Curatorial outline
How to Desire Differently is a group exhibition that imagines complex representations of bodies of difference. In looking at “choreographies” of race, gender, and sexuality, artists Zulkhairi Zulkiflee and Farizi Noorfauzi reframe prevailing issues of identity as informed by their practices through artworks ranging from photography to paintings. Here, the group exhibition considers facets of diverse bodies and the position of minorities, encouraging critical engagements with imaging practices in Singapore.
The participating artists are Adeline Kueh, Vimal Kumar, Farizi Noorfauzi, Rizman Putra, Jason Wee, Susie Wong, Fitri Ya’akob, Yeo Tze Yang and Zulkhairi Zulkiflee.
CURATORIAL ESSAY
SUPPORTED BY
Dr Bridget Tracy Tan (Institute of Southeast Asian Art) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Exhibition view. Lim Hak Tai gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. (Clockwise) Susie Wong, No woman dances alone while a man is looking at her (The King and I), Video, 7:05 minutes. 2018. Adeline Kueh, Don’t you see, baby, this is perfection, Digital print on Chromaluxe, 30 x 17cm. 2019. Blue Moon, Video, 5:00 minutes. 2017. Rizman Putra, Sontol Al Loyo, The Legend, Video, 18:35 mins. 2006. Fitri Yaakob, To Mother, Photography, Dimensions variable. 2019. Yeo Tze Yang, Onlookers (Survival of the Fittest), Oil on canvas, 122 x 152cm. 2020. And It Was Already Dark, Oil on canvas, 92 x 122cm. 2019. Getting Back, Oil on canvas, 122 x 152 cm. 2017. Photo courtesy of Institute of Southeast Asian Art and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Exhibition view. Lim Hak Tai gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. (Clockwise) Yeo Tze Yang, Onlookers (Survival of the Fittest), Oil on canvas, 122 x 152cm. 2020. And It Was Already Dark, Oil on canvas, 92 x 122cm. 2019. Susie Wong, No woman dances alone while a man is looking at her (The King and I), Video, 7:05 minutes. 2018. Adeline Kueh, Don’t you see, baby, this is perfection, Digital print on Chromaluxe, 30 x 17cm. 2019. Blue Moon, Video, 5:00 minutes. 2017. Photo courtesy of Institute of Southeast Asian Art and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Exhibition view. Lim Hak Tai gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. (Clockwise)Transcendental Water Bodies #1 - #3 Photography, Dimensions variable. 2019. Rizman Putra, Folk Sontol, Photography, 1225 x 880 mm. Glam Sontol, Photography, 1225 x 880 mm. New Wave Sontol, Photography, 1225 x 880 mm. Metal Sontol, Photography, 1225 x 880 mm. Grunge Sontol, Photography, 1225 x 880 mm. Hip Hop Sontol, Photography, 1225 x 880 mm. All 2006. Yeo Tze Yang, Onlookers (Survival of the Fittest), Oil on canvas, 122 x 152cm. 2020. And It Was Already Dark, Oil on canvas, 92 x 122cm. 2019. Photo courtesy of Institute of Southeast Asian Art and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Exhibition view. Lim Hak Tai gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Zulkhairi Zulkiflee, Malay Boy (Posterior) (after Cheong Soo Pieng), Lightbox with fabric print, 869 x 1218 mm. 2020. Photo courtesy of Institute of Southeast Asian Art and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Exhibition view. Lim Hak Tai gallery, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Farizi Noorfauzi, No-Corner 1, Photography, 84.1 x 118.9 cm. No-Corner 2, Photography, 84.1 x 118.9 cm. No-Corner 4, Photography, 84.1 x 118.9 cm. No-Corner 5, Photography, 84.1 x 118.9 cm. No-Corner 6, Photography, 84.1 x 118.9 cm. No-Corner 7, Photography, 84.1 x 118.9 cm. All 2017. Photo courtesy of Institute of Southeast Asian Art and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.