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SMRT unveils series of murals depicting history of neighbourhoods The mural at Toa Payoh MRT station is the first of 35 to be launched in conjunction with SMRT’s 35th anniversary. SINGAPORE – Passengers passing through the gantry at Toa Payoh MRT station will find it hard to miss the almost 7m long comic-style mural showcasing …

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郭捷忻水墨个展 描绘对樱花宠物的爱 本地水墨画家郭捷忻（48岁）在2018年看过滨海湾花园的樱花展后，便很想捕捉灿烂樱花绽放的无限春意。隔年4月，她跨洋到日本大阪与金泽探访樱花季节，感受到“春天能使大地起死回生，是爱回归大地的时刻”，将第七次水墨个展取名“祈春·爱”。

New life as Mouth painter after accident Just when Mr Victor Hoon had put his delinquent ways behind him, he had to work hard once again after a motorcycle accident left him paralysed from the neck down.

图片由武吉班让政府中学提供

武吉班让政府中学明年庆祝60岁生日，本月特办艺术作品展，主题取名“传承”，展出师生作品25幅，其中不乏名家佳作。

陈振文水墨·篆刻个展 无心的空灵意趣 本地艺术家陈振文举行大型水墨与篆刻展，展出花鸟鱼画40几幅，篆刻150件。

Ong Hwee Suan was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer when she was 43. She had three surgeries to remove 174 lymph nodes. She decided to use her love for pottery to create 174 pieces of work.

七艺术家用波普艺术调侃生活 李志创作快乐将军当代版雕塑。(画廊提供) 波普艺术代表艺术家安迪·沃霍尔有句名言：“在未来，每个人都会有15分钟的成名机会。”

Selfie fans might get a kick out of graffiti artist Muhammad Sufian Hamri’s new work titled SelfieObsessed.

Pioneers of Singapore modern art display their works An exhibition of artworks by 12 pioneers, aged 67 to 87, is on at the Visual Arts Centre A number of pioneers of the modern art movement in Singapore 50 years ago are still painting and sculpting today.

新加坡现代画50年展 创新无界限 参与现代画画展的画家:(前排左起)唐近豪、何和应、邱瑞福、陈彬章、蔡荣恩、(后排左起)刘培和、郑志道、梁其 栋、林龙成、沈板亮、孙琴安。姚照宏不在图中。 本地有一批执着于创新艺术路线的画家，活跃于1960至1980年代，其中12名举行联展“历史与超越——新加坡现代画50年”，展示早年近期作品共40幅。 1963年10月，七位画家——黄明宗、何和应、陈贻僮、郑志道、吴仲达、黄奕全和董长英在国家图书馆举行第一个现代画会（Modern Art Society)展览，隔年注册成团体。当时社会以反映现实生活的具象画派为主流；纯粹意念，重视新造型与新技巧的现代主义作品非常少见，画会展览相当轰动，褒贬不一。其中郑志道作品遭受破坏。 发起人之一、曾任现代画会会长多年的何和应（81岁）在接受联合早报访问时说，当时画展支持者认为画家敢于呈现新作品；批评者指责作品纯粹抽象，看不懂。他说：“很多东西我们都看不懂，看不懂要研究，经过解释会懂。有些人说你们走得太快，但新气息是好的。艺术不是同一类一样风格，而是讲究多姿多彩。画会会员建立个人风格，而且最起码十年要出现新变化，这是我们这一批人的信念。” You can read the original article here.