Masjid, 35cmx35cm, digital print on fabric, 2018.

Playing catch-up with the Young Talent Programme Winners’ over the past 7 years is the REUNITE 2019 highlight of this year’s youth involvement at Singapore’s Affordable Art Fair. The concept of honouring what has been plays into the 10^th anniversary of both ION Orchard and Affordable Art Fair’s 10th edition. Whether you are a seasoned collector, or a first-time buyer, Affordable Art Fair Singapore is a great place to fall in love with hand-selected affordable art.

A Great Place To Fall In Love

Vellachi Ganesan, Illuminate.

Affordable Art Fair Singapore is a fair for all art lovers of any ages. Groups of people exploring and developing creativity with a localised feel. The Young Talent Programme by Affordable Art Fair and ION Art was inaugurated in 2012 to provide a platform for talented young artists to be spotted by galleries and art institutions, and to be introduced to the art-loving public.

Now in the seventh edition since the first solo exhibitions in 2013, REUNITE plays catch-up with where the Young Talent Programme Winners’ Solo artists are heading.

Artist Ezekiel Wong Kelwin is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2014, with works containing elements of satire that highlight societal conflicts, geopolitical issues and his own personal confrontations. Challenging the world through his alter-ego, he frequently employs a comical approach to articulate his paradigms of current issues.

Ezekiel Wong Kelwin, artwork Full View 4

 

YTP REUNITE provides close glimpses of winners from the first three editions – Alecia Neo, Lavender Chang, Vellachi Ganesan, Hilmi Johandi, Noor Iskandar, Khin Thethtar Latt, Ezekiel Wong Kelwin and Zhang Fuming.

Showcasing excerpts from the artists’ recent works in institutional shows, community walls, galleries and studio archives, REUNITE is a tribute to the talented young artists who are leaders of the fields of imagination and art for the next generation.

Artist Khin Thethtar Latt is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2014. She works with several art media including performance, video, digital art and painting. She is strongly interested in creating art with community.

 

Artist Khin Thethtar Latt

Artist Zhang Fuming is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2014/15. His work incorporates a youthful outlook on what it means to develop in the world. Working largely with print-making techniques and large-scale drawings.

 

Zhang Fuming UP-2. 2016

This exhibition is part of ION Orchard’s 10th anniversary and Affordable Art Fair’s 10th edition celebrations in 2019.

Hilmi Johandi, Fountain Still

Artist Noor Iskandar is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2013. His research delves into Islamic aesthetics and spirituality, whilst evolving around visual culture, heritage studies as well as practice-led research.

Masjid, 35cmx35cm, digital print on fabric, 2018.

 

Artist Lavender Chang is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2012. Her artwork is a reflection of the sensitivity towards the subtle nuances surrounding her. Reflecting on how something foreign is able to blossom in a new environment.

 

Lavender Chang, Marine Parade Food Centre.

 

Artist Vellachi Ganesan is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2012. She has made artwork of ranging scales, from sculptural objects to experiential installations, managing a broad range of budgets.

 

Vellachi Ganesan, Illuminate.

Artist Alecia Neo is a young Artist who participated in The Affordable Art Fair in 2012, her work shows relevance and the significance of everyday. Revealing the beauty behind the mundane. Her close engagement with a facet of life that is so prevalent to almost all of us, is a true symbol of how art can be incorporated into our lives and in doing so, better our lives. Her ability to skilfully engrain herself in a topic and then artistically manifest it into a practical release, is something worth keeping an eye on. Alecia Neo is a talented and inspired young lady.

Alecia Neo; Between Earth And Sky;

Taking Place, Jan 17^th – Jan 27^th 2019 at ION Art, ION Orchard Level 4

Opens Daily, 10am – 10pm

For more information on any of the artists or enquires about the fair, please visit singaporefair