Adeel uz Zafar, Purgatory Mountains series, 2017, Engraved drawing on vinyl,Ø22.9 cm
Hell, Purgatory and Paradise ADEEL UZ ZAFAR
22 SEP - 29 OCT 2017
FOST GALLERY
Hell, Purgatory and Paradise is based on Dante's 14th century epic poem Divine Comedy. The allegorical poem details the afterlife journey of the soul toward God in three parts.
Even though the poem was representative of the medieval world-view as propagated by the Western Church at that time, Dante’s work was intended to be literary, not purely theological. It reflected a deep desire to understand the mysteries of life and death. It was on this basis that Adeel uz Zafar formulated a similar quest to make sense of the new world order, or rather, disorder. At a deeper level, it probes and asks questions about the personal, social, political, religious and philosophical; while retaining that sense of whimsy and skepticism seen in his previous works. At no time are the answers to these questions suggested, perhaps alluding to life being about the journey, not the destination.
The works reveal new developments in uz Zafar’s self-developed unique technique of etching on vinyl with the use of different tools. The scale of the new works are also much more intimate than his previous works, reminiscent of the traditional miniature paintings of South Asia.
Hell, Purgatory and Paradise opens on Friday, 22 September 2016, 7-9pm. Join us for an Artist's Tour of the exhibition on the same day at 6.30pm.
Donna Ong, Postcards from the Tropics (v), 2016, Diasec print, wooden shelf, and tropical souvenirs (wooden boar and stone monkey), H14.9 x W26 x D13.6 cm
DER BAUM ALS KUNSTWERK FEATURING DONNA ONG 02 SEP 2017 - 14 JAN 2018
WÄLDERHAUS, HAMBURG, GERMANY
Der Baum Als Kunstwerk, loosely translated to The Tree as a Work of Art, is a group exhibition curated by Alexandre Robinet Borgomano on the relationship between man and nature. Other participating artists include Ai Weiwei, Joseph Beuys, Michael Sailstorfer, Rikuo Ueda, Bryan Nash Gill, Herbert Golser, David Nash, Johannes Domenig, Mirko Zrinscak, Guiseppe Penone, Lois Wagner, Sam van Aken and Carl Andre and what unites them all is their love for wood and trees.
Donna Ong will be showing 5 works from the Postcards from the Tropics series and films The Forest Speaks Back (I) and (III).
A Short Story, Somewhere, Out There (2017). Photo courtesy of the artist.
MACAN FIRST SIGHT FEATURING HEMAN CHONG 09 - 10 SEP 2017
MUSEUM MACAN, JAKARTA, INDONESIA
The September series of MACAN First Sight will feature performances by Arahmaiani, Heman Chong, Duto Hardono, Mella Jaarsma, Justin Shoulder and Xu Zhen. Heman Chong’s A Short Story, Somewhere, Out There (2017), will be presented in an enclosed room isolated from the general public and will comprise a simple task - an exchange of a short story between the writer, translator, instructor and participant. The performance will be held at Museum MACAN on Saturday, 9 September at 2pm. A discussion programme, First Sight forum "Performative Territory" will be held on Sunday, 10 September, 2-5pm at the Public Space, MACAN. Artists participating in the discussion are Arahmaiani, Heman Chong, Duto Hardono, Mella Jaarsma and Justin Shoulder. More details on both events here.
Jimmy Ong, Heart Sons, 2004, Charcoal on paper, H216 x W126 cm
SPECTROSYNTHESIS - ASIAN LGBTQ ISSUES AND ART NOW FEATURING JIMMY ONG 09 SEP - 05 NOV 2017
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
Spectrosynthesis - Asian LGBTQ Issues and Art Now, a group show featuring the work of Jimmy Ong will open in September at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) in Taipei. Co-hosted with The Sunpride Foundation it is the first major exhibition dedicated to LGBTQ themes at an art museum in Asia. The exhibition showcases works created by twenty-two artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, Singapore, as well as ethnic Chinese artists based in the United States and Canada. More details on the exhibition here.
Phi Phi Oanh, The Great Wall, 2015, Vietnamese natural lacquer (sơn ta) on wood, H162.5 x W100.2 x D3.8 cm (artwork)
Make Shift PHI PHI OANH 24 JUN - 27 AUG 2017
FOST GALLERY
Make Shift reflects on the provisionary and temporal nature of life while we bide time for the construction of something more permanent. It explores the intimate and often sub-conscious relationship with our living spaces, particularly in the changing urban landscape, and the ways we exercise our will over them. It also contemplates the possibility of how something that is constructed for expediency can later remain and become permanent.
Join Phi Phi Oanh for a walk-through of the exhibition on Sunday 16 July 2017, 3-4 pm.
