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11/1/2011

Art Stage Singapore

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

On January 12th, 2011, Art Stage Singapore, Asia’s new premier international art fair, will open the world’s art season with its debut at the iconic Marina Bay Sands. The inaugural fair will feature a selection of 90 of the world’s leading and up-and-coming galleries in a showcase of the best and most exciting of Asian artistic creativity.

A Strong Asian Identity
Art Stage Singapore will be an annual show focused on and presenting the very best of the Asia Pacific as well as the region’s most interesting emerging artists. As a forward continuation of Fair Director Lorenzo Rudolf’s work across the globe (Director of Art Basel from 1991 to 2000, Inventor of Art Basel Miami Beach and Co-Founder of ShContemporary, Shanghai), Art Stage Singapore is set to be much more than a trade show for the art industry. Art Stage Singapore will be an international show with the right balance, with Asia Pacific galleries juxtaposed against carefully selected Western galleries that complement and not conflict. The fair aims to elevate Asia Pacific galleries to a level of international prominence, enabling them to become strong competitive players in the global market.

Mr. Rudolf explained: “What is most important is that the fair has a unique identity. It makes no sense to duplicate in Asia an Art Basel or Frieze, nor to bring a large delegation of Western galleries presenting big names and brands of mediocre quality, or galleries offering what they were not able to sell in the West. The most important factor of a good and interesting art fair is the quality of the presented works.”

Carefully selected to ensure utmost quality, the fair’s exhibitors will comprise a balance between established and young galleries and artists. Visitors can look forward to stunning masterpieces from established names while special projects by young and emerging artists will present opportunities for discovering future stars of the art world.

The Art World’s New Destination
Art Stage Singapore will bring together artists, collectors, dealers and art professionals from East and West to create exciting new opportunities for the Asia Pacific. The open art scenes in Europe and the United States function as an integrated community of artists, gallerists and collectors. Asia however, still remains fragmented with many individual and insular art scenes or markets – China, India, Korea, Japan, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Mr Rudolf commented: “These Asia Pacific markets have to be opened up and brought together – and Art Stage Singapore will be the place of their get- together. It will be the event that “match-makes” galleries, dealers, artists, collectors, art lovers and arts professionals.”

Together with Asian opinion leaders such as Peter Nagy (Nature Morte, India), Emily Chao (Eslite, Taiwan) and Tomio Koyama (Tomio Koyama Gallery, Japan) who actively cooperate with the fair organiser as part of its exhibitors committee, Art Stage Singapore, through a special collectors “matchmaking” programme and an exciting VIP schedule, will present a much-needed platform for exchange and interaction between industry professionals and art enthusiasts to forge a more cohesive and open art scene within the Asia Pacific art markets.

Singapore – The Ideal Destination
At the heart of the cultural and commercial crossroads between the East and the West, Singapore is the perfect meeting place. The city’s reputation as a premium lifestyle destination has grown with events like the FORMULA ONE night race and Asia Fashion Exchange and new developments such as the recently opened Marina Bay Sands. Often referred to as the “Switzerland of Asia”, Singapore is one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the private wealth management centre of Asia Pacific and possibly the world. It prides itself in having the second highest number of millionaires after Dubai and home of 7,000 multinational companies as well as Asia’s newest exclusive casino. The city is a leading luxury shopping paradise of Asia, boasting the region’s highest quality of life.

In addition, the explosion of contemporary art as a new form of investment, lifestyle and status symbol has had profound impact on Asia’s rise in prominence on the world stage. Well-positioned in terms of its strategic location, stability and infrastructure, Singapore is predestined to be a leading arts destination – and the Singapore government is investing greatly in key market infrastructure including new, upcoming museums such as The National Art Gallery, Singapore; Gillman Village, a new arts and creative businesses cluster which will be a hub for international galleries and arts businesses, and a must go destination in Asia for artists, art enthusiasts and collectors; Asia’s only and recently launched, state-of- the-art Singapore Freeport as well as on-going discussions with some of the top collectors of the world on establishing private museums in Singapore.

At the heart of these developments, Art Stage Singapore is regarded as a flagship private initiative which will catalyse the city’s transformation into a leading arts destination and has the backing of key Singapore government agencies driving the development of the city’s art industry – the Economic Development Board, the Singapore Tourism Board, the National Arts Council and the National Heritage Board. Mr Rudolf said: “Singapore has a clear vision to become a leading Asian hub for the global contemporary art scene and the goal in the next five years is to be the leading art fair in Asia and a key event on the world calendar.”

