14 August – 18 August 2020
Visual Arts Centre
10 Penang Road, #01-02 Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore 238469
14 August to 18 August 2020, 11am – 7pm daily
Performance: & Talk: Limited to 50 Pax (Currently Full)
Followed by Performance on 15 August at 2.30pm by Pipa Musican, Huang Ming Xiang &
Talk on soundtrack by Dayn Ng, Huang Ming Xiang, Kelvin Loh and Jazmine Kong
Discussion by the collectors of pets paintings and shelter volunteers will be posted on Facebook.
Date: 14 – 18 August 2020, Friday to Tuesday
Time: 11am to 7pm daily
Venue: Visual Arts Centre, 10 Penang Road, #01-02 Dhoby Ghaut Green, Singapore 238469
(nearest MRT: Dhoby Ghaut Station, the Gallery is just above the MRT Station)
Special Events:
15 August 2020, Sat, 2:30pm – Opening Ceremony
“Prayer to Spring” is a showcase of my latest series of paintings on Sakura. My interest in this topic started after I visited the Sakura Masuri Exhibition at Garden by the Bay in 2018. Thereafter, I made a trip to experience Hanami in its authentic setting in Japan (at Osaka Castle and Kenroku En at Kanazawa).
Spring is a universal language of rebirth. It is a season with the power to renew life, grants new beginning and the return of Love to Mother Earth. A Prayer to Spring is the faith in this enormous strength that grants a new leash of life. Spring is found in all corners of the earth, celebrated by all cultures and languages, and depicted and performed in all genres of arts.
The blossoming of Sakura is a signpost to signal the arrival of Spring. I have chosen to create a new series of Sakura to denote Spring. The paintings are deconstruction of the Sakura trees in their setting against the blue sky and white clouds. Special seals have been created to accompany these paintings. A soundtrack and a sound installation on Spring will accompany this exhibition. Soundscape collected in Japan, recital of Haiku in Japanese, poems on Spring in different languages and four pieces of music has been recorded to create the soundtrack. The music pieces include:
春雨 – performed by Huang Ming Xiang (pipa)
Improvisation of Hana – performed by Huang Ming Xiang (pipa) and Jazmine Kong (piano)
Gymnopedie – performed by Jazmine Kong (piano)
Sakura No Hana Variations (2017) – performed by Kevin Loh (guitar) and Huang Ming Xiang (pipa)
Recorded by Sound Engineer – Dayn Ng
Haiku/Poems recital by Tsujimoto Tadashi, Quek Kiat Sing, Honma Kanako, Sergey Kushnarev, Barbara Wlodkowska, Susanne Digel, Hioki Fumiko (in order of appearance).
A shorter revised version of this soundtrack is available at:
A second part of the show, “Love” will be dedicated to a series of pet paintings commissioned by various collectors. I have not had a chance to showcase these works that have already been created. Hence, I hope that this will be a platform to allow this body of works to come together. Animals are pure love. All pet owners can attest to this. My journey to paint them started with my own pets, Mandy (Chihuahua), and Bear Bear (Holland Lop). Chinese Ink painting on animals and pets are rare in Singapore. I am glad that I can allow Chinese Ink painting to take on a new life with this subject.
Visual Arts Centre is an exhibition gallery and art studio at Dhoby Ghaut Green supported by the National Parks Board and the National Arts Council.
Since its initiation on 31 January 2016, the Visual Arts Centre Exhibition Gallery has hosted over two hundred international and local art and design exhibitions, boasting a diverse range of art styles and programmes.
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In the Batik Introduction Handkerchief Painting workshop, participants will learn the traditional art of batik, a wax-resist dyeing technique originating from Indonesia. The workshop begins with a brief history and overview of batik, highlighting its cultural significance and various techniques. Participants will then observe a demonstration of applying wax with tjanting tools and dyeing the fabric. Following the demonstration, each participant will design and create their own batik handkerchief, applying wax to create patterns and then dyeing their fabric. The workshop concludes with a group discussion, allowing participants to share their creations and reflect on their learning experience.