Two art displays from artists in Singapore will be put on the world stage by participating in shows in Paris and Venice.
The first display, which was organized by Singaporean curators, features the art and culture of skateboarders. This show will highlight the work of more than thirty artists from Singapore, some of its neighbors in Southeast Asia, and France, the country where the show is taking place. This is the second year for the exhibit, which is back by popular demand. Last year, tens of thousands of people attended. One designer and artist from Singapore who is taking part in the show shared some of his works from it, and the importance of such an exhibit. He was excited about educating the Western world about skate culture from the Eastern world, which shares both similarities and differences. Collaborating and sharing this information with one another can help enrich the particular culture of skateboarding across the globe, giving people a broader education about different lifestyles. The Singaporean artist contributed five different skateboards on which he had painted portraits that reflected his own views about the skating culture in Singapore. Each one has unique features, though they carry similarities across all of them owing to the fact that they are all in black and white.
The Singaporean art piece heading to Venice is an immersive video production that shows Singaporean performers rehearsing traditional dance routines in the historic back alleys of the country. The exhibit that will feature this video art is part of an exhibit that is being held in conjunction with the upcoming Venice Biennale this year, where another Singapore art installation is going to be displayed with quite a bit of prominence — a feature on the boat culture of a fishing community in the region. The video art display has been shown before at the National Museum of Singapore. While the dancers themselves are important, the preservation of these performances on video also highlights the historically rich scenes of several important neighborhoods in Singapore, including Chinatown and Little India. Traditional dances will never be forgotten as long as there are performers willing to learn them and share them with an audience. In that vein, historically important pieces of Singapore will always be there as long as there is the will to preserve them, even among the forward-thinking progress in the country.
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To read more about the art shows and the Singaporean artists’ entries, go to http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/arts/singapore-art-and-installations-head-paris-and-venice.