Eve Ong

 

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