玩泥成印 / Emerging from Play: Clay Seals
Date: 9 May 2026
Time: 2 - 3pm
Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre. Recital Studio, Level 6
Fees: Free
Max capacity: 105 pax
讲座内容
中国水墨艺术传统包含四种艺术形式：诗书画印、融会贯通。其一，印章，在不同时代的变迁中，涌现了多姿多彩的风貌。从取材、时代风格，和名家们的个别艺术特征都可各自成立单一的讨论议题。该讲座请来两位本地陶印人，胡财和与蔡春喜，为我们细说为何他们选择陶印这种创作形式。讲座涵盖陶印的基本概念与制作方式、探讨在本地条件下选择陶印的原因、和说明陶印在当代创作中的延展性与可能性。两位印人也会分享他们的艺术创作过程和心得。
主讲人
1）胡财和 - 1 9 6 0 年生于新加坡，1 9 8 2 年毕业自南洋美专。2013 – 2021 担任啸涛篆刻书画会副主席。由于生性好奇，爱尝试各种媒介，所以多年来游走于视觉艺术的各各领域，无论平面或立体，东方或西方，大如数十米画作，小若方寸印章，都为创作手段。近年来更至力於陶印的创作，试着把雕塑、陶瓷、篆刻，接合为一种更能传达他创作理念的艺术形式。他积极参与国内外展出。作品受不同领域青睐与收藏，包括新加坡博物馆和新加坡总统府。
2） 蔡春喜 - 1960 年生于新加坡， 1980年毕业自南洋美术专。而后从事艺术创作及教学至今, 专注于版画及陶瓷的创作。近年她尝试把陶艺与篆刻结合，成立独特的创作风貌。她办过个展及多个联展, 作品也曾在国外参与展出及被多个机构, 如法拉酒店收藏。
About the talk
Traditional Chinese ink art consists of four major genres, namely poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal-carving. These four Chinese artforms transverse and cross-fertilise to enrich the Chinese culture across centuries. Among them, Chinese seal-carving presents itself as a topic of discussion with many possibilities. Be it on material, historical movements and influences, or individual artistic styles, they all avail as separate entities of potential artistic discourse.
This talk will focus on ceramic seal and shall presents two prolific ceramic seal-carvers in Singapore, artists Oh Chai Hoo and Chua Chon Hee. It will discuss the reason of their choice of this material; their artistic conceptualization and methods/techniques of creation; as well as the potential of this artform in our today’s context. Along the way, they shall share their clay seal creations and artistic journeys.
About the speaker
Oh Chai Hoo (b1960), graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. A member of Siaw Tao Seal-carving, Calligraphy and Painting Society, Chai Hoo was also its vice-chairperson from 2013 – 2021. He is well-versed in various genres and mediums in visual arts, transversing freely between both Western and Asian art forms. In recent years, he ventured into ceramic seals, combining 3D sculpture, ceramic art and Chinese seal-carving. This artistic fusion provides a platform for him to materialize his concepts more readily. His artworks are exhibited both in Singapore and internationally; they are in both private and institutional collections, including the National Museum of Singapore and the Istana.
Chua Chon Hee (b1960) graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1980. Both an art educator as well as an art practitioner, Chon Hee focuses on print-making and ceramic art. Of late, she combines her skills in ceramic art with Chinese seal-carving to create unique ceramic seal pieces. She participates actively in various solo and group shows, both locally and overseas. Her works are collected by various organisation, including One Farrer Hotel.
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