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Rajinder
Singh
Artist Statement
My art practice has always been based on
the wonder of the abstract codification of pure thought we
call mathematics. I am motivated by the aesthetics of elegant
mathematics now in my art as I was as a mathematician in my
past. On the other hand I nurture a skeptical viewpoint on
the role mathematics play as the inevitable language of choice
of science and its prevalence in our lives. My art practice
lies within this dialectic – in the contradiction between
my two conflicting viewpoints, adopted as the determining
factor in their continuing interaction.
In my FACES collection, I confront this dialectic.
I engage with my experience of the aesthetics in high level
mathematics to paint faces of women that stand prominent in
my visual history in the hope to question the ideas that correlate
the two and the ramifications that might emanate from any
tangible success in such an endeavor.
The FACES collection was launched in France
in June 2007. They are paintings of faces of women who have
exerted a strong influence in my life. Wife, sister, actresses,
radio jock, author etc.. what is in their faces that make
them such strong women? What is it that they share in the
shape of their eyes, their lips, their noses? Each face is
painted using only numbers and mathematical equations. I ask
the question: what is the numerical equivalent of lovely?
Bio
Rajinder Singh, lives and works in Singapore.
He was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and lived in United Kingdom
for a big part of his life, before moving to Singapore in
1995. He has been painting since an early age and won the
first accolade for his work at the age of 12. After an intense
tutorship under a veteran English artist, James Holdsworth
in 2002, Rajinder made his comeback to painting. Rajinder
was recently selected as one of 20 emerging artists to represent
Asia by a juried competition in Hong Kong. He will be showing
in London, France, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Los Angeles,
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Korea, New York and Argentina in 2008.
Rajinder has had several successful exhibitions
and his art has been purchased by prominent households and
businesses from around the world. Major patrons of the artist
are Farouk Khan of Malaysia, Baron Gonzalve Bich (of BIC conglomerate)and
Franck Duboeuf(of George Duboeuf wines. He is represented
by the prestigious Gajah, Artfolio@Raffles and PACE galleries
in South Asia.
Rajinder background in Mathematics is the
driving force behind his successful art practice. Rajinder
hosts a popular Singapore art blog (sightoracle.blogpsot.com
)which runs a commentary on the Singapore art scene with reviews,
interviews and philosophical discourses and has been the unofficial
site for the Singapore Biennale 2006. His work has been shown
in contemporary, international art portals such as SPUNK and
DUUDLE and has been described as modern and carries a message
of change.
Rajinder is presently doing his postgraduate
studies in Philosophy of Art. He is also the artist ambassador
for the superpremium wine from Tuscany, Cappannelle and a
winner of a the highly sought after Marina Mandarin artist
residency program in Singapore.
Resume
Solo Exhibitions:
| Dec 11th 2007 |
"Faces 2008”,
Calender launch, The Universal, Singapore |
| Nov 11th 2007 |
“Faces”, solo exhibition
of Paintings, Tower Club, Singapore |
| July 11th 2007 |
"Faces" ,solo exhibition
of Paintings,ArtSpace@The Universal, Singapore |
| June 20th 2007 |
"Faces" ,solo exhibition
of Paintings, Cellar Galleries@Chateau De Taillan, Bordeaux,
France |
| April 18th 2007 |
"source_code" ,solo exhibition
of Paintings, Darling Muse Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia |
| Dec 17th 2006 |
"In the becoming" ,solo
exhibition of Sketches and Drawings, Tavolo@Boon Tat
Street Singapore |
| Dec 9th 2005 |
"I coME from over tHERE"
, solo exhibition of Paintings, Public Art Space, Pan
Pacific Hotel, Singapore |
| Aug 2005 |
"I can SMELL your BAD breath"
,solo exhibition of Paintings, Merbau Gallery, Singapore
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| April 2005 |
"Anthro" ,solo exhibition
of Paintings, Anthropology Gallery, Singapore |
| Jan 2005 |
"Gridlocked" , solo exhibition
of Paintings, Block43 Art Gallery, Singapore |
Group exhibitions
| Oct 10th 2007 |
“ Shanghai Seduction”,
art Auction, Grand Shanghai Restaurant |
| Aug 22nd 2007 |
"pace gallery:
the opening",group exhibition of paintings with
Ahmad Zaki Anwar, Jaliani Abu Hassan, Yusof Majid, Bayu
Utomo Radjikin, Ivan Lam, Dr Rajinder Singh, Aswad Ameir,
Ahmad Shukri Mohamed, Umibaizurah Mahir Ismail, Daud
Rahim, Ernesto Pujazon, Hamir Shoaib, Nelson Dominquez,joel
couloigner, PACE Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| July 18th 2007 |
"Aceh Livelihood Project"
,art auction, UE Square, Singapore |
| June 4th 2007 |
"What else is there?" ,group
exhibition with Disney animator Chris Shaw, Royal Plaza
on Scott, Art Space, Singapore |
| Aug 22nd 2006 |
"Symbiosis" ,group Exhibition
with Artists Donna Ong and Chng Nai Wee- Marina galleries,
Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore |
| Oct 2005 |
"A prettier picture" , art
auction, Your Mother` s Gallery, Singapore |
| July 2005 |
"Racial Harmony", group art exhibition,
Bradell Heights CC Art Room, Singapore |
| April 2005 |
"Project Relief" , art auction,
Seton Close Residences, Singapore |
| March 2005 |
"Chip Bee Artist Boheme"
, group art exhibition, Michi Gallery, Singapore |
| Feb 2005 |
"Cotton Tree" , art auction
, Cotton Tree, Singapore |
| Nov 2004 |
"Batch No 3" , group art
exhibition, Block 43 Art Gallery, Singapore |
| June 2004 |
Singapore Art Festival` s 2004 "Vision
and Illusion- Reconstruction of a city" , group
art exhibition, St James Power Station, Singapore |
| May 2004 |
"Malcolm` s Chicken" , group
art exhibition, Block 43 Art Gallery, Singapore |
| Nov 2003 |
"Nascent: Beginning to be" , group art exhibition,
Block 43 Art Gallery, Singapore
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