艺术空间

The path of enlightenment, Zen masters have always called the “pathless path” because it does not appear to be a path at all.

It cannot appear as a path, but just for the purpose of communication we will arbitrarily call it “the second path”.

The second path is not instantaneously; it happens in the present. You cannot desire it; you cannot be ambitious for it. It is said that the path of enlightenment is like a bird flying in the sky: it leaves no footprints behind it. Every bird will have to make its own footprints, but they disappear immediately as the bird flies. ~Osho

Artwork Title: Path

Archival Giclée  Fine Art Print

74.8 cm x 57 cm

Tan Haur solo exhibition ” In” Beijing open on 13th August ~ 21st August 2010.

A Digital Photography, Installation Art and Drawings Exhibition, curated and organised by Mui.

Venue:

SOCIETE GENERALE Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour.

1, Sarkies Road. Singapore, 258130

All photography prints during exhibition are for sale.
10% of the sale proceed will be donated to Little Sisters Fund.

Note: The Little Sisters Fund will foster a sustainable educational environment for Nepalese females by addressing the root causes of low female literacy in Nepal and will positively affect in-country perception of females and their role in society.

There’s such a sociological term “cocooning” to describe one of our current major living trend and lifestyle in the modern society. And it has been a while that I’ve made visual comparison between man made structures with little birds flying freely in the sky.

You may sense the different vibration from the two complete different worlds, as to say, with such a great contrast in their visual statement, it makes sense for us to ask these questions: -

Beside surrounded by walls, are there any other barriers that we have created in our own life?

With more walls building up, are we getting lesser time to interact with others or the nature?

Physical walls could be well avoided, how about the invisible walls in our own thoughts?

I would suggest to take a break at the sidewalk Café, sipping a cup of house
brewed coffee and watches the pigeons catching fun and turning to our table for food. Just a moment to be with yourself, not doing anything but simply observe life going on around us, and searching for what we really want to be.

Deep inside you, enjoy this peaceful moment of “now”.

Title: On the wing

Archival Giclée  Fine Art Print

70cm x 50 cm

Tan Haur solo exhibition ” In” Beijing on 13th August ~ 21st August 2010.

A Digital Photography, Installation Art and Drawings Exhibition, curated and organised by Loh Kit Mui.

Venue:

SOCIETE GENERALE Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour.

1, Sarkies Road. Singapore, 258130.

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An art journal by Tan Haur: -

Black Mountain, Australia

黑山丛林

It is eucalypt forest buzzing with the sound of cicadas and heavy with the scent of gum leaves on hot summer days. That is the main reason that I have chosen Black Mountain as my foremost subject to work with. The highest point is at 830m above sea level.  Photos and drawings were made along the way; bushes and tree barks were the main topic. I observed and captured each subject matter in multiple angle views; this will result into layered of imagery appearing onto one plane to echo the picture in my mind and “change” as phenomena in nature as well as life.

“Life is constantly changing. Life is change. Only one thing is permanent, and that is change itself. To accept this changing exercise with all its seasons and moods, this constant flow, which never stops for a single moment, is to be blissful.” [1]

I was fascinated by the formation of trees along the steep hill, patterns of the tree barks illuminated by the sun rays and the illusion of cross woven branches hinting a form of system in the chaotic world.

“Chaos is what a handful of theorists steeped in math and computer know-how are calling their challengingly abstract new look at nature in terms of nonlinear dynamics.” [2] To me, “Chaos” is the rule and pattern of nature; to a certain extent there is logic in it that humans try to understand and define it so far, and yet there is so much unknown beyond our current knowledge.

Back to the art studio, all the images done on site as well as the sense of engagement with nature has created strong references for my art creation in the second phase. Splashes of colors and marks created on papers were simply sentiment from the heart and pictures from the mind. They are not the realistic painting of the shape and forms, as far beyond that are fragments of memories and insights of the subject matter.

