Thursday, May 19, 2011

Singapore Biennale 2011 (in biased fashion I)

singapore biennale is THE art event that i look forward every two years. both S and i were completely awed by the installation arts featured in 2008, and we even wanted to volunteer for the third biennale event (then again we had no time).

sadly, it was not held on the supposed year 2010, and i secretly pondered if it was the withering economy, the diminishing art scene, the low support from local crowds... nevertheless, to my great relief, sg biennale finally arrived presenting a new theme "open house". to WX, here are some of the works that i really like to introduce to you... 


just so happens that my fav work comes from a local artist Michael Lee (whom i've coincidentally mentioned in my past entry ). his work features the architectural practices from a local legendary architect called KS Wong. 

Wong's works resemble childlike fantasies,both ludicrous and whimsical.





this design was inspired by the incompleteness of a disfigured war victim





doesn't this look like spongebob ??









and this is called god's villa.


you may be now wondering how on earth would you not know about such an insane bizarre local maverick, or you may be now googling but to no avail.. this was exactly what i did when i reached home only to realize that KS Wong is a frictional persona.




diving through the infinite knowledge of books, this is metaphorically intriguing.




you are what you eat. having what sorts of food you store in the fridge represents not only your biology but also in the forms of social status.










the scribblings of our ever nonsensical and ironical lives







drawings on book pages that left very interesting notes

3 comments:

thirtyuan said...

nice shots! the book tunnel is part of Negotiating Home, Hist & Nation exhibition btw hehe... but kinda so diff fr ur usu pics haha feels like wakin up to reality when i see these clear pict u post here :p btw can i add u on my fb?

Duan 立山而 said...

sure, search for this email yaya_na_88@hotmail.com

ha that's because i'm trying out dslr :) and thanks for ur added info on the book tunnel!

thirtyuan said...

No wunder the clear pic. My profile pic is doin the Kate spade btw:)