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Wei Leng Tay
One full frame 135mm colour reversal film slide. “National Parks Board Of W.A.” and “18 The Shawl” printed on one side, and “KODACHROME DUPLICATE” and ‘“MADE BY Kodak” on the other, of a heat-sealed cardboard slide mount. In a yellow plastic slide box. //, 2022Archival pigment prints.
10 variable sizesEdition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofsCopyright The ArtistFurther images
'This is part of a larger constellation of works that begin with boxes of family slides that were recovered in 2019. In a box together with photographic slides of family..."This is part of a larger constellation of works that begin with boxes of family slides that were recovered in 2019. In a box together with photographic slides of family photographs made between the late 1960s-1970s, there are several slides from tourist sites visited. The referent image of this work is one such slide from an Australian park. Rendered with an electronic microscope, the resultant image compresses layers of time, geography, and atmosphere.The work thus pictures layers of organic material accumulated on the slide over time, and the original represented image in the photograph. The image is further fragmented into 10 prints, creating parcels of readings of materiality, translocation and history." - Wei Leng TayMostre
Thinking About Abstraction Part 1, curated by Dr Charles Merewether, 18 August – Sunday, 1 October 2023, 39+ Art Space, Singapore
View From This Side, 17 September - 23 October 2022, Yeo Workshop, Singapore1di 3
