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Interview with Drew Hemment, Founder of Future Everything

Technology, Art & Biology collide

Future Everything’s Festival of Digital Culture brings Hello Lamp Post and The Chronarium Sleep Lab to Singapore

For one week only you can have a chat with Singapore’s lamp posts and mailboxes. It’s fun, quirky and has a deeper mission. I sat down with Founder and CEO of Future Everything, Drew Hemment, to find out more.

Q: Future Everything is a festival of digital culture. What does digital culture mean to you?

The artistic exploration of digital technology and its social implications. We are part of a community of people looking at digital technology through a different lens, with creativity at the forefront of that. It is not all about gadgets! 20 years ago when I started Future Everything, New Media Art was a niche. Now, digital impacts everything and as a cultural movement it has much broader concerns. Digital technology is so ubiquitous now and a much broader spread of artists use digital tools in their work but don’t define their work as “digital”.

Q: So digital is the new normal for many artists?

Yes. The space we work in now is both huge, and everywhere, and much harder to pin down to a group or community. There is still a sense of an artistic tradition as there is a canon of work and a set of interests which focus on a critical engagement with technology and its social impact. It is still possible to talk about New Media Art as a canon of art. There is a coherent group of artists working in this area.

Q: Are you familiar with any Singaporean artists who work within the digital culture sphere?

Yes, Debbie Ding, Jennifer Teo and Lin Hsin Hsin work on art, urban issues, land issues, psycho-geographical issues, inventions and combine this with mathematics and technology. Their work is clearly located in the canon of New Media Art and digital culture. Lin Hsin Hsin has been a leader in this field since 1994.

Q: What is your mission here in Singapore? Our festival is here for only one week, so we can’t change the world. One area we would like to develop is the connection between society, culture and technology. Bridging these domains is what motivates us and we would like to foster this in Singapore amongst the incredibly sophisticated arts and technology scenes. Our ambition is to create a lasting link between those two spaces for the betterment of both.

Q: What is the curatorial idea behind the art works you are bringing to Singapore for the festival?

Because of our social focus, we work differently from other curators. We try to understand the local context. We looked at the urban life, artistic life and technological life of Singapore. We identified the Smart Nation as a central vision for the Singaporean government so we asked ourselves “How can we generate new thinking and possibilities around the Smart Nation?” We looked at the specifics of Singapore and one that stuck out was the fast pace of life. The British Council published a report that surveyed 40 cities and claimed that Singaporeans are the world’s fastest walkers! I read the research and it focused on how walking is intrinsically linked to quality of life. Both art projects are designed to create moments for play and contemplation.

Q: So the art works act as a pause button for all of us living in Singapore?

Yes. The two projects are called Hello Lamp Post and The Chronarium Sleep Lab.

Hello Lamp Post allows you to send text messages to lamp posts and other street furniture and engage them in a conversation. It is quite playful and whimsical and there is a serious point to it too, as it says, let’s stop and think. Algorithms make our decisions for us these days. They feed us our music, book, film, friend and news choices so we wanted to let people stop and think for themselves. The idea of street furniture talking to you is not far-fetched, it is a very plausible as a near future event! We are going to engage Singaporeans in a conversation about their hopes and dreams for their city. We have scripted hundreds of conversation starters and dialogue. The questions include “Has your phone made a more or less sociable person?” “What would you think of a robot nanny for your kids?” “Do you have any friends you have never met in real life?” The artists developed Software to analyze the questions and provide an appropriate response. At the end of the week, data scientists will examine this data and present a report to the panel at our conference on Saturday 17 October in a session called “Singapore Speaks” at the Art Science Museum.

Click here for video instructions to the Hello Lampost. Hello Lampost is active from tomorrow until Sunday 18th October from 10am to 10pm.

The Chronarium Sleep Lab by Loop.Ph

brings together architecture, visual art, aesthetics, technology and biology. These different dimensions are really exciting. This project invites people to have a short nap in a smart sleep pod. It responds to the same issue, the pace of urban life. It is an architectural space designed to enclose and cloak the individual. It shields visual and aural stimuli and your wear headphones and an EEG device and examines how Smart Cities can create respite for health and well-being.

Find a sleep pod at The Cathay, 2 Handy Road from tomorrow until Thursday. You can take a nap from 10am – 10pm

We will be talking to Loop.pH next week, so watch this space.

Q: Do you hope that your work with digital culture will lead to the practical transformation of cities?

We work on two levels in cities. Firstly, our annual festivals create public cultural events and opportunities to challenge thinking. Secondly, through grassroots innovation with local communities we bring creative skills to work on civic and social innovation. At a grassroots level in Singapore, this manifests itself in something like the One Maker Group.

We are running our Innovation Lab this week - it is a workshop for a range of experts in design, architecture, urban planning, environmental awareness, art and food. They will work on ideas for Singapore as a Smart City. At the end of the week the best idea will be chosen and Future Everything will give SGD 40,000 to make it a reality and then transport it around the world to other Future Everything festivals.

Q: If the Festival generates a practical new urban scheme, would you work with the Singapore government to make it happen?

We are very excited and privileged to be commissioned by the Singapore government. We were commissioned by the IDA and it is the first time the IDA has worked with a cultural organisation to advance its technology development goals. We hope that some of the outcomes of the festival will have practical implications which increase the well-being of Singaporeans. We are motivated to bring about change in the world. In fact, after one of our festivals in 2009, the Manchester Data Store was set up which made open local government a reality. It has been replicated in other cities and was the first time an arts organization led government policy on digital infrastructure. It has been held up as an exemplar by the UK government. Real lasting change came about of the festival.

