SINGAPORE - Local artist Jonathan Lim has apologised for his actions after his paintings at a visual art gallery in Kallang were removed following his racially-charged social media posts against co-artist Priyageetha Dia and her friend.
The controversy was ignited by his remarks on an incident at the joint opening night of two consecutive exhibitions at NPE Art Residency and Gallery. They were to feature his works and those of Ms Priyageetha, an installation artist.At the opening on Jan 9, Mr Lim alleged in his post that Ms Priyageetha's friend, whom he identified as Ms Chand Chandramohan, had laughed when guest of honour Ben Slater, an associate chair at Nanyang Technological University, used the word iconoclastic.
Ms Chand also highlighted portions of his post and said she expected an apology from NPE Art Residency for the incident, which she considered as racial and sexual harassment. "The snake slur is a demeaning, racial insult and has been used on me before," she added, referring to Mr Lim's use of the term"snakewhores".
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