Figuring a Scene | Curator Tour: Patrick Flores
Sat 2 Nov 24 | 11am | Dalam Southeast Asia, Level 3, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery
*This programme is free for exhibition ticket holders. You will be directed to purchase an admission ticket to "Figuring a Scene". **For Gallery Insiders, please email curatorialprogrammes@nationalgallery.sg to directly sign up for the tour.
Figuring a Scene traces the process of form-making within particular contexts, such as history, society, faith and identity. In doing so, it raises questions around making and making sense, and how emotions, imagination and sensory experiences take centre stage in our understanding of art, redefining how we make sense of the world around us.
Join this tour led by exhibition curator Patrick Flores as he elaborates on the curatorial approach that strays from conventional art historical narrative. Instead, it presents episodes featuring natural elements or substances such as shadow, fruit, fire, air, wax and city, focusing on instances where these elements morph into social forms that can be intuited and grasped.
About the Curator
Patrick Flores is Deputy Director (Curatorial & Research) at National Gallery Singapore. He is concurrently Professor of Art History and Criticism at the Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, which he chaired from 1997 to 2003. He was the curator of the Jorge B. Vargas Museum. He curated the Philippine Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 and was curator of the exhibition “Impossible Dreams”, an event by Taiwan at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022.
This tour is free for exhibition ticket holders. Please ensure you have a valid admission ticket to "Figuring a Scene" before attending the tour.The meeting for the tour is at Dalam Southeast Asia, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, Level 3, National Gallery Singapore Each person is allowed to register for 1 place only. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the programme. Latecomers may be denied entry as spaces could be reallocated at the discretion of the organiser. If you are unable to attend the event or have any access needs, do email curatorialprogrammes@nationalgallery.sg. By attending this programme, you consent to being video-recorded or photographed by the Gallery and its appointed photographers and to having such recordings/photographs used by the Gallery for marketing, publicity or promotional purposes. Programme details may change depending on the latest COVID-19 safety measures.
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