MAAP Projects

GRAVITY Exhibition

Singapore Art Museum

First Stage: 1 - 21 October 2004 Second Stage full exhibition: 27 October - 28 November 2004

The exhibition explores conceptual and political notions of Gravity - Yves Klein, 'le peintre de l'espace se jette dans le vide', ('Leap into the Void') 1960 is a key anchor to the ways the works are read. Klein's iconic image created at the time when the first cosmonaut left the gravitational pull of the earth represents a radical shift in how our world was perceived.

Similarly we can consider the advent of the Information Age as the next great leap in our global perception and psyche. Klein, who was deeply influenced by Eastern philosophies predominantly through his passion of Judo, is often credited as the father of conceptual art; and signals the change from 'object based' to 'system based' art making.

The exhibition 'GRAVITY' seeks to consider the explorations of artists working through the conceptual weight of their expression and the paradox of weightless digital code.

Curator

Kim Machan

Artists

• Yves Klein - France
• Candy Factory - Japan
• YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES - Seoul
• Shu Lea Cheang - New York
• Marcus Lyall - Melbourne
• Ji-Hoon Byun - Seoul
• Kim Kichul - Seoul/Seattle
• Tsunamii.net - Singapore
• Paul Lincoln - Singapore
• Tim Plaisted - Brisbane
• Paul Bai - Brisbane
• Tan Teck Weng - Perth
• Xing Dan Wen - Beijing