PUBLISHED June 12th, 2014 03:12 pm | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am
After three successful runs, the Singapore edition of the
Art Apart Fair returns from 18 to 20 July this year. Held once again at Parkroyal on
Pickering hotel, the contemporary art fair will shine the spotlight on Eastern Europe.
Visitors can get acquainted with emerging artists from countries including Russia,
Ukraine and Serbia, such as Roman Antonov, Pavel Antipov, Tatiana Lysak-
Polischuk, Antonia Zhadina, Vladimir Kolesnicov, Lily Balasanova, Sergey
Kolevatich, Naja Maljevic and Oleg Lazarenko (Gallery 11.12, Gaze Gallery and
Vinci Arts Gallery).
Respected for the vast intellectual content in their pieces that are deep in meaning
and highly emotive, artists from Eastern Europe are increasingly sought after by
collectors. And while their predecessors favoured oil as the main medium, the
contemporary artists of today prefer a different route, for instance mixing acrylic with
oil and using oil pencils.
To provide a more complete understanding of, and immersion into, Eastern
European culture, the fair will also play host to Russian musician Dr. Iryna
Vokhmyanina, who will stage a piano performance with her daughter Kfeniia,
accompanied by vocalist Anna Ivanenko. Visitors can expect music by composers
the likes of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, while nibbling on canapés and sipping
beverages from Singapore’s only Russian restaurant, Buyan.
Marking another first for Art Apart Fair – Singapore is the generous contribution of Dr.
Stanley Quek as a patron of the arts. The general practitioner-turned-propertymagnate
is sponsoring artists to create works for the fair. Half of the proceeds from
their sale will go to charity, while the other half will go back to the artist.
In total, Art Apart Fair – Singapore will see the participation of 23 galleries from
around the world including Utterly Art, Barnabas Huang Gallery, Art & Tapestry and
Orient Painting from Singapore., Craft 21 from Korea and Art Exposition by Gaps
from the Philippines. Expect to see more than 2,000 artworks from more than 200
emerging and mid-career artists, spread out across rooms on level 14 of Parkroyal
on Pickering hotel.
The Art Apart Fair will be held from 18 – 20 July 2014, from Monday – Sunday: 11.30am to 9pm. Tickets are going at $10, and are to be purchased via the website or at the venue.