ART STAGE JAKARTA 2017 11 - 13 AUG 2017
SHERATON GRAND JAKARTA GANDARIA CITY HOTEL
BOOTH B19
Save the date! FOST Gallery will be presenting a selection of artworks by Adeel Uz-Zafar, Eric Chan, Heman Chong, Donna Ong, Jimmy Ong, Izziyana Suhaimi and Wyn-Lyn Tan to give an overview of the gallery's programme.
Bovey Lee, Chinese xuan (rice) paper on silk, hand cut
CUT UP/CUT OUT FEATURING BOVEY LEE 30 JUN - 22 OCT 2017
BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM, WA, USA
Cut Up/Cut Out, a group show featuring the work of Bovey Lee curated by Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, just begun its national tour at Bellevue Arts Museum. The exhibition features cut and pierced artwork by more than 50 international artists. Using a variety of tools and methods, as well as materials from paper and plastic to metal and rubber, the artists of Cut Up/Cut Out explore the endless possibilities of cutting into and through their chosen surfaces. The transformative nature of this process creates extraordinary results, converting materials from opaque to transparent, from flat to sculptural, from rigid to delicate, and from ordinary to exquisite. The exhibition will travel through the United States until 2020.
ON ADAPTATION! FEATURING WYN-LYN TAN 09 - 25 JUN 2017
TROMSØ KUNSTFORENING, NORWAY
Tromsø Centre for Contemporary Art hosted the MA graduation exhibition of Tromso Art Academy, class of 2017, featuring works by Robert Julian Badenhope Hvistendahl, Wendimagegn Belete, Cornelius Stiefenhofer and Wyn-Lyn Tan. All the works presented relate to adaptation strategies, either on relation to identity, history and future visions, or perception-based processes. Wyn-Lyn Tan showcased Sea Glass II, an installation of seaweed picked from various shorelines around Tromso. Through a process of cleaning, shaping and drying, the seaweed has been coaxed into a sculptural medium, like coloured glass, thus becoming an epuration of sea grass into semi-precious sea glass.
THE LIBRARY OF UNREAD BOOKS HEMAN CHONG AND RENÉE STAAL 29 JUN - 26 AUG 2017
MCAD COMMONS, PHILIPPINES
The second iteration of a ten-year-long project, The Library of Unread Books develops from the artists’ deep-seated longing for books. Open to the public, the reference library is made up of donated books that are unread by their previous owners. By receiving and revealing that which people choose not to read, the Library is the result of a collective gesture that traces the perimeters of unwanted knowledge.
Membership to The Library of Unread Books is the cost of one book donation. In donating one of your own unread books, you gain lifetime membership and access to the library which pops up in different institutions across the globe over 10 years, before settling down as part of a collection in a museum.
This exhibition is a voyage of discovery past artworks that prompt viewers to experience this ‘emotional time’ for themselves. Visitors are invited to slow their pace, to come to a standstill, and – if only for moment – to forget about the clock. - See more at: http://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/in-the-meantime/?lang=en#sthash.Xw1a96No.dpuf
This exhibition is a voyage of discovery past artworks that prompt viewers to experience this ‘emotional time’ for themselves. Visitors are invited to slow their pace, to come to a standstill, and – if only for moment – to forget about the clock. - See more at: http://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/in-the-meantime/?lang=en#sthash.Xw1a96No.dpuf
ahead-of-itself-already-being-in SYAGINI RATNA WULAN 20 APR - 14 JUN 2017
FOST GALLERY
Syagini’s new works emanate from her exploration into the philosophy of existentialism and the state of Being. But in her journey to seek a deeper understanding, she found that the more she researched, the less she knew, and the more the truth is concealed.
A prolific and versatile artist, Syagini has worked in mediums as diverse as installations and fine, line drawings, and has also included performative elements in her artworks. However she has most recently been exploring the interplays of light, colour and perception.
This is Syagini’s first major solo exhibition in Singapore and it is organised in collaboration with ROH Projects, Jakarta.
Phi Phi OANH
RADIANT MATERIAL: A DIALOGUE IN VIETNAMESE LACQUER PAINTING FEATURING PHI PHI OANH 05 JUN - 03 SEP 2017
NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE
From 5 June 2017, National Gallery Singapore will be presenting a special commission by Phi Phi Oanh as part of the exhibition Radiant Material: A Dialogue in Vietnamese Lacquer Painting. It will be displayed in dialogue with Nguyen Gia Tri's Les Fées (The Fairies), an iconic modern Vietnamese lacquer painting from the 1930s. In contrast to the monumental and painterly qualities of Les Fées, Phi Phi Oanh's work will use the lacquer medium to explore the screen and device-based viewing experiences of today.
Song-Ming Ang, Music Manuscripts No.26-29, 2014, Technical pen on music manuscript paper, H32.5 x W48 cm
RECENT ACQUISITION SONG-MING ANG
We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Music Manuscripts No.26-29 by the Museum Voorlinden in the Netherlands.
