The artist, Rajinder Singh

The exhibition starts on 9th July 2014 and continues until 4th August 2014

This will be the first solo exhibition by Rajinder Singh, the London-based Malaysian artist with the gallery and his first show in Malaysia since 2010. In a series of 11 black monochrome paintings, Ipoh-born Singh, re-contextualises his research questions about space, material and knowledge.

The paintings are directly influenced by the artist’s studio research and abstract sculptures and installations shown at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in Singapore between the years 2009 to 2012.
The monochromes are constructed using layers of sculpted acrylic paint on large pieces of acetate applied using an elaborate and a highly involved process used in painting automobile plastics.
Rajinder Singh’s current work is based on the notion of perceived spaces that distend from apertures and portals, such as the shrine, the prayer mat, the temple, located in real…