Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Preparatory Work - Visited Singapore National Museum







Viewed 2 special exhibitions - Contemporary installation works by Cai Guo-Qiang and Singapore in the 1960s.
The installation works by Cai Guo-Qiang portrayed the artist's thoughts on the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall with its depiction of 99 real-sized wolves hitting a glass. His other display includes a video that shows how man's quest for new buildings brings about destruction to old buildings (contradiction between destruction and beauty). His third display is a huge painting in gunpowder that shows the dynamism and force of thousands of wolves as they were being sucked into a vortex.
It's interesting seeing how the artist uses wolves to portray his thoughts.
The 99 wolves on display are replicas.

Singapore in the 1960s brings one back to the era of tumultuous happenings in Sp together with the culture and spirit of that time.

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