The artwork is now on view in the group exhibition In The Meantime at Museum Voorlinden. This exhibition features artworks that prompt viewers to experience “emotional time”. Museum's visitors are invited to slow their pace, to come to a standstill, and – if only for moment – to forget about the clock.
This exhibition is a voyage of discovery past artworks that prompt viewers to experience this ‘emotional time’ for themselves. Visitors are invited to slow their pace, to come to a standstill, and – if only for moment – to forget about the clock. - See more at: http://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/in-the-meantime/?lang=en#sthash.Xw1a96No.dpuf
This exhibition is a voyage of discovery past artworks that prompt viewers to experience this ‘emotional time’ for themselves. Visitors are invited to slow their pace, to come to a standstill, and – if only for moment – to forget about the clock. - See more at: http://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/in-the-meantime/?lang=en#sthash.Xw1a96No.dpuf
ART BASEL HONG KONG 23 - 25 MAR 2017
HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
Thank you for visiting us at Art Basel Hong Kong 2017. We appreciate your continued support and we look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon!
Wyn-Lyn Tan, (In)visible Horizons, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, H54 x W195 cm
ART BASEL HONG KONG WYN-LYN TAN 23 - 25 MAR 2017
BOOTH 3D43
The new painting installations continue Tan's engagement with the materiality of painting, and its dynamics into spatial and sculptural forms.
Five pieces of shaped curvilinear paintings on wood will be mounted across the walls, and composed into a multi-layered landscape. In working with wood, the artist also discovers a new form of physical materiality. The wood, its texture and grain, reveals a fresh dialogue between artist and medium - the material is not simply a support, but rather, a sign of the process of mark-making.
A second installation radically utilises the exhibition space with its long, scroll-like panoramic presentation of ten paintings, hung in a seemingly endless row. The resulting meditative vista, which requires the viewer to journey with the paintings, alludes to the Chinese hand-scroll paintings that unfurled section by section.
Nguan, Untitled, from the series Singapore, 2012, Archival pigment print
HOW LONELINESS GOES NGUAN 28 FEB - 12 APR 2017
FOST GALLERY
How Loneliness Goes is about those of us who abide in the city. The photographs in the series employ Singapore’s distinct vernacular architecture as both scenery and supporting cast for a lyrical and ambivalent portrayal of urban isolation. Whether they are depicted as being on their own or in the middle of a teeming crowd, the protagonists in the images appear detached and bereft - a part of the living, yet apart from it.
The work functions as an allegory for the impossibility of connection in modern life. The pictures also affirm the tenuous margins that divide maturity or worldliness from a sort of brokenness, and melancholy from a kind of peace.
How Loneliness Goes was first presented as a highlight of the 2015 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. It returns for a special engagement at FOST Gallery, where several new images will be on show.
OBELOS PHI PHI OANH 13 JAN - 30 JUN 2017
GILLMAN BARRACKS
Featuring arresting installations, sculptures, and murals by renowned and emerging international and Singapore artists, LOCK ROUTE invites visitors to traverse the grounds of Gillman Barracks and experience a closer encounter with art in the open.
Heman CHONG and Renée Staal, The Library of Unread Books, installation view at NTU-CCA, Singapore
THE LIBRARY OF UNREAD BOOKS 2 HEMAN CHONG & RENEE STAAL 11 FEB - 7 MAY 2017
NTU CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART SINGAPORE
The Library of Unread Books develops from Chong’s deep-seated longing for books. It is a members-only reference library made up of donated books that are unread by their previous owners. By receiving and revealing that which people choose not to read, the Library is the result of a collective gesture and traces the perimeters of unwanted knowledge. Managed in collaboration with chief librarian Renée Staal, The Library of Unread Books 2 is now located at CCA's main exhibition building.
ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2017 12 - 15 JAN 2016
MARINA BAY SANDS EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE
Thank you for visiting us at Art Stage Singapore 2017. We appreciate your continued support and we look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon!
Rodney SMITH, Skyline, Hudson River, New York, 1995
RODNEY SMITH (1947-2016)
It is with great sadness that we announce Rodney Smith's passing in New York on 05 December 2016. Smith was world renowned for his whimsical black-and-white photographs of elegantly dressed subjects, in idyllic, surrealistic environments. A testament of his time, his work was regularly published in Time, Fortune and The New York Times Magazine and was an inspiration to his fellow photographers.
We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Music Manuscript 30-48 by the Singapore Art Museum. The series of 19 pieces was presented for the first time during the President Young Talents 2015 exhibition at 8Q at SAM.
Ang's installation Something Old, Something New is currently on view at The Institute for Contemporary Art, Singapore until 01 February 2017. More works by the artist can also be found here.
