TACTILE
13 November 2009 – 10 January 2010
SAM at 8Q
TACTILE brings together 13 works by young artists from five junior colleges, in a showcase that explores the fascinating notion of the tactile.
TACTILE:- to touch, to feel, to understand and be engaged
The artworks in TACTILE are about engaging the senses, through seeing, exploring and making. It is about getting excited over the play of light and reflection, the subtle textures of paper, fabric, rust, soot and other potential materials. The works centre around the process of learning and understanding through art-making, the act that brings forth forms to ideas and concepts so that they can be communicated across time and space.
This is reflected in the way many of the artworks shown have been researched, explored and developed; demonstrating a dynamic and multi-disciplinary approach in taking an idea from its initial stage to creating a final artwork. It is also shown through an intensive engagement with the physical senses such as sight, touch, sound, etc vis-a-vis the use of materials. The different use of materials and the various ways in which each material is being used in this exhibition invites the viewer to approach the works up close, to interact with them and determine one’s own interpretation.
Art as a Process
To create with your hands is to learn by making, to think by doing, to engage with the material until you “grasp” at that moment of comprehension and clarity.
In that light, a work of art presented in an art gallery space is not purely an art object, existing outside of the continuum of ordinarily lived time and space. Knowledge of the processes of artmaking is important, especially for the artist, as it can be seen as one which is in itself an engagement with the world; in a bid to describe, understand and interact with what we experience around us. In this sense the artmaking process does not simply stop at the finished work, but goes beyond to affect our thoughts and actions.
This exhibition is jointly organised by Singapore Art Museum and a group of teacher-curators. It is supported by the South Zone Centre Of Excellence for Design and Young ChangeMakers.
For more information on TACTILE outreach programmes, click here.
