Untitled 2005 (Notes on Johannes Vermeer) (Detail)

Photograph of a detail of Roberto Chabet's installation, Untitled 2005 (Notes on Johannes Vermeer), showing an open leather trunk filled with mirrors, laid on a carpet. The trunk faces a neon sign that spells 'Vermeer.' These objects form part of a larger installation including four other neon signs - 'The room,' 'The window,' 'The letter,' and 'The map' - which are taken from recurring details found in Vermeer's paintings. 

Prior to this work, Chabet also completed a trilogy of works which pays homage to Dutch artists. In this work, Chabet deconstructs and reconfigures Vermeer’s world into a tableau that meditates on 'the act of looking and the complex and overlapping processes of interpretation and perception.' 

The work was first exhibited at Mag:net Gallery, Paseo, in 2005. This photograph shows the reconstructed version of the work in 'Roberto Chabet, Lee Aguinaldo and Fernando Zobel: Windows to Conversations,' a group exhibition by Roberto Chabet, Lee Aguinaldo, and Fernando Zobel at Ateneo Art Gallery from 6 October 2011 - 28 January 2012. 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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Untitled 2005 (Notes on Johannes Vermeer) (Detail)