Issue DA12 Pondering Porcelain _ Designer and design educator Hans Tan works a lot with porcelain, but he’s no expert on the material. “I can’t turn on the wheel or cast a piece of ceramic well,” he confesses. “My work contends with issues concerning […]
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Robb Report/ Escape Artists
Lekker Architects compare design to a game, in which they find great pleasure in unravelling. We speak to the firm’s founders on their playful, rigourous brand of architecture and design.
Atelier Vierkant/ National Gallery Singapore
Edition ICFF New York, 2016 National Gallery Singapore _ Singapore is a bustling metropolis whose urban scenery changes year by year. Mainly new skyscrapers and commercial buildings all glistening glass and steel, it is hard to find within this shiny fabric something with history and […]
D+A / The Search for Pace and Place
‘Lost City 3’ is a recent exhibition at Chan Hampe Galleries that highlights and reiterates important viewpoints on Singapore’s fast-changing urban fabric.
D+A / Dissolved into the Neighbourhood
The Whitney Museum of American Art comes home to Manhattan’s gritty Chelsea neighbourhood and is given a vibrant and accessible presence by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
Cubes / Duality in Abstraction
Hong Zhu An’s artworks are intricate montages combining Eastern and Western mediums and influences.
habitusliving.com.sg/ Gallery & Co.
http://www.habitusliving.com.sg/projects/gallery-co Gallery & Co. A museum shop like no other, Gallery & Co., housed in the newly opened National Gallery Singapore and designed by Foreign Policy Design Group, presents a retail and F&B scheme that is refreshing, youthful and contemporary. Luo Jingmei writes. _ Foreign […]
D+A / A Study in Layering
‘Phrase, Rephrase’ is an exhibition at Galerie Steph showcasing the works of four Singaporean artists, and exploring the themes of fragmentation, continuation, alienation and harmony.
D+A / Free Art
The ‘Double Lives: The Works of Hyphenated Artists’ exhibition at the new Gentle Beast Art Club reveals the diverse and multifarious roles and influences of art.
D+A / The Meaning in Matter
Grace Tan’s exhibition at FOST Gallery ‘A Thing of Matter’ delves into the essence of paper and artist pigments, resulting in textural, ephemeral works of art.
Indesignlive Singapore / K+: An Extraordinary Pop-Up
Curated by local design studio Kinetic, K+ is a pop-up initiative straddling gallery, retail, workshop and community aspects that adds verve to the local retail and art scene. Luo Jingmei reports.
The U Press / The Theory of Art and Design
Arriving from the global stage, Japanese curator Yoichi Nakamuta forges new paths for the emerging creative culture of Singapore.
Luo Jingmei 