"Monkey Business," a group exhibition featuring artworks by Justin Loke and Samuel Chen, will be showcased at Singapore's Chan Hampe Galleries from July 28 through August 14. The exhibition pays homage to renowned Singaporean artist Chen Wen Hsi’s "Gibbon series," in which human-like gibbons engage in anthropomorphic activities such as gambling, drinking, and fighting.Loke and Chen prescribe to the view that the question of authenticity regarding Chen’s works is moot. The exhibition displays playful gibbons which are not only a copy of Chen’s style, but a copy of the counterfeiters who have produced the fakes available in market. The irony of the project lies in copying the original, along with the double negative act of copying the copy. Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek of the exhibition.
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