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by Larry Loh, Singapore Editor
5 November, 2009



   
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Gallery: Giant veggies and granite monsters invade Singapore's Botanic Gardens

Gardens sprout some unusual creations as part of its 150th anniversary
 
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Kumari Nahappan’s mouth watering giant chilli sculpture.

It's the 150th big one for Singapore's Botanic Gardens and it's marking the milestone by partnering with the Korea Festival 2009 to spruce up the gardens with nature offerings of a different kind -- a combined arts exhibition called "Nature Borne."

Ten visual artists from Singapore and South Korea will display their works in the eight-week exhibition, including "Conversation From Nature," a 2.1-ton granite sculpture by Choi Ki-Seog which was flown in from South Korea. Some of the highlights include sculptor Kumari Nahappan’s iconic giant chillis and Korean artist Lee Jae Hyo’s wooden 'trees.'

It's not all flowers and pretty shapes for the sculptures, like the two-dimensional piece called "Mind Map" by Singapore artist Michael Lee. "There is this immediate connection between my Mind Map and the library, which is the center of information, the center of discovery, of research. My Mind Map doesn't contain everything possible that you can think about in terms of human, plants animal-relationship," he said to Channel NewsAsia.

According to the organizers and curators, the artworks are "varied in medium and form, but each have been specifically sited to create a harmonious landscape, sitting within the award-winning gardens as though born there."

getting there

Singapore Botanic Gardens
1 Cluny Rd, Singapore
November 3, 2009 to December 27, 2009
5am – 12 midnight daily
Admission is free
www.natureborne.com




   
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