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Cage of DeliveranceRajinder Singh

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Cage of DeliveranceRajinder Singh

20TH August - 30TH SEPTEMBER 2016

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Cage of Deliverance

Rajinder Singh is a man who is aware of his imminent and unavoidable death. While many may shun away from the idea of realising one’s own passing, Rajinder instead focuses on preparing himself physically, spiritually and mentally. In order to do so, he finds himself dwelling into his past life searching for fragments of unanswered questions, the gods, rituals and ceremonies that he once practiced. In hopes that he may find some uplifting of spiritual burden, Rajinder decides to return to his past life in Malaysia where he stumbles upon elaborate displays of human spirit triumphant over flesh. He then uses it to construct vast cages that signify the tranquility, the obliviousness, of coming to terms with the acceptance of death. Rajinder’s fascination with otherworldly subject matters comes from his background in Philosophy and Mathematics. Much like his previous exhibition with the gallery “...the ceiling floats away with a sigh..”, Rajinder based his works on the notion of spaces that distend from apertures and portals. Spaces such as the shrine, the temple, the prayer mat and etc. that are all located in the real world but are somehow connected to another distant and unknown realm.

Now, with his mind and body working together as one, Rajinder recalibrates himself as a final rite and preparation to move on into the afterlife. Haunted by a fragmentary, disintegrating body, Rajinder surrenders to the culturally authentic, to find unification in disunity or even to move beyond these paradigms to tranquility and peace.

Rajinder Singh (b.1964) was born in Ipoh, Perak and is now based in London. He has been in practice as a full time artist since 2003 when he had his first group exhibition Nascent: Beginning to be; curated by James Holdsworth in Singapore. Rajinder graduated with a PhD in Engineering & Mathematics in 1993 from Queen’s University Belfast, UK and a Master’s in Fine Arts from LASALLE, Singapore in 2010.

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ForgivenessOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

Cage of Deliverance

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DeliveranceOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

PurificationOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

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AtonementOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

RedemptionOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

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PenanceOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

ReparationOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

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RestitutionOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas240cm x 147.5cm2016

AcceptOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

FaithOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

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EmbraceOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

ReleaseOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

Three studies on everlastingOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

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Three studies on yearningOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

Three studies on anxietyOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

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FreeOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

CompleteOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

Three studies on longingOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

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TrustOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

BelieveOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas120cm x 120cm2016

Three studies on redemptionOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

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Three studies on painOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

Three studies on immortalityOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

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Three studies on eternityOil, powder and gold leaf on canvas60cm x 180cm (Triptych)2016

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Rajinder Singh b.1964

EDUCATION2010 Master’s Fine Arts (supervisor - Dr Ian Woo)- LASALLE, Singapore1993 PhD(Engineering&Mathematics)-QUB,UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2016 CageofDeliverance,Wei-LingContemporary,KualaLumpur,Malaysia2014 ‘…theceilingfloatsawaywithasigh..’;EssaybyRachelJenagaratnam;Wei-LingContemporary,KualaLumpur, Malaysia2013 Number-Trance-Face;CuratedbyIsabelAnchorena(paintings);IsabelAnchorenaGallery,BuenosAires, Argentina2012 FOLD;CuratedbyDrCharlesMerewether(installation);InstituteofContemporaryArts,Singapore M.O.L.C.;CuratedbyBenHampe(paintings);ChanHampeGallery@Raffles,Singapore2011 Ya-ad;CuratedbyJodyNeal(installation);InstituteofContemporaryArts,Singapore Ellaline;CuratedbyCharlotteG.(paintings);StephanieHoppenGallery,London Number-Trance-Face;CuratedbyMicheleB.(paintings);EssaybyDrKennethFernstein;BosciaArtGallery, Melbourne,Australia Assemblage-AmidcareerretrospectiveforartistRajinderSingh;CuratedbyNicolasOlivry(paintings); Nomu on Monu galleries, Singapore2010 Cause&Defect;CuratedbyJasdeepSandhu(paintings);EssaybyLawrenceChin;GajahGallery,Singapore Curio;CuratedbyPaulManem(paintings);EssaybyRachaelJenagaratnam;ChineseHouseGallery, PhnomPenh,Cambodia Curio;CuratedbyN.Olivry(paintings);HongKongExpoCentre,HongKong Curio;CuratedbyYusofMajid(paintings);EssaybyRachaelJenagaratnam;PACEGallery,KualaLumpur, Malaysia Curio;CuratedbyN.Olivry(paintings);FulletonHotelforParkerAsiaevent,Singapore TheTraumatisedBody;CuratedbyIanWoo(installation);Tri-Space,LASALLESchoolofArts,Singapore2008 Number-Trance-Face;CuratedbySavaadFelichpaintings);EssaybyDrKennethFernstein;YeringArtGallery, Melbourne,Australia Number-Trance-Face;CuratedbyYusofMajid(paintings);EssaybyDrIanWoo;PACEGallery,KualaLumpur, Malaysia Number-Trance-Face;CuratedbyN.Olivry(paintings);HongKongExpoCentre,HongKong Number-Trance-Face;CuratedbyJ.Manuel(paintings);EssaybyMilenkoPrvacki;O.FournierGalleries, Argentina2007 Faces;CuratedbyN.Olivry(paintings);TowerClubGalleries,Singapore Faces;CuratedbyN.Olivry(paintings);TheUniversalgallery,Singapore Faces;CuratedbyN.Olivry(paintings);DeTaillanGalleries,Bordeaux,France

