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View Through a Window

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By Muhammad Izdi with Art Club students from Chua Chu Kang Secondary School

View through a Window is a series of 15 paper collages co-created by artist, Muhammad Izdi with Art Club students from Chua Chu Kang Secondary School. These imaginative, abstract works of art are heavily influenced by close-up observations of natural phenomena and natural forms.

In this hyper-real digital age, it is easy to forget, and even resist, that we are susceptible to natural forces. Nature in art takes many visual forms – from Photorealism to abstraction, and through nature, artists and their subjects can shed their inhibitions and celebrate the freedom of mind and body. In a series of 6 workshops, the students described, analysed, and interpreted their relationship and understanding of human connection with nature by applying elements of art and principles of design.

Using a pair of scissors and drawing stylistic references from French artist Henri Matisse, the students transformed the coloured papers into a world of plants, animals, landscapes and figures by cutting organic shapes and arranging them into compositions. The cut-outs were carefully mounted by the artist to give a layered dimensionality.

The series acts as a window, to encourage and inspire viewers to slow down, look out and appreciate nature and its beauty outside the concrete jungle. For our patients, these windows transport them to a colourful, conducive environment that would inspire hope and optimism throughout their healing journey.