28 May - 26 June 2022
LHLLL
Curated by Tan Siuli
Presented by Mizuma Gallery
22 Lock Road #01-34 Gillman Barracks
Singapore 108939
LHLLL brings into conversation the work of two artists, Luke Heng and Liu Liling. In their practices, both artists explore the possibilities of their respective mediums (painting and the photographic image) through processes that interrogate the formal and ontological limits of a constituent element. At the same time, their works question the boundaries and conventions of their respective mediums, oscillating between the two and three-dimensional.
Exhibition Essay and Interview by Tan Siuli
(From Left to right): Twilight, 2022. Ebony II, 2022. Warm Mass, 2021. Lime Gray III, 2022.
Conceived as a conversation in space, the exhibition eschews a title that may otherwise impose a definitive reading; instead, it takes its name from the initials of the artists, which visually, suggest both the structural support and parameters of the frame that conventionally defines painting and photography.
Here, the upper right half of the frame which would otherwise enclose the ‘grid’ is left open, suggesting an open-ended exploration.
(Front) Periwinkle, 2022, Inkjet print on PVC, lightbox, 19 x 118 x 5 cm. (Back) Ocean Air, 2022, Inkjet print on sticker, lightbox, 10 x 120 x 10 cm.
Exhibition view of 'LHLLL' at Mizuma Gallery Singapore, 2022.
Photography by Wong Jing Wei, courtesy of Mizuma Gallery.