source_code;CuratedbyYusofMajid(paintings);EssaybyDrCarmenNge;DarlingMuseArtGallery,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2006 Inthebecoming;CuratedbyJosephBenjamin(SketchesandDrawings);Tavolo@BoonTatStreet,Singapore2005 IcoMEfromovertHERE;CuratedbyS.Swank(paintings);EssaybyReneDaniels;PPHPublicArtSpace, Singapore IcanSMELLyourBADbreath;CuratedbyDavidClarke(illustrations);MerbauGallery,Singapore Anthro(paintings);AnthropologyGallery,Singapore Gridlocked;CuratedbyJamesHoldsworth(paintings);Block43ArtGallery,Singapore

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2016 ThePastIsNeverWhereYouThinkYouLeftIt,curatedbyGowriBalasegaran,Wei-LingContemporary,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2015 18@8Heirlooms,Wei-LingContemporary,KualaLumpur,Malaysia CommonGround;CuratedbySamanthaSegar(paintings);WithAhmadAbuBakar,AlvinOng,BelindaFox, Chankerk,DawnNg,EsmondLoh,EugeneSoh,GreenZeng,JasonLim,JSRajinder,KumariNahappan,Michael Lee,MikeHJChang,RubenPang,SafaruddinAbdulHamid(Dyn),andSookoonAng;ChanHampeGallery, Singapore2014 MuestraColectivadeVerano2014;CuratedbyIsabelA.(paintings);WithartistsD’Arienzo,Hoffmann,Cuttica, Cetner,Bianchedi,Ronsino,Vega,Vattuone,Durmuller,Monferran,Aitala,SanchezFantino,Genovesi;Isabel AnchorenaGallery,BuenosAires,Argentina2013 Spice;CuratedbyYusofMajid(paintings);PaceGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia2012 Timeless;CuratedbyLimWeiLing(paintings);WeiLingGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia PaceGalleryAnniversery2012;CuratedbyYusofMajid(paintings);PaceGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia LondonArtFair2012withStephanieHoppenGallery,London2011 18@8SavethePlanet;CuratedbyLimWeiLing(vinyltoyandpaintings);WeiLingGallery,KualaLumpur, Malaysia Interchange:TheTributeEdition;CuratedbyGillianNelson(installationandpaintings);WithPatrickStorey, LynnLu,AndyYangandRajinderSingh;ChanHampeGalleries,Singapore TheLasalleShow’11Exhibition;CuratedbyDrCharlesMerewether(installation);ICAGalleries,Singapore Spice(paintings);WithJailaniAbuHassan,IlhamFadzli,YusofMajid,ReginaNoakes,StephenMenon, AliNurazmal;CuratedbyYusofMajid;PaceGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia2010 4/12;CuratedbyIanwoo(installation);WithNatachaArena,MatthewBax,CuiLiang,IgorDelic,Isabelle Desjeux,LucindaLaw,StevenLim,EdithPodesta,RubinHashim,TimXieYingandZakiRazak;ICASGalleries, Singapore Trapolle;CuratedbyDaniellaBeltrani(installation);WithKenFeinstein,EzzamRahman,MattBaxandZakiRazak; CuratedbyD.Beltrani;ArtTrovegallery,Singapore Object;CuratedbyIanWoo(installation);PraxisSpace,LASALLESchoolofArts,Singapore2009 pacegallery:anniversary2009(paintings);WithAhmadZakiAnwar,JalianiAbuHassan,YusofMajid,IvanLam, RajinderSingh,NurazmalYusoff,HusinHourmain,SamsuddinLappo,SamsudinWahab,FaizSukor,Fauzin Mustafa,DaudRahim;CuratedbyYusofMajid;PACEGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia

