Monday, 14 December 2009

A Printing of my Round Painting

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I am working on this task now.

At my recent painting exhibition, there was a backdrop with a large printing of my round painting "Our Upside Down World". After the exhibition, I took this printing sheet back and looked at it recently. It is a 4-ft diameter glossy printing.

The original painting of this, shown at an earlier post, is of size 6 x 6 ft, built up from four 3 x 3 ft painted canvases. At the exhibition, the assembly was hung faced down below the hall ceiling for viewers to stand underneath to look up at it. Also viewers had to bodily rotate themselves to see the eight paintings in the right direction. Hanging this painting under the ceiling was a difficult operation that required a few men.




Now that I have this slightly smaller quality printing, I decided to do something about it. I'd mount this on a 4-ft diam round board and pivot it at the centre. This means it can be rotated when hung up on a wall.

Thus viewers can stand in front and view the eight scenes at the right alignment when the printing is rotated.

Now I have to think through how to make a 4-ft diam mounting board and glue this round printing at the exact position on it. For this, I'd make a central pivot hole on each of them and rely on these two holes to guide me while gluing the two items together at the correct position.
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I was born 1940 in Hong Kong.. After my first degree there, I left for training in England and continued with further studies and research at the Imperial College, London obtaining a PhD.. Since then I came to Singapore for an academic career.. I have now retired, take on a new passion and am active as an artist, doing sculptures, installations and oil paintings.. I was sponsored twice to present solo art exhibitions in Singapore, in 2007 and 2009. You can see my art website www.onesunartist.com.. I have since reinvent myself to take up writing, self-publishing 3 books.