Introduction
The Loss Index II is a new series of artworks and Shufang’s third exhibition at The Private Museum, following The Happiness Index (2011) and The Loss Index: Perishables and Other Miscellanea (2013), where the artist presents her attempts at creating indexes to measure emotions.
This exhibition will feature a new installation using honey as material to explore the theme of loss.
Artist
Artist Biography
Ye Shufang (b. 1971, Singapore)
Ye Shufang’s art practice spans over two decades, with a focus on the ephemeral and the ‘ready-made’. Her exhibition credits include The Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia (2004); Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta (2004); and Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore (2004). Her participation in curated exhibitions include Medium At Large, Singapore Art Museum (2014); World Exposition 2005, Japan (2005); and Feminine Imaginare, Venice (2002).
Shufang’s drawing ‘Exercises in Shape (II)’ was selected as one of 100 favourite artworks of 2011 by Bazaar Art (China) magazine; featured in the January 2012 issue. She is one of 10 recipients of the inaugural President’s Young Talents Exhibition award in 2001.
Shufang also served as Programme Leader for the Postgraduate Programme at the Faculty of Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts from 2002 to 2007 and Head of the Visual Arts Faculty in 2007 at School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA), where she designed the SOTA curriculum for the Visual Arts Programme, the Integrated Arts Programme and the Visual Art Gifted Programme.
Solo Exhibitions
2013 | The Loss Index, The Private Museum, Singapore |
2011 | The Happiness Index, The Private Museum, Singapore |
2004 | Other Miscellaneous Uses of Agar-agar, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia and Montenegro |
The Black Forest Cake Project, Plastique Kinetic Worms Gallery, Singapore | |
PROJECT: small sweets, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | |
2003 | Orientations: a room of small gestures, The Substation Gallery, Substation, Singapore |
2000 | a wall drawing, LASALLE Gallery, Singapore |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 | Medium at Large, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore |
2013 | Confluence: An Exhibition by the Art Galleries Association (Singapore), Artspace @ Helutrans, Singapore |
2010 | Etiquette, The Substation, Singapore |
2009 | Wolfnotes, Old School Gallery, Singapore |
2007 | City_Net Asia 2007, Seoul Museum of Art, South Korea |
2006 | Love, Romance and other Recipes for Happily-ever-after, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore |
2005 | The Case of the Missing Rose Merchant, World Exposition 2005, Singapore Pavilion, Nagoya Japan |
2004 | THE LASALLE SCHOOL, Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Art, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore |
2003 | EXTRAordinary tales of skylarking, Jendela Gallery, The Esplanade, Singapore |
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists. X-RAY Art Centre, Beijing, China | |
2002 | text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists, The Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Stenersenmuseum, Oslo, Norway |
Open 2002, Feminine Imaginare, 5th international exhibition of sculptures and installations, Lungomare Marconi, Venice, Italy |
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2001 | Floating Chimeras, Contemporary Asian Art, Edsvik Art and Culture Centre, Sollentuna, Sweden |
The President’s Young Talent Exhibition, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore | |
text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists, Ostasiatiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden | |
2000 | text & subtext. Contemporary Asian Women Artists, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia; Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore |
1997 | Nine Dragon Heads, The 2nd International Environment Art Festival and Symposium, Chong-ju, Korea |
Essay
CURATORIAL ESSAY
To be updated!
Documentation
Artist Talk & Poetry Reading
Artist Talk: Saturday 16 April 2016, 3:00PM (with Poetry Reading by Tania De Rozario)
Closing Reception
Thursday 12 May 2016, 6:30PM(with Performance by Rizman Putra)
Press
Features
Exhibition Review: Ye Shufang’s The Loss Index II Pg 1
Exhibition Review: Ye Shufang’s The Loss Index II Pg 2
Exhibition Review: Ye Shufang’s The Loss Index II Pg 3
Exhibition Review: Ye Shufang’s The Loss Index II Pg 4