CHUN Kai Qun, Automated Art Machine, 2016, Resin cast, acrylic chrome spray paint, acrylic painted watercolour paper, H42 x W75 x D12 cm
SOLID PRAYERS
CHUN KAI QUN
10 JAN - 19 FEB 2017
FOST GALLERY
Prayers are predicated on desires, dreams, hopes, and may take the form of words and deeds. For Chun Kai Qun, his art objects are imbibed by the desire to remake his world. He believes that human beings have always projected their identities onto objects, thereby creating a permanent essence of substance and dwelling within a material thing.
Moreover, the enduring materiality of objects can sometimes outlive the creator and is able to procure a sense of existence beyond the mortality of the physical body. Chun, the quintessential object maker, thus transforms a spiritual invocation into a solid form, and possibly extending his prayers well into the afterlife.
PART OF
FOST Gallery at Art Stage Singapore 2016. Installation view.
ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2017
12 - 15 JAN 2017
MARINA BAY SANDS EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE
BOOTH H3
FOST Gallery will present selected artworks by Eric Chan, Heman Chong, John Clang, Donna Ong, Jimmy Ong, Wyn-Lyn Tan and Adeel uz-Zafar.
Heman Chong, The Mysterious Island, 2016, Wood, plastic, iron wire, silk fabric, paint, Dimensions variable. Installation view, Rockbund Museum, Shanghai.
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
FOST Gallery wishes all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you again for your continuous support throughout 2016.
Please note that we will be closed from 30 December 2016 to 09 January 2017. The gallery will reopen on Tuesday 10 January 2017. The gallery will be open for private viewings during this time, please call +65 6694 3080, at least one day in advance, to set up an appointment.
Thank you all for your presence last Thursday. Celebrating our 10th Anniversary with you made it all the more special!
Installation view
PORTALS, LOOPHOLES AND OTHER TRANSGRESSIONS
28 OCT - 29 DEC 2016
FOST GALLERY
We will conclude this year's programing with Heman Chong's second solo exhibition at FOST Gallery. His practice is located at the intersection between image, performance, situation and writing. Portals, Loopholes and Other Transgressions follows up on many of these conceptual and formal concerns.
THE WORLD PRECEDES THE EYE
FEATURING SONG-MING ANG
28 OCT 2016 - 01 FEB 2017
INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, SINGAPORE
The World Precedes the Eye is an Affiliate Project of the Singapore Biennale 2016 and presents the work of nine artists, including Song-Ming Ang, who are pursuing new thinking about matter in time, space and history.
Song-Ming Ang, Piece for 350 Onomatopoeic Molecules, 2013-2016
A HOME FOR THE ARTS
FEATURING SONG-MING ANG
01 - 30 NOV 2016
THE SUBSTATION
Twenty-five years ago, The Substation declared itself a home for the arts, where all art and artists were embraced. Featuring Song-Ming Ang, this group exhibition explores what this idea of "home" means in today's cultural economy.
Eric Chan, Perception, 2016, Oil on linen, H120 x W120 cm
IN LIGHT OF THE EPHEMERAL SILENCE ERIC CHAN
16 SEP - 23 OCT 2016
FOST GALLERY
We are delighted to present the highly anticipated solo exhibition In Light Of The Ephemeral Silence by Eric Chan. Inspired by elements of western cinematic traditions, each painting in Chan's new body of work is akin to a still frame from a film noir.
In Light Of The Ephemeral Silence opens on Thursday, 15 September 2016, 7-9pm. Join us for an artist talk on Saturday, 01 October 2016, 3-4pm at the gallery.
KENPOKU ART 2016 SONG-MING ANG 17 SEP - 20 NOV 2016
This Fall, discover Daigo Lost and Found, Song-Ming Ang's latest project atKENPOKU ART 2016, a new art festival launched in Northern Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Under the artistic direction of Fumio Nanjo, this art festival focuses on art that dialogues with nature as well as art that incorporates science and technology.
ART STAGE JAKARTA 2016
BOOK LAUNCH SHERATON GRAND JAKARTA GANDARIA CITY HOTEL
Thank you all for your presence at the book launch of From Bukit Larangan to Borobudur: Recent Drawings by Jimmy Ong 2000 - 2015 at Art Stage Jakarta. We appreciate the continuous support and we look forward to seeing you at the gallery again!
GALLERY MAKEOVER 06 - 11 SEP 2016
FOST Gallery will be closed for a minor renovation from 06-11 September. See you on 15 September at the opening of Eric Chan's new exhibition!
John Clang, Bruised girl in blue pinafore, 2016, Fine art archival print, H100 x W100 cm
THE WORLD SURROUNDING AN INDOOR PLANT JOHN CLANG
02 JULY - 04 SEPTEMBER 2016
FOST GALLERY
We are delighted to present the highly anticipated solo exhibition The World Surrounding an Indoor Plant by Singaporean artist John Clang.
Utilising the indoor plant as a symbol of an ever-wakeful inner consciousness, this exhibition is an extension of John Clang's artistic journey and explorations into the intimate realms of memory and recollection.
