For the first time ever in Singapore and in collaboration with Alliance française de Kuala Lumpur, Alliance française de Singapour is devoting an exhibition to the work of Diana Lui. It will feature 27 portraits of women from Malaysia and Morocco, organised around her most recent series, Totem and The Essential Veil. This new exhibition revives the theme of identity and origins central to the artist’s work.
A master with the 8×10 inch view camera, Diana Lui develops projects over several years. Lui’s large format photographic portraits have been compared to August Sander’s portraits of the German people from the 20th century. Her works have been exhibited and collected by some of the most prestigious institutions in the world – Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Guangdong Museum of Art, Shanghai Art Museum, Fototeca de Monterrey in Mexico, Museo de Bellas Artes Caracas in Venezuela and Musée de la Photographie de Charleroi. She recently presented a series of striking portraits on women in traditional costume from Tunisia at the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Art Institute) in Paris.
Venue: SOCIETE GENERALE Gallery at Alliance française de Singapour
1 Sarkies Road, Level 2, Singapore 258130
When: 8 - 31 Oct 2015,
By: Alliance française de Singapour
