4 famend artists unite to unravel the notion of time. Dubbed “Transcending Time: Past Previous and Current, The essence of time – by distinct inventive lenses”, they every independently mirror and discover the intricate threads of their private historical past, placing in their very own up to date tackle the continuum of time, past the previous and current, with the inventive mediums they maintain expensive. This cross-cultural change is closely influenced by their respective lives in several elements of Asia. The group of gifted creatives comprised of French artist Pierre Alivon, French visible artist Armelle Kergall, Malaysian artist Karwai Chan and Singaporean-based Chinese language artist Liu Xuanqi introduced collectively their artworks alongside the eloquent great thing about Western and Jap poetries, capturing the essence of centuries previous in vivid oil work and a mixture of multi-media.

Pierre Alivon 

Pierre Alivon displays on his time dwelling in China to attach historic traditions with up to date narratives between French and Chinese language cultures. Influenced by his lengthy residency in China, Alivon expresses his love of China, by his creations which incorporates images, digital artwork and sculptures.

Nostalgia and humanity are two necessary themes which Alivon incorporates to create his artworks the place he bridges previous and current. The “Concord” collection was created by Alivon who used outdated Nineteen Twenties China Day by day newspapers to create characters primarily based on pictures he shot backstage on the Beijing Opera. “Concord” begins with a mirrored image on the theme of reminiscence happening within the imaginary state between the previous and the current. With “Concord”, he desires to ask the viewer to transcend the boundaries of time and concentrate on the elemental love that binds our cultures. Every work is made on a black and white base with a contact of color and to create a contemplative and poetic environment,” feedback Alivon.

Armelle Kergall

French visible artist Armelle Kergall who lived in Japan and is now in Singapore. She explores the relationship between her lived expertise and her collective recollections, real or perceived. Her work offers with themes of id, atavism and the connection between previous and current by images, collage and paper slicing. Whereas photographing her family, she found troubling parts that deeply resonated in herself. She creates a visible dialogue by combining and layering household and private archives. “I delve into the origins of my household mythology and collective reminiscence to disclose how the previous weaves itself into our current and moulds our lives,” she states. Her 2005 images collection captured the day by day lifetime of her members of the family the place she “questions the invisible bonds of a bloodline”.

The discoveries she made through the course of her work and analysis have had a profound impact on her and have influenced her inventive method, in the end culminating in her newest collection the place she continues to delve into the themes of id and reminiscence. Kergall’s objective as an artist is to “provoke reflection” on the common themes of familial mythology and “to query the connection” between human beings and our shared historical past.

Karwai Chan 

Karwai Chan attracts inspiration from the “pure, tropical world” and the Cupid. Her works usually depicts Malaysian tradition from the recollections of her youth, together with the nostalgic Milo truck arriving at major schoo which she depicts in “Candy little one O’mine” in addition to the rhinoceros hornbill (the state chook of the Malaysian state of Sarawak) surrounded by native fruits in “The odd one out”, each accomplished in 2023 specifically for this exhibition. The addition of the Cupid in these seemingly unassuming work provides a stage of enchanting surrealism as Chan goals to pique the curiosity of the viewer, having them embark their love on a visible journey.

Though seemingly harmless at first look, Karwai’s perspective usually goals to problem the “monotony of repetitive work” and to understand the “underlying discontent inside this subset of individuals” to additional embrace the essence of dwelling. The presence of the Cupid in her creations embodies the everlasting emblem of affection and the harmless joyfulness of a kid. “As folks grew detached to the world round them, changing into colder and fewer empathetic, the hues of affection and heat appeared to steadily fade,” explains Chan.

Leo Liu Xuan Qi

Chinese language-born, Singaporean-based Leo Liu QiXuan is a recent artist whose artwork fuses fashionable graphics design parts with conventional portray strategies. This leads to a dynamic distinction between design and “nonetheless realism”. Leo usually seeks to impress those that recognize his artwork into eager about up to date points dealing with humanity and the world as a complete. In his “Cloud” collection, Leo performs with the concept of permanence and the temporal, exploring the strain that arises on the crossroads of fast globalisation. For Leo, time is essentially the most elusive aspect through the means of creation because it “could be at instances halted, at instances leapt throughout, and at instances overlapped”. “Time is perpetually transferring ahead, and the world must also progress with it!”, says Liu Xuan Qi.

Transcending Time: Past Previous and Current
The essence of time – by distinct inventive lenses
is offered at from 9 September – 30 September at Sentosa Resort World, 8 Sentosa Gateway, 098269 (contained in the Van Gogh exhibition).

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