Robots and Paintings
In a studio converted from a rice warehouse with the spectacular view of the rice fields and the mountains, village life was a refreshing change from the urban cityscape of Singapore. Studio Kura, Itoshima inspired Yeo Shih Yun to use found objects as well as non-traditional painting tools like robots and remote-controlled toy cars.
The main intention of using these non-traditional tools is to surrender control and to release drawing from its enslavement by the artist’s hand.
Chance Robot Painting #5, 80 x 80 cm, pigments on canvas, 2011
Chance Robot Painting #6, 80 x 80 cm, pigments on canvas, 2011
Chance Robot Painting #2, 160 x 160 cm, pigments on paper, 2011
Study of Chance Robot Painting #1, 40 x 40 cm, pigments on paper, 2011
Youkobo Studio Process Robot Series #1-3, 23 x 27 cm each, photo transfer on wood, 2013, Collection of Mr Justin Lee
Downtime, 200 x 130 cm, ink and silkscreen on linen, 2014
Against the Spring, 88 x 123 cm, ink and silkscreen on canvas, 2014
Re-charging, 97 x 88 cm, ink and silkscreen on canvas, 2014