Fair Highlights
Art Stage Singapore’s philosophy is built on two key cornerstones: a focus on quality through stringent selection and the presentation of art in context. Looking beyond commercial trends and easy saleability, Art Stage Singapore supports innovative artistic positions by providing a strong platform for the most interesting emerging artists and young galleries of the Asia Pacific region. In addition, the fair will showcase art in a historical context by including the very best of Asian modern art presented by carefully handpicked specialists. It will also show art in an artistic context through special projects and curated presentations.

Project Stage
Featuring special projects by promising emerging Asia Pacific artists, Project Stage provides the rising art stars of tomorrow with an exclusive opportunity to engage with an international audience of curators, collectors and art critics. Over 20 projects have been specially created for the fair, presenting a unique opportunity for the discovery of new talents, particularly within the Asian art scenes.

Mr Rudolf remarked: “To support the development of the Asian market and to strengthen it, it is critical for the fair to be an international market platform that will especially promote and support the Southeast Asian art scenes which, limited by industry and market infrastructure, have few opportunities to present themselves to an international audience. They need to be able to compete with the international art scene and art market as that is the only way for them to become an international success.”

The fair therefore extends special support towards the most interesting and promising emerging artists from the region, without which they would have limited opportunities engaging with the international art scene due to a lack of experienced dealers and strong representation. Galleries and artists receive this support on the condition that they are capable of presenting highly competitive projects and strong quality works. An example of this is a specific platform which will showcase the best of Singapore contemporary art.

Educational Programmes
Special lectures for Asian contemporary art insiders, Western collectors and art lovers, wealthy potential buyers, and last but not least students and anyone interested to learn more about contemporary art.

Exciting Fringe Events
Off its fair grounds, Art Stage Singapore is working with a host of art industry partners on educational programmes and fringe events. The highlight of which shall be a highly anticipated large-scale museum exhibition of spectacular Asian contemporary masterpieces from Asia’s top private collections.

Organised by the Singapore Art Museum in co-operation with Art Stage Singapore and with the support of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, this first-ever collectors exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view a representative selection of stunning and significant works by some of Asia’s most famous and critically acclaimed contemporary artists including Ai Wei Wei (China), Fang Li Jun (China), Shilpa Gupta (India), Subodh Gupta (India), Liu Wei (China), I Nyoman Masriadi (Indonesia), Nam June Paik (Korea), Yoshitomo Nara (Japan), T.V. Santhosh (India), Shen Shaomin (China), Agus Suwage (Indonesia), L.N. Tallur (India) and Zeng Fanzhi (China).

This highly anticipated project is realised in active co-operation with leading collectors of Asian contemporary art including Monique Burger / Burger Collection (Hong Kong), Kim Chang-il (Korea), Deddy Kusuma (Indonesia), Sylvain Levy / dsl Foundation (France), Agnes Lin / Osage Art Foundation (Hong Kong), Judith Neilson / White Rabbit Collection (Australia), Dr. Oei Hong Djien (Indonesia), Lekha & Anupam Poddar / Devi Foundation (India), Qiao Zhibin (China), Jackson See (Singapore), Marcus Tan (Malaysia), Budi Tek (Indonesia) and Yang Bin (China).

Art Stage Singapore will open to the public from 13 to 16 January 2011. For more information, please visit the official website at www.artstagesingapore.com.

About Art Stage Singapore Art Stage Singapore, Asia’s new premier international art fair, will open the world’s art season with its debut at the iconic Marina Bay Sands. With Fair Director Lorenzo Rudolf (former Director Art Basel 1991-2000, Inventor Art Basel Miami Beach and Co-Founder of ShContemporary, Shanghai) at the helm, this unique platform is set to be the art world’s new destination and will bring together artists, collectors, dealers and art professionals from East and West to create exciting new opportunities for the Asia Pacific. Focused on quality through stringent selection, Art Stage Singapore will showcase the region’s most exciting galleries and upcoming artists in a display of the best of Asian creativity. An annual calendar event, Art Stage Singapore is set to become an outstanding milestone for the Asia Pacific and global art market, with its strategic base of Singapore as a luxury lifestyle destination and leading financial hub.

For more information, please contact: Eileen Chua, Anu Ramasamy
Account Director | Senior Account Manager |
Fulford Public Relations
DID: 6324 2416 | Mobile: 9048 3141
Email: echua@fulfordpr.com
Email: aramasamy@fulfordpr.com

Professional Preview (Invitation Only) Wednesday, 12th January – 3.00pm – 6.00pm
Vernissage (Invitation Only) Wednesday, 12th January – 6.00pm – 10.00pm

Marina Bay Sands
10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore
General Admission
Thursday, 13th January - 11.30am - 7.30pm
Friday, 14th January - 11.30am - 7.30pm
Saturday, 15th January - 11.30am - 7.30pm
Sunday, 16th January - 11.30am - 5pm
*Ticketing promotion: All day pass tickets will be given the $10 concession rate during the evening concession hours.

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