Artistic Directions

On June 21st, I and a few boh-liao bioengineering students visited the Peranakan Museum and National Museum. Instead of being inspired to blog about that arty-historical outing, I decided to become arty-farty myself.


So, loosely adapted from Matthew Ngui's Points of View and an eccentric combination of SEM and fluorescence microscopy images...

I present the world-premiere of my maiden series of pseudo-artwork (accompanied by quasi-notes-on-works),

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Unity/Disunity

This work circles around the most populous country in the world, People's Republic of China. It portrays an unlikely marriage between the Sichuan earthquake and the Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest). In an international sporting event which promised to showcase China's powress to the world, it ended up marred in a disarray of protests and boycotts. But in a tragedy that threatened to break the country apart, the opposite happened.

Within disunity, there unites.

Linking Lives

Produced while studying in New Zealand, Linking Lives examines the bonds human beings form in their lifetime. The artist challenges his audience to review the emotional, spiritual and social bonds that we construct for ourselves. Can these bonds restrict us for a liberated life?

Peninsula in Strip

Peninsula in Stripes is one of Kelvin's most complex works of late. Superimposing various cutouts in thoughtful randomness, it compels the audience to make sense in apparent haphazardness. The different layers of cutout delineates the history of time, representing the territorial pursuits of man.

Triumph of Green

A politically inspired work.
The triumph of an entity and the despair of another is depicted by the interplay of two primary colours. At the brink of decimation, an epic struggle continues to inspire the human race to new heights.

Dedicated to oppositional politics in Singapore. Past, Present and Future.

Twisted Lies

Form or shadow?

Twisted Lies expresses the artist's philosophical yet melancholic take on life. The shadow represent the difficulties of life while the central structure celebrates the tangible successes. Sometimes, the shadow seemingly overwhelms the structural success, but without the original form, it is nothing.

Every cloud has a silver lining. And every lining looms another cloud.