Which of these Singapore art exhibitions should you go to?
We break down the five most intriguing ones into a cheat sheet.
The shows that opened during Art Week are ending, and we're finally recovering from last month's frenzied explosion of art. Here are five new and upcoming shows that we're looking forward to.
The artist: Francesca Leone, the impossibly glamorous and prolific daughter of the director Sergio Leone, in her Asian debut
Go if you're interested in: Beautiful but discomfitting female nudes, pain/pleasure ambiguity, tormented brushwork
The artists: Nine contemporary Indonesian artists delve into the fertile topics of democracy, modern politics and social media
Go if you're interested in: Regional current affairs, questionable politics, technology
The artist: Ryan Gander, a disabled English artist who creates conceptual pieces using a curious variety of materials
Go if you're interested in: Visual puzzles, deadpan humor, conceptual art that's actually accessible
The artists: Hosook Kang paints radiant abstractions of nature, while Kim Joon is sort of the enfant terrible of Korean contemporary artists, whose works are very informed by counterculture and graphic design
Go if you're interested in: Naked ladies, streetwear, girls with tattoos, flowers, intricate painting techniques
The artist: Up-and-coming Singaporean painter Fyerool Darma, who exhibits provocative, cut-up paintings that visually reference the pre-colonial Malay Archipelago
Go if you're interested in: Postcolonialism, post-structuralism and other -isms
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