Courtesy of Artist and T h e Culture Story

Exhibition

The Second Sex

The Culture Story

14 December 2024 to 30 April 2025

The exhibition opens to the public daily during SAW 2025, from 17 - 26 Jan 2025, 11AM – 5PM, except for Sundays. All other visits are by-appointment only.

Free admission

Wheelchair accessibility

Synopsis

“The Second Sex” is inspired by de Beauvoir's classic book and will feature over 20 artworks by 21 international female artists. These works were collected over the years by Mr. Chong Huai Seng and Ms Ning Chong, the co-founders of The Culture Story. In recent art discourse, feminism has taken on a new voice and women power has reasserted itself in our zeitgeist, from politics (Angela Merkel, Kamala Harris) to music (Taylor Swift, BlackPink) to the arts (Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama). Museums all over the world are now collecting female artists as they try to fill the gaps in their collection and exhibition programmes. In contemporary art especially, women artists have found favour with younger collectors, especially millennial female collectors. Women artists are no longer viewed any differently from their male counterparts, there is greater equality in the art ecosystem than before. We hope this exhibition will encourage further conversations about female representation in art.

Participating artists/curators:

Chong Huai Seng, Curator, Founder and Collector, The Culture Story

Mak2, Artist, Hong Kong
Angela Yuen, Artist, Hong Kong
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, Artist, Indonesia
Nana Tedja, Artist, Indonesia
Nagai Tomoko, Artist, Japan
Lee Bul, Artist, Korea
Kim Yun Shin, Artist, Korea
Umibaizurah Mahir Ismail, Artist, Malaysia
Yee I-Lann, Artist, Malaysia
Rose Cameron, Artist, Philippines/USA
Chen Yanyun, Artist, Singapore
Han Sai Por, Artist, Singapore
Jane Lee, Artist, Singapore

 

Public programmes:

14 December 2024 - 30 May 2025

The exhibition opens to the public daily during SAW 2025, from 17 - 26 Jan 2025, 11AM – 5PM, except for Sundays. All other visits are by-appointment only.

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