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ARTS&LEISURE
WALL
What’s on in Singapore’s
art galleries this month
June14
Worthwhile Walkabout
Get your walking shoes on – Friends of the Museums (FOM), a non-profit
dedicated to promoting Asia’s art and culture, has partnered with the Economic
Development Board (EDB) to bring the art and history of Gillman Barracks alive
with free weekly tours to the general public. Drawing fromFOM’s experienced and
knowledgeable volunteer docents, the 1.5-hour
Gillman Barracks Outreach’s
Guided Tours
cover choice works of contemporary art from current exhibitions,
along with stories about Gillman Barracks, a former British military camp on the
West Coast (9 Lock Road), which now houses 15 commercial galleries and the
Centre of Contemporary Art, plus three eateries.
Group tours start at 5pmon selected Fridays, and at 4pmon selected Saturdays
and Sundays, and private tours can also be arranged two weeks in advance.
Registration ends 24 hours before each scheduled tour, so be sure to sign up
beforehand at
fom-gillman-barracks.eventbrite.sg.
Brit Art
The
Best of British
exhibition will
showcase new, original works from
six British artists: Horace Panter, Nikki
Douthwaite, Morgan Howell, Paul Oz, Tim
Wakefield and Colin Brown. Artworks in a
range of media, frompaper sculpture and
mixed media collages to oil and acrylic
portraits and confetti art, will celebrate
music, sports and cultural icons –
inspirations include F1 racers, classic
vinyl albumcovers and filmstars, to name
a few. 7 to 28 June at Icon Gallery, 476
River Valley Road.
icongallery.sg
Pictures of
the Past
We: Defining
Stories
presents
a s e r i e s o f
photojournalistic
images of iconic
moments inpost-
war Singapore,
from the 1950s
up to 2013. In
collaboration with The Straits Times, this exhibition
explores some of the more significant events in the
country’s history, and reflects upon the experiences
that were born out of these moments. See it until
31 August at Exhibition Gallery 1 of the National
Museum, 93 Stamford Road.
nationalmuseum.sg
Chalk-Full of Meaning
Known for his “erasure” technique –
white chalk drawn on slate-painted
panels, then hand-smudged for a
ghostly appearance – American artist
Gary Simmons addresses personal
and collective experiences of race
and class in his exhibition,
Extant
Phantoms
, which features some of his
works from the 90s. The chalkboard
– a tool for disseminating knowledge
– represents ideas about race that
are deeply embedded in the structures of academic and cultural
institutions. According to Gary, the erasure drawings and their ghostly
marks aremeant to provoke personal recollections, and summon those
hauntingmemories into the political realm. See it until 28 June at Ikkan
Art Gallery, 39 Keppel Road #01-05.
ikkan-art.com