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| Keywords: lit cities by ng joon kiat singapore biennale 2013 singapore art museum singaporeartmuseum exhibition art installation public domain publicdomain text 2013 Acrylic on cloth Ng engages with the painted canvas as a physical object – its material, form/format and even weight. As in recent works, here he uses the map as an organising concept. This painting installation superimposes maps of major cities through which he interrogates "questions about the lack of identity […] While city planners envision profit-driven expansions of a city, what is the imagination of space by the majority who are confined in small, pigeonhole-like living spaces?" Over the maps, skeins of thick paint create the optical illusion of moving rows of shapes that transfix the viewer while frustrating any attempt to see the details. Ng writes, "these maps struggle through to be visible". The work reveals the tension between the city as a citadel of hope and the constricted material reality of many city dwellers. www.singaporebiennale.org/artist_ng_joon_kiat.html 2013 Acrylic on cloth Ng engages with the painted canvas as a physical object – its material, form/format and even weight. As in recent works, here he uses the map as an organising concept. This painting installation superimposes maps of major cities through which he interrogates "questions about the lack of identity […] While city planners envision profit-driven expansions of a city, what is the imagination of space by the majority who are confined in small, pigeonhole-like living spaces?" Over the maps, skeins of thick paint create the optical illusion of moving rows of shapes that transfix the viewer while frustrating any attempt to see the details. Ng writes, "these maps struggle through to be visible". The work reveals the tension between the city as a citadel of hope and the constricted material reality of many city dwellers. www.singaporebiennale.org/artist_ng_joon_kiat.html | ||||
