SAS Art Catalog
1. Jessica Zhu (Delegate)
Tissue Paper on Matteboard
60 cm x 46 cm
Light
For my entire life, I’ve had a peculiar fascination with bright lights -- the stars in the sky, the soft glow of a paper lantern and even the most common harsh white lights. There are glow-in-the-dark stars pasted on my bedroom ceiling, and fairy lights adorn almost every piece of furniture in my room. Lights are a big part of my life, so I wanted to include them in this piece. I focused on exemplifying contrast and highlights, and found that, by incorporating something that I’m passionate about in my collage, I had increased motivation and inspiration to work on this piece. Working with tissue paper for the first time was definitely a challenge, but my love for highlights and contrasts has only grown in the process.
2. Cindy Qiu (Delegate)
Sculpey, Paper, Book, Acrylic Paint, Cord, Nail Polish, and Wire
Hanging Fish: 90 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm
Book Fish: 10 cm x 40cm x 24 cm
Fish Head: 12 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm
Untitled
I’m terrified of fish, but I chose it as my concentration anyways. I want to learn to love fish through accentuating their elegance through my art. I played with texture, like giving my fish head a glossy finish with nail polish, and form as I made these pieces. In the process, I also became more aware of the issues of overfishing, so I tried to capture my sentiments on those problems in my work, hoping to bring awareness to this commonly overlooked issue. And though I’m still scared of fish today, I now find them undeniably beautiful.
3. Emily Ropicky (Delegate)
Acrylic on Matteboard
2 - 60 cm x 46 cm
Untitled
This piece specifically goes with my concentration which is things that make me happy. In this case what makes me happy is connecting with people that are far away from me. I chose to work with acrylic because it is one of my weaker mediums and I really wanted to pose a challenge to myself and take myself out of the comfort zone. I also decided to work in tones of blue because I believe blue is symbolic of connection and also as most people know, the Skype logo is also blue so I tied all those things together with this monochrome style. Overall I am extremely proud of these two pieces as to me they show what I can really do when I challenge myself and really enjoy the subject of the work I am painting.
4. Sachi Shah (Delegate)
Photography and Video
Video
2 - 46 cm x 60 cm
Generation Zeal
As someone willingly ready to dedicate their life to the pursuit of art, I’ve always been curious as to how I reached this point. I studied the idea of passion both scientifically and psychologically -- yet to no avail. Instead, I turned to art to better draw connections between how passion functions and why only some of us have obtained it. As a result, my video aims to express the relentless zeal of my generation through a film showcasing their talents. The pianist, swimmer, fencer and dancer all experience the familiar consumption of passion in their own ways. As something invisible to the general public, I used body-paint as a tool to visually manifest what they felt when they did what they loved. Ultimately, the film is a homage to the beauty of passion and why we must all seek it.
5. Justine de Jesus (Delegate)
Photography
6 – 24 cm x 46 cm.
The Metropolitan Man
I am a city girl. Born in the crowded, busy city of Manila, I moved to Singapore at the age of 4, and have spent the rest of my life growing up in one of the most fast-paced, beautiful cities in the world. As much as I love down time, I always miss the constant movement and rush of a metropolitan setting. For this series, I decided to hone in on the idea of getting ready for work - a part that is so integral to all the businessmen and women that have to get up early and follow the same, almost ritual routines. I kept the faces out of the shots because I wanted there to be a universal quality to the images - the series isn't meant to represent the story of one man or woman, but the story of the whole working world before they finally arrive in the office.
6. Rebecca Dai
Acrylic on Matteboard
3 - 60 cm x 46 cm
Hello to the Inner Me
Blank Thoughts
Mental illness comes in many different forms. Some are not as serious as others, but that doesn’t mean that they should be left untreated. Self-degradation, self-hatred--the act of verbally abusing yourself, constantly telling yourself that you are pathetic, useless, and a disappointment.This is one of the most common yet least recognized form of mental illness amongst teenagers. These three pieces focus on the topic of harmful thoughts.
7. Alice Harvey
Terracotta, Clock Parts, Copper Wire, Acrylic, Copper Sheets, Aluminum Sheets, Aluminum Wire
60 cm x 60 cmx 30cm (Metal Jacket) 10 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm (Clockwork Orange)
A Clockwork Orange & Full Metal Jacket
My concentration is film titles taken literally- I wanted to take highly acclaimed films and make them have a fun twist. My first piece, A Clockwork Orange, is taken from Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation of, Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel. The second part of my diptych is the 1987 British-American war film Full Metal Jacket which was also directed by Stanley Kubrick.
8. Anissa Weisel
Photography
2 - 60 cm x 46 cm
12 Hours in Singapore
One piece is 12 hours of the Singapore I know (the view from the house I’ve lived in my whole life) and one piece is 12 hours of the Singapore everyone knows (the Singapore skyline). Taking one shot every hour, with the same framing, each shot gets 2 inches in the final spliced together version. You can see the stark change between day and night in one, and the rain change the sky in the other. Everyone has a different view and a different experience of the world every hour, and both photos highlight just how much one place can change in 12 hours.
