Pictures in Ordinary Times

Photograph of one of the two paintings in Roberto Chabet's Pictures in Ordinary Times, a two-part work that was first exhibited at Finale Art File, Sunvar Plaza, in 1992. The title refers to 'ordinary times,' which in liturgical terms connotes the period after the 'strong seasons.'

One painting (shown in this photo) is composed of a found makeshift basketball hoop made out of tree trunk and a wooden board. It is attached onto the centre of black plywood panels and crowned with a red neon hoop.

This photograph shows the reconstructed version of the work from the exhibition, 'To Be Continued,' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore - La Salle College of the Arts from 13 January - 11 February 2011. The work was also included in the same exhibition at Osage Kwun Tong in Hong Kong from 12 August - 21 September 2011 and at the Cultural Center of the Philippines from 19 January - 31 March 2012.

'To Be Continued' is a landmark survey exhibition of Chabet’s plywood works from 1984 to the present. In these works, he utilises his signature material – store-bought plywood boards. It is a material which has 'become not only the surface and support of his paintings and installations, but to a large extent its subject matter and content.'

The exhibition gathers for the first time significant works, including the seminal 1980s trilogy Russian Paintings, House Paintings, and Cargo and Decoy. Highlighting process and the provisional aspect of the material, it is reflective of Chabet’s practice, which gives precedence to the fugitive and contingent nature of art.

The exhibition is part of 'Roberto Chabet: Fifty Years,' a year-long series of exhibitions organised by King Kong Art Projects Unlimited in various venues in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Manila from 2011 - 2012.

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1992

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Philippines

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Plywood, tree trunk, acrylic, wooden board, metal brackets, neon

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304.8cm x 365.76cm x 60.96cm

Content type

artwork documentation

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Pictures in Ordinary Times