Q: Increasingly researchers say that curiosity is a starting point to creativity. What are you curious about right now?

I’m really curious about what Singaporeans think.

Thanks you very much for your time. We look forward to the results of Hello Lampost being presented on Saturday 17th October at the Future Everything Conference at the Art Science Museum.

The Artling is proud to be support Future Everything’s Festival of Digital Culture in partnership with the IDA which opens in Singapore tomorrow.

Interview with Tolla Duke Sloane

Images courtesy of Future Everything.

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Exclusive Interview with Ruben Pang

The Artling interviewed Singapore artist Ruben Pang to find out more about his artistic practice and his stint as the inaugural participant in the Tiroche Deleon Collection’s Residency Program.

“Stella Maris” (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

Tell us more about how you got involved in the Tiroche DeLeon Collection residency program?

I first met Serge Tiroche at Art Stage Singapore 2014 and he's been tracking my progress over sometime. He's purchased some of my largest works, including Ophelia (2014), Auto-pilot (2014) and is the owner of the first triptych I've done. Over time, I familiarized myself with the artists collected by the Tiroche Deleon Collection and found several I could relate to. I took up Serge's offer when he proposed the residency as it was clear that he sincerely wanted to connect with the artists he is involved in. Also, the dynamics between our aesthetic ideals could lead to something powerful.

Did you have any expectations or hopes for your residency? If so, what were they?

I expected it to be a challenge, and it was, both personally and in my creative practice. The purpose of this residency was to do things I wouldn't otherwise have attempted. It was easier said than done -- it’s not easy to switch into a completely different mode of thinking and painting, everything changes -- the materials, technique and visualization. And although physically everything feels different, the work doesn't necessary come out radically new. But I expected that of myself, and in my mind's eye, I imagined becoming a completely different personality, successfully transforming myself within a few months into a polar opposite. Although mostly what happened in the studio was a falling short of expectations. The problem was that I didn't want to be a gradually evolving artist or experience a metamorphosis in stages, not in terms of the ego, but that aesthetically, I wanted all traces of what I've fallen back on in terms of mark making and planning out the layers, to be completely wiped out, I wanted the shift to be violent. In hindsight, just the exercise created some new and interesting things that can be developed.

“Jacob and the Angel” (2015), Acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

Jaffa is perhaps one of the most culturally and historically rich places in the world. Did your faith play into your experience? I feel like my relationship with Israel, not just Jaffa, was just beginning to form and then I had to leave. I empathize now with religious people, and put in a bit more effort into understanding something which usually I cannot connect with at all. There's no longer this invisible screen between me and someone devoted, it now feels like an energy that I can be on friendly terms with. In a sense there's so much history, that its violent even thinking about it, you can't read anything about Israel and not have it being told through someone's tinted memory or agenda, which when you think about it is really just an exaggeration of the same concept that can be applied to any other place. On a personal level, its also a place that surfaces things inside of you that you would rather hide, and so I experienced the worst in myself. In this sense, faith becomes so important.

“Purgation” (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

What was the recurring theme in the body of work produced from your residency? The proposed point of departure was to explore the miracles of the New Testament -- healing, exorcisms and iconic moments. It was something practical, it gave the residency a focal point but allowed me to revisit so many scenes with the potential to become dramatic paintings. It led me on to the current body of work I'm developing, The scenes I've chosen were about faith, trauma, acceptance and alleviation. The job was to find ways of articulating that without falling back on historically iconic imagery too much and hopefully, find potency in unexpected places.

The house that you lived in in Jaffa was also used as the space for your exhibition. How did that affect, if at all, the living space versus work space dynamic for you? It’s very similar to how I've been working for a while now. I think the change of space from a white cube gallery to an actual home was something that contributed to me wanting to paint in several different styles -- it’s just so unsettling to see a home covered in similar looking art.

“Abstraction 1″ (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

Could you gives us some insight into your creative process? Up until recently, it has always been a mix of techniques, personalities, systems of composition which I've adapted, from artists that I admire. Early on, David Reed's finesse with the blade was what I wanted to add to the arsenal of painting techniques. Later on Glenn Brown's ability to simulate speed and violence with almost pixel perfect control taught me a different way of constructing an image. These came in addition to the staples like Flemish and Italian old masters.

First you have the color spectrum, then you have the texture spectrum, and lastly you have the personality spectrum (the most interesting bit), as if you could jump into different frames of mind -- sometimes painting cautiously and deliberately, other times to replicate the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I think it’s particularly fascinating to challenge yourself to combine almost opposing frames of thinking. For example, Glenn Brown's fidelity is really unmatched, and he mentions how he wishes he could be a "hack and slash" painter. I'd try to fit that frame of thought into an aggressively painted painting.

Over time I start to see where in this spectrum I tend to fall into, for example, its hard for me to paint without adding in some details, even if its a flat expanse of color, I start obsessing over the consistency. I think this exercise is just another step in getting to know yourself. I've always heeded Bacon's advice for young artists: "a painter must paint, even if only out of imitation." And I regard myself primarily as a student of art and music.

