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Donna Ong
Born 1978, Singapore. Lives and works in Singapore.
Selected solo exhibitions
2004
Palace of Dreams, The Arts House at the Old Parliament, Singapore.
Selected group exhibitions
2006
Singapore Biennale.
2005
Singapore Art Show.
2002
Sefton Open, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, UK.
Job-Seekers’ Alliance, St. Saviours Church, London.
Goldsmiths Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London.
1999
The Show, New Cross, Deptford, London.
About Play, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore.
Each work begins from a dream – a simple desire, a wish. Based on ficticious characters, everyday objects are removed from
their normal contexts and functions in an atttempt to physically realise a unfulfilled childhood fantasy or dream. The desk being a
common place from which dreams are first imagined and take flight, is used as the starting point of the transformation. However,
these works are undertaken in the knowledge that this is a furtile attempt to recapture a dream one had as an child ? a wish of
flight ;a refuge within a crystal cave... The enormous amount of effort expended in the pursuit of these seemingly unachievable
goals is poignant specifically because it symbolises a childlike optimism and hope that despite «unsurpassable» odds, illustrate
the faith the aforementioned characters have in their dreams eventually taking flight.
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Donna Ong (Singapore)
Secret, interiors: chrysalis (20)
Secret, interiors: chrysalis (21)
2006. Mixed media
Loaned by the artist
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