IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - POSTERS

Acrylic on plywood, 61cm x 86cm x 2 pieces.


Posters for the movie "In the Mood for Love" directed by Wong Kar Wai. Love in the face of cultural entrapment is visually analogised as the movie's protagonists are woven inextricably into their background. Art direction-wise the most pertinent motif is, faithfully, the Shanghainese lady - beehive, cheongsam and lush oriental fabrics.

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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
reinterpreted movie poster
62 cm x 81 cm

// US$200 for a set of full-sized art prints, add US$20 for international shipping. Limited run of 50.

// US$25 for an A3 art print. Unlimited run.

All prints are finely giclée printed on textured archival paper.

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - STORYBOARD

Colour pencil on paper, 10cm x 8cm x 16 frames.


Delicate Chinese papercuts flutter into a title sequence for "In the Mood for Love" - a peony floats onto the floor and is picked up by a cheongsam-ed lady. Words introduce Maggie Cheung as a suited man tucks it into her hair - Tony Leong. The Chinese peony represents love and adoration (interestingly enough, it can also mean "shame").

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - 3D TYPE

Collage and acrylic on styrofoam, 42cm x 58cm.


A 3D typographic interpretation of the title "In the Mood for Love". Inspired by Chinese seals, which traditionally denote titles and identities, these letters were carved from a block to form an unique seal for the movie.

BANYAN TREE TVC

Colour pencil on paper, 15cm x 11cm x 8 frames.


A copy-based TVC for Banyan Tree resorts set to, soundtrack, "Sur le Fil" by Yann Tierson:

Imagine waking to the whisper of gentle waves. Amidst distant birdsongs, the quiet scent of flowers mingles with the morning. Nothing interrupts your repose in this beautifully peaceful room but breakfast in bed. Petals float playfully in the soothing bath and the masseuse will come at noon. You open the window to watch the sun rise over paradise.
Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts
We’ve mastered the art of tranquility.

LUST

Oil pastels and digital collage, 60cm x 20cm x 3 pieces.


Flowers within art often bear sexual connotations, inspiring these wallpapers for a love hotel based upon Lust. Phallic pistils, unfolding petal lips and an opening bud are engorged to hyper-suggestive proportions. Streams of liquid drip from each floral enclave, signifying sweat, saliva and semen ; "when the dew, which represents semen, falls, the flower opens."

SLUMBER

Pencil on cartridge paper, assorted sizes.


Found these sleeping in my A'level Art archives, back when I needed sleep so badly and yet there were prep studies to be drawn! These were for an outfit named "Peace" - I was doing fashion design/illustrations. Killer deadlines aside, one can't help but to think fondly back of school days..

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Pen on cartridge paper, 29.7cm x 21cm x 16 pages.
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Teaching guides
Oil pastel on catridge paper, Adobe Photoshop, 15cm x 21cm x 32 pages.
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Singapore Biennale has worked together with Little Art Bug Workshop to design an integrated programme to introduce children to Wonder, learning both art techniques and concepts inspired by the story of Alice in Wonderland and Singapore Biennale artists.


Illustrations were done in collaboration with the brilliant EESHAUN and lovely SHERYO.

REDISCOVERING SINGAPORE

Pen on cartridge paper, 29.7cm x 21cm x 16 pages.
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Teaching guides
Oil pastel on catridge paper, Adobe Photoshop, 15cm x 21cm x 32 pages.
©Little Art Bug Workshop


The new Art Pass Really syllabus (see the old one here) is themed around multi-cultural, cosmopolitan Singapore! Art Pass provides children with an art and drawing foundation through guided activity sheets. Handy teaching guides come with step-by-step instructions and summaries of each lesson - one of my first experiments with layouts and copy.

SNOWGLOBE PRINCESSES

Colour pencil on cartridge paper, 21cm x 29.7cm x 6 pieces.


Illustrations of the beautiful Disney Princesses from the golden days of multiplane animation, commissioned by AWORLDWITHIN for Valentine's Day.