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May15
Confucius statues, wall-mounted
tribal Indonesian art, a bronze
Burmese Buddha statue, petrified
fossils from China, a modern
Bangladeshi painting and a
European Baroque-style painting all
compete harmoniously for attention.
The colourful carpets
are from China.
Bronze statues, from
the Cubist period, were
bought in Prague. Artist
Otto Gutfreund was a
friend of Picasso.
Striking art by
Indonesian duet
Indieguerillas
documents the struggle
many have with the
march to capitalism and
modernism.
Gallery at Dempsey.
“Min Wae
Aung is
famous for
depicting
Burmese
monks
looking back.
We visited
his studio in
Yangoon; he
sometimes
exhibits in
Singapore.”
Holland-based
Chinese artist Zhuang
Hong Yi created this
distinctive coffee table;
inset below its glass top
are three-dimensional
Chinese silk paper flowers.
Coincidentally, he exhibits at
REDSEA Gallery at Dempsey.