- WHEN
- 5 January – 25 February 2024
- VENUE
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Art Porters, 64 Spottiswoode Park Road, Singapore 088652
- OPENING HOURS
- 10.30am to 7pm. Closed on Mon and PH
- ADMISSION
- Free Admission
- WEBSITE
- http://artporters.com/
'Sa Balota!' (To the Ballots!) is a slogan taken directly from an election poster in the Philippines. In this exhibition Ardeña focuses on painting portraits of the politicians running in the recent 2022 national elections in the Philippines. During campaign season it is customary for those running for office to put up tarpaulin posters adorned with idealised portraits and catchy slogans to entice the voting public. These political posters are then painted over using elastomeric paint, an industrial paint designed for tropical countries and widely used in the Philippines to protect buildings from the harsh humid climate. In this particular exhibition Ardeña appropriates mostly orchids motifs taken from Instagram posts to cover up the portraits of politicians that were running for office, only revealing fragments of them peeping through the cracks.
Artists: Kristoffer Ardena
Image Credits: Kris Ardena
Artists: Kristoffer Ardena
Image Credits: Kris Ardena
Art Agenda, Tanjong Pagar Distripark #02-01, 39 Keppel Road, Singapore, 089065
16 December 2023 – 3 February 2024
Art traditionally engages the eyes, but ‘Do you hear the invisible sound?’ challenges that norm by inviting visitors to interpret the artworks by listening.
Tung Ann Association Building, 141 Cecil Street, #09-00, Tung Ann Association Building Singapore, 069541
26 – 28 January 2024
To hold a calligraphy exhibition to display beautiful calligraphic works by local calligraphers during the Chinese New Year period.
In conjunction with the exhibition, there will also be a calligraphy writing on the spot event to be held to keep alive the Chinese tradition of writing auspicious messages.
