Event: Is This Home, Truly? @ Fortune Cookie Projects (March 4-22)
"Is This Home, Truly?" is touted as a "homecoming showcase of Graffiti Art in Singapore". Currently exhibiting at Fortune Cookie Projects, the event launched on March 4th and saw artworks on display from home-grown artists including Antz, Scopeone, Slacsatu, The Killer Gerbil, TR853-1 and Zero ~ as curated by Zaki Razak and Zul Othman, exhibiting alongside famed New York graffiti artist DAZE, who was also in town to execute a commissioned artwork for VivoCity. CLICK THRU for select event and artwork snaps (courtesy of Carl) and do pop by the show before it closes on March 22nd 2010.
ZERO had two (36" x 48") paintings on display (posted above), featuring his iconic embolden facial-contours. The scarlet-faced is titled "Mental Block", while the blue backed is evocatively named "Self Gag". ZERO (aka Zul Othman) says: "My work makes a commentary on consumerism, the materialism and the mental void that it creates ... thus you see black block(s) of colours covering the paintings; obstructing them."
[6 x images of artwork from The Killer Gerbil / CLICK for full-screen viewing]
ANTZ showcased a trio of 48" x 48" paintings (Medium: aerosol + acrylic), collectively titled "3 bodies of buddha" (shown above): Buddha of Healing (YELLOW), Amitabha Buddha (RED) and Sakyamuni (ORANGE). As for what inspired his work, this was what Anthony Chong (aka ANTZ) had to share with us: "(the artwork was) inspired by my fave artist lichen. he has an artwork 3 bodies of buddha ... mine the "bodies" is more on the tattoos of the pandas instead."
[3 x images of artwork from TR853-1 / CLICK for full-screen viewing]
[5 x images from Scopeone and Slacsatu / CLICK for full-screen viewing]
[12 x images of artwork by DAZE in slideshow above / CLICK for full-screen]
DAZE (aka Chris Ellis) was in Singapore to create a mural at VivoCity's Amphitheatre (between 20 to 24 February 2010) which was to be 'permanently installed at the Sentosa Ticket Concourse at Level 3 of VivoCity. This will be Daze's first artwork on display in Singapore.' [read more via fortunecookieprojects.com]
[Credit: All images snapped by Carl O. ~ you rock lah, dude]