The World Surrounding an Indoor Plant opens on Friday, 01 July 2016, 7-9pm. Join Clang and Regina (Maria) Möller, artist and founder of "regina" magazine and creator of "embodiment" label for a conversation on Saturday, 16 July 2016, 3-4pm at the gallery.
ART STAGE JAKARTA 2016
05 - 07 AUGUST 2016
SHERATON GRAND JAKARTA GANDARIA CITY HOTEL
BOOTH A3
We will launch the publication From Bukit Larangan to Borobudur: Recent Drawings by Jimmy Ong 2000 - 2015 in Indonesia and unveil a new artwork by the artist.
Installation views of the exhibition at SAM
Left: Ashley YEO in collaboration with Monica So-Young Moon - Right: Wyn-Lyn TAN
ODYSSEY: NAVIGATING NAMELESS SEAS
FEATURING WYN-LYN TAN & ASHLEY YEO
04 JUNE - 28 AUGUST 2016
SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM
Featuring Wyn-Lyn Tan and Ashley Yeo (in collaboration with Monica So-Young Moon), amongst other international artists, Odyssey: Navigating Nameless Seas invites visitors into Earth's watery realms, as seen through the eyes of contemporary artists. Find out more about the exhibition here.
FOST GALLERY REPRESENTS ERIC CHAN
FOST Gallery is proud to announce representation of painter Eric Chan. We will present his solo exhibition in September 2016.
BOOK LAUNCH FROM BUKIT LARANGAN TO BOROBUDUR: RECENT DRAWINGS BY JIMMY ONG 2000 - 2015 11 JUNE 2016
FOST GALLERY
Thank you all for your presence at the book launch of From Bukit Larangan to Borobudur: Recent Drawings by Jimmy Ong 2000 - 2015. We appreciate the continuous support and we look forward to seeing you at the gallery again!
Heman Chong, LEM2, 2016, Mobile bookstall containing second-hand copies of Polish science-fiction author Stanislaw Lem's books
20TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY
THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE -
IT'S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED HEMAN CHONG 18 MARCH - 05 JUNE 2016
EMBASSY OF STANISLAW LEM
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Heman Chong presents "Embassy of Stanislaw Lem", a mobile book stall that operates at different places during the Biennale. Chong's work develops out of a process of accumulation; gathering together second-hand copies of Polish science-fiction author Stanislaw Lem's books (in both English and Polish), available for visitors to both peruse and purchase. Explore more of the Sydney Biennale here.
Jimmy Ong, Demolition of St Andrew's (detail), 2012, Charcoal on paper, H128.5 x W309 cm
FROM BUKIT LARANGAN TO BOROBUDUR
RECENT DRAWINGS BY JIMMY ONG
ESSAY BY T.K. SABAPATHY JUNE 2016
The upcoming publication features works by Jimmy Ong produced chiefly over the past decade. It is the first detailed study of Jimmy Ong's art and thoughts by renowned art historian T.K. Sabapathy. It springs from lengthy, intense conversations between the artist and the writer. It furthers and deepens our understanding of the modern and the contemporary in the art of Southeast Asia. Please register your interest here for further updates.
Installation view
RECENT ACQUISITION
WYN-LYN TAN
We are delighted to announce the Singapore Art Museum's acquisition of 16 paintings by Wyn-Lyn TAN, from her last solo exhibition, The Blue of Distance. Displayed over four walls of the gallery, the viewer was invited to take this journey through time and space and experience the change of the seasons as the colour palette morphs and seeps from one painting into the next. More works by the artist can be found here.
ART BASEL HONG KONG 2016 24 - 26 MARCH 2016
HONG KONG CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE
We enjoyed meeting you at our booth in Art Basel Hong Kong and we appreciate your continued support. Look forward to seeing you at the gallery soon!
Chun Kai Feng, Not Much To See, 2014, LED lighting, automotive paint and clear coat on acrylic (Turquoise/Orange), H27 x L9 x D5 cm (each)
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
FOST Gallery wishes all a Happy Labour Day!
Please note that we will be closed on Sunday, 01 May 2016. The gallery will resume operations from Tuesday, 03 May 2016. Have a great weekend!
Jimmy ONG, Scent of Rafflesia, 2015, Charcoal on paper, H150 x W122 cm
JAVA STORIES JIMMY ONG 24 - 26 MARCH 2016
ART BASEL HONG KONG
WITH FOST GALLERY
Java Stories is a development from Jimmy ONG's {The History of Java}, his critically acclaimed solo exhibition at FOST Gallery in January 2015.
Ong continues his investigation into the rich culture, history and mythologies of the island, with new drawings and fabric sculptures.
