What is important as it is urgent?

NOW or NEVER presents a collection of artworks that examines the concerns and reflections of ten artists. It is an exhibition for trying out new thoughts, but with no ambition to be thematic or representative or to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. NOW or NEVER endeavors to convey that art in Singapore today, revolves around certain categories and subcategories of meaning in certain patterns of movement based on the environment and immediate condition.
Izziyana Suhaimi examines her identity as a young Muslim woman, while John Clang shares his longing for his aging parents as he lives apart from them in a different country. Eiffel Chong shares his personal incidental anecdotes on life and death as Joel Yuen raises questions on existence and mortality.

Ang Song Nian hints at the fragility of nature in face of human invasion, and Ho Hui May examines the unconscious repressive and controlled state in our ordinary domestic space.

Jason Lim explores the notions of still and life and the contradicting dialogues between these two forms. Zhao Renhui documents at the last remaining whale-fanatic village in Japan. Sherman Ong explores the themes of diaspora, migration, displacement, identity and the sense of belonging in his video work. Finally, Mintio expresses euphoria in the ever-changing urban landscapes.

Participating Artists:
Ang Song Nian / John Clang / Eiffel Chong / Ho Hui May / Izziyana Suhaimi / Jason Lim / Joel Yuen / Mintio / Sherman Ong / Zhao Renhui
SPECIAL ART PERFORMANCE:
STILL / LIFE
By Jason Lim
10th March, 7pm