Poetry meets calligraphy on this exhibition, which options 26 items by The Straits Instances’ United States Bureau Chief Nirmal Ghosh.
These had been translated from English into Chinese language by New York-based author Liuyu Ivy Chen and rendered in calligraphy by artist Zhao Xu, who relies in Dalian, China. Ghosh’s daughter Tanya designed and produced the exhibition.
Ghosh, a long-time overseas correspondent now based mostly in Washington, DC, wrote a number of the items on lengthy flights within the margins of boarding passes. Others had been scribbled within the pages of a pocket book whereas he was on distant assignments. A number of had been composed in the course of the pandemic summer season of 2020.
Wild Cranes made its debut in July final yr on the Chinese language American Museum in Washington, DC, the place it ran for six months. It opens on Wednesday (Feb 16) for a six-day run in Singapore.
The items will likely be up on the market, with all proceeds to go in the direction of supporting victims of home violence on the Affiliation of Girls for Motion & Analysis and the Good Shepherd Centre disaster shelter.
The place: Gallery 2, The Arts Home, 1 Previous Parliament Lane
MRT: Metropolis Corridor/Raffles Place
When: Feb 16 to twenty, 11am to 8pm; Feb 21, 11am to 6pm
Admission: Free
Information: The Arts Home web site
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