CHUN Kai Feng, Falling Falling, 2016, Stainless steel and automotive paint, H120 x W88 x Ø40 cm
THE KEY TO THIS MYSTERY IS TO
REPHRASE THE QUESTION SLIGHTLY CHUN KAI FENG 12 MARCH - 30 APRIL 2016
FOST GALLERY
FOST Gallery is pleased to present The Key to this Mystery is to Rephrase the Question Slightly by CHUN Kai Feng. The exhibition alludes to the perspective that things assume equal ontological significance as their human counterparts. Based on anonymous fixtures of generic urban interiors such as air diffusers and escalators, Chun's installation of 11 works explore ideaas of abstraction and materiality alongside our relationship with things and the environment.
The Key to this Mystery is to Rephrase the Question Slightly opens on Friday, 11 March 2016. In conjunction with the exhibition, an Artist's Talk will be held at 2pm on Saturday, 9 April, together with artist, curator and writer TAN Guo-Liang.
Donna ONG, Five Trees Make A Forest, 1896, Antique original lithograph, H19.5 x W25.8 cm
FIVE TREES MAKE A FOREST DONNA ONG 11 MARCH - AUGUST 2016
ARCHAEOLOGY LIBRARY
NUS MUSEUM
As part of the NUS Arts Festival 2016, the NUS Museum will be featuring Five Trees Make A Forest by Donna ONG. The exhibition will present the history of image-making towards the 'tropics' in Singapore through an interpretative synthesis of scientific journals, travelogues and illustrations composed in colonial times.
The installation is a landscape that would define the imaginary illustrations of the tropics and would present an "alternative" colonial site prompted by 18th and 19th century books and manuscripts, excerpts from diaries written in colonial Singapore among others. Find out more about this exhibition in the Festival Guide here.
Heman CHONG, One Thousand And One Nights, 2016, Large scale light box installation, Dimensions variable
IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS HEMAN CHONG 23 JANUARY - 3 MAY 2016
ROCKBUND ART MUSEUM (RAM) SHANGHAI, CHINA
Ifs, Ands, or Buts is the first exhibition presented by RAM in 2016 and the first museum solo exhibition in Mainland China for Singaporean artist Heman CHONG. The exhibition investigates spaces between text and images, producing new ways of relating the two through new works commissioned specifically by Rockbund Art Museum.
Curated by Li Qi, the exhibition can be interpreted as a fiction which may never be put into words. A fiction that is absurd and bizarre, one that is equipped with a sardonic, black humour, where different situations find themselves misplaced in the realm between reality and fantasy. Read more about this exhibition here.
Ashley YEO, Post grieving (sea), 2013, Graphite on paper, H60 x W56 cm
IN THEIR OCEANS ASHLEY YEO 16 JANUARY - 27 MARCH 2016
THE ESPLANADE
SINGAPORE
In Their Oceans, a collaboration between artists Ashley YEO and Monica So-Young Moon, tells the story of the phenomenon whale fall, through references to the seas, from whales and ocean depths to stones and scenes from Jeju Island. Drawings, knitted sculptures, a soundscape, objects and murals depict a poignant narrative, addressing love and loss in our anthropocentric society. More information available here.
ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2016 21 - 24 JANUARY 2016
MARINA BAY SANDS EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE
We appreciate your continued support! Thank you for visiting us at Art Stage Singapore 2016. We look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon.
Donna Ong, My Forest Has No Name (#23), 2015, Colour photograph on acrylic (diasec print), H35 x W60 cm
MY FOREST HAS NO NAME DONNA ONG
16 JANUARY - 28 FEBRUARY 2016
FOST GALLERY
My Forest Has No Name explores humankind's fascination with the tropical forest through time.
It traces our portrayal of the forest from colonial times into the present day through a series of artworks that merge antique prints, ready-mades and text with original artwork. This highly anticipated exhibition is Ong's first solo show with FOST Gallery.
ART STAGE SINGAPORE 2016 21 - 24 JANUARY 2016
MARINA BAY SANDS EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE
BOOTH B9
FOST Gallery will be returning to Art Stage Singapore for its sixth edition in January 2016!
We will be featuring new works by Adeel uz-Zafar, Heman Chong, Chun Kai Feng, Jimmy Ong, alongside other works by Song-Ming Ang, Khairullah Rahim, Izziyana Suhaimi, Grace Tan, Wyn-Lyn Tan and Ashley Yeo.
PUNCTUM OF THE LONG HILLS
& WOVEN FIELD FEATURING JOHN CLANG AND GRACE TAN
BUKIT PANJANG AND LITTLE INDIA DOWNTOWN LINE 2 STATION
SINGAPORE
As one of the biggest public art projects in Singapore, the Land Transport Authority's Art in Transit Programme has recently launched a series of artworks created by various Singapore artists and local institutions, that are on view at the 12 new stations along the Downtown Line 2. Punctum of the Long Hills by John Clang and Woven Field by Grace Tan have been installed at the Bukit Panjang and Little India MRT stations respectively.
'AN ARM, A LEG AND OTHER STORIES' HEMAN CHONG
11 DECEMBER 2015 - 28 FEBRUARY 2016
SOUTH LONDON GALLERY
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
In Heman Chong new exhibition, An Arm, a Leg and Other Stories, a million blacked out business cards covering the floor set the scene for the exhibition which explores ideas of exchange, and the role of rules and regulations in determining codes of behaviour. View more details of the exhibition here.
'IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS' HEMAN CHONG
23 JANUARY - 03 MAY 2016
ROCKBUND ART MUSEUM (RAM)
SHANGHAI, CHINA
Curated by Li Qi, the Senior Curator at the Rockbund Art Museum, Ifs, Ands, or Buts is a continuation of Chong's conceptually-charged investigations into how individuals and communities imagine the future. This generates a multiplicity of objects, images, installations, situations and texts as the work. Follow Rockbund Art Museum's website to find out more.
Oanh Phi Phi, Mapa mundi (detail), 2015, sơn mài (lacquer) on wood panel
SOUS LA LUNE/BENEATH THE MOON OANH PHI PHI
12 DECEMBER 2015 - 03 FEBRUARY 2016
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS (ICA) SINGAPORE
Sous la lune/Beneath the moon presents major existing and new works by eleven artists from Southeast Asia and France.
Curated by Khairuddin Hori, Deputy Director of Artistic Programming at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the exhibition explores the mysterious, complex and multi-layered nature of aesthetic experience through immersive artworks and installations in a range of media. Find out more about the exhibition here.
14TH ISTANBUL BIENNIAL: SALTWATER FEATURING SONG-MING ANG
05 SEP - 01 NOV 2015
ISTANBUL MODERN ART MUSEUM, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Song-Ming ANG presents his new work entitled 'Something Old, Something New' at the Istanbul Modern Art Museum for the 2015 installation of the 14th Istanbul Biennial: Saltwater. More information available here.
ARTREVIEW MAGAZINE FEATURING HEMAN CHONG
NOV 2015 ISSUE
Heman CHONG's The Forer Effect is featured on the cover of ArtReview Magazine (November Issue). As part of ArtReview's 2015 Power 100, Singapore's National Gallery Director Dr. Eugene TAN made it to the list of the year's most influential people in the contemporary art world as the only South-east Asian on the ArtReview list, amongst 99 other global key players, including Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, and gallerist Larry Gagosian. Read more in this issue of the ArtReview. Available internationally, or click here to subscribe.
YOUNG ARTIST AWARD 2015 CHUN KAI FENG & CHUN KAI QUN
Congratulations to both CHUN Kai Feng & CHUN Kai Qun on being awarded the Young Artist Award 2015! Our congratulations also to the other awardees, Diana Soh, James Tan, Loo Zihan, Kirsten Tan and Riduan Zalani.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU IS YOUR ATTITUDE PROBLEM (R18)
SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL FEATURING JIMMY ONG
06 - 07 NOV 2015
THE ART HOUSE SINGAPORE
Checkpoint Theatre presents an exciting series of 24 text-based performance events over 12 hours. Curated by Huzir Sulaiman, 'What I Love about You is Your Attitude Problem' features new and specially commissioned works of Singapore drama, poetry, songwriting and prose, alongside musical performances and visual arts exhibition, featuring Jimmy ONG, amongst many others. Click here to buy a ticket for this event.
BERGDORF GOODMAN FEATURED JOHN CLANG
23 SEP - 06 OCT 2015
FIFTH AVENUE, NYC, USA
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Singapore, John CLANG took over Bergdorf Goodman's iconic Fifth Avenue windows with photographs from his series Fear of Losing The Existence. There was also a special a 16-page fashion spread in the September issue of Bergdorf Goodman magazine as part of the Singapore: Inside Out curated by Randy CHAN. More info here.
Being Together (Family)
2010
Fine art archival print
H40 x W60"
FOST GALLERY REPRESENTS JOHN CLANG
FOST Gallery is delighted to announce representation of New York-based phtographer/visual artist John CLANG. Please click here for more information.
Days, 2015, Mixed media, Dimensions variable
PHOTO: Singapore Art Museum (SAM)
PRESIDENT'S YOUNG TALENTS AWARD
21 AUGUST 2015 - 27 MARCH 2016
SAM at 8Q
Congratulations to Song-Ming ANG who has been selected as one of five finalists for this year's award. Representing some of the most exciting strands in contemporary Singapore art, Song-Ming will be exhibiting a new work, Days. Click here to find out more.
