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We are pleased to announce UOB award-winner Yoko C

We are pleased to announce UOB award-winner Yoko Choi’s upcoming exhibition titled, Journeys. Save the date!

In Journeys, Yoko explores the therapeutic and healing potential of art-making. Turning to repetitive marks and rituals, Yoko's formative processes reinforce ideas that could exist in the unconscious psyche. The ideas are rhythmically sublimated into layered and textural artworks as the artist journeys into the unknown, discovering new possibilities and the self.

Journeys runs till 7 November 2021. Free and easy preview of the exhibition is available from September 29 onwards!

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Just 3 days left to catch Grayscale! This group ex

Just 3 days left to catch Grayscale! This group exhibition is on display till this Sunday, September 26th. Come drop by now, and check out our room two at the same time! We are open from 10:30am–7:00pm everyday except for Mondays.

Slide 1 – ‘Suara Alam’ (Voices of Nature) by Bestrizal Besta
Slide 2 – ’50x50’ by Fiona Seow
Slide 3 – ’Constructing Mementos: Nation States I’ by Yanyun Chen
Slide 4 – ‘Spiral #2’. by Madhvi Subrahmanian

#SeeTheFullPicture at Art Porters Gallery room one.

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Check out our fresh hang of new works from Kitikon

Check out our fresh hang of new works from Kitikong Tilokwattanotai’s Memoriser series!

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Introducing Yanyun Chen, one of the four artists o

Introducing Yanyun Chen, one of the four artists of ‘Grayscale!’.

Grounded in the physicality of human and botanical forms, the Singaporean artist’s works delves into the aesthetic, cultural and technological inheritances on one’s body. Her works unravel the fictional and philosophical notions of embodiments while building on two trains of thoughts: bodies and constructs.

Chen received the prestigious National Arts Council Young Artist Award (2020), Singapore’s highest award for young arts practitioners, aged 35 and below. Currently, she is the Arts Practice Coordinator and Lecturer for the Humanities division of Yale-NUS College in Singapore, the founder of illustration and animation studio Piplatchka, and a partner of publishing house Delere Press LLP. Outside of Singapore, her works have been exhibited internationally, including Buenos Aires, South Korea, Canada, USA, Belarus, Te Netherlands and Czech Republic.

Artworks detail shown in post:
Slide 2 & 3 - ’Constructing Mementos: Nation States I’
Slide 4 & 5 - ‘Constructing Mementos: Nation States II’

Animation with Alex Scollay

#SeeTheFullPicture at Art Porters Gallery room one. ‘Grayscale!’ is currently on show until 26 September 2021.

Check out our link in bio for the exhibition catalogue including an essay by curator Savita Apte.

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Introducing Madhvi Subrahmanian, one of the four a

Introducing Madhvi Subrahmanian, one of the four artists of ‘Grayscale!’.

Born in Mumbai, the Singapore-based artist explores the performative intersection between sculpture and installation. Informed by her consistent engagement with the sensuous materiality of clay, Subrahmanian's focus predicates the possibilities and challenges of meditative multiples and immersive installation. Through her practice, she contemplates the ever-changing concepts of space and place.

Subrahmanian has exhibited in several solo and group shows both locally and internationally. She has been invited to various biennales and trienniales, including the 2019 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale and the 2018 Indian Ceramics Triennale. Apart from exhibitions, her works have been published in international magazines and books.

Artworks detail shown in post:
Slide 2 - ‘Spiral #2’
Slide 3 - ‘Spiral #2’
Slide 4 - ‘After Serra’
Slide 5 - ‘After Serra'

#SeeTheFullPicture at Art Porters Gallery room one. ‘Grayscale!’ is currently on show until 26 September 2021.

Check out our link in bio for the exhibition catalogue including an essay by curator Savita Apte, RSVP for the ‘Meet the Curator’ sessions and Zoom link for our online/gallery event on Saturday 11 September, ‘Zoom in on ‘Grayscale!’’.

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Introducing Fiona Seow, one of the four artists of

Introducing Fiona Seow, one of the four artists of ‘Grayscale!’.

The Singaporean artist's works are primarily driven by an obsession with perfection and order, coupled with a compulsion to repeat. Her geometric abstract drawings and installations are the by-products of various processes that she engages in to achieve a meditative state or a sense of pleasure.

Seow graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a Diploma in Fine Art (Sculpture) in 2015. Her works were exhibited both locally and internationally, including at venues such as the Esplanade and in Creative Centre Osaka. She was the recipient of the Tan Chay Bing Scholarship (Diploma) in 2014 and was also awarded the commendation prize for NAFA Fine Art Graduation Awards in 2015. Seow was selected as one of the winners of Affordable Art Fair's Young Talent Programme, in collaboration with ION Art in November 2015.

