trans-cool tokyo

On Chinese New Year day two, i had a bit of time during the bazaar and went off to see the exhibitions at 8Q. These are some of the works that i really like.

Star Dust of One Hundred of Million Light-Years by Yayoi Kusama

This reminds me the pretty colours of orchid flowers.

PixCell-Deer#17 by Kohei Nawa

“Fascinated with how we interact and mediate the world of virtual reality and the internet, Nawa sources taxidermic objects from online auction sites and layers these surfaces with transparent glass beads. This mediated layer of glass beads reference the pixel of the computer screen that we so often come in contact with today, but also reduces our visualisation of the object to tiny particles of light.

The veil of differing sizes of glass beads on the surface of the taxidermied animal magnifies it in some areas and distorts it in others. This plays on the perception of reality and questioning how we encounter our daily environment and how we comprehend what we are seeing.”

Gush #20 & #19 by Kohei Nawa

i can feel the freedom in these painting ♥

White Night & Sayon by Yoshitomo Nara

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AND THEN White, AND THEN White & Black, AND THEN Black by Takashi Murakami

Kansei Platinum by Takashi Murakami

LV lovers will find this familiar.

Criticism and the Lover C by Yasumasa Morimura

“Morimura uses techniques of appropriation to reconstruct the familiar into something odd an unsettling. In doing so, he pays homage to these Western icons, but explores and questions the consumption of these iconic images and culture, as well as issues of cultural identity. Placing images of himself and facial features in these recognisable paintings for example, he turns the gaze of the viewer and the subject around and analyses how people consume these masterpieces. If his works make the viewer uncomfortable, it is not just the oddness, it is because the artist himself is facing the viewer.

Paul Cezanne’s Still Life with Apples and Oranges (1895–1900) is part of a series of explorations based on iconic art historical works that Morimura appropriated to portray his ‘self’ in these famous painting which includes also Edouard Manet’s Olympia and Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Here, he again inserts his self-portrait onto the apples and oranges originally painted by Cezanne.”

Trans-Cool Tokyo

Singapore Art Museum at 8Q

19 Nov 2010 – 13 Feb 2011

having a great time

Club 21 Chinese New Year Windows, 2011

The last couple of weeks had been truly crazy, am so glad that the rush hours are finally over. i find myself still on recovery mode though, had been sleeping a lot for the past few days and yet still feeling very tired. My work desk (in fact the whole room) is beyond recognition and i need to put everything back in place real quick before work starts coming in again.

How’s your holiday so far? Mine is just starting and i’m really enjoying it :-)

photos from the bazaar

These bunny candies were a hit with the kids... well, i guess all kinds of candies work but since it’s the bunny year, i’ll give it some credit :-) Some kids were really excited while others (well, ok i spotted just one) sneaked back quietly a few times to get more. Cuteness to the max!

More photos in my facebook album.

thank you :-)

A big thank you for those who came down to SAM to show your support. It’s really great

to meet friends of same interest and love for design. Hope to see all of you again in the

near future!

Will sort out some of the bazaar photos and post them soon when i can. i am on a really

tight schedule now for another project... only 4 days left to translate the ideas into visual

and there are tons to do. So my actual CNY holidays will only start 4 days from now.

Hope your holidays has been great so far :-)

Happy Bunny Year!

missing long walks and museums

A few things:

– empty inspiration wall waiting to be filled again

– lovely lippy colours from a friend

– pack of postcards to share during the bazaar, also available in my etsy shop

– lovely blog post that showered compliment for one little journey breaks from notabilia (thank you!)

How was your 2011 so far? Mine has been really really busy (and sleepy)... but fulfilling :-)

Starting on a new project today and already, i can’t wait to finish everything. i’m missing long walks and museums.

in preparation

i’ve been busy working on some new pieces these few weeks and can’t wait to share them at a bazaar that i’m joining this coming Chinese New Year. It’s going to be held at the Singapore Art Museum @ 8Q. Admission is free as it’s the annual open house. Do come down and say hi :-)

Rabbit’s Foot Bazaar

SAM @ 8Q

4 Feb 2011

10am – 10pm

In the mean while, check out some of the newly listed items in one little journey shop :-)

busy corner

A work desk full of stuffs... and this is just a tiny corner of it :-)

ahem! yes i ate all these

i was asked before if i really eat the food in one little journey breaks... Well, yes i do. What you see is what i ate. Don’t believe? Check out the ‘after’ breaks picture in this set of 10 postcards :-)

It’s a miracle that i’m not overweight :-)

love, in pairs

cloud & stripes ♥

The cloud pendant, following the stripes blouse everywhere.

blackie & daydream ♥

Little blackie, the perfect companion to go daydreaming with.

best friends & milk tea ♥

Milk tea, best enjoyed when with the best friend*.

