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Summer Reads

 

Summer Reads
a group exhibition curated by Grace Hong

Exhibition Date: June 26 - August 1, 2025
Opening Reception with a public performance: June 26 (Thu), 6 - 8pm
Venue: Galerie Lelong
Address: 528 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001


Galerie Lelong, New York, is pleased to announce the upcoming group exhibition Summer Reads, featuring artists Etel Adnan, McArthur Binion, John Clang, Petah Coyne, Ficre Ghebreyesus, Sarah Grilo, Alfredo Jaar, Rosemary Laing, Lin Tianmiao, Yoko Ono, Jaume Plensa, Martha Rosler, Tariku Shiferaw, Nancy Spero, Michelle Stuart, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. Organized by Grace Hong, Assistant Director at Galerie Lelong, New York, the exhibition largely draws from the gallery’s international program and features activations from an ongoing performance series by John Clang. Summer Readsinvites visitors to ponder the act of reading in contemporary art, exploring the role of source materials across literature and how the legibility of material informs artmaking.

Summer Reads marks the New York debut of the ongoing performance series Reading by an Artist by Singapore-born, New York-based artist John Clang. Most recently presented at the Sharjah Biennial 16, Clang adopts the technique of zi wei dou shu (紫微斗数)—a philosophy dating back to imperial China to forecast life events based on birth timings—to create a metaphysical portrait of an individual sitter. Visitors are welcome to participate during the opening reception in which the artist will present readings of anonymous subjects, or to sign up for individual readings in the gallery, which will occur every Wednesday.

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Artist’s Proof: Singapore at 60

Artist’s Proof: Singapore at 60, a group exhibition curated by Kwok Kian Chow

Exhibition Date: July 13 - August 17, 2025
Presented by The Culture Story
Venue: Artspace @ Helutrans, 39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065
Artists: David Chan, Jon Chan, Lavender Chang, Cheo Chai-Hiang, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chng Seok Tin, Chow and Lin, Chua Mia Tee, Anthony Chua Say Hua, John Clang, Foo Kwee Horng, Foo Tee Jun, Kanchana Gupta, Han Sai Por, Sydney Harpley (United Kingdom), Hilmi Johandi, Ho Chee Lick, Hong Sek Chern, Hor Kwok Kin, Hua Chai Yong, Israfil Ridhwan, Rajesh P. Kargutkar (India), Khairulddin Wahab, Koh Cheng Jin, Koh Nguang How, Raymond Lau Poo Seng, Lee Wen, Leo Hee Tong, Sonny Liew, Lim Hwee Tiong, Kim Lim, Lim Soo Ngee, Lim Yew Kuan, Loi Cai Xiang, Loke Hong Seng, Nan Qi (China), Dawn Ng, Ng Joon Kiat, Milenko Prvački, Joel Seow, Siew Hock Meng, Darren Soh, Sujak Rahman, Tang Da Wu, Tay Boon Pin, Teng Nee Cheong, Tong Chin Sye, Suzann Victor, Wong Keen, Ming Wong, Shavonne Wong, Yang Zhongda, Yeo Tze Yang, Yong Mun Sen (Malaysia), Zhuang Shengtao, Zulkhairi Zulkiflee

Art Basel Hong Kong 2023

Art Basel Hong Kong 2023
Date: March 21 - 25, 2023
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Booth 3C09

Exhibitor: FOST Gallery
Participating artists: John Clang, Phi Phi Oanh, Donna Ong, Grace Tan, Yeo Tze Yang, Ian Woo

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Art SG 2023

Art SG 2023

Participating artists: Kray Chen, John Clang, Phi Phi Oanh, Donna Ong, Bernado Pacquing, Luis Antonio Santos, Wyn-Lyn Tan, Ian Woo, Yeo Tze Yang

Date: January 11 - 15, 2023

Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Booth BE06

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So this is what it feels like to be free

 

So this is what it feels like to be free
a solo exhibition curated by Kong Yen Lin

Exhibition Date: January 7 - March 4, 2023
Artist and Curator’s Talk: January 7 (Sat), 3 - 4pm
Opening: January 7 (Sat), 3 -7pm
Venue: FOST Gallery, Singapore


In conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2023, FOST Gallery is proud to present So this is what it feels like to be free, a solo exhibition premiering three new bodies of work by visual artist John Clang. The presentation marks a particularly introspective and productive phase in his artistic practice influenced by his recent foray into the realm of filmmaking.

Surveillance is the dominant nomenclature of our image-centric lives, ever since network culture has profoundly transformed ways we perceive and relate to the world. In this solo exhibition presenting three new bodies of work, visual artist John Clang addresses the complexities of personal privacy, self-knowledge and identity formation by surveying delicate interstices between the private, public and secret. Working at the crossroads of observation, intervention, and performance, he contemplates on how one's inner and outer subjectivities and realities are crystallised across diverse social and historical milieus. Adopting a constellation of methodologies spanning the esoteric to quotidian – from extrapolating the ubiquitous post-it stuck onto laptop web cameras for privacy to individual pursuits of freedom, to the practice of an ancient wisdom shedding light on one’s destiny – this showcase studies the permutations in which the self can be multiplied, reconstituted and deepened.

 
 
 

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