[14] Blissfully Oblivious (目珠貼郵票) by Christine R. Bay

“To be frank, after years of experiencing a left-leaning radical fine art education, I personally felt some tight-lipped uneasiness when confronted with, well, paintings that are simply nice to look at. But to take a step further, works like Christine’s represent a hopeful transformation of energy from something troubled, into something serene.”

“A Flight into Fairyland Darkness: The Art of Christine Bay” by Plural Art Magazine

Christine R. Bay describes her work and creative process:

“Blissfully Oblivious (目珠貼郵票)” is a mixed media (Chrome Acrylic spray paint and oils on stretched canvas) piece painted in 2024. This painting is inspired by our local Hokkien Singlish slang term ‘Bak Chiu Tak Stamp’, which literally means ‘covering the eyes with stamps’. This is a term often used to chide the listener that they are being oblivious to or ignorant of a certain situation. For this piece, however, I want to bring forward a sense of clear headspace and relief from being constantly bombarded and getting overstimulated by the perpetually worsening world news since the pandemic days. The ability to tune out these noises occasionally to prevent mental burnout is just as important as advocating for healing the world and humanity.”

Biography:
Christine R. Bay is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Singapore who works in various traditional, digital and mixed media.

Deeply inspired by nature, self versus collective identities, human psychology and the intertwining world of science and spirituality, Christine loves playing with the allegorical and surreal for her painted portraits and sculpture works. She also does paintings of the “mundane” on the side and is currently exploring the more “conceptual” aspect of art.

Christine has a background in computing (Bachelor of Computing with merit, National University of Singapore, 2003) and has obtained a Diploma in Toy Production at 3Dsense Media School in 2022.

Christine has participated in various international and local group shows, including The Portrait Shows by Modern Eden Gallery in the US, had her first solo show, “Onion and Moths” at Mr Lim’s Shop of Visual Treasures in 2023, and co-managed & participated in a NAC-backed trio show “Emotional Dumping” at Your Mother Gallery in 2024.

Currently, she is an artist with the Textile Paper Lab (a subsidiary group under Post Museum’s Renew Earth Sweatshop), an artist with Fertile Art Refinery’s -ologies Study Group and a member of the Sculpture Society Singapore.

Specifications:
– Medium: Mixed media, chrome acrylic spray paint and oils on stretched canvas
– Dimensions: 40cm diameter
– Artwork is not to be reproduced in any form for commercial or personal use.