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Saturday, November 22, 2003
Toy Nation



a recollection of lovers, dreamers and me



Friday 28th November 2003 7pm

Utterly Art Exhibition Space

208 South Bridge Road 2nd Level

Singapore 058757

Tel: 6226 2605

Mon-Sat 11.30 am - 8 pm

Sun 12 noon - 5.30 pm

The exhibition runs through to Sunday 7th December 2003.



Tantantara! The relentless march of Justin Lee’s painting practice has spawned a new series of paintings. His current pop parade celebrates the child in us by focusing on toys, although not just toys for the playpen but adult playthings as well. In Justin’s second solo painting exhibition, toys are the springboard for his ideas which also explore games, and by extension gambling, and grownup recreational pursuits like our obsession with fashion brands and the acquisition of material goods.



The notion of toys may trigger fond memories of our carefree childhood, but Justin astutely observes that our toy and gaming culture can be the precursors or mirror of adult society. There is violence in toy guns, toy soldiers and arcade games. There is competitiveness in simple board games such as Chinese Chess. The ills of compulsive gambling may start from trading card games. The iconography of toys is a goldmine for Justin, the visual prospector of popular images, especially when toys have personal memory and significance for him. Justin uses these instantly recognizable visual icons to cause us to reflect on our world in the past, present and future, in his role as Singapore’s thinking pop artist.


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