Eve Ong has developed her ideas and vision through traveling, living and working in many different cultures and countries. She has been involved in the creative arts for many years. Eve studied Fine Art and Painting, as a student At LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts.
PRESS releases 10 December 2004
un-titled Gallery – Eve Ong’s First Solo Exhibition
Title of Exhibition: Self-unveiled
Official Opening Reception: Friday 10th December 2004, at 7pm
Exhibition Dates: 10th December 2004 until 31st December 2004
Time: 11am to 8pm Mondays to Saturdays
Exhibition Venue: un-titled Gallery, China Square Central, Marsh & McLennan
Centre, 18 Cross Street #B1-21, Singapore 048423
Enquiries: Please call the gallery at +65 65387050
Show Description
Nowhere is the human ego so deeply concerned than in the attempt to identify and
understand the true self.
The development of the human spirit carries with it a need to learn about and
understand our true self - to find our true and natural place in the physical
and spiritual world that surrounds us and lies within us and to find peace in
identity and being.
The understanding of true self lies in the forces that dwell deep within us. We
may create and switch identities to match our surroundings. We may wear our
identity like a veil switching and changing to match, cope and survive the
social, cultural, and political environments and human interactions we find the
self in. We may carry our identity rigidly presenting a self we believe the
world wants to see, and showing a self we imagine we and the world wants us to
be.
The true self is the self that eventually looks beneath the created, imposed and
imagined identities through a tapestry of thoughts, experiences, values and
emotions to find a real and true identity. This process often takes form when
the natural self starts to become alienated from the created identities. This
process may evolve over time in stages, or emerge dramatically. We may look
through the layers from the outside to the inner self, or from the inner self
through the layers to the world outside.
Is the true self layers of experience and human interaction applied to a
spiritual core - the sum and total of our created defences, identities and
experiences? Or is the true self the naked core which has been blurred,
defocused and filtered through those same layers? In order to complete the
journey to the true self, do we need to remove the layers or simply be able to
see through them and understand them.
In this exhibition the objective was to create works that attempts to unveil and
show the true self in degrees, portraying different elements of self within the
structure of each composition.
The visual elements attempt to show and focus on concepts that deal with social
issues affecting self by trying to allow the viewer to visualise the complexity
of self.
There are works that show how self develops through different stages and
attempts to show the unveiling or breaking down of the conventional boundaries
that affect self. Others works allow the viewer to journey into the space within
self with strong colours used to depict layers, moods and emotions. Paint and
structured composition with a multi-layered technique are used to display and
define the complexities within the self.
un-titled gallery, provide an outlet for up and coming artists to showcase their
work in media such as painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and new-media
art.
un-titled aims to give a face to the exciting and exuberant new talent that is
developing rapidly in the vibrant arts scene in Singapore.
Eve Ong
Individuality
90X 90 cm
Oil on Canvas
2004
Eve Ong
Perspectives
100 X 100cm
Oil on Canvas
2004
Eve Ong
Independence
100 X 100cm
Oil on Canvas
2004