These paintings and drawings were further merged with photo images in the digital space, and translated back as a printed material; cordially transformed pixels back to ink dots. An enormous experience while ones constantly move in and out between the physical and virtual canvas. This echoes “perception” & “change” in Buddhist terminology as mentioned in my earlier write up.

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This journal was first published in Australia (summer, 2007), and it is now re-publish online in conjunction with the Vesākha (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśākha वैशाख) Day (28 May 2010) and the “Art Above & Below Sea Level”, a solo exhibition by Tan Haur, presented at the L2 SPACE Gallery, Singapore.

Exhibition time frame: 20 May 2010 – 6 June 2010

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Footnote:

[1] OSHO, “The ABC of enlightenment”. (Publisher: Element, 2003). British Library Catalogue Reference ISBN 0007161484. Page 32.

[2] James Gleick, Chaos: The Making of a New Science. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Amazon.com Review – Front Quote of Reprint edition (December 1, 1988).

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Drawing & Painting by Tan Haur: -

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Exhibition Title:

上。下。Art above & below sea level

Date:

20 May – 6 June 2010

Venue:

L2 SPACE gallery

39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark,

#02-02A, Singapore 089065

(Take passenger lift number 5)

Phone:

6226 3367  or  8223 7667

Gallery opening hours:

Tue – Sat 12 noon to 7 pm

Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm

Closed on Monday & Public Holiday

Artist Tan Haur’s website:

www.tanhaur.net

Tan Haur’s email:

tanhaur@gmail.com

Meet the artist session:

Artist guided tour on 2 June 2010. For more details information please contact L2 Space Gallery (Singapore) at (65) 6226 3367 or (65) 8223 7667. Cheers!
2010年6月 2日にアーティストのガイドツアー。詳細情報についてはお問い合わせのL2スペースギャラ リー（シンガポール）してください（65）6226 3367または（65）8223 7667。

Artist’s BIO:

Tan Haur 陈豪 (b. 1963) a Singaporean photographer and a multi disciplinary artist, is well known for his multifaceted work in the art of digital imaging, photography, painting and underwater sketching. He graduated from the Australian National University (Master of Visual Arts) with a high distinction in digital imaging and photography in 2007. Tan draws inspiration from the natural environment and nurtures an interest in Buddhist philosophy and practice, humanity and its many facets and artificial intelligence in the making of art. To gain new perspectives, Tan immerses himself into different environments, experiencing the differences, and experimenting different mediums and technologies in art creation and interaction, continuously in search of the relationship between Nature, Culture, Art, Media and Technology. He emphasizes strongly in the process of creating art and the journey of experiencing the subject matter; which are equally important as the final presentation. Tan Haur has received numerous distinctive arts awards and art contribution medals from USA, Australia, Japan and Singapore, including the Merit Award, from the National Museum of Singapore in 2009, the Community Art Program Award from Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts, Singapore in 2007, First Prize Art Award from Burgmann Mixed Media Art Competition, Australia in 2006, World Wide Web Award of Excellence, Art Space 2000 International, USA in 2005, the President’s Award (Seiko Epson Japan) and the Public Art Business Excellency Award/ epSITE Digital Imaging Academy and Gallery in 2004.

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

An art journal by Tan Haur: -

“Perception” – in Buddhist terminology.

In the Buddhist view of life, human beings are blessed with six senses: the five physical of seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling, as well as the sense door of the mind – the sixth sense that takes in such intangibles as emotion, thought, and intention. Sense impressions from these spheres of contact are organized into meaning through the faculty of perception, which within Buddhist terminology means the act of recognizing an “object.” With vision, for example, the basic effect of sight yields only the primitive sense experience of color in a certain form. Our mind then rapidly and almost automatically interprets that form and color to constitute an object of “the world,” such as a chair, woman, sky, or tree. That one person may perceive “things” differently than another is not considered a mistake but simply a natural consequence of our individuality, with our differing cultural backgrounds, personal histories, emotional states, and tendencies of mind.

