{"id":1887,"date":"2011-01-18T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T07:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogueart.asia\/ra\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2011-01-18T23:00:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T15:00:32","slug":"art-stage-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rogueart.asia\/ra\/2011\/01\/18\/art-stage-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Stage Singapore 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve just returned from a whirlwind trip in Singapore to join the frenzy of Art Stage 2011.<\/p>\n

The Singaporeans and their consultants certainly pulled out all the stops, and pretty much pulled off a very ambitious plan in 8 months. What the fair lacked in punch, it made up for in range \u2013 there was a lot to take in and there was a nice safe balance of works from East\/West\/big-time\/emerging. We thought a lot more could have been done about the project booths and the vernissage could have been more wow but as Asian art fairs go, it was pretty alright.<\/p>\n

We were more impressed by the island-wide effort to make an art weekend of it. Visitors we met in the elevator said they were having \u201ca great party\u201d.<\/p>\n

For drama, there was the entry to Collectors\u2019 Stage at ArtSpace@HeluTrans. The show was an important effort, but as patriotic Southeast Asians we really thought a lot of super pieces (and collections) had been missed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>‘Desperately Seeking Paradise’ by Rashid Rana
\nin the ‘Collector’s Stage’ at ArtSpace@HeluTrans<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>‘Sofa’ & ‘Pose No. 1, 2 & 3’ by Handiwirman Saputra
\nin the ‘Collector’s Stage’ at Singapore Art Museum<\/p>\n

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<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Roberto Chabet : To be continued
\nat Institute of Contemporary Art (at LaSalle College of the Arts)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Manuel Ocampo : The Painter’s Equipment
\nat VWFA @ ArtSpace@HeluTrans<\/p>\n

The Pinoys were also out in full force \u2013 one-man shows by Roberto Chabet, Ben Cabrera and Manuel Ocampo punctuated the weekend. \u201cRoberto Chabet: To be continued\u2026\u201d at the ICA kicked off a year of exhibitions and projects to commemorate the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of this seminal conceptual artist\u2019s first show \u2013 if you\u2019re going down to Singapore this is the one exhibition you must go and see. Bad boy Ocampo\u2019s \u201cThe Painter\u2019s Equipment\u201d at VWFA Singapore was also a refreshing surprise. We didn\u2019t manage much else, popped into Tokyo Cool at 8Q, missed all the talks and the Open House Marine Parade art tour which just looked too frighteningly popular.<\/p>\n

Of Art Stage itself, our votes went to (in no particular order):<\/p>\n

Best-looking booths:<\/strong><\/p>\n

12 (Malaysia)
\nPlatform 3 (Indonesia)
\nChan Hampe Gallery (Singapore)
\nMori Yu Gallery (Japan)
\nGallery Tagboat (Japan)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Project Booth by 12 (Malaysia)<\/p>\n

\"\"Platform 3 (Indonesia)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Where we would shop:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arario Gallery
\nARK Galerie
\nArt-U Room and Numthong Gallery
\nCollectors Contemporary
\nftc. Berlin
\nNadi Gallery
\nMam Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art
\nShrine Empire Gallery<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>ARK Galerie (Indonesia)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Art-U Room (Japan) and Numthong Gallery (Thailand)<\/p>\n

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If money was no object, we would buy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wim Delvoye, D11 Scale Mode at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
\nNatee Utarit, The Birth of Tragedy at Richard Koh Fine Art
\nMarc Quinn’s Angkor Windfarm at Bartha & Senarclens Partners<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Wim Delvoye, D11 Scale Mode<\/p>\n

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If we had any money at all we would buy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Handiwirman\u2019s sculpture at Gajah Gallery
\nThukral & Tagra prints at STPI
\nLego sculptures by John Cake & Darren Neave (The Little Artists)
\nAnish Kapoor\u2019s untitled gourd sculptures at Art U-Room and Numthong Gallery
\nTintin Wulia’s video installation, Neous ne notons pas les fleurs -Jakarta at ARK Galerie
\nChen Yujun, Asian Circumscription \u20135.2 Square Meters No. 20100415 at Boers-Li Gallery
\nAraya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Van Gogh\u2019s The Midday Sleep 1889-90 at the Thai Villagers, at 100 Tonson Gallery<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Van Gogh\u2019s The Midday Sleep 1889-90 at the Thai Villagers<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A collage by Thukral + Tagra<\/p>\n

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