Narrative Sculptures: Sculptor S. Nandagopal

at the Singapore Art Museum. 9 - 18 February 2006

By Kimberley Croy



The month of February sees the Singapore Art Museum's first extensive showing of a South Indian sculptor S. Nandagopal's works. 'Narrative Sculptures', jointly organized by The Singapore Art Museum and Gajah Gallery, underlines the growing interest in Indian art around the world.

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Atul Dodiya: The wet sleeves of my paper robe.

Sabari in her youth – after Nandalal Bose: Story-teller Atul Dodiya reflects on an increasingly disrespectful world through Ramayana character Sabari. Atul Dodiya, one of India’s prominent artists takes his role in society seriously – whilst in the past he may have been focused more on aesthetics, today he finds a need to reflect on the social and political issues in India and the world. Known for his watercolour series on Mahatma Gandhi and his acclaimed roller shutter paintings which juxtaposed contradictory images of fortune and tragedy, Dodiya continues to explore social issues in this new series of works created at Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) in September 2005.

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Winners of the Singapore Art Awards 2005

In our last issue we already reported about the biennial visual art competition. Congratulations to the five winners:

Mr Bob Lee Keng Siang
with the photographic work "Restrain"
Mr Miguel Chew Thong Seng
with an untitled painting
Ms Aminah Mohd Saat
with the ink on canvas work "The day I skived off work..."
Ms Jane Lee
with the mixed media work "Gift"
Mr Lim Sheng-en
with an oil on canvas work "Nightscape"


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