Buddhist teaching tells us that what we call “the world” is not fixed in a rigid and predefined way, but rather is created moment by moment through the interaction between external “things” and our own senses. This understanding leads to a loosening of our inflexible beliefs about the world as we come to realize that the sense experience, by its very nature, is insubstantial. Coming to see life in this way is considered by the Buddha to be the gateway to freedom and the end of suffering.

This essentially flimsy nature of being, which the Buddha termed “emptiness,” is described clearly in a text called “A Mass of Foam” (Samyutta Nikaya 22:95): If a keen-sighted person were to see a mirage and reflect on it, he would find it empty, hollow, and void of substance. For what essence could there be in mirage? So one who reflects on perception will find it empty, hollow, and void of substance.” The text continues:

Material form is like a mass of foam

And feelings but an airy bubble.

Perception is like a mirage

And mental formations like a banana tree (which has no core).

Consciousness is merely a magic show. [1]

Although our world is insubstantial and, in this sense, empty, it is also rich in beauty and meaning. It is through understanding both these aspects that we come to see life as a magical arrangement. In fact, to reveal both beauty and emptiness seems to me the noble function of art. [1]

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Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Note: This journal is published online in conjunction with the Vesākha (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśākha वैशाख) Day (28 May 2010) and the “Art Above & Below Sea Level”, a solo exhibition by Tan Haur, presented at the L2 SPACE Gallery, Singapore.

Exhibition time frame: 20 May 2010 – 6 June 2010

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Footnote:

[1] I am not this body (Photographs by Barbara Ess), Guy Armstrong (Perception is like a mirage)/ Barbara Ess/ Thurston Moore/ Michael Cunningham. Publisher: Aperture Foundation, 2001. www.aperture.org / customerservice@aperture.org / info@aperture.org Page 74 – 75.

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Painting by Tan Haur: -

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Exhibition Title:

上。下。Art above & below sea level

Date:

20 May – 6 June 2010

Venue:

L2 SPACE gallery

39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark,

#02-02A, Singapore 089065

(Take passenger lift number 5)

Phone:

6226 3367  or  8223 7667

Gallery opening hours:

Tue – Sat 12 noon to 7 pm

Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm

Closed on Monday & Public Holiday

Artist Tan Haur’s website:

www.tanhaur.net

Tan Haur’s email:

tanhaur@gmail.com

Meet the artist session:

Artist guided tour on 2 June 2010. For more details information please contact L2 Space Gallery (Singapore) at (65) 6226 3367 or (65) 8223 7667. Cheers!
2010年6月 2日にアーティストのガイドツアー。詳細情報についてはお問い合わせのL2スペースギャラ リー（シンガポール）してください（65）6226 3367または（65）8223 7667。

Artist’s BIO:

Tan Haur 陈豪 (b. 1963) a Singaporean photographer and a multi disciplinary artist, is well known for his multifaceted work in the art of digital imaging, photography, painting and underwater sketching. He graduated from the Australian National University (Master of Visual Arts) with a high distinction in digital imaging and photography in 2007. Tan draws inspiration from the natural environment and nurtures an interest in Buddhist philosophy and practice, humanity and its many facets and artificial intelligence in the making of art. To gain new perspectives, Tan immerses himself into different environments, experiencing the differences, and experimenting different mediums and technologies in art creation and interaction, continuously in search of the relationship between Nature, Culture, Art, Media and Technology. He emphasizes strongly in the process of creating art and the journey of experiencing the subject matter; which are equally important as the final presentation. Tan Haur has received numerous distinctive arts awards and art contribution medals from USA, Australia, Japan and Singapore, including the Merit Award, from the National Museum of Singapore in 2009, the Community Art Program Award from Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts, Singapore in 2007, First Prize Art Award from Burgmann Mixed Media Art Competition, Australia in 2006, World Wide Web Award of Excellence, Art Space 2000 International, USA in 2005, the President’s Award (Seiko Epson Japan) and the Public Art Business Excellency Award/ epSITE Digital Imaging Academy and Gallery in 2004.