Right now I'm obsessed with finding new ways to operate on the human figure, or to be more accurate, the character. One of the questions I'm dealing with now is: How do we paint so that the empathy is for the character in the painting and less so for the artist painting it? It's tricky for me because I think once you start stylizing, distorting and adding yourself into the picture, the megalomania, the narcissism, the self portrait forced onto something else, these things become more prominent. I'm trying to paint these new works in a way where people forget about the creator for a moment--like in the movies.

“Abstraction 3″ (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

Who are some of your major influences? These are the paintings that first I first fell in love with before growing to appreciate the entirety of the artists' works. John Martin's The Great Day of His Wrath, Peter Paul Ruben's Fall of the Damned, Gerhard Richter's Portrait of Dieter Kreutz (the 1971 blurry version), Glenn Brown's Nausea, David Reed's #617 and #442 and Nigel Cooke's Sing the Pumpkin Song.

”Unseeing” (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

Did you face any obstacles/challenges producing works given the context and specific political environment in Israel? My work is semi-abstract and generally not political, if at all, its barely noticeable, so I had no problems. Israeli artists face a lot of challenges getting their work shown elsewhere due to boycotts. It’s ironic because the boycott targets the very artists standing up against persecution.

“Heatwave” (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

Many of your works contain forms and figures derived from literature; were you inspired by any of the biblical and mythological characters associated with Jaffa? Not exactly Jaffa, but the general location of Israel. Heatwave for example took inspiration from Masada, its environment and the stories associated with it. With regards to the characters, I think they were more about the scenes, and so identities wren't as important as the physical movements in the frame. Jacob and the Angel was clearly biblical and because these stories are so iconic, I think its more accessible for the audience in general.

Unseeing was more of an interpretation of the notion of the blind being healed, in the bible its being healed by Jesus, but I didn't want to have to keep painting Jesus over and over again in every exciting scene. Purgation is an interpretation of the experience of exorcism, again, with Jesus cropped out. It focuses solely on the figure undergoing the ritual. It was also one of the paintings where I think I was more successful in the simulation of painting from "the character's" perspective, I was trying to imagine myself as a person who never painted before, just experienced an exorcism and had to illustrate it. So it comes out less three dimensional, the strokes are frantic but done in detail, I wanted it to be as if someone was in a hurry to get his story out.

“Raising Lazarus” (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

How has this residency impacted you and helped you as an artist and what can we look forward to with your next body of works? Its changed something in me, that's for sure. I took some time off after because it was incredibly intense. Coming back to the studio two days ago, I have no idea what is going on. All I can say is, time spent away from painting reminds me of how important it is to me.

“Graduation Night” (2015), Oil, alkyd, acrylic and retouching varnish on aluminum composite panel

About the artist

Born in 1990, Ruben Pang is an emerging Singaporean artist known for his stunning ethereal works painted on aluminium. After graduating from Lasalle College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Art in 2010, the young artist has already had five solo exhibitions, the latest called Ataraxy at Chan Hampe Galleries. Pang made headlines in 2014 when nine of his paintings were sold within the short span of 60 minutes at ArtStage Singapore. He is also represented by two galleries, which include Chan Hampe Galleries in Singapore and Primo Marella Gallery in Milan, Italy.

Most recently, Ruben Pang completed his three-month residency in Jaffa, Israel. He was the first participant selected in a joint venture residency program by Trioche DeLeon Collection and START- Serge Tiroche’s artist incubator project in Israel.

About the Tiroche DeLeon Collection Residency Program in Israel

The Tiroche DeLeon Collection residency program in Israel was launched this year, with Singaporean artist, Ruben Pang as their first participant. The residency program gives emerging artists the opportunity to work and live at Serve Tiroche’s waterfront home in the historical port city of Jaffa for up to three months. All living expenses are covered, along with flights, accommodation and working materials, enabling the artist to experiment and create works of art inspired by their experience. The body of work created during the artist’s residency will then be exhibited in Tiroche’s Jaffa house and following that, enter the Tiroche DeLeon and START collections and in local Israeli as well as international collections.

Interviewed by The Artling

Images courtesy of Chan Hampe Galleries

25 September 2015

Any views or opinions in the interview are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the company or contributors.

#rubenpang #jaffa #israel #contemporaryart #artistresidency #asianart #chanhampe #theartling #tirochedeleon

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5 Stars: Art Reflects on Peace, Justice, Equality, Democracy and Progress

The Artling recently got a sneak preview of Singapore Art Museum’s newly-opened 5 Stars: Art Reflects on Peace, Justice Equality, Democracy and Progress exhibition. This exhibition provided the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) with the opportunity to commission five artistic legends of the Singapore art scene to create new work in response to the Golden Jubilee. The artists are Matthew Ngui, Suzann Victor, Ho Tzu Nyen, Zulkifle Mahmod along with art historian TK Sabapathy.

Matthew Ngui’s “Every Point of View” (2015), Plastic pipes and real-time video projection

This is Matthew Ngui’s first new public work in 3 years. Ngui is a Singapore / Freemantle based artist and curator whose last huge project was the Singapore Biennale 2011. Ngui was invited to explore Democracy. Continuing his exploration of anamorphosis - a distorted perspective requiring the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image – Ngui invited 10 Singaporeans from different walks of life to sum up Democracy in a Singapore context in 50 words. Their words are painted across a forest of white poles. As you wander through the forest you try to piece together their responses. At certain vantage points you can make out a whole sentence. This is a neat and effective physical representation of the need to “walk in someone else’s shoes” before you can understand their viewpoint.

