South by Southeast: Art from Singapore, an exhibition that showcases 5 contemporary artists from Singapore. Their works express different ideologies and discourse through varies approaches and mediums such as video, installation, painting and photography. To some extent, they represent the surge of diversity in Singapore art now.
'The World is Flat' by Thomas L. Friedman analyses that globalisation is neither just a phenomenon nor a short-term movement. It is the trend of world development. This trend is a combination of capital , information and technology, including the integration of arts and culture .
In Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, it is difficult to distinguish the origin of the artists without looking at their names. Works from artists have become more international and established collectors now collect works globally. In recent years, many outstanding works of art from different parts of the world have been brought in by private museums and galleries in China. And through the arts, we are able to build a vibrant and connected global community as cultural integration is the best way to communicate.
It is an honour to have these 5 Singapore artists with us, at Yibo Gallery. This is one of the first group exhibition that invites solely Singapore artists to Shanghai. We hope that the public will learn something about Singapore, gain an insight into the Singapore visual arts and also take this platform to promote cultural exchange between China and Singapore.

《东南偏南：来自新加坡的艺术》，本展览邀请了来自新加坡比较有代表性的5位艺术家，他们的艺术创作各有特色和偏重，创作的内容囊括了当代的水墨，Video，装置，绘画及摄影较全面的阐述了各自的艺术观点，某种程度上也代表了新加坡的艺术现 状。
托马斯·弗里德曼（Thomas L. Friedman）在其著作《世界是平的》(The World is Flat) 中阐述到全球化不只是一种现象，也不只是一种短暂的趋势，而是世界发展的潮流和趋势。这 种趋势是资本，信息和技术的结合，也包括文化艺术的融合。在近期举办的亚洲最具代表性的HK ART BASEL博览会的现场，如果不看艺术家的名字已很难区分是来自哪国的艺术家。艺术家的作品已趋于 国际化，收藏家的收藏体系的建立也已着眼于全球的购买。近年已有越来越多的中国私人美术馆和画廊将各国的优秀艺术家带入中国，文化的融合 是交流的最好方式。
此次非常荣幸的邀请到5位新加坡艺术家，在上海举办他们的作品展，此展应该是近年第一次新加坡艺术家以集体的形 式在上海的群展，希望本次展览有助于让国内的观众更多的了解新加坡和新加坡的艺术，借此推动中国－新加坡的文化交流。

Yeo Shih Yun

waterfall 瀑布 2016

3000cm by 30cm (38 scrolls total)

Chinese ink on sumi paper

Throughout Chinese history, there are many great masters who depicted waterfalls. In this work, I wanted to create my own version of waterfall by using

the technique of dipping only, abandoning the use of the Chinese ink brush. By experimenting with various angles of dipping, different containers of

various densities of ink, and six to seven different ink brands, I aimed to achieve a different visual effect for each scroll. When you look at each scroll, it is

like looking at different video stills of the waterfall.

在这作品中,我想只用浸渍,放弃使用中国的挥毫泼墨的技术来创建自己的瀑布版本。通过用浸渍的各种角度,油墨的各种密度,和

六至七个不同的油墨的品牌的不同的容器进行试验,我的目标是实现为每个滚动不同的视觉效果。当你看到每个卷轴,它就像是在看

瀑布的不同视频剧照。

“Every piece of the artwork is created by the song "We are Singapore" itself. I might helped by pouring graphite power and water onto blasting speaker membranes and catching the spills and vibrations on paper, but the real artist was the sound." Shih Yun

For such a young country to be where it is in the world in only 50 years is remarkable and certainly worth celebrating. Everyone should celebrate. Everyone has benefited from living here and everyone should mark this notable achievement that not many countries in the modern era have the chance to do, celebrate real achievement. As an artist, I feel very fortunate to be based in Singapore.

My way to celebrate is to use music and my art to create this special series of works. This series uses a national song which is familiar to all Singaporeans as the main source of inspiration. Music is also an important part of my painting process. It is always at the background. When and how a mark is made is influenced by the rhythm, tempo, mood of the music at the moment. Still using black, but now, music is the artist and the artist is the instrument. The start of the series of works is start of the song and when the song ends, the works are finished.

After that, the marks made by the music are scanned digitally and then selected by the artist and printed on circled shaped plexiglass which reminds us of the vital role of the speakers.

“每件艺术品是由歌曲创作的”我们是新加坡“本身。我可能会浇石墨电力和水到爆膜扬声器和追赶纸上的泄漏和振动帮 助,但真正的艺术家是声音"shihyun

对于这样一个年轻的国家是它是世界上唯一在 50 年显着,当然值得庆贺。每个人都应该庆祝。每个人都已经从生活在 这里并没有多少国家在当今时代所要做的,庆祝真正的成就的机会每个人都应该记住这显着的成就中受益。作为一个艺术家,我感到非常幸运设在新加坡。

我的庆祝方式就是使用的音乐和我的艺术创造这个特殊的系列作品。该系列采用的是民族之歌是作为灵感的主要来源, 大家都熟悉的我们是新加坡。音乐也是我的绘画过程中的一个重要组成部分。它总是在背景。何时及如何被作了标记是由节奏,节奏,音乐的此刻的心情的影响。依然采用黑色的,但现在,音乐艺术家和艺术家仪器。该系列作品的开端是开始的歌曲,当歌曲结束,作品就完成了。在此之后,由音乐所做的标记进行数字扫描,然后由艺术家选定并印上盘旋形有机玻璃这提醒我们的音箱中的重要作用。