A moody old ship-repairs workshop in Jalan Besar, once the domain of flinty workmen from Kwong Soon & Co Engineering Works, has been given a new lease of life with an art exhibition and other programmes till Jan 27.
The 20,000 sq ft site is home to Twenty Twenty – a pop-up arts destination by Singapore Arts Club, invited by new building owner Kheng Leong Company to use the space till it takes over the building in the middle of the year.
The club aims to be a platform for the visual arts community to gather.
Visitors stepping into the cavernous warehouse today will be confronted not by the sight of automobile and ship parts, but by art installations by about 10 artists.