T.K. Sabapathy’s “Of Equal Measure” (2015), Books, mixed media, video and artworks

The TK Sabapathy room is a tribute, more than an art work, to Singapore’s Minister Mentor of Art History. He has mentored many of the curators and artists working in Singapore’s museums and is revered as a guide to the study of, and the need to study, art history. As Joyce Toh, the SAM curator, said “If you don’t know history you don’t know yourself”. Sabapathy’s latest academic project was a monograph of Kumari Nahappan so to end the chronological overview of his work, Nahappan was invited to create a conceptual portrait of Sabapathy. The work sees Nahappan departing from her usual palette of orange and red, instead working in blue, green and yellow. The yellow represents the deep knowledge of her subject. Overall this room is a powerful tribute.

Suzann Victor’s “Bloodline of Peace” (2015), Fresnel lenses, blood and metal pins

Suzann Victor’s work explores Peace. The installation has a soaring, cathedral-like impact on the space which seems appropriate given the theme. It involves a huge amount of hand craft and has been constructed to be agile which enables it to be installed to suit any architecture or space – almost like the works of El Anatsui. The work is constructed from small drops of blood contained within magnifying plates used by scientists. The blood was donated by diverse groups of Singaporeans who were interested in capturing the essence of the hard won peace of the second half of the 20th century. The combined impact of the personal commitment of the donors, the handicraft of the artist and challenges of blood as a biohazard leads to a work that succeeds on conceptual, aesthetic, material and craft-based levels.

Zulkifle Mahmod’s “Raising Spirits and Restoring Souls” (2015), 64-channel midi controller, solenoids, e-bows, amplifiers, piano/bass/guitar strings, copper pipes, midi player and others

The exhibition was curated by Joyce Toh, Tan Siuli and Louis Ho and runs from 2 October 2015 - 2 May 2016 .

For more information on the exhibition, please click here.

Singapore Art Museum

71 Bras Basah Road

Singapore 189555

2 October 2015

Text and images by Tolla Duke Sloane

Any views or opinions in the interview are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the company or contributors.

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Artist of the Month - Ronald Ventura

“The skin of his subjects can become an expressive surface, with tattoo drawings adding a new layer of meaning. Over the years he has developed a menagerie of what he calls “zoomanities” — human subjects with animal attributes, and vice versa — based on early 17th-century etchings of humanized animals he once saw.” - Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop from the New York Times

Ronald Ventura has established himself in the last decade as one of the most prominent Contemporary Southeast Asian artists. Since his record breaking sale of “Graygound”, which sold for USD $1.1 million at the Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction in 2011, the Filipino artist has continued to produce works of art composed of figurative motifs, using his multi-layering style which is unique to him.

Guardian 2

by Ronald Ventura

Screen print, foil on 100% cotton Fabriano Paper

2012

36cm x 28cm / 14″ x 11″

Edition of 20

USD $800

Partnership with STPI

Point of Know Return 1

by Ronald Ventura

Lithography and oil base paint on aluminium sheet, Lightbox

2012

70cm x 90cm / 27.6″ x 35.5″

Edition of 3

USD $11,200

Partnership with STPI

Written by Nathalie Soo

25 September 2015

Any views or opinions in the interview are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the company or contributors.

#ronaldventura #philippineart #asianart #contemporaryart #stpi #theartling

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Artists in Their Studios

The Artling features a curated selection of artworks by artists living and working in over 20 different countries. With a majority of works produced in Asia or by Asian artists, we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate 10 artists across different countries within the region working in their studios.

1. CHINA - Sui Jianguo

Image: Toovia

2. INDIA - Ketna Patel

Ketna working on the 'The Last Asian Supper'

Working on 'The Fall of Venus'

Image: Artist’s Pinterest

3. INDONESIA - John Martono

Image: John Martono

4. IRAN - Farhad Moshiri

Farhad Moshiri in his studio in Tehran, 2008

Image: ArtAsiaPacific, photo by Shirin Aliabadi

5. JAPAN - Mikito Ozeki

Image: Cassette

Image: TrendsNow

6. SINGAPORE - Nandita Mukand

Image: Artist’s Instagram

Image: Artist’s Pinterest

7. SRI LANKA - Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Chandraguptha Thenuwara working on ‘Spaces Giving Shade’

Image: GSA

Image: Geotamil

8. PHILIPPINES - Maria Taniguchi

Image: Gridcrosser

9. KOREA - Osang Gwon

Image: Amy Goodwin

10. MALAYSIA - Wong Perng Fey

Image: The Star

Written by Nathalie Soo

14 September 2015

Any views or opinions in the interview are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the company or contributors.

*Note: If any of these images belong to you and would like to be referenced, please do not hesitate to let know and we will happily make the appropriate changes.

