Maria Taniguchi's first Singapore museum show at SAM
Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is presenting Maria Taniguchi: Afterimage, the artist's first monographic museum exhibition in Singapore. The show's title refers to visual afterimages, and it explores themes of repetition, time, and labor central to Taniguchi's practice. The exhibition is anchored by her ongoing series of "brick paintings" (2008–present), large canvases filled with hand-drawn rectangular cells. Rather than engaging with modernist art history, the geometric brick pattern reflects the physical process of creation. Subtle color shifts across the surfaces document the time spent on each painting. The works are untitled and unnumbered, conceived as parts of a single continuous artwork.
Key facts
- Maria Taniguchi: Afterimage is the artist's first monographic museum exhibition in Singapore.
- The exhibition is held at Singapore Art Museum (SAM).
- The title refers to visual afterimages that linger in the viewer's field of vision.
- The exhibition highlights recurring concerns in Taniguchi's practice: repetition, time, and labor.
- The show is anchored by Taniguchi's 'brick paintings' (2008–ongoing).
- The brick paintings are large canvases made by individually filling hand-drawn rectangular cells.
- The geometric pattern reflects the embodied process of production, not a response to modernism.
- Subtle color shifts document the days, weeks, or months devoted to each painting.
- The brick paintings are untitled and unnumbered, understood as parts of a single artwork.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Taniguchi
Institutions
- Singapore Art Museum
Locations
- Singapore