Contemporary riffs on three traditional Chinese art forms are the focal point of a new show running at Singapore’s Intersections gallery May 19 to June 26.“Autographic Matters” features work from Singaporean artists June Lee Yu Juan and Calvin Pang and French artists Hélène Le Chatelier and Syv Bruzeau, who collectively explore the “three perfections” of traditional Chinese art: painting, calligraphy, and poetry.June Lee Yu Juan, who studied classical calligraphy in Singapore, transforms traditional calligraphic figures and letters into abstract pictograms, giving viewers the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the art form without the meaning of the symbols intruding. In a press release, Intersections describes the artist’s style as “soul writing,” a technique that reflects “the inner struggle induced by the tension between tradition and modernity.”If June Lee Yu Juan writes from the soul, Bruzeau moves from it. Her contribution to the show is the playfully titled “Autographic Does Not Matter,” an autobiographical dance inspired by the art of calligraphy. Visitors to Intersections will have the chance to watch Bruzeau perform the dance on June 9 and June 14.Poetry is the medium of choice for Calvin Pang. On display at “Autographic Matters” is his “Going Home,” an artist’s book of what the gallery calls “ideographic printed stories,” written in English and Chinese on tracing paper.A different twist on the literary can be seen in the paintings of Hélène Le Chatelier. With bold scribble-scrawls of line reminiscent of Cy Twombly’s later work, Le Chatelier evokes the pure energy of writing, divorced entirely from language.“Autographic Matters” runs May 19-June 26 at Intersections gallery in Singapore.
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