#asianart #contemporaryart #artiststudio #studio

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Exhibitions to Visit This September: Hong Kong

Galerie du Monde

Environmental Degradation

Juan Ford, Jiang Chuan, Zhu Yiyong, Qin Wen, Yao Lu

31 July - 14 September 2015

ZHU YiYong, The Realm of the Heart No.14 心境 No.14, (2014), Oil on canvas, 53 1/10 × 39 2/5 in, 135 × 100 cm

Image: Artsy

Edouard Malingue Gallery

Clamour Can Melt Gold

Marcel Broodthaers, He Xiangyu, Alfredo Jaar, Regina Jose Galindo, Kwan Sheung Chi & Wong Wai Yin, Sarah Lai, Prabhakar Pachpute, Danh Vo, School of Zanabazar

07 August - 11 September 2015

Image: Edouard Malingue Gallery

Gagosian Gallery

Nam June Paik: The Late Style

Nam June Paik

17 September - 07 November 2015

NAM JUNE PAIK, Bakelite Robot (2002), single-channel video (color, silent) with LCD monitors and vintage Bakelite radios, 48 × 50 × 7 3/4 inches (121.9 × 127 × 19.7 cm) © Nam June Paik Estate

Image: Gagosian Gallery

Galerie Perrotin

Fictional Archeology

Daniel Arsham

11 September - 10 October 2015

Image: Gallery Perrotin

AP Contemporary

New Mythology

Olga Tobreluts

04 September - 30 October 2015

Image: AP Contemporary

Mur Nomade

away

Featuring Amanda Cheng of Soul House (Paper Art) Design Studio, Jolene Mok, Foon Sham & Yip Kai Chun

11 July - 19 September 2015

Image: Mur Nomade

Written by Nathalie Soo

07 September 2015

Any views or opinions in the interview are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the company or contributors.

*Note: If any of these images belong to you and would like to be referenced, please do not hesitate to let know and we will happily make the appropriate changes.

#hongkong #theartling #september #exhibitions #art exhibition

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Where to Stay When You’re Visiting the Fairs!

In collaboration with Roomorama, The Artling has put together a list of upcoming art fairs around the world and suggestions on where to stay while you’re in town for the fairs.

Korea International Art Fair

http://kiaf.org/

7-11 October 2015

COEX, Convention and Exhibition Centre

As Korea’s largest art fair, the 14th Korea International Art Fair is a 5 day event held from 7-11 October, at the COEX (Hall A & B) in Seoul. The fair will be open from 1-8pm for all the days, with the exception of the last day where opening hours are from 11am-7pm. This year’s fair will host 180 galleries from 11 countries. Each year, KIAF incorporates their domestic art scene with the diversity of contemporary art from guest countries such as Latin America, India, England, Germany and others, with the aim of revitalising the art market. Japan has been selected for its annual Guest Country feature for 2015.

Korea

Gangnam Duplex - Studio Apartment in Gangnam-gu, Seoul

This studio apartment is located at the heart of Gangnam, within walking distance of shopping, food, tourist attractions and a 24-hour convenience store located right next to the apartment building. It’s 19 minutes away from Seoul COEX by train.

In the vicinity:

1 minute walk from the airport limousine bus stop from Incheon International Airport

2 minute walk from Gangnam Subway Station Line 2

1 minute walk from the local bus station that covers the whole of Seoul

9 minute walk away from Seoul’s famous GT Tower

Frieze London

http://friezelondon.com/

14-17 October 2015

Regent’s Park

Frieze London is one of the few fairs to focus solely on contemporary art and living artists. Held at Regent’s Park in London, the fair will be open to the public 14–17 October from 12-7pm daily. An invitation-only preview day will be held on 13 October. Featuring over 160 galleries, the exhibiting galleries represent the most exciting contemporary galleries working today with art from over 1,000 living artists. Visitors can also experience the Frieze Sculpture Park alongside the critically acclaimed Frieze Projects programme which presents a curated programme of talks, artists’ commission and film projects, encouraging direct engagement with art and artists.

London

Chalk Farm - 2 Bedroom apartment in Camden, London

This cosy 2 Bedroom apartment is located in Camden and is a mere 15 minute tube ride away from Regent’s Park, where the Frieze London will be held. After visiting the fair, walk home to your bright and colorful Victorian terraced house. You'll recognize yours as the one with the pastel pink door.

In the vicinity:

KOKO

The Blue’s Kitchen

Camden Stables Market

Art Basel Miami Beach

https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach

3-6 December 2015

Miami Beach Convention Center

The North American edition of the world’s largest art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach will take place from 3-6 December at Miami Beach Convention Center, open from 3-8pm on the first day and 12-8pm every other day. Over 250 modern and contemporary galleries will participate, showcasing works by over 4000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Furthermore, large-scale artworks, film and performance will be featured at nearby beaches, Collins Park and SoundScape Park. Do not miss the fair’s enormously successful “Nova” sector focusing on recent artistic production! The special section serves as a platform to showcase the latest works by a maximum of three representatives of galleries’ young programmes, usually consisting of never-before-seen pieces that are fresh from the artist’s studio and strong juxtapositions.

Miami

Setai - 2 Bedroom apartment in Miami Beach, Miami

Located in Miami Beach, this magnificent apartment is a 2 bedroom corner suite. It has a large master bedroom, complete with a teak walk-in closet. Floor to ceiling windows offer stunning panoramic views of the ocean and South Beach. After coming back from the Art Basel fair, catch the sunset over the Miami skyline.

In the vicinity:

Miami Beach is practically at your doorstep

2 minute walk to Nobu Miami Beach, upscale Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant

11 minute walk away from Miami Botanic Gardens

5 minute drive to Art Deco District, South Beach, and Ocean Drive.

