Lyrical Abstraction: Works by Jeremy Sharma & Yeo Shih Yun features two young Singaporean painters with very different styles – Jeremy Sharma with oil on metal panels and Yeo Shih Yun with contemporary ink and new media. The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) has commissioned the two artists to create monumental scale painting installations in the museum. 

Both the young Singaporean artists demonstrate creativity and the ability to shape seemingly conventional art techniques into witty and ironic new forms of ‘painting.'

风一阵一阵吹起,树就牵动握笔的手,留下一句句耐人寻味的话语。

姚诗韵寻求不同于传统水墨画作的创作技巧,她总觉得一定还有些什麽特别的、能碰撞出新的火花、亦能从实验中燃起下一步创作的灵感。从一开始使用中国墨,混合其他西方媒材–如压克力颜料、色粉等,到使用不同笔刷、树枝、玩具车甚至是小机器人作画,这些都是诗韵在画室内醖酿出的。

这次诗韵想和大自然一起作画。她将各种不同粗细的毛笔沾着墨绑在树上,让风移动毛笔,在纸上留下一道道独一无二的轨迹。接着她把顶着大太阳收集到的笔迹,以电脑档桉记录并加以去背、修正后,製作绢印版;在广大的画室裡,空白的亚麻布上,一个人的时间,这些足够让她与树一起完成一幅画作了。

Opening of “Lyrical Abstraction” at Singapore Art Museum 2012.