Chinese clan associations were formed decades ago with the purpose to meet the needs of the Chinese migrant welfare. More than just a social institution, they played a largely significant role in bringing Chinese arts and culture to Singapore and advocati…

Fashion illustration Marilyn Monroe with flowers for skirt - so cute! Singapore-based Malaysian artist Lim Zhi Wei aka Limzy

I was captivated by this old shophouse in the middle of Love Lane. Paint on the walls were flaking off but yet still have so much character.

Grace Ciao, a 22-year-old student from Singapore, uses a clever and original way to draw her fashion design illustrations. Instead of ink, watercolours, pencils, or fabric, she uses real flower petals. Not only do they serve as substitutes for lines and colours, but they also introduce their own unique textures and forms.

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Installation by Sopheap Pich for Singapore Biennale 2011. Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich’s sculptures respond to and connect with his surroundings. After training in the United States and France, Pich returned to Cambodia and began using local materials such as rattan, bamboo and burlap that are primarily used in craft and agriculture. His refined, expressive works hover between abstraction and figuration, reflecting upon everyday Cambodian life, history, personal experience, and phenomena he…

Artist Keng Lye whose work we explored earlier this year recently completed a new painting that blends sculpture and layers of acrylic paint to create this near lifelike red octopus. Lye often uses an egg shell to form the body of his cephalopods which then merges seamlessly with alternating layers

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Mediante una depurada y cuidadosa técnica con pintura acrílica, el artista de Singapur Keng Lye nos deja con la boca abierta al enseñarnos estas obras

I could not resist adding red to the 4 large chinese characters. Hopefully it will give you a flavour of old shop-houses in Singapore.

Stunning Floral Fashion Illustrations by Grace Ciao, a fashion post from the blog because im addicted, written by Geri Hirsch on Bloglovin’

Singapore-based artist Keng Lye produces unusual three-dimensional works of art with acrylics and epoxy resin that could be easily passed off as photographs. Using a technique pioneered by Japanese painter Riusuke Fukahori, Lye manages to produce the illusion of different animals swimming in water by pouring resin into a bowl and then painting on top of it with acrylics, layer by layer.