Three Featured Exhibitions In Singapore’s Biggest Celebration Of Visual Arts Returns!
From 19 to 28 January 2024, SAW 2024 will present an array of over 130 art events featuring new works and transnational collaborations across the island and online. In its 12th edition, the ten-day celebration of the visual arts includes two dynamic art fairs, S.E.A. Focus and the inaugural ART SG;. SAW is helmed by the National Arts Council (NAC). You are invited to a selection of events:
TABLET: NEW PAINTINGS, BY FILIPPO SCIASCIA
Yeo Workshop Gillman Barracks Blk 47
TABLET Unveils Paintings that Encapsulate the Ideas of Light and Technology, and Our Relationship to Nature.
Created by Italian artist Filippo Sciascia, an alumni of the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze. He has made several works throughout the 1990s inn East and Southeast Asia.
His new work consists of a series of tablets detailing the nature of humankind. It would make for a compelling piece of work to reflect upon oneself!
Opening: Sat 13 Jan 2024, 4 – 7 PM, Aperitivo & Light Bites, Welcome by Dante Brandi, Ambassador, Embassy of Italy in Singapore
Exhibition dates: 13 Jan – 10 Feb 2024
VALENTINO COMMISSION SARAH CHOO JING: GESTURES OF AFFECTION
Maison Valentino strengthens links with the art world through a special commission of unique works titled, Gestures of Affection by interdisciplinary Singaporean artist, Sarah Choo Jing during Singapore Art Week, another meaningful step in Valentino’s dialogue with the arts.
Gestures of Affection will be unveiled at the lobby of Soho Residency Singapore. From January 23, 2024 until January 20, until January 28, 2024.
It will form part of a larger immersive art experience and conversation curated by Rita Targui. The experience also includes an exclusive interactive dinner curated by Sarah Choo Jing in collaboration with Soho House, for Valentino.
Gestures of Affection is a series of seven unique digital and print artworks, each available in digital and print. Following the period of installation, Maison Valentino will donate proceeds from the sale to a charity.
Exhibition open to public 23 – 28 Jan 2024
ARCHIVING LANDSCAPE, By PRIYAGEETHA DIA & MARYANTO
Pop-up location: Shophouse 63 Kim Yam Road
Opening: Wed 17 Jan 2024, 3 – 7 PM
Artists Talk: Fri 19 Jan 2024, 10 – 11.30 AM
With the support of the Yenn and Alan Lo Foundation, ‘Archiving Landscape’ unveils untold narratives around the natural environments in Southeast Asia.
Featuring works by PRIYAGEETHA DIA and MARYANTO, the exhibition leans on nature as a central motif to reflect on environmental degradation.
Dia uses rubber plantations in Southeast Asia as a point of departure to consider how our digital epoch is but a continuation of exploitation and colonial injustices in disguised forms.
Meanwhile, Maryanto’s uses a monochromatic colour scale for his works. These remind us of the fast disappearing scenery and beauty in Indonesia engulfed by rapid industrialisation and unthinking ravaging of the land.
A series of his earlier works also draw reference to South Korea’s DMZ (demilitarised zone). The works evoke the social and political tensions that remain deeply embedded in these terrains.
The artists address different forms of violence against our collective environment, history and memory. These reveal the geopolitical nuances that persist in the structures of our contemporary society and the danger of non-action or non-resistance.
Where one becomes a wayfarer discovering these ‘disputed lands’, Archiving Landscape seeks to spark a sense of journeying through the past to make sense of our present reality. They hope to let us we consider and conceive the possibilities of an ever-precarious future.
Exhibition dates: 17 – 28 January 2024
