Contemporary art gallery Hatch Art Project presents The Families, Out of Law. The group exhibition showcases works by internationally acclaimed artists living and working in Singapore, Indonesia, the USA and Vietnam – namely Eduardo Enrique, Iqi Qoror, Leonard Suryajaya and Nguyen Quoc Dzung.
The four artists explore the diverse forms of families, including those who are unprotected and underprivileged by law due to differences. Various family types including refugee, LGBT+, and immigrant families, are often pushed out of medical, educational, housing and social benefit realms, rendered invisible in the very society we live together in, due to family regulations being confined to static frameworks of marriage and blood ties.
You'll be welcomed by the works of Vietnam-based artist Nguyen Quoc Dzung, who currently investigates the lives of migrant workers and other marginalised communities in Vietnam. He's inspired by his conversations with them, and his art touches on how rapid urbanisation and global integration affect the population's indifference and disregard towards these communities.
A beautiful contrast is the works of Eduardo Enrique, an artist based in Singapore. His artworks are used as a form of social commentary. His artistic praxis similarly calls attention to the nuances that pop culture can have on the human psyche. In The Families, Out of Law, the artist pays tribute to his youth in Venezuela – with works such as Dominant Hand and Like Mother, Like Son.
Leonard Suryajaya's colourful photographs test the boundaries of intimacy, community and family. The Chicago-based Indonesian artist makes use of photography, video, performance and installation to show how the everyday is layered with histories, meanings and potential. And last but not least, Indonesian artist Iqi Qoror captures all his memories about parents, siblings, friends in his paintings – which are colourful representations of his precious memories.
