Desire is Dead
Through a playful juxtaposition of artworks, the exhibition seeked to tease out the erotic presences, complexities, and potentialities in Singapore’s midst, where a plenitude of desire surrounds us every day and everywhere, shaping the way we view the world and ourselves.
The exhibition was configured such that it is as much a visual showcase as it is a spatial exercise enacted bodily through artworks that engages audiences sensorially or require audience interaction. Watch a short video HERE to hear about the curator Adele Tan’s take and inspiration behind this.
Hope, 1973
Chou was a key figure of the New Ink Art Movement in Hong Kong and is known for her dynamic, abstract paintings. Under the tutelage of her mentors Zhao Shao'ang and Lui Shou-kwan, she was introduced to classical painting and Western Abstract Expressionism respectively. Subsequently, the one stroke technique, which is derived from Chinese philosophy Zen and Taoism, became her signature style in the 1980s.
Artist:
Irene Chou
Courtesy of:
Shi’ai Liang Collection
Ink and Colour on Paper
96.5 x 85 cm
Irene Chou
Courtesy of:
Shi’ai Liang Collection
Ink and Colour on Paper
96.5 x 85 cm