Finally, some due recognition. After making the controversial decision to shoehorn a table tennis installation at the SEA Games carnival that strongly resembled the work of local performance artist Lee Wen, Sport Singapore have agreed to pay him out of goodwill.
Sport Singapore and its vendor Unusual Productions "amicably resolved" the matter with Lee and his gallery iPreciation, acknowleding that the horseshoe-shaped ping-pong table at the carnival resembled the Cultural Medallion recipient's iconic artwork entitled 'Ping-Pong Go Round', which was first displayed in Melbourne back in 1998. The project was re-enacted at the Singapore Art Museum in 2012. "Singsoc and Unusual Productions fully recognise the importance of protecting creative intellectual property in Singapore, and have no intention to do otherwise," the wrote in a statement.
The resolution will see Unusual Productions producing a version of his art piece for him to donate to a museum in Singapore for the public to enjoy, The Sunday Times reports.
He was first notified of the alleged breach of intellectual property on Jun 5, and the installation at SEA Games was taken down the next day after the issue caused a right commotion among the arts community, who presumably saw it as a thankless corporate appropriation of the arts.
Photo: Tan Pin Pin Facebook page
Finally, some due recognition. After making the controversial decision to shoehorn a table tennis installation at the SEA Games carnival that strongly resembled the work of local performance artist Lee Wen, Sport Singapore have agreed to pay him out of goodwill.
Sport Singapore and its vendor Unusual Productions "amicably resolved" the matter with Lee and his gallery iPreciation, acknowleding that the horseshoe-shaped ping-pong table at the carnival resembled the Cultural Medallion recipient's iconic artwork entitled 'Ping-Pong Go Round', which was first displayed in Melbourne back in 1998. The project was re-enacted at the Singapore Art Museum in 2012. "Singsoc and Unusual Productions fully recognise the importance of protecting creative intellectual property in Singapore, and have no intention to do otherwise," the wrote in a statement.
The resolution will see Unusual Productions producing a version of his art piece for him to donate to a museum in Singapore for the public to enjoy, The Sunday Times reports.
He was first notified of the alleged breach of intellectual property on Jun 5, and the installation at SEA Games was taken down the next day after the issue caused a right commotion among the arts community, who presumably saw it as a thankless corporate appropriation of the arts.
Photo: Tan Pin Pin Facebook page