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  • WORK
    • 2019 >
      • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
      • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
      • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
      • CROSSING SHORES
      • IN THE CLOUDS
    • 2018 >
      • FLYING SUPERMARKET
      • A STATE OF DECLINE
      • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • 2017 >
      • KNIVES IN THE WATER
      • HEMERA'S FEAST
    • 2016 >
      • THE TRIBE
      • BETTER APART
    • 2015 >
      • SORRY, NOT SORRY
      • KAMAR KAMILLION
      • PRESENT CONDITION
    • 2014 >
      • BEN-DERA
      • MINOR CITIES
    • 2013 >
      • FENOMENA
      • AGIT
      • WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
      • BOOKS ACTUALLY
    • 2012 >
      • KA-KHÉ
    • 2011 >
      • SLOW AND STEADY
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    • PRIMARY MOTIF
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"CROSSING SHORES"
EAST COAST PARK, 2019
For Singapore Bicentennial Public Art Commission


Multiple faces of different ethnicities and origins are clustered together to form a single figure, emerging from the water and bound for Singaporean land. They are reminiscent of an unending quest for prosperity, viewing at the land as a source of business and prosperity, having journeyed from afar by boat across the seas. They are wrapped in a garment with patterns derived from the Malay Archipelago, the region which Singapore- or Tumasik- was part of before being a Crown Colony. Upon closer examination, their clothes are contemporary- speaking to the constant drift of migration we experience today.
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  • WORK
    • 2019 >
      • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
      • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
      • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
      • CROSSING SHORES
      • IN THE CLOUDS
    • 2018 >
      • FLYING SUPERMARKET
      • A STATE OF DECLINE
      • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • 2017 >
      • KNIVES IN THE WATER
      • HEMERA'S FEAST
    • 2016 >
      • THE TRIBE
      • BETTER APART
    • 2015 >
      • SORRY, NOT SORRY
      • KAMAR KAMILLION
      • PRESENT CONDITION
    • 2014 >
      • BEN-DERA
      • MINOR CITIES
    • 2013 >
      • FENOMENA
      • AGIT
      • WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
      • BOOKS ACTUALLY
    • 2012 >
      • KA-KHÉ
    • 2011 >
      • SLOW AND STEADY
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • STORE
    • THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
    • DOWNLOADS
    • BACKGROUNDS
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