不/存在
Absent But Present
Duo exhibition
Luo Qing and Yeo Tze Yang
Art Seasons, Singapore
11 November - 30 December 2021
In Absent But Present, veteran contemporary artist Luo Qing and representational painter Yeo Tze Yang enter into a cross-generational dialogue exploring the fragile architecture of human relationships. Conceived entirely through digital video calls and remote messaging, the exhibition investigates the strange paradox of modern communication: a world hyper-connected by technology, yet deeply alienated by physical distance.
The exhibition contrasts the ephemeral, screen-mediated image with the ancient, enduring language of painting. While digital streams offer practical proximity, they often emphasize the lack of physical touch. Painting, by contrast, establishes an immediate, profound connection across temporal and geographic divides.
Approaching these concepts from their respective artistic directions, Luo and Yeo map the emotional terrain between desired intimacy and isolation. For Yeo, these canvases represent a poignant, deeply personal meditation on a close connection severed by recent global upheavals, using the heavy, enduring presence of paint to reclaim a space for memory, longing, and true presence.
