During Singapore Art Week, Gillman Barracks, the art enclave comprising a diverse collection of contemporary art galleries, hosted an evening of art and music, with 16 exhibiting galleries as well as music and performance art throughout the night.
Highlights of the evening were the much anticipated openings of CCA (Centre for Contemporary Art) with the exhibition “Paradise Lost”, showcasing film installations by international artists, and Pearl Lam Galleries with its exhibition of contemporary abstract art from Asia and the West. Both openings drew quite a crowd of art lovers, as did the site’s other venues.
At Tomio Koyama Gallery we were struck by the amazingly intricate large-scale works by Japanese artist Nana Funo in her exhibition “The Fish Glitters As Its Scales Tremble”, incorporating motifs of figures, plants, animals and landscapes. Over at Ota Fine Arts another Japanese artist Tomoko Kashiki displayed works reminiscent of Heian Buddhist paintings, using the natural grain of the wooden painted surface to add to its dream-like quality. Another popular exhibition was artist Jane Lee’s “100 Faces” at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, which stood out for its bold, vibrantly colored and deeply textured paintings and installations.
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