Ong Si Hui
Boats against the current
Marble
ABOUT THE WORK
Borrowing the closing sentence of The Great Gatsby — 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past'; this series of work was conceptualised to reflect upon a condition of limitations.
Small broken pieces of stones were shaped to become restless orbs, and the 21 fragmented negative spaces linked up to read 'Boats against the current'.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ong Si Hui (b. 1993) is a visual artist based in Singapore. Working extensively in stones, she explores the spirit of the medium through slow and meticulous hand carving processes. The geometric forms and text-oriented works are often manifestations of her stream of consciousness.