We had a tour of the Japanese Gardens this morning, and I learned a lot, at long last, about what the Japanese garden aesthetic idea is – why there are rivers of gravel, for instance, and why rocks are parked all over them. Singapore’s Japanese and Chinese gardens were planned in the 1960s and built […]
This is outside the Farrer Road MRT station and new City Square Mall.
A leaf? An upside-down teardrop? A free-standing vulva on a pedestal? another artistic contribution to Fort Canning Hill.
This is at the base of Fort Canning Hill, next to Park Mall. I think water should spew from the dragons’ mouths into the shallow basin below, but it wasn’t turned on the day we were there.
This sculpture is at the apex of the sculpture garden. I understand that crescents are important in Islamic imagery, and are parts of the flags of Singapore and Malaysia. But would you want this one dominating the horizon? The artist took a naturally graceful shape and turned it into something that looks like it came […]
Two views and two drastically different exposure settings: That’s the side view. Below, the full frontal: You can also see another reddish metal sculpture behind it, that looks like a play structure.
I like this one, but then I’ve got a soft spot for smooth shiny things:
The ASEAN Sculpture Garden is on the middle level of Fort Canning Hill. Walking there from the National Museum of Singapore, this is the first thing you see: East India Company ship? A ship bringing laborers from Hong Kong or India? Appropriate at any rate for a nation whose history and economy are so singularly […]
If you go to the National Museum of Singapore, a very nice building, you have the option of exiting into Fort Canning Park from the third floor. When you do that, this is what you’ll see: It was a bright day when I took this picture, so please forgive the exposure. Here’s the side view: […]
This statue is next to a set of stairs that climb Fort Canning Hill, where Sir Stamford Raffles started the first botanical garden of Singapore. Front view: Nice elegant long neck, expressive eyebrows, and an armload of what appear to be babies. Let’s see her from the side: Now that’s a set of biceps!