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Tan Haur working on his fine art sketches underwater (photo by Mui)

‘上。下。’中所展出的作品成果正是艺术家陈豪置身于大自然不同海拔位置时，感官上所揣摩出的艺术想法。在这样 多层次的影像串联并相容的艺术作品里，充分地表达了陈豪对于‘时间’，‘瞬间’和‘空间’的哲思。以自身的文化背景为基础，陈豪与高耸的山峰和深沉的海洋进行了心灵对话，且把如此抽象的经验转换成自身的视觉语言。

～ 萧意卉

Chinese Editor

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Logotype for Art above & below sea level exhibition, Singapore 2010

Tan Haur working on a 360 degrees fine art sketches and observation

One of the Tan Haur's underwater sketches on a PVC white board

Underwater fine art photography by Tan Haur

One of the Tan Haur's coral series painting

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Exhibition Title:

上。下。Art above & below sea level

Date:

20 May – 6 June 2010

Venue:

L2 SPACE gallery

39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark,

#02-02A, Singapore 089065

(Take passenger lift number 5)

Phone:

6226 3367  or  8223 7667

Gallery opening hours:

Tue – Sat 12 noon to 7 pm

Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm

Closed on Monday & Public Holiday

Artist Tan Haur’s website:

www.tanhaur.net

Tan Haur’s email:

tanhaur@gmail.com

Meet the artist session:

Artist guided tour on 2 June 2010. For more details information please contact L2 Space Gallery (Singapore) at (65) 6226 3367 or (65) 8223 7667. Cheers!
2010年6月 2日にアーティストのガイドツアー。詳細情報についてはお問い合わせのL2スペースギャラリー（シンガポール）してください（65）6226 3367または（65）8223 7667。

Artist’s BIO:

Tan Haur 陈豪 (b. 1963) a Singaporean photographer and a multi disciplinary artist, is well known for his multifaceted work in the art of digital imaging, photography, painting and underwater sketching. He graduated from the Australian National University (Master of Visual Arts) with a high distinction in digital imaging and photography in 2007. Tan draws inspiration from the natural environment and nurtures an interest in Buddhist philosophy and practice, humanity and its many facets and artificial intelligence in the making of art. To gain new perspectives, Tan immerses himself into different environments, experiencing the differences, and experimenting different mediums and technologies in art creation and interaction, continuously in search of the relationship between Nature, Culture, Art, Media and Technology. He emphasizes strongly in the process of creating art and the journey of experiencing the subject matter; which are equally important as the final presentation. Tan Haur has received numerous distinctive arts awards and art contribution medals from USA, Australia, Japan and Singapore, including the Merit Award, from the National Museum of Singapore in 2009, the Community Art Program Award from Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts, Singapore in 2007, First Prize Art Award from Burgmann Mixed Media Art Competition, Australia in 2006, World Wide Web Award of Excellence, Art Space 2000 International, USA in 2005, the President’s Award (Seiko Epson Japan) and the Public Art Business Excellency Award/ epSITE Digital Imaging Academy and Gallery in 2004.

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

万象归一

“Oneness” symbolizes the quality of unity. The core axis of our conscious and subconscious mind, it harnesses the past and the present; the good and the bad; the found and the lost. And it brings all existence into one, there is no starting point and there is no ending point, simply like the stream flow into the river and sea, then evaporated into the sky, rain onto the earth and flow back to the stream again.Human race is part of the cosmos, we are different on the circumference, but we are one at the center. And to know this oneness is enlightenment.

