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Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Red + White = Pink
presented by Utterly Art
Dates
5 - 15 August
Gallery Hours
Mon - Sat
11.30am - 8pm Sun Noon - 5.30pm
Venue
Utterly Art Exhibition Space
208 South Bridge Road #02-01
Singapore 058757
Organised as part of the cultural activities surrounding Nation 04, the exhibition is a first-ever group showing of gay art in Singapore initiating gender studies in the visual arts.
The island of Singapore has been described as a little red dot - a little red dot no doubt seething with red-blooded individuals of multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic hues. Societal mores have so far whitewashed the diversity of passions that have bubbled beneath the veneer of polite society, but Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's Singapore has seen a gradual loosening of the reins and acknowledgement of individuals of alternative orientations and pink persuasions - "We are born this way and they are born that way, but they are like you and me."
Or are they? Red + White = Pink looks at the artistic output of a spectrum of gay and lesbian artists practicing in Singapore who have enthusiastically stood out to be counted for this historic group show (and one straight and one bi that don’t mind mixing in). What does it mean to be homosexual and Singaporean? What inner self is revealed in the art? Are the aesthetics more florid, chi chi or tasteful above others? Do issues of being in the minority, stigmatization, guilt, denial and acceptance arise? Or in typical Singaporean fashion are they only delicately alluded to or avoided altogether in judicious self-censorship, in preference for self-conscious navel-gazing, hedonistic pursuits and celebrations of beauty?
The participating artists include:
Genevieve Chua, Tania de Rozario, Jane Porter, Aidah Dolrahim, Teng Nee Cheong, Martin Loh, Desmond Sim, Ernest Chan Tuck Yew, Justin Lee, Michael Lee Hong Hwee, Han Kiang Siew, Zulharli Adnan, Brian Gothong Tan, Lim Jit Hwang, Sazeli Jalal, Jason Wee, Daniel Poh, Wong Hong Weng, Nicholas Chai, Aiman Hakim
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Url: http://www.fridae.com/nation/arts_pink.php
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