ZENTAI ART FESTIVAL 2014-15: INVISIBLE WHOLE 2

PUBLISHED April 13th, 2015 04:23 am | UPDATED May 26th, 2020 02:37 pm

Zentai is a skin-tight full body suit made in lycra that was invented in Japan in the 1980s. Curated by Yuzuru Maeda, Invisible whole 2 shows the influence of zentai on works by 9 international and Singaporean artists. Showcasing works of photography, video, film, installation and performance, the exhibition explores the material and symbolic aspects of zentai—its similarity to human skin and long-held associations with freedom of expression.

Featured artists include Linda Sim Solay, whose work is orientated around shaping audience-internal atmosphere, spiritual proximation; Bruce Quek, a local interdisciplinary artist whose installation and performance pieces challenge the conventions of traditional mediums; Belgian photographer Frank Pinckers who trained in Milano, Italy under fashion photographer Nadir, together with Syv Bruzeau, Ana Hupe, Geraldine Kang, Yuzuru Maeda, Lee Wen and Andrée Weschler.

ZENTAI ART FESTIVAL 2014-15: INVISIBLE WHOLE 2 runs from now until Sun 10 May at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore Earl Lu Gallery, Basement Mezzanine. Opening Hours Tuesday to Sunday, )closed on Mon and public holidays): 10 am – 6 pm (except 1.30–2.30 pm). Admission is free. For more information on the event and Zentai itself, please see the Zentai artwebsite, and for more information on the artists, please see the event’s Facebook page.

Image: Geraldine Kang, Yuzuru Maeda and Linda Sim Solay, Untitled (detail), 2014, digital photograph, dimensions variable. © Courtesy the artist.