about us.
LEE.shuhui
a young songbird who enjoys photography and sketching
when she's free (sometimes when she's not, too)
her favourite subject matters are frogs, anime characters
and everything else under the sun.
LIM.xinying
an active sportswoman in the school basketball team
who likes kobe bryant, sketching and, basketball
she stands tall at 1.74m, but is a really gentle person.
TEO.beilin
a french horn player in the school band who enjoys music,
photography and surfing the net.
recently, she has acquired a new habit of reading stories online,
and hopefully she keeps at it.
ZHAO.yiyuan
a guzheng player in the school guzheng ensemble,
who loves all the random things under the sun,
she especially loves computer graphics, and is good at drawing them.
Our exhibition CONCEPT
We chose this theme as we find light intriguing to work with; light can be expressed in many different ways, and we thought it would be interesting to experiment with how light can be portrayed.
Even though light can signify hope, it can also be used to show emotions, such as happiness, ranging to the portrayal of dangerous things such as the light emitted from a fire or an explosion. A simple Light could mean anything under the word, such as lightweight, light feelings, or literally light rays. This would give us more freedom to explore the concept, and our works would therefore have a larger sense of creativity.
We draped the board with cloth as we all decided that leaving the board black as it was would be a little plain. To suit the theme Light, we used white cloth with translucent purple so that the board would not give off a dull or heavy colour and would suit the theme better.
As we came up with works suited for the theme, we truly had to stretch our minds as to what light could mean.
In conclusion, preparing for this exhibition opened windows in our understanding of the portrayal of light.
entries.
The Parrot
Teo Bei Lin
Glass Paint on Acrylic
2010
This is a painting of a parrot. The parrot is on the right side of the painting. There is only 1 subject matter in the painting, the parrot and the branch it is perched on. The background is divided in a star shape to attract attention to the parrot. Each of these spaces are coloured differently, some with primary colours, some with a mixture with 2 or more colours, and some with 1 or more colours mixed in with transparent paint.
The artist wants to show the colourful parrot as something that is very happy and joyous. Therefore, she employed a largely warm palette with just the border, parts of the background and part of the wing of the parrot to be a cool colour.
The artist is successful in creating this joyous feeling around the parrot as warm colours such as yellow, orange and red gives the impression of happiness. The diagonal lines employed in the composition also successfully made the painting more interesting without distracting the viewers from the main subject matter, the parrot.
Labels: beilin
posted at 5:12 PM, 20100905
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Music in the AirTeo Bei Lin
Mixed media
2010
This is a painting of a French Horn, a Saxophone and a Snare Drum. The acrylic ball is divided into 6 different panels, alternating between a musical instrument and decorative shapes. A base is created under the acrylic ball, there is a switch at the side of the base. Press it once and the acrylic ball will light up, projecting the paintings on the acrylic ball to the spaces around it.
The artist seeks to create an image of music floating in the air, and the assortment of colours depicts how colourful music is. The light projects the paintings and creates the impression of music flowing, playing in the air.
The artist is successful in creating this image of music floating in the air. The projection of the paintings enhances the entire artwork and brings out the idea of music floating in the air. She also used different colours to depict the different tone colours of each instrument, which shows that music is indeed, colourful.
Labels: beilin
posted at 5:05 PM,
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The BeginningTeo Bei Lin
Photography
2010
The sun is peering out of the clouds, casting a ray of light onto the gloomy sky.
Sunlight, has this ability to make people feel hopeful all over again. This photograph was taken with the word hope in mind, the artist wishes to encourage everyone who looks at this photograph and feel motivated to fight for oneself's dreams.
This photograph has a one-point perspective which draws the viewers' attention to the orange glimmer in the photograph. The colours in the photograph are also purposely kept to neutral colours with the exception of the orange glimmer, which is the main subject matter of this photograph. This also draws attention to the orange glimmer.
Labels: beilin
posted at 3:48 PM,
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The Great LeaderTeo Bei Lin
Photography
2010
"A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralise the best of troops"
-John J. Pershing, General of the Armies of the United States Army
This photograph and this quote shows that the leader is very important regardless of its team, be it troops, citizens or even an army of ants. The leader acts as the guiding light of the team and brings them towards the direction of success. Therefore, light can also be interpreted this way as something that guides a team of people towards their final destination, just like a competent leader would.
Besides the subject matter conveying this message, the photograph has also captured some of the fleeting effects of sunlight, which has a very literal relation to our theme, light.
Labels: beilin
posted at 3:28 PM,
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Wired: Apple
Teo Bei Lin
Wire with Solder and Super Glue
2010
This is a sculpture of an apple. ITs main shape is built out of wire of varying thickness, the thicker ones as the "skeletal structure" and the thinner ones are wound around them to create a more compact feeling. There is a piece of leaf on top of the main shape created the same way.
With the apple representing the food we eat, the use of wire suggests that the food we eat is largely artificial and man-made, just like wire. The sculpture is modelled closely after a real apple to show that the food we eat, which contains a lot of artificial flavourings and colourings, looks delicious but is in fact, grown with artificial methods.
Therefore, we should pay close attention to the kind of food we consume and be more aware of the threats of artificial flavourings, colourings and the use of chemical during farming to our health.
Labels: beilin
posted at 9:40 AM,
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