You can find the property here: roomorama.com/rooms/107472

Art Fair Philippines

http://artfairphilippines.com/

18-21 February 2016

The Link

Founded in 2013, Art Fair Philippines is the premier platform for exhibiting and selling the best in modern and contemporary Philippine visual art. The fair will be held from 18-21 February, from 10am-9pm daily at The Link in Makati City. Consisting of more than thirty galleries, it aims to mirror the vibrant local art scene and continue to generate support for Filipino art practitioners. Set in an alternative urban venue, Art Fair Philippines makes art accessible to enthusiasts and to those who want to discover one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting art landscapes. Part of Art Fair’s Philippines’ programme will include a lecture series previously run by Christie’s, entitled “Christie’s Art Forum”, designed to deepen the interest of enthusiasts.

Philippines

Cosy Rockwell – 1 Bedroom Apartment in Makati City

This vibrant one bedroom apartment is located in Rockwell Center. Guests have access to a fully equipped kitchen, comfortable living area, and the swimming pool – perfect for an evening of relaxation after a day of exploring The Art Fair Philippines. Powerpoint Mall, 24-hour convenience stores, trendy bars and restaurants, and more are within walkable distance to the apartment.

In the vicinity:

Powerpoint Mall, great for shopping, is just across the road

24-hour convenience store and variety of bars and restaurants, just a few steps from the building

15 minute drive to The Fort

You can find this property here: roomorama.com/rooms/264041

About Roomorama

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14 September 2015

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Catch These Exhibitions Before the End of the Week: Singapore

Flaneur Gallery

Parcel of Seasons

Lim Wan Ying

10 September - 27 September 2015

Lim Wan Ying

Image: SAGG

Galerie Belvedere

Confluence

Raymond Yap and Lau Eng Seng

29 August – 26 September 2015

Image: Gallery Belvedere

Galerie Steph

Phrase, Rephrase

Shazwany Aziz, Vanessa Ban, Chen Shitong and Kanchana Gupta

05 August – 19 September 2015

Image: Gallery Steph

Gallery HUUE

Artists that HUUE loves

17 August – 19 September 2015

Image: Gallery Hue

Ikkan Art Gallery

Tosa Rimpa: The Places You’ll Never Visit

Naoko Tosa

05 August – 19 September 2015

Image: Ikkan Art Gallery

Momentous Arts

Asserting/ Transforming – The Art of Rene Robles

Rene Robles

10 September – 22 September 2015

Rene Robles, Ballerina, pastel on paper, 19 x 25 inches

Image: SG Asia City

Ode to Art

Voice of Korean Art

Kim Hee Kyung, Lee Young ji, Lee Kwanwoo, Chang Hyun Jae, Lee Ju Youn

20 August – 19 September 2015

Image: Ode to Art

Written by Nathalie Soo

07 September 2015

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The Artling Prints Project (A.P.P.)

In our efforts to share Southeast Asian art with a wider audience The Artling has launched The Artling Prints Project (A.P.P) .

Our goal is to bring together a group of artists across the region to create an exclusive limited edition of digital prints.

Click through to see all the prints included in our first edition of The Artling Prints Project!

“Moonspell” by Albert Yonathan Setyawan

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7

2015

Edition of 100

“Imaginary Homeland” by Boedi Widjaja

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“Singtel / 64% / 13:59 / Monday 6 July / Slide to Unlock” by Heman Chong

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“Master Plan, Print #2″ by Jason Wee

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“Deep Blue v Kasparov” by Jeremy Sharma

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“Anahata” by Kumari Nahappan

29.7cm x 42cm / 11.7″ x 16.5″

2015

Edition of 100

“Everyone Says I Love You” by Mariano Ching

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“Together” by Michael Lee

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“Theaters” by Mintio

29.7cm x 42cm / 11.7″ x 16.5″

2015

Edition of 100

“Hilbert Space” by Randy Chan

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

“In the Evening the Dwarves Came Home” by Yasmin Sison

42cm x 29.7cm / 16.5″ x 11.7″

2015

Edition of 100

These artists are critically acclaimed and their original works are a significant investment. For new collectors, this price point may be prohibitive and the A.P.P prints are a fantastic way to begin collecting.

Many of the world’s most renowned artists created print series during their careers to experiment with a new medium and reach a wider audience. Picasso, Hockney, Rembrandt and others have created photographic prints and etchings and all varieties of prints in-between to create artist controlled multiples of their work. Fine Art Prints including lithographs, screenprints, digital prints and etchings are a recognised medium in contemporary art. Posters are simply a mechanical reproduction of an original artwork.

The A.P.P prints are in a limited edition of 100. Each A.P.P print is hand numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authentication. We use archival inks in the printing process and print on high quality papers such as Hahnemuhle 300gsm.

You will find many of these artists’ works in Museums in Asia and beyond and it is a privilege to work with them on this project.

- Tolla Duke Sloane (Curator)

10 September 2015

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#prints #michael lee #albert yonathan setyawan #heman chong #randy chan #yasmin sison #kumari nahappan #mariano ching #mintio #jeremy sharma #jason wee #boedi widjaja #indonesian art #singaporean art #filipino art #malaysian art #the artling #artling prints project

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Visit to the National Gallery of Indonesia

While in Jakarta for Bazaar Art Jakarta, The Artling had the chance to visit the Galeri Nasional Indonesia, where we saw their “70 Tahun Republik” exhibition and other works from prominent Indonesian artists.

