For our new landing page, Robert Zhao hooked us up with one of his winning pieces for this year’s UOB painting of the year competition.
Robert’s photographs examine the curiosity and increasing disconnection that exists between humans and the natural world. His work explores simulation, spectacle, and reconstruction. His practice looks at points of intersection with [...]
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It’s late-afternoon in Newton Circus and rain is threatening to fall. Daniel, the blind busker, is standing solitary in the heart of the hawker center bashing out a mash up of tunes from the Beatles to the Mama and Papas and even a Japanese and Tamil ditty, complete with a series of idiosyncratic aural twangs. [...]
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What has design and a higher quality of living got to do with art? How does sustainability and a holistic assessment of our immediate landscape affect the way we function and interact daily? The very geographical construct of Singapore has created a set of challenges that require an eco system of organizations and individuals working [...]
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We are very pleased to welcome our first contributing artist for Common People’s landing page, Lim Shengen.
Both works are from his series, Boxed, a metaphorical series of photographs that reference daguerreotype portrait prints, and are a commentary on seeking to establish personal space in a world where that has become increasingly scarce.
Shengen’s creative journey and [...]
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