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| Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Exhibition > Fiction@Love by Singapore Art Museum A Place Of LoveWriter : Yang Ming Fiction@Love was a contemporary art exhibition about popular art and the unique expression of love. Singapore Art Museum (SAM), 12 May 2006 to 3 July 2006 "Whereas art in history has always been considered something that records the high quality lifestyle and taste exclusive to the upper classes or a small elite, we have now entered an era when the middle class enjoys a broadened a flow of information, so the phenomenon of exclusivity has come under challenge". Victoria Lu, Curatorial Statement, Fiction@Love The exhibition showcased remarkable works from around the region like Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. Ranging from manga, colourful illustrations, sculptures, mural, drawings and multimedia installation, those works stirred an immensely interest about the pop art culture in the public like myself. I truly enjoyed the Sponge installation, Run Run Run, a collection by Korean artist Kwon Kisso. It was an assortment of human figures made up of colourful sponge materials laid on the white pedestal and on the wall. The concept of the layout prompted that consumer desire in me as though they were put on sale. Towering Reciprocation by Singaporean artist, Lim Shing Ee, is a whimsical sculpture with a structure of two wooden towers which is connected by a wooden stick on top. Interestingly, the whole structure was significantly trailed by a shadow, reminiscent of the idea that our modern technology is only a step away from the past. fFurious' moving images of text like "I need to make more money" in the installation Everywhere There Are Signs provoked the complexities behind our social issues or perhaps, causes. And if the click of a button connects us into a global village, then our handhelds become an ideal medium to locate contemporary art-making. Nokia, one of the supporters of the exhibition, brought in foreign artists that exhibited fascinating artworks of graphic or film viewed only on mobile phones. Singaporean artist Claire Lim's Hidden Ghost comprised of furry red dots pasted all over the walls with three kinds of white furry animals. Her splashes of red carpets made me think of red blood on the floor and possibly, the process of hunting animals to the point of extinction. Taiwanese cartoonist Jimmy drew one attention upon his episodes of colourful illustrations called, Missing My Cat about people missing a cat. Before I left the gallery, I witnessed a mural installation, Hyaku no hana, yuki wa furitsutsu by Ai Yamaguchi which depicts four Japanese girls with different virtues in different environments. With a whole deal of intriguing and captivating offerings, Fiction@Love filled the public with suggestions of expressing love through the fulfilment of each piece of artwork. Ironically, just how long these messages last in my memory made me wonder if their efforts are merely hype.
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