Artworks detail shown in post:
Slide 2 - ’50 x 50’
Slide 3 - ‘Flux'
Slide 4 - ‘Counting Circles'
Slide 5 - ‘Repetition (08)'
Slide 6 - ‘Some Stacked Objects'
Slide 7 - ‘Some Stacked Drawings’

#SeeTheFullPicture at Art Porters Gallery room one. ‘Grayscale!’ is currently on show until 26 September 2021.

Check out our link in bio for the exhibition catalogue including an essay by curator Savita Apte, RSVP for the ‘Meet the Curator’ sessions and Zoom link for our online/gallery event on Saturday 11 September, ‘Zoom in on ‘Grayscale!’’.

#artporters #artportersgallery #sharinghappinesswithart #grayscale #savitaapte #fionaseow #inkonpaper #papersculptures #paper #sculptures #drawings #ballpoint #lineart #geometricart #tessellation #shapes #repetition #time #labour #process #artexhibition #monochrome

Art Porters is thrilled to present ‘Zoom in on G

Art Porters is thrilled to present ‘Zoom in on Grayscale!’, a hybrid online/gallery event. We welcome you to discover more about ‘Grayscale!’ by joining us live on Zoom on Saturday, 11 September at 2:00 pm (SGT) as curator Savita Apte provides a curatorial walkthrough of the exhibition followed by a moderated sharing with the artists. Please feel free to share the Zoom link (in bio) with your friends and family!

Saturday, 11 September 2021
2:00 - 4:00 pm (SGT)

Meeting ID: 843 2220 6504
Passcode: 574732

Members of the public are also welcome to attend physically at the gallery, though capacity will be limited to 8 pax, RSVP required (link also in bio).

‘Grayscale!’ is currently on show at the gallery’s room one until 26 September.

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Photos from our official opening of “Grayscale!” which happened on 21st August 2021. Heartfelt thanks for the people that came down to show their love and support for the artists (@_fionaseow @yanyunchendrawing @bestrizalbesta @madhvi.subrahmanian) and curator of the show.

“Grayscale!” Is on show till 26th September. To have in-depth knowledge of the entire exhibition, join us on sundays, 10.30am - 12pm, for our meet-the-curator session with Savita herself. More information in our bio.

Grayscale! is open! Curated by Savita Apte, come s

Grayscale! is open! Curated by Savita Apte, come see the works of four artists, Yanyun Chen, Bestrizal Besta, Madhvi Subrahmanian and Fiona Seow - we are open till 7pm today!

#artporters #artportersgallery #grayscale #artexhibition #officialopening

Introducing Bestrizal Besta, one of the four artis

Introducing Bestrizal Besta, one of the four artists of ‘Grayscale!’.

The Yogyakarta-based artist was born in Padang, West Sumatra, and was domiciled in Pekanbaru, Riau, before settling in the city of Yogyakarta, where he continues to hone his craft in surrealism. Besta’s works are easily identifable by their surrealistic scenarios, monochromatic palette and intricate details. His paintings have been exhibited in many group and solo shows and have enjoyed great sales and popularity at auctions such as Christie’s Hong Kong ‘Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)’.

Artworks detail shown in post:
Slide 3 - ‘Live Only Once’
Slide 4 - ‘Dunia Yang Akan Datang’ (The World to Come)
Slide 5 - ‘Suara Alam’ (Voices of Nature)

#SeeTheFullPicture at Art Porters Gallery room one. You are cordially invited to join us this coming Saturday for the official opening of ‘Grayscale!'.

Check out our link in bio for the exhibition catalogue, RSVPs for the opening and ‘Meet the Curator’ sessions.

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Meet the curator of ‘Grayscale!’, Savita Apte.

Meet the curator of ‘Grayscale!’, Savita Apte.

Specialising in modern and contemporary South Asian art, Savita Apte began her career at Sotheby’s where she was a consultant expert from 1995 to 2001. While at Sotheby’s, Apte was instrumental in founding the Sotheby’s Prize for Contemporary Indian Art. Apte was a co-founder and Director of Art Dubai and instituted and chaired Te Abraaj Group Art Prize. Apte was an Associate of Serpentine Gallery for Indian Highway, and co-respondent for the 53rd Venice Biennale under Daniel Birnbaum. Apte was on the advisory board of Art and Business UK, Te Sovereign Art Fund and Para/Site. Apte is also a regular lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and the Sotheby’s Institute. Currently, Apte is pursuing her PhD at NTU.

Join us for a weekly meet-the-curator session every Sunday starting 22 Aug until 19 Sept, from 10.30am till 12.00pm in the gallery. This is a great opportunity to gain new insights into the exhibition. Adhering to safe management practices, each session is limited to a maximum of 8 participants. RSVP is required, link in bio.

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Art Porters is thrilled to present Grayscale!, now

Art Porters is thrilled to present Grayscale!, now on show and until 26 September 2021.

