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Public Programmes | June – August 2024 💫 Save the date as our gallery re-opens on 29 June 2024, with Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004. Dip your toes into printmaking with us, through our programmes organised in conjunction with the exhibition – register today at our Link in Bio! Talk by Elizabeth Smith: Helen Frankenthaler in her Time and Now 📅 29 June 2024 🕒 3PM – 4PM 🎤 Join us for an insightful exploration of American painter Helen Frankenthaler’s renowned artistic practice over the decades, conducted by Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York. Carving Narratives: Japanese Woodblock Printing Workshop 📅 6 July / 13 July 2024 🕒 10AM – 1PM / 3PM – 6PM 🪵 Be inspired by the intricate layers of Helen Frankenthaler’s woodblock prints, as you bring your unique prints to life in our beginner-friendly workshop. Beyond the Surface: Kitchen Lithography Workshop 📅 20 July / 3 August 2024 🕒 10AM – 12PM / 3PM – 5PM 🥤 Create monochromatic abstract prints, inspired by Helen Frankenthaler’s compositions, with some aluminium foil and Coca-Cola. Figure out the science behind the art with us – no prior knowledge required. Abstract Serenity: Monotype Screenprinting & Book Folding 📅 10 August / 17 August / 24 August 2024 🕒 10AM – 12.30PM / 3PM – 5.30PM 📒 Be inspired by Helen Frankenthaler’s dynamic brushstrokes and experience the freedom of monotype screenprinting. Turn your prints into miniature folded books, with each page displaying your vibrant design. Arty Afternoon | Paint, Press, Print: Coaster Monotypes 📅 14 July / 4 August / 18 August 🕒 11AM – 4PM 🖌️ Drop by our free Arty Afternoon printmaking sessions – no registration required. Apply vibrant colours to cutout foam shapes, transfer your designs onto coasters, and bring your creations home! Guided Tours 📅 Various Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 💬 Join our free guided tours, led by our expert docents, and enjoy a behind-the-scenes look into our Creative Workshop, which houses the very equipment used to create her intricate works.

💫 UPCOMING EXHIBITION STPI Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 Our Annual Special Exhibition is back! For this year’s edition, we’re excited to be presenting a collection of works by the late artist Helen Frankenthaler, one of the largest showcases of her print works in Singapore to date, spotlighting her woodcuts. Frankenthaler was one of the most prominent modern American Abstract Expressionist artists of her time. She was a renowned pioneer of Colour Field painting, and, through her 26-year-long collaboration with Kenneth Tyler, also contributed greatly to the American Print Renaissance. Tyler would later be a key figure in the establishment of STPI, where the spirit of collaborative and creative partnerships with artists continues to this day. The works on show highlight Frankenthaler’s daring experimentations in printmaking, bringing together works from the National Collection of Singapore and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to encounter Frankenthaler’s print works in-person! — STPI Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 📅 29 June – 25 August 2024 📍 STPI Gallery

We all love a good behind-the-scenes! Come along as we put together our beautiful Annual Special Exhibition, Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004. The exhibition is now open, so drop by!

NOW OPEN 💫 Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 Our Annual Special Exhibition is now open! We're so excited to be presenting one of the largest showcases of Helen Frankenthaler's print works in Singapore to date, drawing on both our National Collection and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. With show-stoppers like "Madame Butterfly" and "Gateway (Screen)" on display, this is definitely an exhibition to catch. Come explore Frankenthaler's influential collaboration with master printer Kenneth Tyler from now till 25 August 2024! As an Opening Day Special, Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, will be conducting a talk at 3PM today. Do come by, we'll see you there!

Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 Each colour in a Ukiyo-e print is a demonstration of meticulous effort, as each vibrant shade is built up through layers of woodblock carvings. Drawing on this precise technique, Helen Frankenthaler created "Snow Pines" (2004), in collaboration with Kenneth Tyler and Yasuyuki Shibata. Frankenthaler layered shades of green in the Ukiyo-e tradition, later adding pops of colour to create depth. In combining Eastern and Western printmaking techniques, the artist added new dimensions to the traditional practice. View this work for yourself at the gallery from 29 June! — STPI Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 📅 29 June – 25 August 2024 📍 STPI Gallery Artwork courtesy of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Image credits: Helen Frankenthaler, Snow Pines, 2004, 34 colour woodcut from 16 woodblocks on Torinoko paper, mounted onto paper, 95.3 x 66 cm (artwork). © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pace Editions, Inc. / New York. Collection of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York.

We have an exciting schedule of programmes lined up for you as our gallery re-opens this week! Learn more about Helen Frankenthaler's printmaking experimentations, and try your hand at some of the techniques she employed. Sign up at our Link in Bio! Talk by Elizabeth Smith: Helen Frankenthaler in her Time and Now 📅 29 June 2024 🕒 3PM – 4PM 🎤 Explore the fascinating world of Helen Frankenthaler's accomplishments in the printmaking field, conducted by Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York. Carving Narratives: Japanese Woodblock Printing Workshop 📅 6 July / 13 July 2024 🕒 10AM – 1PM / 3PM – 6PM 🪵 Try your hand at mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock printing), and create works inspired by the fluid shapes of Helen Frankthaler's intricate woodblock prints.

Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 Lithography is the printmaking medium which most closely replicates the artist’s hand, and for Helen Frankenthaler, drawing on lithography stones allowed her to explore the depths and tones of colour. “Reflections II” (1995) is part of a series of 12 lithography prints which took around 2 years to complete, and is one of Frankenthaler’s largest print projects. The series highlights the jagged, uneven edges of the stone, and went through over 100 colour proof prints before the final series was produced. Come view the series in-person from this Saturday! — STPI Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 📅 29 June – 25 August 2024 📍 STPI Gallery Artwork courtesy of the Singapore Art Museum, comprising part of the National Collection of Singapore. Image credits: Helen Frankenthaler, Reflections II, 1995, Six colour lithograph on paper, 66.7 x 54.7 cm (artwork). © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York. Collection of Singapore Art Museum, comprising part of the National Collection of Singapore.

Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 Helen Frankenthaler broke new heights in her experimentation of woodcut techniques in printing, showcased beautifully in “Geisha” (2003). Created over a year in collaboration with Kenneth Tyler and Yasuyuki Shibata, the piece drew inspiration from Japanese culture, including theatre and printmaking traditions. The fluidity of the central colours, highlighted by the masterfully carved wood grain, demonstrate the precise skill of the printmaking team. 15 woodblocks were used to make the 23-colour woodcut creation, through which Frankenthaler, Tyler and Shibata further pushed and honed the art of Ukiyo-e printmaking. View “Geisha”, among other of Frankenthaler’s woodcuts and print works, at our Annual Special Exhibition – opening 29 June! — STPI Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 📅 29 June – 25 August 2024 📍 STPI Gallery Artwork courtesy of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Image credits: Helen Frankenthaler, Geisha, 2003, 23 colour woodcut from 14 woodblocks on Torinoko paper, mounted on paper, 96.5 x 66.4 cm (artwork). © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pace Editions, Inc. / New York. Collection of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York.

We are now live at Art Basel in Basel! Check out some sneak peeks of our booth install 😉 Find us at booth R16 from today till 16 June to view works by Angela Bulloch, Lee Bul, Carsten Höller, Han Sai Por and Prabhavathi Meppayil. — 📅 13–16 June 2024 📍 Booth R16, Messe Basel, Messeplatz 10, 4058 Basel, Switzerland

The late, esteemed artist Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) was one of the most prominent modern American Abstract Expressionist artists of her time. Internationally celebrated as a pioneer of Colour Field painting within the Abstract Expressionism movement, Frankenthaler was also a notable printmaker who made significant contributions to the American Print Renaissance. Throughout her 26-year-long collaboration with Kenneth Tyler, American master printer, the pair pushed experimentations in the field of printmaking ever further. Frankenthaler and Tyler entered unexplored technical territories to produce works that recreated the artist’s fluid, painterly gestures, antithetical to printmaking’s typical outputs. Our Annual Special Exhibition presents one of the largest showcases of Helen Frankenthaler’s print works in Singapore to date, with a spotlight on her woodcuts. It opens 29 June, so save the date and we’ll see you there! Image credits: Kenneth Tyler, Helen Frankenthaler and Yasuyuki Shibata inspecting proofs of Tales of Genji I in the Tyler Graphics studio, New York, 1997. Photo by Marabeth Cohen-Tyler. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Kenneth Tyler 2002. — STPI Annual Special Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004 📅 29 June – 25 August 2024 📍 STPI Gallery

Our second exhibition of the year, Departures | New Releases: Yanyun Chen, Hong Zhu An, Prabhavathi Meppayil, has come to an end! Let’s look back on the fun times we had, as we gear up to our next exhibition. The gallery will be closed as we prepare for our Annual Special Exhibition, Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004. We will reopen on 29 June (see you then)! 👋🏻

STPI at Art Basel in Basel | Han Sai Por, Prabhavathi Meppayil 1-4: Cultural Medallion recipient Han Sai Por is one of Asia’s leading modern sculptors, with over 50 years of practice under her belt. We are beyond proud to debut Han’s sculptures at Art Basel in Basel. Under Han’s skillful touch, hard materials like granite and stone appear light and almost fluid, taking after the organic forms of flora and fauna. 5-8: Prabhavathi Meppayil draws on her family’s goldsmithing heritage in her practice, employing tools of the trade in ways that reinterpret, repurpose and recontextualise them. At STPI, Meppayil produced her p/cu/ series, laying paper pulp over copper wires to create raw, unique arrangements. Drop by our booth, R16, to view these works if you will be in town! — 📅 13–16 June 2024 📍 Booth R16, Messe Basel, Messeplatz 10, 4058 Basel, Switzerland