Henry Butcher Art Auction - Oct 2012

Preview exhibition in White Box, MAP @ Publika

Was lucky to be part of the Art Auction Malaysia Oct 2012 team, met great people, learn great stuff, see great art and a lot of good food and wine!

Do drop by hbart.com.my for awesome Malaysian Art.

Copenhagen Solutions

Dropped by URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) Singapore over the weekend to check out their urban planning exhibition - Copenhagen Solutions.

Been digging a little deeper into urban planning and doing some reading on Copenhagen recently. Definitely a very interesting read; besides the fact that Denmark itself being the happiest country in the world, Copenhagen has a global reputation for being the bicycle city, in which the urban planning and policy are designed to encourage cycling as the core transportation in the city.

New on my list - Copenhagen!

Copenhagen Solution

A 3d model showing what I believe is part of the urban greenery design ( I mean a park!)

Windmill modal - leveraging the wind to create sustainable and clean energy for the city

Urban residential project built based on the idea of private garden for each residential unit

3d modal of The Prism (Sports and cultural facilities as seen)

3d modal of The Crystal
no idea what this is, probably part of the urban planning to encourage social interaction among the residents 

Further reading on Copenhagen / Denmark:

• denmark.dk  >> Nicely designed country website (not your Truly Asia website) to provide insight and overview for the country
• kk.dk >> just discovered this and still going through. Amazingly they have an English version which looks 10 times better than the Danish version itself.

Gillman Barracks

Last night was the opening for Gillman Barracks. It's a new place in town featuring both local and international galleries.

Small world, new friends, fresh works - that pretty much sums up an awesome Friday night :)

One of the spaces with swinging beds which visitors can sit on them

Mizuma Gallery exhibiting paintings from Korean artist, Hyoo Koo Kang

One of the paintings I like - "Audrey Hepburn"

Light Installation in an exhibition space painted in red

Wasn't expecting to see this - Polka Dot Pumpkin by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama!

The Journey @ Maya Gallery Singapore

Rushed off to Maya Gallery for the opening of The Journey show after work.

"The Journey is a celebration of Maya Gallery’s inaugural artist residency in Bali, which saw many cultural exchanges with Balinese artists, and opportunities to explore old towns and pura or temples and learn traditional ink-making techniques."

A pretty good fusion of styles; personal favor are the Chinese Ink paintings by Jeffrey and a set of abstract paintings by Indonesian artist Suklu.

Managed to have some small chat with some of the artists and gallery manager Fari, really friendly and inspiring people :)

The Journey will be up from 13 Sept 2012 - 3 Oct 2012 @ Maya Gallery. Do drop by!

The crowd in front of Pak Idris's works

Some of the works I like

Details

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The food

Sharing by gallery management + artists

The crowd