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AliyaandFaroukKhanCollectionShow,IskandarMalaysia;ContemporaryArtShow2009(paintings);Curated byShushiShamsuddin;DangaCityMall,JohorBahru,Malaysia2008 ForceofNature(paintings);WithAhmadShukriMohamed,AhmadZakiiAnwar,AnnuarRashid,BayuUtomo Radiikin,ChoyChunWei,FaizSukor,FauzinMustaffa,HamidiHadi,IlhamFadhli,IvanLam,KhairinaKhairuddin, NurazmalMdYusoff,SamsuddinLappo,YusofMajidandZulkifleeZainolAbidin;CuratedbyYusofMajid;PACE Gallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia pacegallery:anniversary2008(paintings);WithJalianiAbuHassan,YusofMajid,AnnuarRashid,AhmadShukri Mohamed,UmibaizurahMahirIsmail,DaudRahim,ErnestoPujazon,HamirSoib,AwangDamitAhmad, FaizShukor,Fauzulyusri,HamidiHadi,HusinHourmain,IlhamFadhli,MasnoorRamly,MohdHafiz,YauBeeLing, ZuraimiDaud;CuratedbyYusofMajid;PACEGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia2007 pacegallery:theopening2007(paintings);WithAhmadZakiAnwar,JalainiAbuHassan,YusofMajid,Bayu UtomoRadjikin,IvanLam,AswadAmeir,AhmadShukriMohamed,UmibaizurahahirIsmail,DaudRahim, ErnestoPujazon,HamirSoib,NelsonDominquez,joelcouloigner;CuratedbyYusofMajid(paintings); PACEGallery,KualaLumpur,Malaysia Whatelseisthere?(paintings);WithanimatorChrisShaw;CuratedbyChristopherShaw;RoyalPlazaonScott, Art Space, Singapore2006 Symbiosis(paintings);WithartistsDonnaOngandChngNaiWee;CuratedbyChngNaiWee(paintings);Marina galleries, Singapore2005 RacialHarmony;CuratedbyJamesHoldsworth(paintings);BradellHeightsCCArtRoom,Singapore ChipBeeArtistBoheme;CuratedbyKetnaPatel(paintings);MichiGallery,Singapore2004 BatchNo3;CuratedbyJamesHoldsworth(paintings);Block43ArtGallery,Singapore VisionandIllusion-Reconstructionofacity;CuratedbyMichelleLim (installations);SingaporeArtFestival2004StJamesPowerStation,Singapore Malcolm`sChicken;CuratedbyJamesHoldsworth(paintings);Block43ArtGallery,Singapore2003 Nascent:Beginningtobe;CuratedbyJamesHoldsworth(paintings);Block43ArtGallery,SingaporeRESIDENCIES, FAIRS & AWARDS

2014 BolognaFiereSHContemporary,ShanghaiExhibitionCentre,China2013 2ndroundselectionfinalist,BPPortraitAward,NationalPortraitGallery,London2012 London Art Fair2011 FinalistinSummerOpenCall,3rdWard,NewYork2010 OneofthousandworldwideartistslistedontheAmsterdambasedbiannualcompendiumofartistThousand Living Painters2008 ThreelithographsonplateandstoneResidencyatIDEM(formerMourlotStudios),Paris,France2007 Energy20artistsofAsia,TTAwards,HongKong2006/09ArtistAmbassadorforCapannelleWine,Italy

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