Installation view at the gallery

Tatang Ramadhan Bouqie’s Careless Comedy - The Colonial Fantasy, acrylic on canvas

Aditya Novali’s 70- A Momument of Reality Time and the People#2, Plexiglass, Ink, Spray, Outomotive Stiker, Wood

JA. Pramuhendra’s God Face #2, 4 Panel, framed charcoal on paper

A work from Entang Wiharso

4 September 2015

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#nationalgalleryofindonesia #galerinasional #indonesianart

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Exhibitions to Visit this September: Philippines

There are some brilliant shows to catch this September in Philippines with galleries showcasing a variety of works from painting, mixed media, sculpture to photography. The Artling have compiled a list of 14 exhibitions that you should see this month.

Artinformal

Images on the Horizon

Jojo Serrano

13 August – 12 September 2015

Jojo Serrano, Rock Giant, France (2015), oil on canvas

Image: Artinformal

What Falls Apart

Joel Vega

13 August - 12 September 2015

Joel Vega, The Hills Have Eyes (2014), photo transfer on cloth, embroidery

Image: Artinformal

Okay

Yeo Kaa

13 August - 12 September 2015

Yeo Kaa, Slowly Dying From Overthinking (2015), acrylic on canvas

Image: Artinformal

Finale Art File

Yasmin Sison

04 September - 26 September 2015

Image: Finale Art File

Art Underground

Up in the Basement

Rene Bituin x Gerecho Iniel

24 August - 14 September 2015

Image: Click the City

Silverlens Gallery

Touch Me, Touch Me Not

John Pettyjohn & Tessy Pettyjohn

20 August - 19 September 2015

Jon Pettyjohn, TM1 (2015), stoneware

Image: Silverlens

The Hunters Enter the Woods

Patricia Perez Eustaquio

20 August - 19 September 2015

Patricia Perez Eustaquio, Casting Figures (Black Dust) I (2015), oil on canvas

Image: Silverlens

Kulay-Diwa

Ambiguous Dream

Mark Jefferson Huang

30 August - 21 September 2015

Image: Kulay-Diwa

MO Space

Meeting Rivers

Pardo De Leon

15 August - 13 September 2015

Pardo De Leon, Rower (2015), oil on canvas

Image: MO Space

Galleria Duemila

“Group Show”

Nilo Ilarde

05 September - 28 September 2015

Nilo Ilarde, The Road To Flatness (2010), installation

Image: Manila Art Blogger

West Gallery

Psychedelic Behaviour (Gallery 1)

Pow Martinez

13 August - 12 September 2015

Shepherd Moons (Gallery 2)

Alvin Villaruel

13 August - 12 September 2015

Bad Ass Magis (Gallery 3)

Frolian Calayag:

13 August - 12 September 2015

Abandoned (Gallery 4)

Soler Santos:

13 August - 12 September 2015

Images: West Gallery

27 August 2015

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Bazaar Art Jarkata 2015 - Part II

Highlights from Day 1 of Bazaar Art Jakarta! Featuring gallerists, artists and artworks.

Irman A. Rahman’s “Dark Note”, mixed media on canvas

Made Wiguna Valasara, “Circa Madrid 1981″, acrylic on stuffed canvas

Zhu Jinshi’s work at the Pearl Lam Galleries booth

Sano Nuit’s “Airport, Sky and Line”, oil on canvas at the Kato Art Duo booth

The Kato Art Duo team!

Fon of La Lanta Fine Art in front of a John Martono work at her booth

Mark Justiniani’s “Online (In Progress)”, LEDs, reflective media, objects

Edouard Malingue of Edouard Malingue Gallery at his booth

Mauro Rossi of Rossi & Rossi at his booth

Mizuma San and Freddy of Mizuma Gallery in front of indieguerillas’ painting “Jalan Gembira”, acrylic on canvas with aluminium frame

Jusdeep Sandhu of Gajah Gallery in front of Ashley Bickerton works from his booth: “Wahine Pa’ina” (left), cast aluminium and “Auntie Painting” (right), oil and acrylic on jute with artist made frame

Isa Lorenzo and Rachel Rillo of Silverlens Galleries in front their artist, Gabriel Barredo’s, mixed media work “Silent Screams”

Benjamin Hampe of Chan Hampe Galleries in front of Ruben Pang’s “Pink” (left), oil, alkyd and retouching varnish on aluminium composite panel and Gerald Leow’s “Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (After Suzann Victor)” (right), mild steel

Sundaram Tagore of Sundaram Tagore Gallery with Hiroshi Senju’s work

Matthias Arndt of ARNDT in front of Hahan (Uji Handoko Eko Saputro)’s “Baby Booming”, acrylic on canvas, brass, auto paint on polyester resin

Michael Janssen of Galerie Michael Janssen in front of Ronson Culibrina’s “Allies in historical charge”,oil on canvas

Tomio Koyama of Tomio Koyama Gallery and artist Shintaro Miyake

Santi and Nick Buckley Wood of Pearl Lam Galleries with Juju Sun’s “No. 1310″, acrylic on canvas, on the right

Richard Koh of Richard Koh Fine Art in front of two works by Saiful Razman. “Wasting Your Time” (left) “Wasting Your Time Twice” (right) Both the works are enamel paint and acrylic on canvas

28 August 2015

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#bazaarart #harpersbazaar #bazaarartjakarta #indonesia #indonesianart #contemporaryart #theartling

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Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015 - Part I

Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015, Indonesia’s largest art fair, opened last night and continues until Sunday. The Artling took some photos during the fair’s opening night!

