Museum & Instit. Exhibitions

1 / APB Foundation Signature Art Prize Finalists Exhibition 2011 / Presented by Singapore Art Museum

Awarded to artists whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art in the Asia Pacific region, the Prize aims to recognize the single most outstanding work produced in the preceding three years. Out of 130 nominated artworks from across Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Mongolia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, 15 finalists have been chosen and are showcased in this Exhibition.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555
Tel +65 6332 4232 / +65 6332 3200 / NHB_SAM_Programs@nhb.gov.sg / www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

EXHIBITION DATES /
11 November 2011 – 4 March 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Mondays to Sundays: 10am to 7pm (last admission at 6.15pm)
Fridays: 10am to 9pm
Adult – $10 Student/Senior Citizen (60 years and above)
Regular (with valid 11B Pass) – $5
Unless stated otherwise, admission is free for visitors 6 years and below, Singaporean & PR Students and Senior Citizens, NSFs and teachers from local schools.

2 / Calendars 2020 – 2096 / Heman Chong / Presented by NUS Museum (Singapore)

Calendars (2020-2096) comprises of 1,001 images of deserted public interiors in Singapore photographed over a span of seven years (2004-2010). It signals specific concerns of Singapore artist Heman Chong’s practice, one that can be located in the intersection between time, space and situation. Based on a series of revisitations to the public spaces that Chong has a prior relationship to – shopping centers, museums, MRT stations, schools – the artist carefully frames the spaces without attempting to add any new meanings to the space.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
NUS Museum, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119279
Tel +65 6516 8817 / museum@nus.edu.sg / www.nus.edu.sg/museum

EXHIBITION DATES /
2 December 2011 – 29 January 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 7.30pm
Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Free Admission

3 / Camping and Tramping Through the Colonial Archive: The Museum in Malaya / Presented by NUS Museum (Singapore)

This exhibition traces the rise of the Museum in British Malaya not just as an indicator of power over what was gazed upon as the exotic but by acknowledging that the very advent of the Museum resulted in a staging ground for a project of accumulation and the ordering of knowledge. Writings and artefacts have been mobilized from various institutional and private collections in Singapore.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
NUS Museum, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119279
Tel +65 6516 8817 / museum@nus.edu.sg / www.nus.edu.sg/museum

EXHIBITION DATES /
Ongoing till 2 December 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 7.30pm
Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Free Admission

4 / The Collectors Show: Asian Contemporary Art from Private Collections / Presented by Singapore Art Museum

The Collectors Show brings together notable works of Asian contemporary art from private collections around the world as interpreted through the curatorial vision of the museum. A tribute to the art patrons of today, the exhibition offers an insight into the breadth and remarkable richness of private art collections, and the unique and highly personal visions and passions that shape them.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555
Tel +65 6332 3222 / +65 6332 3200 / NHB_SAM_Programs@nhb.gov.sg / www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

EXHIBITION DATES /
14 January – 25 March 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Mondays to Sundays: 10am – 7pm (last admission at 6.15pm)
Fridays: 10am – 9pm
Adult – $10 Student/Senior Citizen (60 years and above)
Regular (with valid 11B Pass) – $5
Unless stated otherwise, admission is free for visitors 6 years and below, Singaporean & PR Students and Senior Citizens, NSFs and teachers from local schools.

5 / CUT THRU: A View on 21st Century Thai Art / Presented by Institute of Contemporary Arts (Singapore)

Guest-curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, this exhibition focuses on a range of practices that explore the idea of materiality in order to capture the multiplicitous and dichotomous condition of contemporary Thai society, using sculpture, painting, video, photography and installation. The nine artists are all under forty and have rarely exhibited outside of Thailand.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
ICA Gallery 1, LASALLE College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street, Singapore 187940
Tel +65 6496 5070 / icas@lasalle.edu.sg / www.lasalle.edu.sg

EXHIBITION DATES /
11 January – 6 February 2012

OPENING HOURS /
Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Free Admis

6 / East is West: Three Women Artists / Presented by Institute of Contemporary Arts (Singapore)

This exhibition introduces three women artists – Mariana Vassileva (Bulgaria), Almagul Menlibaeva (Kazakhstan) and Nezaket Ekici (Turkey) – from outside of Western Europe who have taken up residence in Berlin. Integral to their practice is performance that is recorded and subsequently shown as independent video work. Their practice involves both themselves directly as the subject, as well as others. Some of the work explores the subject of women as well as cultural differences that lie within their countries of origin and between national boundaries.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street, Singapore 187940
Tel +65 6496 5070 / icas@lasalle.edu.sg / www.lasalle.edu.sg

