Gilles Massot contemplating the vagaries of life ​in a visual duplicording circa 1956 (from family archives)

MAIN PROJECTS

A selection of the most significant exhibitions produced since 1985

1985
Singapore from B.W. to C.

A series of painted black and white photographs capturing multi-faceted Singapore in the 1980s. 

1991
Singapore Boy

A pictorial reflection on Singapore combining paintings, drawings and photo-objects to celebrate a decade of residence. 

1991 - 1992
Les Moments de l'Instant

A visual dialogue between camera and sketch book first held in Katmandu and expended as 3D photo objects in France.

1992
Coffee Shop

The mixed-media portrait of a traditional Singaporean coffee shop developed over a few years and presented in-situ. 

1997
​Les Anges Passent

The life and times of a famous red light street in Chinatown, Singapore, and my first exploration of digital imaging. 

1998
​Plastic Resurrection

An exhibition of two decades of paintings and drawings produced in parallel to the better-known photographic works.

2000
Hang In There

A look back at fifteen years of travel photography around Asia resulting in the first self-published artist book and theory text. 

2002
Moving Pictures,
​Disturbed Realities

A body of work of painted photographs on canvas exploring the question of time and space as perceived in moving billboards. 

2004 - 2005
Retro Specks Future Pixs

Time and space as found in the peculiar train track linking Singapore to Malaysia and  explored with video and 3D installation. 

2006 - 2012
Valbelle, Myth or Fiction?

The shaping of the idea of photography in the 18 century and its relation to the concepts underlying the English garden.

2009
Space within a Space
within a Space

Time and space as experienced in the context of a Taoist festival.

2011
The Road to Persepolis

A pictorial travelogue contrasting images of a fantasised Iran and the reality-check experienced on the road to Persepolis.

2012
Matter and Principle

An in-situ installation combining video, photography, shadow projections and sound about a historical Monkey God temple.

2013
​Love Hurts

An exhibition about Asian soap operas built around a self-produced Hokkien KTV video and screen captures of hilarious subtitles. 

2017
Tints and Dispositions

A re-staging of the 1985 Singapore from BW to C exhibition proposing a new reading of the work and its role in Singapore art scene.

2017
The Probability of Veracity
part 1: the missing daguerreotypes

A painterly investigation of what the lost daguerrotypes of Jules Itier done in 1844-45 around the China Sea might have looked like. 

2018
The Probability of Veracity
part 2 : the re-enactments

From pinhole to digital light:
the re-enactment of Itier's 19th century daguerreotypes shot using a contemporary experimental photographic technic. 

2019
You Have to Loose your Way to Find your Self in the Right Place

A retrospective selection of works done since 1977 presented from June 2019 to June 2020 by the Museum of the National University of Singapore.