Arts Picks: Chinese pianist Zhang Haiou, Delia Prvacki solo, Indonesian artists’ group show
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Romania-born Singaporean artist Delia Prvacki's Spirits (2022) will be unveiled at her new exhibition at NUS Museum.
PHOTO: NUS MUSEUM
Continuity, Persistence, Line: Thinking Through Clay
Known for her public artworks – including Water, Starry Night (2005), the washbasin and bench formerly located at the old Zouk club in Jiak Kim Street – Romania-born Singaporean artist Delia Prvacki will show new and old work at her solo show at NUS Museum.
Titled Continuity, Persistence, Line: Thinking Through Clay, the exhibition is presented in three segments and offers a glimpse into the process behind the artist’s work. Prvacki will unveil her latest work, Spirits (2022), in the new show, as well as reprise work first shown in the early 1980s in the former Yugoslavia.
Her work often uses the clay medium to tackle the relationship between man-made and natural ecosystems, as well as capitalism and colonialism.
Mr Ahmad Mashadi, university curator at NUS Museum, says of the exhibition: “It offers a unique perspective on ceramics and art-making, and its intersection with material science and technology – an element of interdisciplinarity which we highly encourage at the museum to enhance the educational experience on campus.”
Where: NUS Museum, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent
MRT: Kent Ridge
When: From Aug 23, 10am to 6pm, Tuesdays to Saturdays; closed on Mondays
Admission: Free
Info: str.sg/89CN
Masterpieces by Haiou Zhang
Chinese pianist Zhang Haiou performed at the Victoria Concert Hall in November 2023.
PHOTO: GUAN ZIWEN
Acclaimed Chinese pianist Zhang Haiou returns to Singapore with a solo recital in a programme that includes technical masterpieces and timeless classics.
The Germany-based pianist’s last solo recital at the Victoria Concert Hall in 2023 was praised by The Straits Times reviewer Chang Tou Liang as one which “came close to perfection”.
The upcoming concert will include works by composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt. The concert will also feature a guest performance by Chinese guzheng player Yan Xi Jia.
Where: Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Place
MRT: City Hall
When: Aug 25, 7.30pm
Admission: From $100
Info: bfg.sg/piano
Noughties By Nature
Indonesian artist’s Uji “Hahan” Handoko Eko Saputro’s Did You See And Did You Get? (2024).
PHOTO: GAJAH GALLERY
After its run in Yogyakarta, Gajah Gallery’s group exhibition of works by prominent artists from the 2000s comes to Singapore.
The show highlights how this generation of Indonesian artists, such as Eddie Hara and Bambang “Toko” Witjaksono, has created a hybrid aesthetic form that blends popular culture and local elements. Rather than see the two as contradictory, Noughties By Nature seeks to uncover how pop culture can be deeply rooted in the cultural values of Indonesian society.
Uji “Hahan” Handoko Eko Saputro is one such artist who plays with the distinction between high and low art, blurring the line between realism and decorative features. In one of his works, Did You See And Did You Get? (2024), a colourful pop art foreground meets the realistic depiction of an active volcano.
The show features 15 artists and serves as a nifty introduction to the world of Indonesian contemporary art.
Where: Gajah Gallery, 03-04 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Road
MRT: Tanjong Pagar
When: Till Sept 8; 11am to 7pm, weekdays, noon to 6pm, weekends and public holidays
Admission: Free
Info: str.sg/wfeDv
