National Gallery Singapore - Gallery Benefit | Past. Future. Present

Released Jan 15, 2022

Artworks and experiences are sold to benefit National Gallery Singapore’s vision of fostering and inspiring a thoughtful, creative and inclusive society. Part of the proceeds raised during the benefit auction will be channelled to the participating artists to support their community.

Estimates for this auction are in United States (US) dollars.
Bidding will be in US dollars.

Artist & Artworks

Eugene Soh
-Eugene Soh a.k.a. DUDE is a tech artist.
-He is the founder of Dude Studios (dude.sg), a creative tech studio focusing on Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality
-He also runs Mind Palace (mindpalacevr.org), a social enterprise that uses VR to help dementia patients and nursing home residents revisit fond places and explore the world from the comfort and safety of their chairs, keeping their minds active and slowing the effects of dementia.

Zul Mahmod
Renowned artist Zul Mahmod is a visionary sound artist that likes to push the boundaries and explore new ways in presenting sound art. His practice ranges from sound sculpture to live sound performance, and his work has brought him across the globe. As a trained sculptor, he adopts a multi-disciplinary approach towards his sound installation, often uses various objects to further enhance the visual arts audio experience. Zul Mahmod’s work brings the special auditory character to audience’s attention, making the visual experience more enlivening. He presented his full-on sound installation at the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007, being Singapore’s first sound artist to represent in the Singapore Pavilion. In 2017, Zul Mahmod received a special honorary award, Soichiro Fukutake Prize by Benesse Holdings Inc., a special award created for his work, SONICreflection. The work, has since been acquired by Fukutake Foundation.

Wyn-Lyn
Wyn-Lyn Tan's artistic practice is grounded in painting, and is driven by a visual language shaped through rhythm and intuition. Her paintings often build on the notion of 'absence as presence,' where the act of erasure leads to traces and residues that make visible the absent. She is also interested in the nature of spaces, both metaphysical and physical, and their evocative power. In recent years, her explorations of form, space, light and perception have led to works that question the dichotomy between the two- and three-dimensional.
Trained in traditional Chinese ink painting and Western painting, her work has developed a contemporary visual vocabulary that often straddles between East and West.
Represented in Singapore, New York, and have exhibited internationally, including Art Basel.

Tan Chuan-Jin
Tan Chuan-Jin is the 10th Speaker of Parliament of Singapore and a Member of Parliament. Over the years he has been supporting various charities in fundraising through the sales of his photographic work. He has served as the Minister for Social and Family Development and Minister for Manpower. At present, he is the President of the Singapore National Olympic Council and also contributes as Advisor to the National Council of Social Services. Mr Tan’s interest in photography dates back from his early years in the Singapore Armed Forces. Often training outdoors, he found himself drawn to nature around him and wanted to capture the images of what he had seen. Over the years, photography became a hobby that Mr Tan holds close to his heart, not just because he finds it therapeutic, but also because it has taught him to view life from different angles and to see the beauty in everything. Mr Tan hopes to use this hobby to positively impact the communities around him.