There was a big crowd waiting to enter the last day (Sunday) of Art Stage, a major art fair in Singapore held at Marina Bay. The first impression was that there was more space for visitors to walk around, compared to last year.
Some art works looked familiar, probably due to the same galleries participating. A unique feature of this year's Art Stage was the various Country or Region platforms.
Soe Naing's Intermission on Stage, where the artist was present to create his work.
Victor Balanon's Orpheus Reversed (Philippines), which drew inspirations from film montages
From India platform, Jitish Kallat's Circadian Rhyme.
With so many country platforms at the fair, it looked at times like a bienale show rather than an art fair. Was this an initiative to encourage more smaller art galleries to come on board next round?
Some of the art works that I liked:
Hu Renyi's Return my landscape - using confession letters to create his works.
The works of Kumari Nahappan
And chinese scripture. I think it is made of human hair. (forgot the name of creator).
Art Stage 2014 gave a different feel to an art fair, mostly with its many country platforms. It was however a good opportunity to catch up on what is happening with the contemporary art scene.
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