‘I’ve only just begun’: Ex-AWARE chief Dana Lam, 73, holds first solo art exhibition
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Artist and former Association of Women for Action and Research president Dana Lam's first solo exhibition, Who Knows Where The Bird Goes, opens on July 22.
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- Dana Lam, 73, opens her first solo art exhibition after decades balancing activism, journalism and family commitments.
- Her exhibition, part of T:>Works’ Agency Fest, features experimental works, including frame-by-frame animation and charcoal nudes inspired by artist Jimmy Ong.
- Lam views her artistic life as just beginning, embracing a late creative bloom and reflecting on her evolving purpose and identity.
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SINGAPORE – Whenever 73-year-old Dana Lam wanted to dedicate time to her art, something else always beckoned – first journalism, then her two children. And when two opportunities to serve as president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) came up, she could not say no.
After six decades of art practice on the side, Lam will open her first solo exhibition Who Knows Where The Bird Goes at T:>Works’ 72-13 on July 22. She speaks to The Straits Times at her Goodman Arts Centre studio, which bears a cheeky handmade door sign admonishing: “Keep children on leash.”
