KUM CHEE KIN
C K Kum is currently practising
architecture with Atelier Oasis/10 17'N .ARC but also hold a diverse portfolio
of design and artwork that spans various media and scales. A visual and
environmental artist, he has participated in many international and local shows
since graduation from the National University of Singapore in 1990 and has won
numerous awards, including National Winner at the Winsor & Newton Worldwide
Millennium Painting Competition, UK (1999), First Runner-up at the Daler-Rowney
Worldwide Art Club Challenge Palette, UK (2000), Juror's Choice at Philip Morris
Group of Companies Singapore /ASEAN Art Awards (2002) and Top Prize for the
Abstract Category in the UOB Painting of the Year Competition, Singapore (2002).
In 2000, his painting entry was selected for The United Nations Millennium Art
Exhibition – Our World in the Year 2000 at the World Trade Centre, Stockholm,
United Nations, NY and Mall Galleries, London. Most recently, he represented the
Modern Art Society, Singapore at the First International Environmental Art Expo
Korea – Save the Earth at COEX Centre, Seoul and his architectural installations
were featured in the inaugural Singapore Architects Art Exhibition – Lost City.
Source: MASS 2006
You are cordially invited to the
opening and reception of
Lost City
intersections of art and
architecture in the city
A group exhibition of new work by
HONG SEKCHERN, FRANCIS NG, CK KUM,
TANG LING NAH AND AHMAD ABU BAKAR
ceramics . drawings . installation . paintings . photography
Thursday 16th December 2004 7 pm
Utterly Art Exhibition Space
208 South Bridge Road 2nd Level, Singapore 058757
Tel: 6226 2605 E-mail: utterlyart and followed by @pacific.net.sg
Mon-Sat 11.30 am - 8 pm Sun 12 noon - 5.30 pm
The exhibition runs till Sunday 2nd Jan 2005.
We will be closed on 24, 25 and 31 Dec 2004 and 1 Jan 2005.
The German philosopher, Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), argued that the sublime
relationship between how one lived (architecture) and what one thought (art) was
slowly being eroded. For him, “To dwell authentically, [was] to dwell
poetically, since poetry is a manifestation of truth restored to its artistic
dimension.” Heidegger argued that the alienation of contemporary existence was
based on the separation of thought from ‘Being’, a condition epitomised by the
privileging of technology and calculative thinking in the modern world. This
Heideggerian view of art and space is perhaps what ties the artists of Lost City
together.
That all the artists choose to make poignant references to the urban environment
that surrounds them is significant not only because it affirms the duality of
art and space, but more importantly, it contributes to the discourse on rapid
urbanisation in the globalised world. In this light, Lost City is about
understanding our urban environment by looking at the city through the eyes of
the artist. Through them, it may be possible to recognise and engage certain
‘truths’ about our urban environment that in the haste towards attaining the
goals of globalisation, perhaps most have ignored.
Source:
Arthur Sim, Curator