3 S’pore artists up for latest Sovereign Asian Art Prize
The final list for the most recent Sovereign Asian Art Prize is up and three Singapore artists are included: Boo Sze Yang, Debbie Ding and Zhao Renhui.
I’m not quite sure what “year” it falls under—2013 or 2012 or 2011 as the website says. Oh well.
The number of SG artists are a drop from the two previous finalist list. But that shouldn’t matter, right? And in the previous tradition of silly nicknames for artists in contests, I shall dub them Triple Threat. Sounds better than the Three Stooges.
Zhao’s a repeat presence, with one of his polar pics, Expedition #43, while the two others make their debut.
Boo’s Fashion Mall, Las Vegas, USA painting probably comes from his recent series exploring malls and churches (some of which were shown at a solo last year).
Ding’s Ethnographic Fragments From Singapore photo composite (of road and pavement fragments from around Singapore) was from an exhibition back in August. Incidentally, she’ll be making her presence felt during the Art Stage buzz week both at the main fair (at The Substation booth) and at Gillman Barracks.
“Lots of rocks and spots,” she said. We hear ya.
Check out the list here.