Dutch Painting (Exhibition View)

Photograph of Roberto Chabet's Dutch Painting. The work is part of Chabet's solo exhibition, 'Dutch and Other Paintings,' at West Gallery in 1989. It was the beginning of a trilogy of works that paid homage to Dutch masters. The plaster cast of a bone is made by Chabet's former student, sculptor Agnes Arellano.

This photograph shows the reconstructed version of the work from the exhibition, 'To Be Continued,' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore - La Salle College of the Arts from 13 January - 11 February 2011.

'To Be Continued' is a landmark survey exhibition of Chabet’s plywood works from 1984 to the present. In these works, he utilises his signature material – store-bought plywood boards. It is a material which has 'become not only the surface and support of his paintings and installations, but to a large extent its subject matter and content.'

The exhibition gathers for the first time significant works, including the seminal 1980s trilogy Russian Paintings, House Paintings, and Cargo and Decoy. Highlighting process and the provisional aspect of the material, it is reflective of Chabet’s practice, which gives precedence to the fugitive and contingent nature of art.

The work was also included in the same exhibition at Osage Kwun Tong in Hong Kong from 12 August - 21 September 2011, and in the group exhibition, 'Windows to Conversations,' at Ateneo Art Gallery from 6 October 2011 to 28 January 2012.

The exhibitions are part of 'Roberto Chabet: Fifty Years,' a year-long series of exhibitions organised by King Kong Art Projects Unlimited in various venues in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Manila from 2011 - 2012.

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Dutch Painting (Exhibition View)