With the success of Art Stage Singapore, the Art Stage festival itself is looking to put down roots in other locations around the Southeastern Asian region. This year, Jakarta, Indonesia, will be the host of its first Art Stage experience, drawing new attention and art establishments to prominence. That doesn’t mean that the spotlight is off of Singapore quite yet, though, as a number of art galleries and artists are preparing to participate in the Jakarta leg of the Art Stage journey. Ink artist June Lee Yu Juan will be one Singaporean artist on display in Indonesia.
This emerging artist has already attracted international acclaim after catching the eye of a newspaper reviewer amid a display in France. She uses Eastern influences and historical skills in ink painting to help bring a contemporary twist to her pieces. She hopes that her pieces will help younger generations remember their pasts and where they came from, decrying the notion that the youth don’t care about their heritage. Her rich works of art will help anyone start getting in touch with their own personal histories.
The artist has a particularly exciting set of masterpieces rendered in breathtaking innovation. She has created ink calligraphy that has then been transformed into metal sculptures, then transformed again into photographic portraits, creating multi-layered and multi-dimensions in the work. The photo itself, though flat, takes on a three-dimensional appeal, the folds of metal almost as delicate as a fine mesh, the lighting in the photograph making the viewer’s eye strain for additional details outside the primary illumination.
Another ink drawing depicts spots of stars and swaths of galaxies brightening a night sky. The irregularity of the ink medium beautifully reflects the organic nature of the universe, and as a viewer gazes at the canvas, they are likely to remember the last time they really peered into the night sky and wondered about their own existence.
Yet another piece that will be on display combines the flowing nature of ink with decidedly geometric shapes. Sharp edges of triangles and other parallelograms contrast with blotches reminiscent of star clusters, moss, and other atmospheric elements. It is strange to equate dusk, or sunset, with an art piece recreated in blacks, grays, and whites, but the artist manages to evoke a sense of ending in the composition.
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To read more about the Singaporean artist’s participation in the upcoming event, go to http://sea.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1460591/singaporean-artist-june-lee-yu-juan-heads-to-art-stage.