Contemporary Terracotta Warrior No. 10
Yue Minjun, China
Now into it’s 4th edition, Art Stage Singapore presents works from 158 galleries as well as eight new country and regional platforms curated by experts of the respective arts scenes including Mami Kataoka, chief curator of Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, and Huang Du, the Beijing-based art critic. This year’s fair seemed to be a bit more chill, with less large-scale installations on show compared to the previous years. The fair has shifted its focus to education with more talks and curated platforms. There were some pretty interesting and thought-provoking artworks which I really liked.
Bamboo sculpture at the entrance
50 Faces
Jane Lee, Singapore
Comprising 50 miniature painting objects on a 10metre wall, the artist attemptes to create a painting’s portrait, and to incorporate the viewer’s face into the artwork in order to add an element of interaction.
Good Things Come in Pairs
Peng Wei, China
I call them hum-sup shoes. Choy..
Shield
Rachel Kneebone
It’s a wall of…the male anatomy that left me slightly dumbfounded. Definitely not hanging this one in my living hall.
Tityus
Damien Hirst
White Cube gallery doesn’t disappoint with this year’s showcase. Darren & I loved this particular piece formed up of entomological specimens and Hammerite paint on canvas. Never knew bugs could be so beautiful, and they were very well-preserved.
A piece of artwork admiring an artwork
We stood transfixed, admiring every detail. Too bad Christmas is already over, else “Thank you for the lovely present oppa!”
We loved the artworks by one of Belgium’s top artists Jan Fabre as well.
Wondered how many hundreds of thousands of bugs were used for this cloak.
Angels have pets too
One of the few large-scale installations we spotted. Darren called this Air Pig. I think it’s really cute. I like happy art.
Animals on show
And a bronze safari
They No. 2
Cai Lei
Goldrush
Dolk, Norway
A popular Norweigian street artist, Dolk remains anonymous and little is known about him. His works have been exhibited globally in New York, London, berlin, Oslo, Tokyo and Bergen, the artist’s hometown. The musk ox in this artwork is a symbol of nature in constant struggle against expanding civilization.
The Cutest Oz Celestial-Eye
Yan Mao-Lin
Whale of a ship
The story of my life. Period.
Tracy Emin’s neon artworks never fails to tug a little emotion in my heart.
Artwork by Bounpaul Phothyzan, Laos at the Southeast Asia platform
There Is No Other Paradise
Justin Lim, Malaysia
One of our favorite works
I bet you won’t be playing hooky with these
We really liked these 3-dimensional artworks by TeamLab at Ikkan Art Gallery. TeamLab is not an artist cohort, but made up of programmers, mathematicians, architects, CG animators and other collaborators. Way cool.
Very clever interaction of furniture with light and puppetry by a Taiwanese artist
Flower Co. Guard
Jiang Shuo
This $86K guard is definitely festive-looking
Fairy surrounded by two pleasure-seeking men
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Afternoon Excursion
Zhao Limin
Why do they remind me of Power Rangers?
Art is also resistance
Hayat
OO-X
Shigeki Hayashi
It’s life-likeness gave me the creeps.
Legs parade
Image of Chair (Father)
Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew
This was painted on different layers of mesh, and put together.
It’s lonely at the top…
You have to look at an angle to see this artwork. Very space-saving!
Shuttlecock fairy wings
I was pretty amazed with this piece by Choe U-Ram. Only the price tag stopped me from bringing it home.
How would you feel working in a room filled with dots painted on newspaper?
One of my favorite pieces. I love wood carving, something I excelled in back in school.
Trisha Dancing
Susan Weil
Picasso Painting on a Pepsi Crate
Kiddy representations
Liu Bolin is one of my favorite Chinese artists. He painstakingly paints himself to blend in with his surroundings. Can you spot him in these three works?
Parfums de Revolte
Hayat
Layer Drawing – The Tactual Sky
Nobuhiro Nakanishi printed 100 images of sunrise photos he took on acrylic sheets and layered them to depict the passage of time.
We realised it made a terrific photo op too! Till edition 2015… :)
0.000000 0.000000