Grayscale!, curated by Savita Apte, showcases the works of four disparate artists, Yanyun Chen, Bestrizal Besta, Madhvi Subrahmanian and Fiona Seow, living and working in South East Asia (Singapore, Indonesia). In doing so, the exhibition deliberately foregrounds the collaborative and cross-disciplinary conversations between these artists to reveal an underlying series of intellectually provocative micro-narratives, even as it engages with the larger questions of materiality and the act of mark making. The very concept of collaboration especially intercultural and inter-community encounters is fundamental to the socio-cosmological worlds that make up South East Asia and account for its tradition as well as its contemporary cultural wealth. The artists featured in this exhibition should be seen within this framework of exchange as the protagonists of new dialogic potential.

Join us for the official opening on 21st August, Saturday, and meet the artists. RSVP and catalogue through the link in bio.

Merci Wayan. This message of gratitude to @iwayann

Merci Wayan. This message of gratitude to @iwayannovianto as “Tropical Happiness” has now closed. Thanks to all our collectors for making the exhibition another big success. Thank you Christine for the image, the friendship and the support.

Art Porters is proud to announce our first monochr

Art Porters is proud to announce our first monochrome exhibition 'Grayscale!'. Save the date! The group exhibition opens officially on 21 August 2021 in the gallery’s room one. 14 to 20 August will be free and easy previews.

"’Grayscale!' highlights the working practices of Yanyun Chen, Madhvi Subrahmanian and Bestrizal Besta and introduces the work of Fiona Seow with a deliberate mediation on the various shades of grey between a luminescent white and the dark opacity of black. Whilst engaging with investigations into mark-making and materiality, the exhibition concentrates on the collaborative and cross-disciplinary conversations between the artists while elliptically underscoring the palliative energy of repetition and ritual. In doing so, it uncovers micro-narratives that are both intellectually, provocatively and visually diverse.”-Savita Apte, curator

Please drop us a DM iindicating your full name, contact number and email address if you would like to receive the e-catalogue once it is ready.

We also request that you sign up to join the official opening (link in bio). This will help us follow MOH guidelines by preventing any crowd.

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‘Grayscale!’
14 August - 26 September 2021
Art Porters room one

Official opening
Saturday, 21 August 2021
RSVP link in bio

Curator:
Savita Apte

Artists:
Bestrizal Besta
Fiona Seow
Madhvi Subrahmanian
Yanyun Chen

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Co-presented by Art Agenda and Art Porters, 63 Upp

Co-presented by Art Agenda and Art Porters, 63 Upper is a formerly dormant second floor of a historical shophouse, now activated as a curatorial space that will create a more diverse and democratic engagement with art.

63 Upper greets you as a voluminous hall with exhibits that make a deep dive into an artist’s oeuvre or explore the breadth of a theme. It then extends into the Coloured Rooms, a regularly changing display of artworks from private collections unveiled in chambers freshly painted in a reinvigorating colour palette.

Check out the catalogue and sign up for a visit via the link in bio 🔗

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We were recently enlightened by one of our guests

We were recently enlightened by one of our guests @hobbykristen who taught us about asemic writing. Kristen is a spiritual director, meditation teacher, and author based in Singapore. She recently PhD thesis on the spirituality of young children.

During her recent visit, she recognised the glyphs present in Novi’s work and wrote a short passage about what these glyphs really are:

"I am taken with the work of Wayan Novi, his inclusion of asemic writing and mark making.

Asemic writing is a way of expressing our deepest thoughts and ideas with word and letter-like forms. It looks like writing yet cannot be read by another.

As author Karla Van Vliet writes in her beautiful book ‘Fluency’, ‘embraces the mystery between silence – and the semantics of known language’.”

“There is a freedom and a joy to hold a pen and simply write with no risk that it will be discovered, interpreted or judged. It simply is, a secret code, known only to ourselves.”

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Yes! We are open as usual in spite of the recent p

Yes! We are open as usual in spite of the recent phase 2 (heightened alert).

In light of this, we will be welcoming a maximum of two people per group and adhere to updated safe management measures. Let's all play our part to keep everyone safe so we can continue to enjoy art!

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We've just received a very special delivery! A new

We've just received a very special delivery! A new 白提山 piece: 'Plan C' has just arrived at the gallery. The artist continues to share science with art and explores the technological and scientific future. She is giving us a lens with which we can get a glimpse of the possibilities that lie ahead, from space travel to how life on Earth will evolve!

"Plan A is to save earth, Plan B is to settle other planets…. and Plan C is to outsource all the unwanted to space. Plan C is a man made planet where all the heavy industry and unwanted goes. How will life be there and will it be a horrible place? Or will a subculture emerge and a new culture be established? As it has always been to new territories…" - 白提山

Bettina Schleier
Plan C
UV reflective beads and fabric
60 cm diameter

#artporters #artportersgallery #sharinghappinesswithart #beading #embroidery #tech #technology #coding #mars #space #uv #future #sensor #circuit #circuitboard #motherboard #interactive #interactiveart #nature #ems #science #scientificart #blacklight #curious #glowinthedark