False Doors, Glass Skies
Richard Koh Fine Art (RKFA), Singapore
5 November - 27 November 2021
False Doors, Glass Skies takes on the question of survival as women in a world with dramatically higher stakes waged against powerful detractors determined to seize or subdue them. It pays attention to the intertwined destruction and self-preservation instincts at the heart of familiar myths and devotes a closer second look at the repertoire of diversions, actions, and rituals performed by different female characters in their varied attempts to assert and reclaim themselves from the people and circumstances who refuse them that right.
The exhibition features complementary sets of works — wall-bound metal works made from the trajectory maps of the asteroids named after various mythological women and an inventory of smaller resin sculptures that function as symbols of self-identification and protection, like amulets that these referenced figures may carry to gather strength, safety and live through their stories.
Special thanks to the Richard Koh Fine Art Team for your help and support! Thank you to Euginia Tan, Meredith Tan and Tricia Tham for taking time to sand, build, reduce, clean and polish the babies. It is a labour of love and thank you for being part of the process. Lastly thank you to Samantha Yap for your strength and for shaping these works with me.
How to be Both
Essay by Samantha Yap
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