Art on an experimental, experiential pivot
As contemporary art enclave Gillman Barracks enters its third year, the EDB is stepping up plans to turn the enclave into a destination in itself. BT talks to two young artists whose shows opened last week during Singapore Art Week.
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THE Economic Development Boad has announced plans for a Request for Proposal for a new creative and art-related business development to design, build and manage up to 2,000 sq m of new space at the enclave.
Not-for-profit organisation Platform Projects has also launched the Lohia Mentorship Series, a public sculpture commission for a mid-career Singaporean artist to be mentored by acclaimed Indian artist Jitish Kallat for seven months. Meanwhile, the galleries there are providing a platform for exciting solo shows.
For Wong Lip Chin, it is a show that he has been thinking about and planning since 2009 - but the problem was that no commercial gallery had been willing to work with him on his self-professed "crazy ideas".
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