Gillman Barracks: A Unique Art Enclave


I've always wanted to check out what's brewing at Gillman Barracks after having read a few articles about the place and yesterday I was glad of the opportunity - an artist/painter relative is in town and where better to take her than the latest artist colony in the Red Dot!

Gillman Barracks is made up of a cluster of galleries spread all over the compound that cuts across Lock Road and Malan Road near Alexandra. As of yesterday, 13 of them have already opened, with a few more coming up early next year. We started our gallery trek with Block No. 5 which houses the Drawing Room and the Sundaram Tagore Gallery. 

Here's a sampler of the things I saw:

Framed Art at the Drawing Room 


Block No. 6 as seen from Block No. 5

Hiroshi Senju's Waterfall at Tagore. Natural Pigments on Japanese Mulberry Paper
Still at Tagore


Block 5 as seen from Block 6
 Across the block from Tagore is a modernist gallery (Miucciaccia) which consists mainly of blown vinyl 3D art, with a handful of paintings by famous artists (Picasso, Chagall, Miro) thrown in. Having seen the Joan Miro museum in Barcelona, I would say that the Miro hanging on Block 6's wall is not a good representation of the artist's body of work. But still I applaud the effort of the owner to bring a sampler from across continents.
Miro
Jing Kewen, Cloudless. Oil on Canvas. The exhibit just opened at Yellow River Arts Centre - Block 7

Path in the Woods - Zhao Xuebing - along Block 47

Inside one of the galleries at Block 47

Yayoi Kusama 'Love Forever' at OTA Fine Arts

The Water Project at Future Perfect
Somewhere in Block 47

A moody Geraldine Javier in one of the Blk 47 galleries


Over at Block 09, Michael Janssen will officially open in 2013


Installation at Michael Janssen

Block 09 in the afternoon
Block 09 at dusk

The only restaurant/bar in the area...good thing their quattro formaggi pizza meets my daughter's strict palate requirement
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