Stay tuned for live updates from the fair!

Saiful Razman’s works at Richard Koh Fine Art

Gabriel Barredo’s “Silent Screams”, a mixed media work at the Silverlens Galleries booth

Albert Yonathan Setyawan’s ceramic installation at Mizuma Gallery’s booth

A large Yunizar work at Gajah Gallery

Ren Ri honeycomb sculptures at the Pearl Lam Galleries booth

Ugo Untoro’s “I Got the Blue” (2004), oil on canvas

Wedhar Riyadi’s “Covered Girl #1″ (2015), oil on canvas work at the Ark Galerie booth

Singaporean artist Cheong Soo Pieng’s “Mothers and Child” at Christie’s

Another Cheong Soo Pieng work at Christie’s

An installation work by Indonesian artist Zico Albaiquni from Galerie Michael Janssen

28 August 2015

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#harpersbazaar #bazaarartjakarta #artjakarta #indonesianart #theartling #jakarta #indonesia #asianart #contemporaryart

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Catch These Exhibitions Before the End of the Week: Singapore

This Summer there have been several exciting exhibitions to attend in Singapore. As August comes to an end, The Artling would like to share with you some of our favourite exhibitions from the month.

Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI)

As We Never Imagined: 50 Years of Art Making

13 June – 30 August 2015

Roy Lichtenstein, Reflections on the Scream (1990), Collection of Singapore Art Museum, (c) Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Image: STPI

ARNDT

Subtraction Paradise

Jigger Cruz

4 June – 29 August 2015

Jigger Cruz, Disjointed (2015), Oil and spray paints on canvas, 172 x 141 cm (diptch overall) / 172 x 141 cm (each)

Image: ARNDT

Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking

Sajeev Photo Studio: A Decade of Portraiture in Little India

30 July – 31 August 2015

Image: Objectifs

FOST

If You Think I Winked, I Did

Khairullah Rahim

1 July – 30 August 2015

Khairullah Rahim, Eye Candy II (2015), Acrylic on Canvas, 88 x 58 x 4.5 cm

Image: FOST

Element Art Space

Desires Mystified: Oil Paintings by Ming Jing

Ming Jing

14 August – 6 September 2015

Image: SAGG

Written by Nathalie Soo

19 August 2015

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#Singapore #Painting #Art #Gillman Barracks #TheArtling #Travel #Ideas #SG #WhatToDo #Asian Art #Photography #STPI #Gallery #Things to do #Summer

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11 Must See Exhibitions This September: SINGAPORE

1. Pearl Lam Galleries

Space and Nothingness

Cang Xin & Pan Jian

15 August – 27 September 2015

Can Xin (b.1967), Exotic flowers and rare herbs series, 2010, Wood charcoal, 90 x 90 x190 cm

Image: Gillman Barracks

2. Element Art Space

I Am Just Doing Aesthetics

Wisnu Auri

17 September – 18 October 2015

Wisnu Auri, I am just Doing Aesthetic No. 8

Image: Element Art Space

3. Singapore Tyler Print Institute - STPI

Lisson Gallery and STPI Presents: Collaborations

Richard Deacon, Ryan Gander, Shirazeh Houshiary and Jason Martin

13 September – 17 October 2015

Image: STPI

4. Mizuma Gallery

Further Towards the Future

Aida Makoto, Eguchi Ayane, Kaneko Tomiyuki, Kondoh Akino, Kumazawa Mikiko, O Jun, Tanada Koji, Yamamoto Ryuki, Yodogawa Technique

11 August – 13 September 2015

Kumazawa Mikiko, Further toward the future, 2010, pencil on gesso mounted on panel, 227 x 363.6 cm

Image: Gillman Barracks

5. Yavuz Gallery

Out of Myth, Onto_Logical, 1982 - 1997

Po Po

02 August – 13 September 2015

Po Po, Narcissus, silk, kapok, mirror, rope, dimensions variable

Image: Gillman Barracks

6. OTA Fine Arts

Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Quantize

21 August – 03 October

Installation shot of Quantize #3, 2015, Sound, light bulbs, wood, acrylic, alluminium, georgette, etc., dimensions variable

Image: Gillman Barracks, Photo by Takeru Koroda

7. Asia Art Collective

Weathering Storms as One

Lim Leong Seng

25 September – 26 October 2015

8. ShanghART Gallery

Unfounded Predictions: Sun Xun Solo Exhibition

01 August – 04 October

Sun Xun, East Asia Map in Showa Period, 2014, Ink on Old Map, 78*107 cm

Image: Gillman Barracks

9. Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Dear Painter

4 September – 25 October 2015

Jane Lee, Beyond the Blue (2011), mixed media, 98.4″ x 74.8″ x 78.7″

Image: Sundaram Tagore Gallery

10. The Private Museum

Influences and Friendships: A Chua Ek Kay Estate Collection

02 August – 22 September 2015

11. LA SALLE College of the Arts: Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore

Marco Fusinato: Constellations

Marco Fusinato

15 August - 29 September 2015

Image: LA SALLE College of the Arts

Written by Nathalie Soo

13 August 2015

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#September #Art #Singapore #TheArtling #SG50 #MustSee #List #Artist #Inspiration #Installation #Photography #Painting #Illustration #AsianArt #Travel #Gallery #GillmanBarracks

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