Pearl Lam Galleries is dedicated to championing Chinese artists who re-evaluate the philosophy and perception of Asian contemporary art while also committed to present major exhibitions by international artists such as Jim Lambie, Yinka Shonibare and Zhu Jinshi. The gallery has spaces in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Pearl Lam Galleries Singapore has been strategically chosen to strengthen the core mission of the Galleries: to engage in cultural exchange and provide a platform for rising and established talents from the West and East to meet, interact and engage.
Opening Hours:
Tues - Sat: 11am - 7pm
Sunday: 12pm - 6pm
Closed on Monday and Public Holidays
“Where Does It All Begin?” brings together 5 important artists from Asia (Zhu Jinshi, Christine Ay Tjoe, Su Xiaobai) and the West (Pat Steir, Peter Peri). They belong to two generations and all make abstract work. Abstract art may be a universal language, as claimed by some of the earliest advocates in the West. However this claim tends to obscure the fact that the sources of this language are many and varied, ranging from Chinese calligraphy through European surrealism to abstract patterns in traditional Indonesian culture. This claim also tends to regionalize these histories and underplays the interaction between them.
Curated by Philip Dodd, the acclaimed British arts writer and broadcaster, this exhibition explodes the myth that contemporary art from Asia is dependent on Western art, while revealing and celebrating the complex and ongoing dialogue between Western and Asian abstract art. This exhibition is mounted at a time when abstract art is becoming central again to the global art world after a period where conceptualism seemed to reign supreme.
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