Sai Pi's arty afternoon

Every Sunday, Sai Pi and I have time to kill in the afternoon while Tai Pi and Pumpkin are at taekwondo class.  Fortunately the taekwondo school is located close to the National Library, museums and shopping malls so looking for a place to hang out is never a problem.

Our choice for today were a couple of art venues.  First a visit to Sculpture Square where there was a little outdoor bazaar going on which didn't interest us very much.  Indoor there was a sculptural installation called "Let the Rivers Clap Their Hands" by Sunsook Roh.  The artwork was a depiction of the movement of water.  When I told Sai Pi the title of the artwork, she walked about to view the various parts of the installation and gave me her commentary on the piece - "This is a seashell.  This is a wave.  This is the beach and this part is the water because it is wavy."

Seashell according to Sai Pi

Waves of water

After that we made our way to the Singapore Art Museum where there was an exhibition of Korean contemporary art.  Sai Pi's favourite art piece at the exhibition was "Floor" by Suh Do Ho.  At first look, I thought the installation was made up of lots of little pieces of crooked sticks but those "sticks" were actually little figurines holding up the glass panels so that when you view the artwork from the top, you see lots of little palms pushing against the glass.  Intriguing.

Sai Pi's favourite exhibit - "Floor" by Suh Do Ho

Another one that caught Sai Pi's fancy - Yim Tae Kyu's "Fly Away Home"

There was one art piece that we had fun with.  It was a huge installation measuring perhaps 5 metres high and 3 metres wide.  It comprised individual square tiles about 6x6cm many with objects stuck onto to them; random objects such as a rubber duck, a calculator, a stapler, a Spiderman figurine, etc.  I'm not sure what message the artist meant to convey and I forgot to take note of the name of the installation but it was just perfect for playing I Spy which was exactly what we did, what fun!

I spy a toy stove (just above Sai Pi's neck)

As we were making our way out, I snapped this photo of Sai Pi, capturing the lovely tiled floor of the museum.  I think the boys who studied at St Joseph's Institution when it occupied this building were really lucky to have had such a cultured environment for a school, so different from the characterless school buildings we have these days.

Hmmm, might look nice in my kitchen