SEE SAW

The Straits Gallery, Singapore
1 – 4 September 2022

Just like how a seesaw is in a constant state of flux, the self is perpetually changing as it’s always influenced by our environment. Our identity morphs, adapts to, and fluctuates with our surroundings, taking little pieces of others and the energy from spaces into ourselves as we go along. As people, we are continuously evolving. This raises the question, how much of our original self is left if we constantly absorb information into our bodies? We experience tensions in life whenever we interact with the world, whether through another person or the environment, we are inhabiting. With each individual approaching the changes in their lives differently, SeeSaw is an exhibition where the artists confront, amend and cope with tensions and conflicts in their daily lives. ​The artists delve into the tension and conflict present in that question. Though their works differ in medium, a clear argument can be seen.

Rofi presents to the viewer symbolic relational dynamics between power and men within the world. Human figures, writhing with bold colours and brushstrokes, are used as metaphorical representations of the tensions between power and its causes. States of flux in his works capture further tensions present in our current global socio-political climate.