Origami at National Gallery, Singapore
Every year HSBC hosts an exclusive by-invite Origins of Luxury event for their Jade by HSBC Premiere members. The event is close to the Chinese New Year (CNY). No wonder then the venue would also be as exclusive and esteemed. The prestigious Supreme Court wing of the National Gallery at Singapore served as the perfect backdrop of this exquisite experience.
I felt honored to have been invited to create an Origami art sculpture as a centerpiece for this event. Since it was a CNY event, I decided to pick the number “8” and the peony as themes for my sculpture. It took more than a 100 hours to make this 8 ft/ 2.4m tall sculpture but the end result made me happy.
I was part of a 3-person panel discussion in the august company of Nicholas Pegna, Asia director of Berry Brothers & Rudd and Lim Tian Wee, executive director of Gryphon Tea Company. We spoke about the concept of luxury.
The Qi Ensemble performed. It was mesmerizing!
Even though I have visited and displayed my work in various Asian countries, this was the first time I had visited Singapore. And it left quite an impression on me!
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The artist devised a blueprint utilising the mathematical Fibonacci sequence, which required over 100 hours for construction.
Standing at over two metres tall, this masterpiece was sculpted by internationally acclaimed artist Himanshu Agrawal.