Things to do

SINGAPORE (Sept 30): At the movies

View 27 artworks by American artist David LaChapelle that span the 1980s until today. The exhibition includes ShowTime at the Apocalypse (2013); Rebirth of Venus (2009); a portrait of Michael Jackson, celebrating his media beatification; Dynamic Nude; and a black-andwhite photograph taken in New York, Good News for Modern Man (1984). The exhibition includes his two big panels from the Aristocracy (2014) series. The year 2007 can be defined as a turning point in the artistic production of LaChapelle: Influenced by his visit to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, he produced the series, Deluge and After the Deluge. The reference to Michelangelo’s masterpiece is mixed with that of consumer society brands, generating an apocalyptic vision with a finale in which objects, works of art and people appear submerged by water, such as in Cathedral, Statue and Awakened. (main image)