EXHIBITION DATES /
14 January – 15 February 2012

OPENING HOURS /
Tuesday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Free Admission

7 / The Family Tree Project / Presented by NUS Museum (Singapore)

This exhibition by Anderson & Low is a visual documentation of photographer Edwin Low’s global family. Using photography as the main medium of discourse, the project features family portraits – as captured within different homes – and old photographs, each telling different stories of the family across different time, space, and memory. In mapping out the Low family tree, explore the personal and conceptual facets of what makes up our idea of the family, both in the present and in the remembering.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
NUS Museum, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119279
Tel +65 6516 8817 / museum@nus.edu.sg / www.nus.edu.sg/museum

EXHIBITION DATES /
12 January – 8 April 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 7.30pm
Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Free Admission

8 / Learning Gallery / Presented by Singapore Art Museum & Singapore Art Museum @8Q

The Learning Gallery is SAM’s permanent exhibition dedicated to presenting artworks from the museum’s collection for young visitors. Besides nurturing an appreciation for art, the works are specially selected to encourage lively discussions and develop creative and analytical thinking among our visitors.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555
Singapore Art Museum @8Q, 8 Queen Street, SIngapore 189535
Tel +65 6332 4232 / +65 6332 3200 / NHB_SAM_Programs@nhb.gov.sg / www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

EXHIBITION DATES /
Singapore Art Museum @8Q: Ongoing until 15 April 2012
Singapore Art Museum: Ongoing until 31 December 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Mondays to Sundays: 10am to 7pm (last admission at 6.15pm)
Fridays: 10am to 9pm
Adult – $10 Student/Senior Citizen (60 years and above)
Regular (with valid 11B Pass) – $5
Unless stated otherwise, admission is free for visitors 6 years and below, Singaporean & PR Students and Senior Citizens, NSFs and teachers from local schools.

9 / The Singapore Show: Future Proof / Presented by Singapore Art Museum @8Q

The Singapore Show: Future Proof presents 25 exciting young Singaporean artists with cutting edge art practices who will be part of the next generation of contemporary artists. From street-sides to galleries and museums, with strong and consistent presence in the local and international contemporary art landscape, these artists can be considered to be amongst those to look out for today.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
Singapore Art Museum @8Q, 8 Queen Street, Singapore 189535
Tel +65 6332 3222 / +65 6332 3200 / NHB_SAM_Programs@nhb.gov.sg / www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

EXHIBITION DATES /
14 January – 15 April 2012

OPENING HOURS /
Mondays to Sundays: 10am – 7pm (last admission at 6.15pm)
Fridays: 10am – 9pm
Adult – $10 Student/Senior Citizen (60 years and above)
Regular (with valid 11B Pass) – $5
Unless stated otherwise, admission is free for visitors 6 years and below, Singaporean & PR Students and Senior Citizens, NSFs and teachers from local schools.

10 / The Sufi and the Bearded Man: Re-membering a Keramat in Contemporary Singapore / Presented by NUS Museum

This exhibition re-members the keramat of a 19th century Sufi traveler from the Middle East who lives on in contemporary Singapore through her miracles and her shrine which was recently removed. Considering alternative ways to recount and understand culture, The Sufi and the Bearded Man calls attention to devotional culture, lesser-heard narratives and esotericism in Singapore.

VENUE & CONTACTS /
NUS Museum, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119279
Tel +65 6516 8817 / museum@nus.edu.sg / www.nus.edu.sg/museum

EXHIBITION DATES /
Ongoing till 2 December 2012

MUSEUM OPENING HOURS /
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 7.30pm
Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays
Free Admission

11 / Paintings and Sketches: SUGITO Hiroshi Exhibition / Presented by JAPAN CREATIVE CENTRE, EMBASSY OF JAPAN

In this exhibition most of his recent works will be displayed – sketches, paintings and photographs produced during a trip to Hanamaki in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, one of the prefectures seriously hit by the Great East Japan earthquake, featuring scenes of the magnificent mountains and surrounding countryside that were unaffected and had enthralled him.

VENUE & CONTACT/
JAPAN CREATIVE CENTRE, 4 Nassim Road, Singapore 258372
Tel +65 6737 7304 / shanah@sn.mofa.go.jp / www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JCC/index.htm

EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS /
3 December – 14 January 2012, Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 6pm, closed on Sundays and Mondays, 23, 25-27, 29-31 Dec 2011 and 1-3 Jan 2012 / Free Admission