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FRANCE+SINGAPORE NEW GENERATION ARTISTS

 


CALLING FOR PROPOSALS FOR FSNGA 2009
Alliance Française de Singapour and Conil Gallery Paris is co-organising France + Singapore New Generation Artists (FSNGA) this year for the first time in Singapore. FSNGA features a new generation of visual artists from France and Singapore and this exhibition aims to provide a platform which introduces the creative potential of these upcoming artists from both countries to its international audience, hence creating awareness of the emerging styles in art and contributing in shaping the landscape of the art scene. It also put together to promote an exchange of artistic knowledge, experiences and ideas between the new generation artists from France and Singapore.

FSNGA is planned to be held annually in SG Private Banking Gallery at Alliance Francaise de Singapour. This year, Alliance will gather a group of new generation French and Singapore artists for the group exhibition that will be held in October 2009. One artist from the FSNGA exhibition will be selected for a solo exhibition in Alliance Française de Singapour in 2010. The selection will be resulting from public voting during the exhibition and 5 judges.

Criteria

-         Selected artists are from France or Singapore.
-         Art works can be created using conventional or contemporary media, preferably not bigger than 2.5m (width) x 3m (height) x 10cm (depth).
-         Art works will be selected by potential in creating new styles of art or possessing a new generation of art.
-         Artists will be selected by a panel from Conil Gallery and Alliance Française de Singapour.
-         Artist who apply for this programme preferably have not exhibited more than 2 solo shows / 5 group shows before this exhibition.

CONTENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN PROPOSALS
1)     Letter of interest with answer to “what makes a new generation artist?”
2)     Artist Statement as a new generation artist
3)     Images – of est. 1MB for each image – of five art works (Current or idea proposed for the exhibition)4)     Artist CV

5)     Artist Biography

Please send in your proposals (with the contents stated above) via Email to benedict@alliancefrancaise.org.sg or 1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130.
Deadline for submission of proposals is 30 June 2009.
For more enquiries you may contact:
Benedict Tan | benedict@alliancefrancaise.org.sg | 68339314

Laurent Ferrier | conil.singapore@gmail.com |

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BUKIT BROWN by FIONA YATES

 

20 May - 3 June 2009

Fiona Yates is an artist who has lived in Singapore since 2001. Originally from the UK, Fiona graduated from Art School in 1988. She worked in London for nine years, then moved to China in 1998.

It was in Shanghai that Fiona became interested in the materiality of Chinese calligraphy paper. During this time working predominantly on paper, she developed her distinctive style of painting. The particular marks echo an idea of calligraphy, where each brushstroke is considered.

‘Bukit Brown’, Fiona’s most recent body of work that sees her move from paper to canvas, is a reflection and distillation of the natural landscape. Fiona lives on the edge of Bukit Brown. This close proximity gives her an ongoing understanding of the forest and limitless opportunities to observe the landscape across different hours of the day. The shifting light is captured in the framing of the work expressing intensity. Details are brought into focus, pulling the forest foliage towards the viewer in the expanded surface of the canvas.

Fiona’s fascination with Bukit Brown is manifested in the act of painting, and conveys her experience of this unique part of Singapore. The experience of viewing Fiona’s body of work evokes a sense of immersion

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“AFTERLIFE OF THE TANG NOBILITY” An insight into an important part of Chinese culture during the 7th – 9th centuries


8 April to 8 May 2009

Exercises for teenage visitors. Pick one workbook from the reception counter or gallery to part take in "Colours of Tang sancai" an educational programme of "Afterlife of the Tang Nobility". Participants of this exercises get a chance to win a copy of Art of the Ancestors book.

 

“Afterlife of the Tang Nobility: An insight to an important part of the Chinese culture during the 7

th – 9th centuries” features more than 50 pieces of Tang San-cai (or 3-coloured pottery) artifacts which will be divided in three sections, namely, Horses and Camels, Figures and Potteries. This exhibition, based on an array of private collection by Bryan Collection and curated by Chen Jiazi, is presented and organised by Alliance Française de Singapour, with presenting sponsors Audemars Piguet and Lee Foundation, and co-presented by French Embassy in Singapore and SG Private Banking.

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“VISIONS” : African Modern Primitive Paintings


Exhibition will be on from 12  to 31 March 2009 @ SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130.

“Unique works which are a striking and rare example of art nouveau originating from Africa”


Two exceptional painters in a strange and fascinating exhibition, exuberant and of a great spectrum of colours. Their unique works are striking and rare examples of art nouveau originating from Africa. In an instinctive manner, ALI MAIMOUN and SAID OUARZAZ began painting characters and animals in a fantastic universe. Without constraints, they do not belong to any school and nothing and no one restrain their inspiration. Their paintings are wild and savage, that exudes great energy and implies power – their paintings are full of life. Their paintings are offerings, they express a joyful and universal vision.


Part of the FRANCOPHONIE FESTIVAL 2009 at Alliance Française de Singapour


Half a billion Francophones around the world will celebrate International Day of Francophonie on 20 March. At the Alliance Française de Singapour, we mark this event on Saturday 28 March this year. The month of March begins with a Francophone Film Festival at AF Theatre. On 28 March, the day will begin with games and events centred on the discovery of the French language and culture. The Alliance Française will honour its best students with the Runme Shaw Cup Challenge. The French Alumni Language Awards will also be given to outstanding students learning French at educational institutions in Singapore.

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1 x Suitcase


Exhibition will be on from 11  to 28 Feb 2009 @ SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130.

Everyone travels for varied purposes and reasons; for personal/ others; for love/ lust; for pleasure/ work; for self-discovery/ escape; for life/ gains; for future/hiding; for knowledge/ flaunt. There is this duality idea that we are discussing here. To put it simply, we might be embarking in the name of a ‘’new life’’ or ‘’self discovery’’, but in fact, we are seeking an escape route. It is a dual concept that we are expanding on. In one’s suitcase, besides necessities, there exists some additional emotional baggage that was packed along. Chaotic and mixed feelings gathered from the randomness inside their luggage or from the unfinished packing, essentially revealing one’s state of mind. *9 artists mark the start of a road trip here, right here. Each has one suitcase (an empty, half filled, filled, packed suitcase or whatever) – with art to reveal the cause to journey, to record one’s involvement, memories of events, fragmented recollections of moment and hopes. It tells stories of transit, of travelogues, photo albums, coffee, food, sights and sounds, intimate stories, people, their stories, dust, smell of surroundings, faces, conversations, dreams, flavors, move etc

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