Aeropalmics: Turn of the Sun

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Aeropalmics: Turn of the Sun At this peculiar moment in time, c/discoveries presents Turn of the Sun, a solo exhibition of new woodcut sculptures by multi-disciplinary artist Dawn Ang, also known as Aeropalmics. The phrase is a reflection of the continuous, cyclical motion of the universe and its parts, ageless and enduring. The vault of heaven revolves, on and on, from millenia to millenia, above us and perhaps, despite us.

Solaris; sun In our yearning to make sense of this cosmos, we humans have often perceived and positioned ourselves at the centre of it. Blindsided by our anthropocentric ambitions, we have been brought low by That which is beyond us.

Some say solar energy is the most powerful energy. The day after Christmas, there was a solar eclipse. What happened across our galaxy and upon our planet when the sun turned into the 2020s was perhaps unknowable. It shook our sense of time and life, yielding to a new decade where all that we formerly had and held dear might never be the same.

Terra; earth If there is anything that this must reveal, it is our own mortality and fragility. We are of the earth: mere particles, returning to dust. Here, the materials of our craft and art should not remain unfamiliar: wood, pigment, charcoal. They are extensions of our carbon thumbprints. Thus, these materials and objects are intended to become mirrors, points of meditative focus. Consider them.

The gallery has been transformed with wood pieces carefully placed and arranged to evoke the sentiment, rhythm and values of japanese rock gardens. These pieces are composed to evoke focus, attention, and calm. They serve as a controlled climate, aiding the one searching for the true meaning of existence, through his or her own relationship with the natural world. Each element is designed as a symbol and synecdoche: rocks articulating mountains; soft gradients representing ripples in water; curved branches standing for trees of the forest. These elements when put together, chronicle the cycle of birth, life and death. They whisper of the Essence of nature.

In this spirit, and with great care, Aeropalmics has applied naturally occurring textures to her objects. They remind us of the polypores of bracket fungi, the annual lines of tree rings, or weather-worn rock faces. Their soft, internal edges also breathe of the wind, sky and sea.

Anima; air, soul There is now a desperate need to breathe. After the turn of the sun’s shadow, uncertainties and fears have surfaced everywhere about a viral threat to our fundamental life engine: our lungs. If urban life were not already stress-inducing enough prior to this, now city dwellers wrestle with the radical change of distance and isolation.

Yet the conditions for self-regulation have been created — even forced upon us. Their placing is not accidental.

Aeropalmics’ sculptures challenge us to still our erratic minds, and to simply breathe. The clouds within their billowing shapes disperse outwards. The softness of the air in their wooden hearts contracts then expands, slowly.

There is calm, and clarity, in the midst of the turn.

Text by Christina J. Chua and Aeropalmics, 2020

AEROPALMICS: TURN OF THE SUN | Charcoal on Plywood

Turn of the Sun 8 200 x 250 cm SGD 3,200 Incl. GST

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AEROPALMICS Dawn Ang aka Aeropalmics was born in 1987.

Lives and works in Singapore.

Solo Exhibition 2019 Freeze Frame, The Esplanade Concourse Group 2020 2019 2018

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Exhibition In Full Bloom, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore From the Streets, Aliwal Urban Arts Festival, Aliwal Art x Tech For Good (VR, AR, 3d Printing and Sound), ArtScience Museum, Bayfront ave Art Skins, Projection mapping (Light to Night Festival), Victoria Concert Hall and Asian Civillisations Museum Building Facades Dia De Muertos, (2nd edition - event celebrating the Mexican Day of the Dead), 99 Beach Road Mono, Kult Gallery (duo) Masks, Diesel Gallery, Shibuya City, Tokyo Sayang, Sayang, The Arts House 1949, Onitsuka Tiger (Shoe design), Pedder on Scotts ‘Noon Till Night’, C n’ B, Kim Tian (duo) Shinjuku Sountracks, Takashimaya (Tokyo) - Tokyo Film Festival Vinyl Show Little Shop of Horrors, Kult Gallery Dia De Muertos, (1st edition - event celebrating the Mexican Day of the Dead), Emily Hill Bad Places, Latent Spaces x Art a Porter‘s wearable art initiative Chinatown Vinyl Squad, GEM Bar Girls of the Underworld, Kult Gallery Straatosphere’s The Big One, The Butter Factory Unbreakable, ICA Gallery Kingbrown, Kult Gallery Neo Folk 2, Collaboration between Kult, Clear Edition Gallery and Damien Brachet, Ikkan Art Gallery Chungking Express, Kult Gallery Pameran Poskad, Galeri Utama, Veridian Art House

2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Minutes of Meeting, Praxis Space McNally The Lasalle Show ‘10, ICA Gallery, McNally The Lasalle Show ‘09, ICA Gallery, McNally Snappy Close-up, Praxis Space, McNally Ripcord, Project Space, Goodman Departure Hall, Goodman Vitamins ABC, Project Space, Goodman

Collections Works held in private collections in Singapore, Australia and Japan.

Select Mural Work/ Permanent Installations Ernest, Earthless, 12m x 4m, Facebook Office, Marina One Secret Root, 4.5m x 2.8m, Google Singapore Headquarters, Mapletree City Silt and Shore, 10m x 3m, Google Singapore Headquarters, Mapletree City Orbit, 20m x 3m, Leo Burnett and Saatchi Office, Collyer Quay Lead The Change, 26m x 3m, Publicis Office, Collyer Quay City Red Rising, 17m x 3m, Jones Lang Lasalle Office, Payar Lebar Quarter Old roads again travelled, 12m x 3m, JustCo Office, Manulife Centre Jade Serpent, 4.8m x 2.4m, Alex Blake Charlie Sessions - 24Owls, Pasir Panjang Power Station Steam, 4m x 2m, Burnt Ends, Teck Lim Kings of the Coop, 2m x 2m, Bird Bird, Frankel Red Tail, 28m x 3.2m, Zouk, Clarke Quay Cosmic Bomb, 10m x 2.8m, Jekyll & Hyde, Tras Dragon Chamber, 6m x 3m, Sum Yi Tai, Boon Tat Tokyo Nights, 60m full mural outfit, Wan, Suntec City Charge, Openspace and JMD Investment stairwell, North Canal I see you, 4m x 3m, Rip Curl - Artist of the Search, Emily Hill