Evening, Once More
Solo exhibition
in collaboration with SEED The Art Space
The Substation, Singapore
25 June - 12 July 2021
In his fourth solo exhibition, Evening, Once More, representational painter Yeo Tze Yang explores the psychological and atmospheric landscape of Singapore during the "blue hour", the transient window between 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM. Moving past the stylized, neon-drenched nightscapes of cinema, Yeo documents his own lived experience of the evening: the quiet, lethargic, and unglamorous commute of the ordinary worker returning home from Singapore's industrial districts of Macpherson and Tai Seng.
The title Evening, Once More captures both a daily ritual of rest and a quiet lament for the relentless passage of time. To articulate the liminal vulnerability of this hour, Yeo introduces a radical material intervention, juxtaposing his signature, richly layered oil paintings with industrial LED signboards. This formal dialogue sets the labor and tactile warmth of the painted canvas against the cold, algorithmic glow of contemporary urban infrastructure.
Rooted in an autobiographical lower-middle-class perspective and inspired by the dignified social realism of Van Gogh’s early works, the exhibition serves as a monument to the city’s "nobodies." By rendering familiar sights—bus stops, HDB corridors, coffee shops, and bypasses—with immense painterly gravity, Evening, Once More transforms the mundane commute into a shared, contemplative archive of human resilience and quiet endurance.
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