It Takes Time
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 - Wed, 30 Jun 2021
Free
Suitable for all ages
Open to all
It Takes Time celebrates the beauty and simplicity of small changes and document them in a way that engages and uplift viewers. Each time, one may notice the illumination of a new light box, signifying a continuous process of growth and change, which is the hopeful message of this artwork. Nature has gone on before, is going on and will go on. We can find some comfort in that
The work is commissioned by the National Art Council's Public Art Trust as part of "Rewritten: The World Ahead of Us
It Takes Time (2021) By Robert Zhao Renhui
Day View
About Rewritten: The World Ahead of Us
"Rewritten" presents14 text-based public artworks by Singapore artists, some of which inspired by local writers and literary works, contemplated the multitude of changes - from minute to the tremendous - experienced in our daily lives since the onset of COVID-19. Distributed across selected parks and gardens on the Coast-to-Coast trail, the artwork resemble visual poetry unfurling across the island, aiming to inspire, uplift and encourage.
About the Artist
Robert Zhao Renhui (b. 1983) is a visual artist whose practice addresses the relationship between mankind and nature, often by re-appropriating the language of scientific documentation and photography to challenge notions of objectivity and knowledge creation