From 2D to 3D

In the coming summer season, Sin Sin Fine Art is pleased to introduce a series of works "from 2D to 3D" by 20 international and local artists, two group exhibitions that inspect into the topic of the physical form of representation, which has generated much inspiration throughout the history of art. Our visual life is defined by three dimensions. Artists transform and appropriate them, to fit the flatness of their media: canvas, paper, murals, film. Eventually, creativity emerges within this oscillating process between 3D and 2D, leaving behind fragments of accumulated insights, which we call art. In “2D” are exhibited works by artists who make use of different materials to create all kinds of print works: lithographs, prints by aluminum cut and digital technologies and on various surface textures, photographs that recreate the essence of the real objects portrayed. Black and White photographs by noted photographer and writer Roland Hagenberg narrate the story of his ongoing expeditions, while Wong How Man, Founder and President of the China Exploration & Research Society, for the first time demonstrates at Sin Sin Fine Art the rare beauty of the Black-necked Cranes documented in very personal photographs. Participating artists in “2D” include Bai Xincheng, Donald Damask, Entang Wiharso, Julia Nee Chu, Kokok P. Sancoko, Leung Chi Wo, Pablo Posada Pernikoff, Rick Lewis, Roland Hagenberg and Wong How Man. The “3D” exhibition showcases sculptural works from conventional bronze casts and wood carving to abstract forms of arbitrary materials put together. One thing which is common in all these works is the intent to transgress the original properties of the material used and redefine the relationship between a solid object and the space around it, where we find metal and glass in a liquefied state and even floating in the air. The sculptural work by Kokok P. Sancoko is an extension of his idea of “incompleteness”, a resonance of his painting series. Abdi Setiawan preserves the traditional craft of wood carving in his sculptural works which are strongly influenced by American Pop Culture. There is also a new work by S. Teddy Darmawan, a versatile artist who is currently showing a large installation art “Love Tank” at the National Museum of Singapore. Artists who are exhibited at the gallery for the first time also include local artists Lee Chin Fai who is noted for his public art of steel sculptures, and Lee Man Sang, a master craftsman and sculptor. Participating artists in “3D” are Abdi Setiawan, Antoinette Rozan, Kokok P. Sancoko, Lee Chin Fai, Lee Man Sang, Pablo Posada Pernikoff, Pande Ketut Taman, Putu Sutawijaya, S. Teddy Darmawan and Theresia Agustina Sitompul.