FOURSIGHT | ARTISTS' TALK
22 AUGUST 2015, 3PM
FOST GALLERY
Please join the four artists, Izziyana Suhaimi, Ashley YEO, Luke HENG and Khairullah Rahim, as they speak about their practice and new works presented at their respective inaugural solo exhibitions. Register for a seat at info@fostgallery.com
Wyn-Lyn TAN, Vista I, 2015, Acrylic on linen, mirror and wood, H130 x W158 cm
THE BLUE OF DISTANCE
WYN-LYN TAN
04 SEPTEMBER - 25 OCTOBER 2015
FOST GALLERY
FOST Gallery is proud to showcase The Blue of Distance by Wyn-Lyn TAN. Working with wood as a surface material for the first time, Wyn-Lyn will present a series of shaped plywood paintings. Amongst other new works, will be a scroll-like, panoramic presentation of a series of paintings. Discover her existing works here.
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MAY - JUNE 2015
Stephanie Fong in the article Dealer's Notebook: Q&A with Gallerist Stephanie Fong on BLOUIN ARTINFO
Photo credit: FOST Gallery
BLOUIN ARTINFO
Dealer's Notebook: Q&A with Gallerist Stephanie Fong
April 2015 - BLOUIN ARTINFO featured FOST Gallery, Stephanie Fong in their Dealer's Notebook series of interviews. Click here to read the interview.
'The Forer Effect' by Heman CHONG at Mana Contemporary. PhotographyMana Contemporary
THEOREM
YOU SIMPLY DESTROY THE IMAGE I ALWAYS HAD OF MYSELF
03 MAY - 01 AUGUST 2015
MANA CONTEMPORARY, JERSEY CITY, NJ
Curated by renowned curator and art critic Octavio Zaya, Theorem presents large-scale installation, sculpture, video art and photography by 30 international artists. More information can be found here.
There's absolutely nothing we can do to help you, 2015, Stainless steel on glass wall (installed in two parts), H72 x W24 cm (each), Photography Chun Kaifeng
RENDEZ-VOUS
FEATURING CHUN KAIFENG
20 JUNE - 02 AUGUST 2015
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Rendez-vous is an international platform organised by the Biennial of Lyon; the Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Villeurbanne/Rhone-Alpes; and the National School of Fine Arts in Lyon. Now in its 13th edition, the platform invites curators from these institutions and 10 international biennales to nominate emerging artists at the forefront of their contemporary art scenes. Click here to find out more. The interview with Chun Kaifeng and ICAS Assistant Curator Melanie Pocock - click here.
Adeel uz-Zafar, Untitled 2, 2015, Engraved drawing on vinyl, H91.5 x W76 x D3.5 cm
NEW WORKS
BY ADEEL UZ ZAFAR
AT FOST GALLERY
We are pleased to announce new works in stock by Adeel uz-Zafar. Visit our website to view more.
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MARCH—APRIL 2015
Chun Kaifeng, Nothing to Wait For, 2013, LED lighting, automotive paint and clear coat on vacuum formed high-impact acrylic, Ø 144 x D9 cm, (Edition 1 of 3).
RECENT ACQUISITION
CHUN KAIFENG
M+ (Hong Kong) has acquired Chun Kaifeng's Nothing to Wait For, referencing bus stop seats ubiquitous in 1980s Singapore. More works by the artist can be found here.
PhotographySingapore Art Museum
IMAGINARIUM: A VOYAGE OF BIG IDEAS
14 MARCH – 19 JULY 2015
SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM @ 8Q
Let's Make! by Izziyana Suhaimi is currently on show at SAM @ 8Q. Learn how to embroider, weave or make pom poms in this room of exploration and experimentation. She will be conducting workshops over three Sundays starting 19 April. For more information, visit SAM's events page.
FOST Gallery will present Izziyana's inaugural solo show in May 2015. Please email info@fostgallery.com for more details.
Heman CHONG, Monument to the people we've conveniently forgotten (i hate you), 2008, One million business cards, H5 x W9 cm (each).
ON SWEAT, PAPER AND PORCELAIN
FEATURING HEMAN CHONG
29 MARCH – 03 MAY 2015
HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART AND CCS BARD GALLERIES, NYC
On Sweat, Paper, and Porcelain examines the offshore to understand global infrastructures and their supporting narratives. The exhibition is part of offshoreart.co. More information can be found here.
Song-Ming ANG, Parts and Labour, 2012 (refurbished piano + HD video)
DO-IT-YOURSELF
SONG-MING ANG
21 – 26 APRIL 2015
CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE, LONDON
Song-Ming Ang will be curating a series of workshops, performances and talks as part of his residency, jointly offered by the Royal Over-Seas League, Hospitalfield Arts and Camden Arts Centre. More information can be found here.
Jimmy ONG, Staghorn Rorscharch (detail), 2015, Charcoal and watercolour on paper, H120 x W240 cm
NEW WORKS
JIMMY ONG
We are pleased to announce new works by Jimmy Ong. Continuing on from his colour wash works featured in the gallery last August, Jimmy has created new watercolour diptychs available to view on the website.
