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Alwar Balasubramaniam, 35 (India), angel maker
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31 August 2006
Straits Times
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What: Emerging Angels at the Church of Saints Peter & Paul
features two rectangular slabs made of a compound that slowly
evaporates upon contact with the air. Over the course of the
Biennale, the slabs gradually reveal embedded fibreglass figures of
angels.
His second work, Wound, at Tanglin Camp, also attempts to hold an
artistic conversation with its space. In an otherwise dark room, a
glowing chasm cleaves the floor of the exhibition space, invoking
associations with the violence of war.
Why see them: Imbued with a touch of understated conceptual grace,
his works will ease you gently into the world of modern art.
Emerging Angels engages with the religious context of the space,
toying with the idea that the embedded angels emerge as if called
forth by the accumulated faith of the devotees who come to
church.
Where: Church of Saints Peter & Paul, 225A Queen Street, 10am
to 5.30pm, Mondays to Saturdays, noon to 4pm on Sundays.