Gamcheon Village on canvas

 

Title - Home of Artists (76 by 76cm, acrylic on canvas)

Prize - Silver

Category - Emerging Artist

Artist - Arick Lee

Event - UOB Art Competition 2021

Apple's Marina Bay breathtaking journey

 

 

 

 

 

The Announcement

 

Apple Marina Bay

Pangaea, the A-lister nite-club opened in 2011 occupying 6000 sq ft at level B2 in Marina Bay Sands Crystal Pavilion.

At the same pavilion on L2 and L3, the 12,000 square feet Avalon nite-club is set to redefine the nightclub experience.

 

 

After two years opened to much fanfare, Avalon announced it will be closing its doors at end 2013. However Avalon continued operating until 2016.

 

Construction activities began in 2017 after Avalon and Pangaea vacated the pavilion. No one knows the purpose of the construction then. Now we know.

       

Apple at Marina Bay Sands opens its doors to the public at 10AM on Thursday, 10th September 2020.

What coronavirus did to Singapore

Merlion Park, before

Merlion Park, after

Chinatown, before

Chinatown, after

Orchard Road, before

Orchard Road, after

Marina Bay Sands, before

Marina Bay Sands, after

Universal Studio, before

Universal Studio, after

Lau Pa Sat Revisited

Lau Pa Sat was built in 1894.

In 1986, the food centre was closed for the construction of a new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line which runs underneath the building. The building was taken apart and its cast-iron supports put into storage. Once the MRT was running, the Lau Pa Sat was reassembled and reopened on 7 February 1992.

The food centre was again closed on 1 Sept 2013 for a $4-million  renovation. It reopened on 30 June 2014 after intensive renovation and restoration.

The Victorian cast-iron structure was largely untouched but the columns and filigree are painted rustic green, reminiscent of the old market.

Before...           

After...

 

The Merlion 머라이언, 鱼尾狮 Revisited

The Merlion was moved on 23 April 2002 from its site at the Anderson Bridge.

The new site is 120 metre away on a newly built promontory.

The Merlion was lifted onto a barge and sailed to the edgw of the new Esplanade Bridge where it will be again lifted over the bridge onto the barge which had sailed under the bridge.

The move begin...

photo credit - C. K. Pek

As the Merlion is 8.6 metre tall, it was impossible for the barge and cargo to sail under the bridge.

The relocation was carefully planned with help from 2 Demag 500 tons cranes, and a team of 20 engineers and workers.

After the move...

 

See the difference ? Yes there is no Marina Bay Sands in 2002. Sands opened in 2010. 

The Merlion Park

The site of the Merlion and its cub.

The Merlion and the cub were installed at the site at the mouth of the Singapore river in 1972.

The Merlion weight 7 tons and stand 8 metre tall, while the cub is 2 metre tall and weigh 3 tons.

They were scuptured using cement fondue which is a sculptors favourite.

The master sculptor was Lim Nang Seng.

Another Lim Nang Seng art piece is the Dancing Girl, also installed in 1972.

It is now standing at a neighbourhood park in Tiong Bahru.

Lim Nang Seng passed away in 1987.