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2018
Acrylic on canvas with collaged newsprint paper
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Dimensions: 46cm (H) x 61cm (W) x 4cm (D) / 18.1" (H) x 24" (W) x 1.6" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings.
Artist Statement
Koon Seng road is one of the few by-lanes of Singapore where you can visualise what old Singapore looked like. These Peranakan style homes and shophouses are an escape into the past in modern day Singapore. In this artwork, collaged newsprint with shophouses as the background, the old tri rickshaw rider, the pedestrian and the young girl on her bike, form different layers almost placed one on top of the other forming a whole, though, if placed separately would represent a different decade from the other.
Artist Zoya Chaudhary has been interested in the visual documentation and celebration of the local character and flavour of places. There is a realization that this character is quickly being lost. Modernisation tends to erode these wonderful flavours as global media sells templatized lifestlye dreams to people around the world.
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Artist Profile
Born: 1982
Hometown: Mumbai
Based in: Singapore
Zoya Chaudhary is an artist born in India and a resident of Singapore since 2011. She works across mediums including installation, video, cut-out collage & painting. Chaudhary’s art practice is focused on exploring ideas of subjectivity, perception & memory. Her works begin with the personal, and then build to consider ways the personal interacts with larger public narrative.
Zoya has worked as a visual artist, designer and illustrator in India and Singapore since 2005.She has also designed and performed for several theatre productions in India. She has been exhibiting her art in exhibitions and art fairs in Singapore and abroad. Her works are part of several private collections worldwide.
Education
2020-2021 • Master of Arts Fine Arts (MAFA)
LASALLE College of the Arts / Goldsmiths University of London, Singapore
2000-2005 • Diploma in Applied Arts
Sophia Shree Basant Kumar Somani Memorial Poltechnic, Mumbai, India
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