Showcasing the best of Asian art

A large-scale museum show of spectacular contemporary masterpieces brought from top private collections was organized by the Singapore Art Museum. It showcased the most exciting of Asian artistic and visual creativity.

The scintillating show, focusing on the very best of the Asia Pacific and the region’s most promising emerging artists, brought together dealers, collectors and art professionals from East and the West.

This superb collectors exhibition alongside Art Stage Singapore, an international fair, gave an opportunity to see a representative selection of significant works by some of Asia’s most critically acclaimed contemporary artists, such as Shen Shaomin, Zeng Fanzhi, Liu Wei (China), Agus Suwage (Indonesia), Nam June Paik (Korea), Yoshitomo Nara (Japan), apart from Shilpa Gupta, Subodh Gupta, TV Santhosh and LN Tallur from India.

The Marina Bay Sands hotel-casino hosted Art Stage Singapore, inviting more than 100 galleries from 18 countries, mostly from the Asia-Pacific region, including Seven Art Limited, New Delhi; Arushi Arts, Delhi; The Guild Art, Mumbai; LATITUDE 28, Delhi; Gallery Maskara, Mumbai; Nature Morte, Delhi/ Berlin; Nitanjali Art Gallery, Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore/ Chennai; Shrine Empire Gallery, Delhi; and Volte, Mumbai – add a dash of Indian flavor to the showcase.

The event brought together region’s top galleries along with some European contemporary pieces. It displayed works in an artistic context through a series of special projects and curated presentations. Special lectures on Asian contemporary art were arranged for collectors and wealthy potential buyers.

Project Stage, a comprehensive curated platform, was dedicated to cutting edge artists and innovative art spaces on the Asia Pacific art scene. It was aimed at discovering the next big emerging artists and galleries from the region, so that they could engage with the international art scene. Fariba Alam, Samanta Batra Mehta, Ranbir Kaleka, Sonia Mehra, Vijai Patchineelam, Rajesh Ram and T. Venkanna rounded off the Indian participation.