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    arrow 100 WARHOLS PLUS TWENTY SERVINGS OF SOUP ON THE SIDE
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    arrow Bound for Glory: Wong Hoy Cheong 2002 - 2007
    arrow Ventura: Recent Works


    Visited the main exhibitions and now hungry for more? Curious about what else our vibrant arts scene has to offer?

    Feed your mind and excite your artistic soul with Singapore Biennale’s Parallel Events. Singapore Biennale collaborates with arts institutions to present a calendar of diverse events in conjunction with the main exhibition.

    Take your pick of the noteworthy exhibitions and events – some are inspired by the theme of Wonder; some challenge it, but in the end, all look to whetting your creative appetite with provocative new ideas and insights.

    100 WARHOLS
    PLUS TWENTY SERVINGS OF SOUP ON THE SIDE

    This exhibition at Collectors Contemporary will showcase groundbreaking artworks created by Andy Warhol throughout his artistic career and presents the largest comprehensive and retrospective collection of Warhol’s art ever exhibited in Singapore.

    • Open to public: 28 March – 5 June 2008
    • Opening Hours: Tue – Sun, 11am – 7pm (Mondays by appointment only)
    • Venue: Collectors Contemporary, 5 Jalan Kilang Barat, #01-03/04 Petro Centre, Singapore 159349

    Visit us at http://www.collectors.com.sg for more information.




    Gallery Talks

    • Saturday 5 April 2008, 3pm
      “Warhol & Postmodern Aesthetics”
      Speaker: Ms Eunjeong Park, Art Consultant/Education Manager, Collectors Contemporary

    • Saturday 3 May 2008, 3pm
    • “The Absurdity of Aesthetic Decision-making”
    • Speaker: Ms Eunjeong Park, Art Consultant/Education Manager, Collectors Contemporary

    • Sunday 25 May 2008, 3pm
    • “WHY WARHOL?” A dialogue between a curator and two collectors
    • Guest Speaker: Ms Lindy Poh, Curator/Art Consultant

    • Sunday 1 June 2008, 3pm
    • “The Andy Warhol Effect”
    • Guest Speaker: Mr Tim Sullivan, Artist

    Email us now to reserve your seat.




     
    Parallel Events
    Parallel Events
    Bound for Glory: Wong Hoy Cheong 2002 - 2007

    12 September – 30 November 2008
    NUS Museum, University Cultural Centre, NUS

    Wong Hoy Cheong is one of Southeast Asia’s most influential contemporary artist, whose practice is conditioned by multiple and simultaneous contexts of history, memory, nation, globality, ethnicity, culture and political contingencies. The exhibition Bound for Glory presents Wong Hoy Cheong's five recent works Re:Looking (2002-1003), Anthem (2006), Chronicles of Crime (2006), Suburbia: Bukit Beruntung, Subang Jaya (2006) and Oh Sulukule, Darling Sulukule (2007).

    The exhibition will be presented during the period of the Singapore Biennale. It is also presented as part of the Museum's NX Gallery programme, a space conceived as a contemporary art venue to showcase emerging artistic trends in Singapore and beyond, as well as to encourage critical curatorial and museum practices. Past exhibitions organised at the NX Gallery include Picturing Relations: Simryn Gill and Tino Djumini (May 2007), We (July 2007), and Reconfiguration: Chinese Contemporary Art (December 2007).

    Born in 1960 in Georgetown, Malaysia, Wong’s practice is interdisciplinary, involving areas such as drawing, installation, theatre/ performance and video, and often reveals the artist’s interest in historical, social and aesthetic issues. His works have been exhibited at the National Art Gallery (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford, UK), Kunsthalle (Vienna, Austria), Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei, Taiwan), the Guangzhou Triennial (2005, China), Liverpool Biennial (2004, UK), 50th Venice Biennale (2003, Italy) and more recently at the Istanbul Biennale (Sep 2007).




     
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    Ventura: Recent Works

    5 September – 16 November 2008
    NUS Museum, University Cultural Centre, NUS

    Filipino artist Ronald Ventura uses the human body to explore subjects such as commodification of humans, paranoia and religious consciousness. His hyperrealist paintings are created mainly in graphite on canvas. The artist’s studies are also expressed in sculptures and assemblages. Ronaldo Ventura was born in 1973, studied painting in the Philippines College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, where he now teaches.

    This is a two-part project starting with Ventura’s works providing a dialogue with Ng Eng Teng’s creations at NUS Museum. Ng (1934 – 2001) was interested in issues of humanity and used the human figure widely to express the dilemmas in life and the challenges imposed on the human spirit. The second part of the project is a collaborative effort between Ventura and Singapore artist Francis Ng (exhibition venue to be confirmed); it represents a fusion of ideas from two professionals of different cultural background, each with a strong individual style.

    The exhibition will be presented during the period of the Singapore Biennale. The exhibition is presented in conjunction with a permanent display of works from the Museum's Ng Eng Teng Collection, a donation from the late Singapore modern sculptor consisting of sculptures, paintings and drawings.