Experience Singapore Art Week 2021 from home
Published January 25, 2021 2:26pm Known to deliver exceptional art, discussions, and exhibitions to its international audience annually, the Singapore Art Week (SAW) is going digital this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Adopting the theme “Art Takes Over” on its ninth year, the event aims to showcase the different forms of art both physically and virtually. “Singapore’s signature visual arts season celebrates the coming together of the island nation’s vibrant artist community during unprecedented times - simultaneously navigating new modes of art making and presentation while looking forward to new possibilities for the future,” the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Area Director for Philippines Ruby Liu said in a press release.
Reza Hasni’s illustrations are not limited by the constraints of the physical world
Brighten up your day with the positive works radiating from this Singaporean creative s portfolio.
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Welcome to the technicolour world of Reza Hasni, a Singapore-born and Berlin-based illustrator and motion designer. Bursting with bright colour (colour which sometimes moves in swirling movements) Reza’s vibrant practice brims with patterns harking back to sacred geometries. This, combined with a contemporary injection of internet pop culture, splurges out the illustrations that we see before us.
“My works are a contemporary reflection of our world and its unseen energies,” Reza tells us. He uses his art as another mode of thought, a way to express the stories stirred up in his imagination. In this way, his work can be seen as a visual representation of an alternate world. As the illustrator puts it, “a form of escapism.” Digitally collaging a myriad of references, Reza pastes toget
Art takes over in January for Singapore Art Week 2021
Staying true to SAWs theme of Art Takes Over, SAW 2021 the ninth edition of SAW will be presented in a complementary blended format for the very first time, with over 100 programmes threading across both physical and digital platforms, allowing audiences from around the world to discover and experience Southeast Asian art. Image courtesy of Visual Arts Development Association.
SINGAPORE
.-Singapore Art Week, Singapores annual festival and the pinnacle of Asias visual arts calendar, is set to take over the island when it returns from 22 to 30 January 2021. A joint initiative by the National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), SAW 2021 will celebrate the coming together of our vibrant artist community once again, celebrating their resilience, innovation and solidarity as we have seen in these unprecedented times.