- WHEN
- 16 January – 10 February 2021
- VENUE
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Yavuz Gallery, 9 Lock Road, #02-23 (go to Google maps)
- OPENING HOURS
- Tues – Sat, 11am – 7pm
Sun, 1pm – 5pm
Closed on PH - ADMISSION
- Free Admission
- WEBSITE
- https://www.yavuzgallery.com
Yavuz Gallery is pleased to present Singaporean artist Nicholas Ong in his debut solo exhibition, Absurd Theatrics.
Absurd Theatrics is the culmination of Ong’s investigations into the varied sensations and sensory receptions in the relationship between the two-dimensional surfaces and three-dimensional spaces. Driven by an intuitive process, Ong’s practice is grounded in the inspection of personal sensibilities; manifesting in perceptual reasoning and contextual understanding though formal experimentations of paint and light. Taking reference from filmic language and cinematic tableaux, his mixed-media works explore themes of physical and psychological experience and challenge the structure of precepts and stimulus as a medium for experience and perception.
Ong’s (b. 1995) practice spans across painting, installation and digital mediums. He has participated in exhibitions across Singapore and the region, and in 2019 was commissioned to create an artwork for Facebook’s APAC office in Singapore.
Nicholas Ong, Rain on Wet Hands, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist and Yavuz Gallery.
Absurd Theatrics is the culmination of Ong’s investigations into the varied sensations and sensory receptions in the relationship between the two-dimensional surfaces and three-dimensional spaces. Driven by an intuitive process, Ong’s practice is grounded in the inspection of personal sensibilities; manifesting in perceptual reasoning and contextual understanding though formal experimentations of paint and light. Taking reference from filmic language and cinematic tableaux, his mixed-media works explore themes of physical and psychological experience and challenge the structure of precepts and stimulus as a medium for experience and perception.
Ong’s (b. 1995) practice spans across painting, installation and digital mediums. He has participated in exhibitions across Singapore and the region, and in 2019 was commissioned to create an artwork for Facebook’s APAC office in Singapore.
Nicholas Ong, Rain on Wet Hands, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist and Yavuz Gallery.
Gillman Barracks, 9 Lock Road, #02-21
21 January – 7 February 2021
Networked Bodies is an exhibition that seeks to investigate communication and intimacy through the internet. When our bodies are stuck, and our minds yearn for the other, how can we reach beyond the screen and create new sensory experiences? This exhibition will feature digital works, media installations, and works that use social media as a platform.
Block 37 & 38 Malan Road
22 – 23 January 2021
Residencies OPEN provides a rare insight into the often introverted sphere of artist studios, by profiling the diversity of contemporary art practices from around the globe, with the studio as a space for experimentation and research.
Ota Fine Arts, 7 Lock Road, #02-13
16 January – 6 March 2021
Ota Fine Arts Singapore presents YAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS, a solo exhibition featuring 15 monochrome paintings from the artist’s My Eternal Soul series made in 2019-2020, and CLOUDS (2019), a sculpture installation consisting pieces of mirror-finished stainless steel forms.
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Block 43 Malan Road
16 January – 28 February 2021
This is a solo project by late artist Roslisham Ismail aka Ise. It conveys the artist’s tireless trust in the power of social encounters and his ability to infuse the serendipity of life into art.
