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Art - Senior Senior Art Update by Zoe Thompson, Y12.7
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Tanglin’s Senior Art Department is incredibly proud that the work of 14 students was featured in the recent Five-to-One art exhibition, which was part of an annual series of events showcasing a selection of promising young talent from five international schools in Singapore. For many, this was their first glimpse into the competitive market of art and the opportunity gave invaluable experience of taking what they have learnt into the real world.
Following a very successful exhibition in 2011, last year’s event was highly anticipated, and did not disappoint. Entries included a range of innovative sculptures, mixed media pieces, portraiture, photography and sumptuous textiles. Some were hoping to follow Aude Hillion’s, Y13.6, success in last year’s exhibition; Aude’s work has been printed, framed and hung in every room of The Sheraton Hotel, Singapore. A Level art student Sian Troote’s, Y13.4, mixed-media piece, ‘Cuts the Mustard’, took on a central theme of heritage and the comparison of Asian and British culture. As a British expatriate living in Singapore, Sian is interested in the idea of where we come from and likes her projects to be personal and involved with her own identity. She represented this idea through layered paper rings, each of which signify a different era in British heritage.
Head of Art and Design, Rob Le Grice explains, “This is the second exhibition that our ‘forum’ of five art teachers has organised. Our main aim is to showcase our talented young artists in a professional gallery space, but it has been most encouraging and exciting that other schools, collectors and enthusiasts have shown great interest in our project. Each year our team gets stronger and a little bigger, and we hope to expand in the forthcoming years to give a chance for the young artists to really stretch their wings.”
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