Jan 12 – Feb 24, 2019

Lucy Liu and Shubigi Rao: Unhomed Belongings is co-organised by The Ryan Foundation and the National Museum of Singapore. Unhomed Belongings presents artworks by two creative minds, Lucy Liu (United States) and Shubigi Rao (Singapore), with striking overlaps in perspective and subject matter. The discourse unveiled similar themes as the artists slowly developed into “visual penfriends” through an exploration of their respective practices. Incidental or not, Liu and Rao share an interest in examining and dissecting cultures, histories, identities and relationships. Both are also drawn to the repurposing of found objects in their art, as these objets trouvésbecome the conduit where the artists express shared sensibilities through divergent voices, creating new narratives.

The artistic dialogue between these two kindred spirits will be documented for the first time at the National Museum of Singapore, with the exhibition housed in the Stamford Gallery, the museum’s oldest and most historically rich space. Unhomed Belongings is curated by Angelita Teo, Director of the National Museum, and assisted by Iman Ismail, curator, National Museum of Singapore, and Daniel Chen, independent curator.