Collaborations with Arts Institutions

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS SINGAPORE, LASALLE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

Hilmi Johandi, Man & Woman In A Room (Painting Cinema: Fragmentation of Frames), Oil on canvas, 240cm x 90cm, 2012


INTERPLAY

Booth P11, Basement 2, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre

Featured Artists: Bradley Foisset, Luke Heng and Hilmi Johandi


Curated by Dr Charles Merewether and Joleen Loh


The Exhibition

This exhibition offers a snapshot of some experimental practices taking place at LASALLE College of the Arts. Presenting the works of three BA (Hons) Fine Arts students of the Faculty of Fine Arts, this exhibition explores the mobility of contemporary practices as they intersect and play off the use of other media or conventions of practice.

 

LUKE HENG

The paintings of Luke Heng (b. 1987) are shaped by a sense of meditation about the very approach to the practice itself. In his recent paintings, Heng uses the concept of Eastern philosophy and Chinese medicine to tackle the formal issues of painting such as harmony, proportionality and duality. Notably, he is interested in the affinities between painting and the concept of Yin-yang, a fundamental principle of Chinese Herbology. His work aspires toward monochrome painting if only to disrupt its purity of surface with subtle modulations of colour and appearance of gaps, lines and discrete breaks in the surface.


MUHAMMED HILMI JOHANDI 

Hilmi Johandi (b. 1987) explores the differences and relations between painting and film byway of their hybridization, an interplay through which he examines representation and medium. While his videos allude to the gestural qualities of painting, his paintings are informed by the filmic methods and language of cinema. These paintings become animated, entering a mobile narration of storytelling in which the human figure and space begin to merge and separate again into distinct figurations of line and colour.


BRADLEY FOISSET

Bradley Foisset (b. 1979) explores the constructed dichotomy between man and nature. His recent work employs materials that are taken from the land and rivers of Singapore that are being eroded and destroyed. Drawing upon the history of ropes which were first braided from vines, Foisset’s installation constructed with both rope and vine seeks to disrupt the hierarchy between what is considered man-made and organic. Bringing these materials together, Foisset challenges the concept of nature as divorced from culture, and seeks to propose a nonhierarchical and interconnected relationship between them.


Where Creative Minds Are Inspired

LASALLE College of the Arts in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London, provides tertiary arts education within a dynamic environment that reflects the collaborative and interactive discipline inherent in artistic practice. Founded in 1984 by De La Salle educator, Brother Joseph McNally, LASALLE today offers a full range of diplomas and degrees in design, fine arts, film, media arts, fashion, dance, music, theatre, art therapy, Asian art histories, and arts management. LASALLE is a non-profit, private educational institution operating autonomously with financial support from the Singapore Ministry of Education. LASALLE's progressive approach to education ensures that students have a balanced education in the practice and research of a discipline and aims to give our students a head start in building their future as creative leaders and entrepreneurs.


The Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS) is the curatorial division of LASALLE College of the Arts. It runs seven galleries, comprising some 1,500 square meters of gallery spaces dedicated to exploring new and experimental art across the Fine Arts, Design, Media Practices, and Performing Arts. Its programme focuses on showcasing international, Asian, Southeast Asian, and local contemporary arts. Its public programme includes regular publications, seminars and symposiums, visiting artists talks and events of contemporary performance, installation, design, and music/sound practices. The ICAS is committed to providing a cultural and educational tool for students and the Singaporean audience to advance their knowledge and appreciation of the contemporary local, regional and international arts, that is not otherwise available in Singapore today. The staff include Dr Charles Merewether (Director), Ramesh Narayanan (Assistant Manager), Jessica Anne Rahardjo (Executive), Joleen Loh (Executive), Hafiz Osman (Exhibitions Officer), Redzuan Zemmy (Exhibitions Officer) and Sufian Samsiyar (Exhibitions Officer).