FLABSLAB

WOW! Check out the beautiful crowd who came to grace our official launch of FLABSLAB! 3 Cheers to another successful exhibition. Check out our Facebook page for more pictures of the night.

‘One or Nothing’ by Arkiv Vilmansa
Opening reception / student dialogue/ collaboration with eeshaun & Wanton Doodle 

It’s been a crazy month at FLABSLAB. On 10th November 2011, we launched our first exhibition with Indonesian artist, Arkiv Vilmansa. The opening reception saw more than 200 attendees, including local artists Mark aka SBTG, Casey Chen and Wanton Doodle, among others. Folks were invited to contribute to the exhibition by leaving their mark on our blank canvas, which posed the question: “What is Singapore #one at?” The answers were creative and varied, such as the crowd-favourited ‘reverse planking at Bedok Reservoir’.

Over the weekend, Arkiv played host to students from local art institutions, sharing with them his learning experiences, thoughts on being an artist, how he made the transition from being an architect to a painter and his sources of inspiration. Visitors to White Canvas Gallery were also in for a treat as Arkiv collaborated with two local artists, eeshaun and Wanton Doodle. The resulting artworks were a fusion of distinctive styles that blended seamlessly to accentuate the exhibition’s focus on Singaporean icons. To support endeavors in the local arts scene, the two collaboration pieces will be auctioned to fund the Little Lotus Project. 

The exhibition has since shifted to the FLABSLAB Gallery, located at One Commonwealth, #06-11 and will be open till 30 November 2011. 

vechernyaya:

this retrospective presentation of maurizio cattelan at the guggenheim museum, new york is a summation of everything the artist has produced since 1989. appropriately entitled ‘all’, each piece on show is hoisted up by rope, as if on gallows, hanging down from the iconic oculus of the guggenheim’s rotunda. in true cattelan-style, this unconventional arrangement of his work resists the traditional exhibition format. the sculptures suspended from the ceiling, as a whole, appear like a mass execution, which en masse is an overarching, tragic artwork in itself. the context of this chronological retrospective creates a site specific installation which celebrates its own futility, an ultimate sublimation of cattelan’s genre.

Maurizio Cattelan’s All Exhibition at Guggenheim New York

Arkiv Vilmansa talks about his unique style of art, his toy designs and what ‘One or Nothing’ means to him. Catch his first solo exhibition in Singapore, opening on 10 November 2011 at White Canvas Gallery.

More details on the exhibition can be found here.

designtank:

Poster series explaining complex philosophical theories through basic shapes, the work of Genis Carreras aka GEX, a London graphic designer.

It is amazing what you can communicate with shape, color, and form. Great work. There are many more at Carreras’ page.

Via tobyleetham and cloudjunky