*the best friends/couples, set of 2 personalised notebooks is available here :-)

rain & floor tiles

This was taken yesterday when i was stuck in the rain while out running a quick errand.

i like the colour of this new film in hipstamatic app.

Two of my frequent places with the same floor tiles. i’ve been both places many times and

only realised now while browsing through the photographs. Both looked so retro, which

colour combination do you like?

fifteen

My new lot of 3 p.m. breaks arrived! All fifteen of them.

Available here :-)

are you a teh, kopi or egg lover?

Local tea & coffee breaks – set of 5 postcards

i love eggs – set of 5 postcards

Wondering what’s ‘teh’ and ‘kopi’? Find out from these sets of postcards here.

Also, i’ve created a page on facebook to update work-in-process and new items in the shop,

come join me on my little journey :-)

(oh!) i visited marine parade last night

Five awesome flats that were filled with arts in Marine Parade heartlands. How cool is that?

Posters for OH! Art Walkabout at HDB void deck.

Flat No. 1:

A true retro art space of its own. This flat is filled with nostalgic atmosphere. Instead of looking at the art pieces, i realised i was more curious with the things in the house. And this is the only picture i took in this flat.

Flat No. 2:

The artist literally turned the flat upside down... luckily in a rather interesting way :-)

i love this set of posters – love the natural tones of black, the lightness of the strokes and the flowing of the ink.

House owners were asked to write their own eulogies which were turned into art pieces.

A unique basin in the house, not one of the ‘arts’ though.

Thanks to this curtain, now you can peep at the neighbours without them knowing.

Open space outside flat no. 3, and this has got to be the most fun of all exhibits.

Compare the first two sets of images, can you spot the difference? There were certain marked spots on the ground, and when you stand on them, you get to see the ‘perfect’ angle of the individual pieces. In the last image, don’t you think my friend looked ‘cut-out’ too? How bizarre! lol

Flat No. 3:

These little lamps are gorgeous!

Oops!

A rather sad looking painting of abandoned chairs in the rain.

Flat No. 4:

Some pieces by Messy Msxi which i’ve seen at her previous exhibition. i think it’s a pity that the titles were gone, they were perfect for the illustrations and brought out the gist of the idea behind it.

Flat No. 5:

The living room was covered by a large piece of canvas with small little holes. Peep through them to see the living space (and performing arts) from different angles.

It felt so different (in a good way) looking at art pieces in flats, especially when they’re the actual homes of others. In fact the flats were equally interesting as the art pieces. i think the only drawback from the whole art walkabout was the walking distance. i wish the flats were nearer to one another. It was quite a long walk and especially after the last flat, we need to make our way back to the starting point at the community centre where the car was parked. Luckily the weather had been quite cool last night.

Overall, it was a great experience at Marine Parade and i’m already looking forward to the next art walkabout... i hope they will come to Tiong Bahru :-)

OH! Open House Art Walkabout

8, 9, 15, 16 Jan 2011

4 – 8pm

Marine Parade CC Plaza

hungry?

Introducing some really delicious food to kick off the first post of 2011 :-)

Nikumiso Tofu Salad

Ebi & Avocado Wasabi Mayo

Tao Aka Tamago. Omg this is so good – springy noodles, melt in your mouth pork belly with spicy miso soup. The flavoured hard boiled, soft centred egg is also good though not the best that i’ve eaten.

Last but not least, home cooked macaroni :-)

Last night, i had dinner with two friends at Ipuddo Tao (the first three pictures) and fell in love with its ramen. It is the BEST RAMEN i’ve ever had in Singapore. Feel like having it again NOW!