The trendsetters, the pioneers, the courageous and the bold- tastemakers are the true modern day envelope pushers in thought, creativity and content behind the image. Taste Makers captures these hot shots who possess the spark to visually emote the nuance of human existence.
October 7 – November 16 2008,
The Atelier, National Museum of Singapore, free admission
‘Heresies’ looks into the works of Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer who is widely recognized for his pioneering work in the digital imaging era and his provocative and powerful images.
His works question the limits between truth, fiction and reality. This exhibition will open simultaneously in nearly over 60 museums around the world in October 2008.
For more information, please visit www.nationalmuseum.sg
Oct 10 2008 – Jan 4 2009, National Museum of Singapore, Exhibition
Gallery 1, S$10 adult / S$5 seniors, children, students & NSF
(Family and special packages are available)
Award-winning Magnum photographer, Chang Chien-Chi, will showcase his works in an exhibition featuring 130 photographs, 3 videos and 2 video projections. The images will highlight contemporary societal issues in Asia, explore complex issues of love and alienation, hope and darkness as well as freedom and restriction. It is the first time that ‘The Chain’, ‘Double Happiness’ and ‘China Town’, will be
exhibited together.
Oct 30 – Jan 4 2009, National Museum of Singapore, Exhibition Gallery
2, S$10 adult / S$5 seniors, children, students & NSF
(Family and special packages are available)
Brad Pitt, Zhang Huan and Farah Diba; what has a Hollywood super star, Chinese artist and the former Empress of Iran have in common? Robert Wilson – He is one of the world’s masters of drama and light. Exhibiting for the first time in Asia, a series of videos titled VOOM Portraits have no discernable beginning or end. What might seem as still photographs is actually a reflection of Wilson’s heightened language of minimal movement, choreographed gesture and precise timing.
Oct 10 – Nov 7 2008 (opening on Saturday,11 Oct 2008, 2:00pm) ,
Kay Ngee Tan Architects-Gallery, Free Admission
In conjunction with a major exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore, Chien-Chi Chang, will present a selection of special work. Th is body of work, handpicked by Chien-Chi himself, offers insight into his private world as an artist and a man, elucidating his approaches, views and philosophy of photography. As announced by its title, this is a sort of detour. It is up to the viewer to trace the connections–both subtle and obvious–to his main path. For more information, please visit kayngeetanarchitects.blogspot.com
Oct 8 – Oct 31, Taksu Gallery, Free Admission
Theorist Rosalind Krauss identities “the post-medium condition” as the embodiment of most contemporary artists. They tend to work from project to project, selecting mediums appropriate for the task in hand. For more information, please call 64764788 or visit www.taksu.com
Oct 23 2008 – Feb 1 2009, Asian Civilisations Museum, Special Exhibitions Gallery
$5 (adults) / $2.50 concession
*Full-time students or senior citizens aged 60 and above
In the late 19th to early 20th century, having a portrait taken in London was a luxury. This exhibition features portraits from the Lafayette collection including Europeans who were aided the development of Asia and Asiandignitaries who helped bridge the gap between East and West. The spirit of this exhibition reinforces the idea that differences in geography, race, religion and culture are of no consequence when individuals of different back-grounds come together. For more information, please visit www.acm.org.sg.
Oct 23 – Nov 1 2008,(Opening on 22 October, 7.30pm),
Emily Hill, 11 Upper Wilkie Road, free admission
Venice comes to life through the photographs of 38 artists from ‘Circolo Fotogra?co La Gondola di Venezia’, a famous Italian photography club. The exhibition showcases 96 black & white photographs shot between 1947 and 1980 by renowned post-war Italian artists such as Paolo Monti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Sergio Del Pero and many more. Th rough these photographs, visitors can experience a distinct atmosphere of the city, which tourism has inexorably erased over time. For more information, please visit www.iicsingapore.esteri.it.
Oct 11 – Nov 2, Post-Museum, Show Room, free admission
Jack Youngblood is an artist in residence at Ksatria Gameworks, a Singaporean computer games design company. His themes are re? ective of the lurid and dramatic imagery of contemporary computer games. Th e work also addresses concepts of death, loss, ‘the Hero’, ‘the Beauty’ and is a development of the ‘old spaceman’ imagery that has constituted his other shows in Singapore. For more information, please visit www.post-museum.org or call 6396 3598.
23 oct to 5 nov, SMU Gallery
Presented by Leica, the exhibition MAGIC MOMENTS II consists of 40 original black-and-white photographs by well known photographers such as René Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Inge Morath, Marc Riboud, Mary Ellen Mark and Sebastiao Salgado. In conjunction with this exhibition, professional photographer Rainer Bültert as the responsible Product Manager of LEICA M8 will lead a public workshop on 18th & 19th Oct, 10am to 5pm at SMU seminar room. Participants could out on a photo shoot outing with LEICA system with guidance from Bültert. Limited to 40 participants, and registration is compulsory. Please send your particulars to register@sipf.com.sg to confirm your participation.
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