall-wide artwork activation” with collaborations between artists and types. The initiative is curated by Chan + Hori Up to date this 12 months and titled Artistic Intersections: In The 12 months Of The Tiger.
Different pageant highlights embody Island Time-Primarily based Artwork, a presentation of ephemeral artwork varieties at Aliwal Arts Centre; and Bridging By way of the Age: An Intergenerational Collaborative Exhibition at Maya Gallery by non-profit group Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya.
The general public may also sit up for digital occasions akin to Horizons, a 24-hour digital programme unfolding in several elements of the world.
Mr Tay Tong, NAC’s director for sector improvement (visible arts), says: “SAW 2022 is energised by the thrilling propositions that our artists, curators, and presenters have created.
“Many step outdoors of their consolation zones to create work that responds to the occasions, whereas remaining linked to our audiences right here and overseas. The works are delivered by way of enhanced arts experiences or by way of digital expertise.”
“As we glance in direction of the longer term, we welcome Singapore and regional artists to proceed presenting the most effective of their artwork with SAW, as we have interaction critically with the worldwide arts panorama past Singapore.”
For extra data, go to Singapore Artwork Week’s web site.
