TRIP TO SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM
Geraldine Javier
Ella Amo’ Apasionadamente y Fue Correspondida
(For She Loved Fiercely, and She is Well-Loved)
2010
Oil on canvas, with framed insets of embroidery with preserved butterflies
229 x 160 cm
Singapore Art Museum collection
Maryanto
Pandora’s Box
2013, 2015
Charcoal and carbon powder drawing on wall, found objects
Dimensions variable
Site-specific commission
Collection of the Artist
Jitish Kallat
Annexation
2009
Black lead, paint, resin and steel
183 x 150 x 130 cm
Singapore Art Museum collection
Chris Chong Chan Fui
Block B
2012 – 2014
Single-channel video with sound
20:00 mins (loop)
Collection of the Artist
Shannon Lee Castleman
Jurong West Street 81
2008
16-screen video installation with sound
13:00 mins
Collection of the Artist
Gao Lei
Cabinet
2008
Metal cabinet and 3 rows of lightboxes
270 x 45 x 190 cm
Singapore Art Museum collection
Made Wianta
Air Pollution
2014
Motorcycle exhaust pipes, stainless pipe
250 x 300 x 300 cm
Singapore Art Museum collection
Anurendra Jegadeva
MA-NA-VA-REH – Love, Loss and Pre-Nuptials in the Time of the Big Debate
2012 – 2014
Multi-media installation
Dimensions variable
Singapore Art Museum collection
Kamin Lertc haiprasert
Sitting
2004
Installation with 366 carved wooden sculptures
Dimensions variable
Singapore Art Museum collection
Kawayan de Guia
Bomba
2011
Installation comprising of 18 mirror bombs, ‘Sputnik’ sound sculpture
Dimensions variable
Singapore Art Museum collection
Vincente Delgado
We Are Family
2014
Mixed media installation
Dimensions variable
Collection of the Artist
Singapore Art Museum commission
Ong Kian Peng
Too Far, Too Near
2015
DC Motor, Ball bearings, steel structure; 2-channel video with 3 channel sound
Dimensions variable
Collection of the Artist Singapore Art Museum commission
My visit to the museum had me curious. Although at the side of the wall, a brief summary of the artist's work was noted, it still left me wanting to know more about their works as i analysed the details in their work when touring/ scanning.
2 works left a deep impression on me and they were Anurendra Jegadeva;
MA-NA-VA-REH – Love, Loss and Pre-Nuptials in the Time of the Big Debate and Ong Kian Peng; Too Far, Too Near.
For example, I wondered, why was there a chicken in the sculpture? and what did it have to do with Malaysia? A man guarding the room had a chat with me, and i was glad he did. He elaborated about the piece of work in the room. He told me there were racial advantages/disadvantage among Malaysians.
However, the thing that was common was chicken. The Chinese ate chicken. The Malays ate chicken and the Indians ate chicken.
And for the other, the artist wanted to make a statement on global warming and climate changes. As you stare at a projector showing you cracks of an iceberg / rise in sea level, you stand on a platform that shakes while hearing the sound of ball bearings rolling on concrete. As you stand alone there, surrounded by all this, the feeling is quite terrifying. Being in Singapore, a busy and fast paced country, we don't really stop and think about what's really going on in Greenland or Antarctica.
This installation moved me both literally and figuratively.