Text by Visual Fine Art Artist: Tan Haur 陈豪

万象归一

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

This artwork is currently showing at Tan Haur’s solo art exhibition (Singapore) and will be showcasing at the Mongolia National Art Museum  on this coming September. There will be a meet the artist session at L2 SPACE gallery (Singapore) on 2nd June 2010, to obtain more details information please contact the following: -

Exhibition Title:

Art above & below sea level 上。下。

Date:

20 May – 6 June 2010

Venue:

L2 SPACE gallery

39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark,

#02-02A, Singapore 089065

(Take passenger lift number 5)

Phone:

6226 3367  or  8223 7667

Gallery opening hours:

Tue – Sat 12 noon to 7 pm

Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm

Closed on Monday & Public Holiday

Artist Tan Haur’s website:

www.tanhaur.net

Tan Haur’s email:

tanhaur@gmail.com

Artist’s BIO:

Tan Haur 陈豪 (b. 1963) a Singaporean photographer and a multi disciplinary artist, is well known for his multifaceted work in the art of digital imaging, photography, painting and underwater sketching. He graduated from the Australian National University (Master of Visual Arts) with a high distinction in digital imaging and photography in 2007. Tan draws inspiration from the natural environment and nurtures an interest in Buddhist philosophy and practice, humanity and its many facets and artificial intelligence in the making of art. To gain new perspectives, Tan immerses himself into different environments, experiencing the differences, and experimenting different mediums and technologies in art creation and interaction, continuously in search of the relationship between Nature, Culture, Art, Media and Technology. He emphasizes strongly in the process of creating art and the journey of experiencing the subject matter; which are equally important as the final presentation. Tan Haur has received numerous distinctive arts awards and art contribution medals from USA, Australia, Japan and Singapore, including the Merit Award, from the National Museum of Singapore in 2009, the Community Art Program Award from Ministry of Information, Communications and Arts, Singapore in 2007, First Prize Art Award from Burgmann Mixed Media Art Competition, Australia in 2006, World Wide Web Award of Excellence, Art Space 2000 International, USA in 2005, the President’s Award (Seiko Epson Japan) and the Public Art Business Excellency Award/ epSITE Digital Imaging Academy and Gallery in 2004.

沙霸(SaPa)少數民族

沙霸在旅遊业开发发展后，已逐漸现代商業化。原有的山区少数民族传统与文化正在一点一滴的消失。
是什么因素促成珍贵的人文机制与传统习俗渐失流传呢？
是新科技商品的引进？新思想的介入和冲激？
或是新的市场操作方式影响了传统劳作，以物换物的生活理念？
还是新的城市化建设？更发达的交通网络？
全球同化，也许已吞没了许多人类原始的美丽。
这是一项值得人类慎重探讨的课题。

拍摄地点 Location:

SaPa(沙霸)位於越南西北部，距離首都河內大約300多公里，是個中越邊境少數民族的聚集村鎮.

Fine art photos & text by: Tan Haur
Email Tan Haur at:
tanhaur@yahoo.com
Tan Haur’s homepage:
www.tanhaur.net
Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

丹戎巴葛火车总站

Revisited the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station in mid November this year. Nothing has changed much since my last visit five years ago. The central waiting hall has tall ceiling and decorated with artistic panel walls showing images of typical Malaysian scenes. Feeling is good, very peaceful and slow pace here compare to most of the Mass Rapid Transit Stations around Singapore. Will bring along a coffee-table-book next round and try the Teh Tarik 拉茶 at the Indian tea stall just next to the boarding platform.

Some facts about Tanjong Pagar Railway Station: -

Tanjong Pagar railway station, also called Keppel Road railway station or Singapore railway station, is a railway terminus owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia. The land on which the station and the KTM railway tracks in Singapore are situated is held by KTM on a 999-year lease.

Fine art photos & text by: Tan Haur

Email Tan Haur at:

tanhaur@yahoo.com

Tan Haur’s homepage:

www.tanhaur.net

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.

Copyright © by Tan Haur. All rights reserved.