9. Valerie Darmawan
Tempera, Ink and Rapidograph
60 cm x 46 cm
Gloomy is the first word that appears in my head as I created this piece. Taken in the streets of Chicago, this building is seen not just as infrastructure, but like any other canvas, capable of expressing more than what it is visually. As a part of my concentration that is infrastructure, this piece represents how buildings and many underrated objects could evoke more emotions through adding simple illustrations of art.
10. Megan Cabaero
Pastel and Acrylic
92 cm x 46 cm
Game Pawns
It has become the norm to hear about wars and its consequences everyday. Not only that, but it has also become a common sight to see young children playing on their iPhones and/or iPads without the true experience of creativity outside. These pieces– both part of my concentration that focuses on children’s perspectives towards conflict– highlight the fact that while there are naïve, privileged children viewing war as a game, there are other children on the other side of the world forced to fight as if he or she were a puppet. This is our world today, and it’s a reality we must acknowledge.
11. Alex Starker
Rice paper, reed, paint, sequins, fabric, foil, reed and wire.
58 cm x 30 cm x 40 cm
Untitled
This piece represents the merging of two cultures, British and Chinese. My mom being British and my sister from China, I thought it’d be interesting to fit both cultures into an accessory we use hat. The hat is from the tradition of the British races and the dragon is a symbol for the Chinese culture. I didn’t want to create something that people could wear anytime, I wanted this headpiece to stand out with a sense of mystery.
12. Cheryl-Ann Yeo
White paper, rice paper and tissue paper
46 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm
Preen
The idea for the swan came from the challenge that was to construct a piece out of only paper. Using this, I wanted to create the impression that it is more than just paper. This brought to mind the idea of feathers to create a flowy feel that is different from the more stiff paper and as such, to create a bird that would have elegance that could carry the smooth and flowy feel. This landed with me choosing the swan. In order to have the feathers, each one was cut by hand and individually stuck onto a paper mache base. The pose at first was meant to be that of a generic swan pose but I wanted more abstraction and thus chose to place it in action, in this case it is preening itself.
13. Moe Sumino
Acrylic on Masonite
60 cm x 46 cm
Under Pressure
This piece represents the idea that the object that makes you feel alive can also be the object that suffocates you. I took this reference photo at the deep platform diving pool to represent two things: my passion and fear– diving and drowning. Springboard diving is an exhilarating experience that I have loved for 5 years, but that requires a balance between risk and trust. The only thing that prevents a painful smack is trust in your muscle memory. However, improvement requires taking a risk. In diving, water is the refreshing reward that visually represents endurance and passion with every ripple. Under the surface, the tranquil waves reflecting sunlight are solid areas of space that constrains your every movement, clinging onto every surface of skin. The suffocating quality of water results to my fear of never reaching the warm surface again and drowning. This painting depicts how while diving is my passion, the ominous ripples hold the potential to consume me.
14. Rachel Lee
Rapidograph and Colour pencil
60 cm x 92 cm
City and Sand
This is one of my favorite pieces because I can connect to it really well as they are both in two of the places I call home. The colour of myself walking into the black and grey tone of the city makes it feel as if I’m the same person wherever I go yet these places look the same to me because they’re my home. I chose to do a cityscape for one piece and a beachscape for another because they’re both very different and create a contrast between the both. I think if I were to do another medium for the background (especially with colour) the connection of the pieces wouldn’t be as strong.
15. Grant Portelli
Porcelain, Dowel Rod, and String
24 cm x 24 cm x 30 cm
Balancing Act
This work was made in response to the “elevated bowl” assignment. The assignment had us creating something to hold a bowl. One of the first criteria we got for the assignment was “you’re not allowed to hang this piece, it needs to stand up on it’s own.” I heard that and figured I probably actually could hang it if the hanging was integrated into the piece itself. I used the copper glaze to create a juxtaposition of the roughness of the wound rope and the smooth shine of the bowls themselves. One of my favorite pieces if only because of how I decided on the hanging feature.
16. Madison Patrick
Stoneware, Raku, Bandages, and Ink
12 cm x 40 cm x 20 cm
Wounded Beauty
Life as we know it is a win or lose between life and death. I spent two weeks working on putting every single texture, from the nose to the tiny fur detail. I worked to give beautiful animals a voice. One problem I faced was when the cheek popped off the piece, instead I thought of a way this could benefit my piece. I thought of how wolves are apart of nature, never apart of our metal world. Wolves are now becoming a fading race. Humans, represented in the bandages, can do something to save the fading races of creatures some seek to destroy.
17. Li Wen Soh
Ink, Tissue Paper and Rapidograph
60 cm x 46 cm
To Nurture
Imagine the first time your mother fed you a spoonful of food; the numeral times your mother picked up after your messes… My mother’s hands have constantly saved me from hitting rock bottom-- she is the emotional pillar within my life. This piece symbolizes the endless nurture and strength within women and especially, mothers. The care is often forgotten within the moment, however, the ‘invisible hand’ will always be there. The most beautiful thing on Earth to me is the power of motherhood, and the endless effort that goes behind sustaining a happy lifestyle for her children.
