Proxies - Art exhibition by Andre Tan and Safaruddin
Date: Friday 11th December 2009 - Friday 15th January 2010
Location: D’peak Art Space Singapore - Eunos Technolink Block 7, Kaki Bukit Road 1 #01-07, Singapore 415937
Time: Opening reception on Friday 11th December 2009 at 7pm
Nearest MRT: Eunos

Proxies plot a narrative in retrospect to one’s layering of memories, through the influential components in the visual culture of our modern daily lives. Images taken from newspapers, postcards, photographs, advertisements, historical archives are taken out of their original context and transformed into paintings, exploring the potential of popular imagery for expression as they are elevated to the level of abstract ideas. Inspired by the power of mass media to generate images and icons that have quickly settled into our culture as commonly shared experiences, artists Andre Tan and Dyn blurred the line between pop culture and fine art to re-invent the chief importance of interest in painting with the transmission of the images into their works. Continue reading »