AHMAD ABU BAKAR made Untitled(Chair) in response to the rising consumerism of 1990s Singapore
where portable music players became popular and frequently seen
to be used by commuted on public transportation.The work was a
reconstruction of an earlier piece,since lost,which Bakar made in
1992 at The Space exhibition at Hong Bee Warehouse,organised by
The Artist Village.At this exhibition,participating artists created new
works utilising found object from the discussion during a sculpture
forum,and critic,itself symbolic of capital punishment in Singapore.
For the artist,it was the state of metal absorption amongst music
listeners that was od his primary interest in the making of the work
as the artist reflected on the relationship between meditation and
torture.
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