18. Monika Aquino
Acrylic on Matteboard
Acrylic on Masonite
2 - 60 cm x 46 cm
Inseparable Ties
The things that we hold closest to our hearts are those that are intangible. I believe art has the power to represent these ideas and experiences, which is highlighted in my diptych. This piece in particular highlights the similarities and differences in my relationship with my sister. It is part of my concentration which focuses on the relationship of siblings. I decided to create one colorful piece and one monochromatic piece in order to portray the contrasts in our relationship. The more colorful piece represents our age difference, while the monochromatic piece portrays our love for music. That is the special bond I share with my sister.
19. April Yoon
Watercolor and rapidograph
60 cm x 46 cm
Pyungnap Dong 1979
Some pictures we look at tend to have a timeless quality, and putting it down on paper really exemplifies this characteristic; this is what my entire concentration is based on. My concentration is ‘My Father as an Adolescent.’ Many people see their parents as a nurturing, older, and wiser figure in their life. But, it is always very eye-opening to look at your parents in a different light, which I had to do for my concentration. Looking through all the pictures of my father as a young child made me consider and question the major differences in the era he grew up in, and the one I am living in today. I chose to use watercolour for this piece to portray the feeling of nostalgia, along with a washed out, calm mood; a great contrast to the ever changing, busy world we live in today.
20. Jisoo Kim
Acrylic on Matteboard
60 cm x 46 cm
Reaching Outside
Although water is fascinating for its beauty, depth and versatility of water, it can be terrifying for some people. For this diptych, I tried to portray the darkness of the water by showing a person who is underwater, trying to reach outside of water. And the second piece shows a hand that grabs a feather, which symbolizes freedom. Moreover, I tried to intensify the difference between the inside, which is the water, and the outside by painting the surface below water gloomy and the outside bright.
21. Kestrel Mae Adams Unger
Ink, Oil Pastel, Acrylic Paint on Masonite
60 cm x 46 cm
Ezra
This storm is animated water, this normal yet crazy substance, a linear polar molecule. Whose polarity and IMF’s pretty much define our world. When these bonds and IMFs break, this is shown by the bleeding knuckles, there is this release of energy. People are storms, when their surface tension is overcome by the pull of gravity, the pull of insanity. The crazy comes out in a storm flying out of the weak points in the (cell membrane??). Like the break point on a wave storm people have the breaking point where the the pressure from being against equilibrium forces the storm out of this person, when there is too much crazy inside to the respective crazy on the outside. The resulting peace is shown in the blue spectrum of the hands, but also the gauntness is how exhausting the storm is, how the water washes away the sharpness in the world, except for where the the breakpoint of the human storm, the emotional storm came flying out.
22. Peining Yang
Acrylic on Masonite
60 cm x 46 cm
Drip Drop
This piece is from my concentration “Oddly Satisfying Things”. In this concentration, I really wanted to detail the small things in life that gives us a mini boost of satisfaction. Thing such as poking a straw through a cup of bubble tea or climbing into bed with brand new sheets. Things that can be relatable to anyone. The reference for this piece is taking in midst of pouring condensed milk on a bingsu (Korean shaved ice). As the liquid drips over the mountain of shaved ice, it really gives me a sense of satisfaction in the middle of a hot Singapore afternoon. I chose to paint with acrylic as I think it’s the best to bring out the texture of the bingsu.
23. Seo Young Lee
Paper
2 – 6 cm x 4 cm x 60 cm
Untitled
Creation is often about the intangible things that inhabit our minds. My two delicate paper fish are suspended in the air, floating harmoniously in a light and gentle manner. Are they flying in air or swimming under water? It doesn’t matter. It is their seemingly effortless buoyancy and elevation that captures the kind of tranquility I hope to both have someday - the type that gives both the observer and creator a steady sense of comfort.
24. Natasha Trinh
Taken for Granite
Egg carton, foliage, paint, wire
46 cm x 46 cm x 20 cm
Untitled
My concentration uses Pokemon as a vehicle to portray our use and abuse of nature. I wanted to use something that was as childish and fun as Pokémon to give a much darker message about how selfish and greedy humans have become and our ease in using other living creatures/nature for nothing but ourselves. In this piece, construction workers are scaling the rock-type pokémon, looking for ways to use the beast to their advantage. Onix is a Pokémon that shows strength and stability but also flow and movement. I thought this the was the perfect choice to show the scale of the Onix versus the workers and really bring an entire landscape to life.
25. Laleh Lodhi
Tempera and Ink
60 cm x 46 cm
Tempera resist technique often causes the object depicted in the piece to look run down or ruined. New York, for those who have been there, is far from that, and therefore my choice to use this particular technique on a building in the city was unnerving as to what is would do to the look of the building. The black ink takes to specific cracks and details left bare (without paint), which makes the piece not only seem less polished, but also describes the building and city through showing it’s flaws. My concentration, due to my admiration for the tempera resist’s effect, became centered on this technique.
