TheBearProject Charity Art Show - The Auction Continues

The organizing committee of the TheBearProject Charity Art Show would like to thank you for taking time off to come to our event last Saturday. Your presence helped make our big “coming out” event at Singapore’s Indignation festival a big success. The auction of art works raised more than $5,700 for The Necessary Stage’s Triangle Project as well as a number of other charities.

If you still considering buying pieces from the show, you can view some of them below and bidding is open until the end of September. Half of the proceeds will still go to Necessary Stage's - The Triangle Project and the other half will be equally divided and donated anonymously to The Straits Times-School Pocket Money Fund, Assisi Hospice and NANAS (Noah’s Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary).

TheBearProject has only been up and running for a year, and the group is truly grateful for the enormous support it has received from local gay community sites like Fridae and Trevvy, fellow gay groups and members of the gay community like yourselves. With your continuing support, we hope to contribute even more in the years to come.

So thank you all once again!

best regards,
Organizing Committee of TheBearProject Charity Art Show
thebearproject.charity@gmail.com

"My Brother" by Chan Wai Teik


Wai Teik is an accomplished fashion lensman who has been photographing since 1998. For this piece of work, he juxtaposed two seemingly contrasting images. One image from his "Hypertrophy" book that showcases Asian musculature is dark and serious in tonality. The other, from a children's book, is both colourful and whimsical. The clash of the subjects as well as the text lends an evocative feel.

Title: My brother
Artist: Chan Wai Teik
Dimensions: 1030mm X 730mm (With frame)
Medium: Offset printing
Starting bid price: SGD$600

"Cherished Posession" by David Chein

David has been a travel photographer since 2000 and his works have been featured in travel magazines and by agencies specializing in adventure tourism. His works are on display at www.davidchein.com. David says that he has since chosen to develop other interests and this is his last work of photography. “Cherished Possession” is a mix of American photographer Herb Ritts’ easygoing portrayals of men at play and Japanese illustrator's Sadao Hasegawa's portrayals of desire. The piece asks the question: When does being playful cross the line to become a desire to possess?

Title: Cherished Possession
Artist: David Chein
Dimensions: 594mm x 841mm
Medium: Photographic Print
Starting bid price: SGD$300

"Hooked" by Gary Lim

Gary founded Antfarm Design in 2004, a design firm specialising in design for the art, music and fashion industries. He is trained in both graphic design as well as photography. "Hooked" was created during the time Gary was heavily influenced by photographer Joel Peter-Witkin. It was actually the first time he worked with nudes. It's about the pain of one's obsessions.

Title: Hooked
Artist: Gary Lim
Dimensions: 125mm x 177mm
Medium: Selenium toned silver gelatin print
Starting bid price: SGD$100 each

"Absence/Presence" by Genevieve Chua

Young lesbian artist Genevieve Chua explores the themes of psychological horror and sexuality through her pencil drawings and wants to invoke viewers to rethink their perceptions and conjure new experiences. She has held two solo exhibitions in Singapore and has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including 72-13 which was part of 2007’s Indignation calendar. “Absence/Presence” is a rare series of oil paintings from Genevieve’s store of early works which were inspired by the classic French movie “Amelie”.


Title: Absence/Presence
Artist: Genevieve Chua
Dimensions:495mm X 495mm (Series of 6)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Starting Bid Price: SGD $2,500

"Gattaca" by Heman Chong

Heman – a Malaysian raised in Singapore - received his M.A in Communication Art & Design from The Royal College of Art, London in 2002. His art practice involves an investigation into the philosophies, reasons and methods of individuals and communities imagining the future. Charged with a conceptual drive, this research is then adapted into objects, images, installations, situations or texts.

His current research dwells on the representation of imposed solitary situations within the genres of sci-fi and fantasy seen through the psychological characterizations of The Hide-away, The Cast-away and The Prisoner. For this event-specific contribution, Heman asked a member of TheBearProject to name his favourite science fiction film and designed a film poster around the answer.

Title: Gattaca
Artist: Heman Chong
Dimensions: 838mm x 597mm
Medium: Digital print, foam mounted
Starting bid price: SGD$600

"Emotions" by Ronald Sng

Ronald Sng works as a banker with an international firm. His interest in art started in his teenage years when he embarked on a design marketing course that combined both of his passions for Art and Money. His other loves includes collecting Chinese religious artifacts, hitting the gym and spending time with friends. “Emotions” is Ronald’s interpretation of the relationship between energy and life, as well as the juxtaposition of outward appearance and the innate. “With this thought, this piece conveys how the force of nature is parallel to life where things are not what they seem,” says Ronald. “And how through energy, we can affect how we feel and thus how we can change our lives. "

Title: Emotions
Artist: Ronald Sng
Dimensions: 148mm x 210mm (Series of 3)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Starting bid price: SGD$100

"Hong Kong #64" by Tay Kay Chin

Kay Chin, a Singapore-based photographer, spent the early part of his professional career at The Straits Times. After leaving the newspaper, he worked as Presentation Editor of the Sun newspaper in Bremerton, Washington, where his frontpage design for the September 11 disaster was selected by Poynter Institute as one of the 10 best designs in the world. Kay Chin has exhibited widely and his photographs are collected by both public institutions and private collectors. This photograph, selected specially for this charity auction, was taken at a public swimming pool in Hong Kong.

Title: Hong Kong #64
Artist: Tay Kay Chin
Dimensions: 584mm x 457mm
Medium: Photographic Print (with frame)
Starting bid price: $1200

"Everybody Has AIDS" by Thomas Tan

Thomas was trained as a fashion designer in Temasek Polytechnic and currently works as a design consultant. He travels extensively and works with some of the most popular American labels in the market. Thomas started sketching when he was 8 years old and hasn't looked back since, counting Coco Chanel and Cristobal Balenciaga among his list of heroes.
“Everybody has AIDS” is about how no one is spared from the dreaded but preventable disease. The gradating red colour on the t-shirt shows the growing numbers of people with HIV, while the many faces that make up the AIDS ribbon celebrate those who worked hard in fighting the disease. It also serves to remind us that we can never tell who is HIV positive.

Title: Everybody Has AIDS
Artist: Thomas Tan
Dimensions: Ladies T-shirt, Size small
Medium: Discharged print
Starting bid price: SGD$80
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