With the turn of the century, Singapore contemporary art of the 2000s has largely witnessed a shift from medium-specific art-making to artists working in interdisciplinary and new media practices. The exhibition REFORMATIONS seeks to survey the state of painting with a selection of artists whose works respond to the medium of paint, and are distinct through their investigation of materiality and methodology. At times, they cross into expanded dimensions that encompass installation, sculpture, site-specificity, and along with other propositions for image-making.

They also highlight shifts in strategies of art-making within the medium in light of the climate of the post-medium condition of contemporary art, resulting in works that may or may not be painting, but are informed by both the conventions and limitations of the medium. It is within this context of looking at painting as critical subject matter rather than an end product that we can locate the works of the artists in this exhibition.

Artists:
Kanchana Gupta, Luke Heng, Warren Khong, Jane Lee, Ruben Pang, Guo-Liang Tan, Ian Woo

Curator:
Michelle Ho