At which point does my body end and the rest of the world begins?

Continuing the exploration of mutual, interpersonal, and phenomenological boundaries in NEGOTIATIONS, HUMUS (latin, “ground, soil”) treads lightly upon the creation stories that have long separated humanity from the natural world. Echoing the structural principles of ancient philosophies, Setiadi constructs images of an agnostic mythology—a kind of biblical re-imagining— inviting viewers to come home to the body, the humus, to a self-evident and benign origin story told from an acultural, post-historical present.

The paintings of Celine Setiadi (b.1995, Jakarta) invoke the corporeal self through an aesthetic and phenomenological exploration of embodiment. Led by the notion of the vessel-body, her work echoes stories of individual and collective human origins from time immemorial. Currently living and working in Singapore, she supports her painting practice with her design career.

5/9 - 28/9 , Friday to Sunday 1-7pm
Venue: 10/F, Foo Tak Building, 365-367 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai,