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Exhibition
The Luxurious World
Exhibiting Artists: Andre Tan
Venue: F1 Pit Building > venue details
Dates: 17 Nov 2011 - 20 Nov 2011
For his fourth solo outing, Andre Tan creates a fresh visual vocabulary for Singaporean pop art, pairing images of the inhabitants of old Singapore with images of the popular culture of today. His anachronistic anomalies often thrust an item of unimagined luxury onto an unsuspecting coolie or samsui woman, wrenching them into our modern-day consumerist culture with its concomitant absurdities. The unexpected juxtapositions might invoke a fleeting reflection on our bizarre obsessions with goods of desire, which would then dissolve readily into laughter and simple merriment.
Exhibited Works
 Luxurious Load2011 5ft x 4ft |  The Modern Samsui #052011 5ft x 4ft |  Chinese Boy Hungry2011 5ft x 4ft |  Modern Ma Jie #012011 5ft x 4ft |
 Rickshaw Rider #012011 4ft x 4ft |  Classic Hotdogs2011 4ft x 4ft |  Rickshaw Rider #022011 4ft x 4ft |  Proper Dress Required2011 4ft x 4ft |
 Cool Lee2011 4ft x 4ft |  Wonder Woman Luxe2011 2ft x 2ft |
Artist
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Andre Tan
Singapore
Andre Tan obtained his Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from the LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore (2000), his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art with 1st Class Honors from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (2004) and returned to LASALLE for his Master of Arts in Fine Arts (2006). Andre is the recipient of the Judge’s Choice for UTGP08-Kenichiro Mogi Prize (2008, Japan), Studentship Scheme (2005) in LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, and also the Georgette Chen Arts Schola