Ask the Artist: Tan Choh Tee

After graduating from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1962, Tan Choh Tee emerged in the 1980's as a prominent painter of Singapore's cityscapes. His beloved series of Chinatown paintings captivate the imagination of art lovers. Singapore Art Gallery Guide interviews Tan Choh Tee.

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Marina Mandarin Lighting Up The Arts

Charity Art Auction and Dinner in Aid of Art Outreach

Marina Mandarin was the proud recipient of the Patron of the Arts award presented by the National Arts Council on October 3rd, 2006. Our hotel has always keenly supported Singapore's burgeoning arts scene, and is delighted this year to have the opportunity to be a stakeholder in art education for Singaporean students by adopting Art Outreach as the beneficiary of our annual charity Christmas "Light-Up" gala.

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Chen Wenling

Chen Wenling is a recognised young sculptor currently based in Beijing. Following a number of prestigious exhibitions, such as Art Basel in Switzerland and the Shanghai Biennale, Chen was in Singapore for an exhibition at Ode To Art. Born in Anxi, Fujian China in 1969, he graduated from Xiamen academy of Art and completed study in Sculpture Dept, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing China.

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Ganesha: The Secular-Sacred in Art

Aesthetic Awakening 6

By Vidhya Gnana Gouresan



I have met people who have a liking for particular animals and some who would rather not go close to a specific breed of mammals. In fact, I have a very strange and unexplainable aversion to cats! However, never have I personally encountered any sort of a negative reaction in relation to the elephant. This sensitive 'gentle giant' with a fantastic memory and an astonishing sense of hearing is indeed the favourite of many with whom I am acquainted. Apart from personal endearment, the elephant has played a monumental role in religion, history, art and academic research through the sanctity of the elephant-headed Hindu god - Ganesha.

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Important Second-Generation Artists Series 5

The final 5 artists
The final of this series of 5 exhibitions features three top realist artists, namely Choo Keng Kwang, Chua Mia Tee and Siew Hock Meng as well as, Foo Chee San and Tan Tee Chie who are currently experimenting in contemporary Chinese ink painting in a representational style. Except for Siew Hock Meng, who is the youngest in the group, the other artists have been involved for over 60 years in art. After the initial period of self-searching, each artist made his own decision as to what he wanted to do. They were all resolute in their choice.

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Hermance Triay

Born in 1977, French photographer Hermance Triay believes in understanding the sitters in her pictures. She considers it a kind of ritual to converse with the individuals appearing in her portraits. These conversations draw out useful insights, illuminating the character of the sitter as well as his or her profession. She then transmits all of this information into one single photograph.


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Varnish - Revealing the Veil

Should I gloss over my elephant painting?

By René Daniels



Interview with René Daniels, publisher of the Singapore Art Gallery Guide and Renate Kant, Chief Conservator and Artistic Director, Renate Kant Studio for Conservation, Singapore:

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Ask the Artist! This Time: Agathe de Bailliencourt

Interview

By Kelly Reedy



How long have you lived in Singapore?
I moved to Singapore in 2002 a bit by chance. I had first hoped to live in Japan, but it did not work out. Things have gone quite well for me here, so I believe that it wasn't really by chance that I ended up in Singapore.

How has your work been influenced by living in Singapore?

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Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Market

In the second of the series of articles on Auctions and the Art Market, we put questions to Keong Ruoh-ling, Specialist and Dept Head of Southeast Asian Paintings at Christie's Singapore:

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