Terror Wrist is the title of Eman Raharno’s new work, that will be on display at the dbl O Art Space 7 this Saturday. The new work is made up of prints symbolising science versus religion. The artist will also be painting a 6×3 meter mural, depicting the meaning of Scientology.

Eman Raharno aka Clogtwo, is a Singapore-born Javanese. “The name Clogtwo was chosen due to the fact that when I first started off spray painting in late 2004, my spray-can caps kept clotting, hence the word “clog”. The number two is just a self reminder that no matter how far you go, you must always be humble and respectful of others, in short, always be second in place.”

Clogtwo graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a Diploma in Interactive Media Design in 2007. He is currently working as a video designer, and freelances in multiple areas including illustrations and graffiti murals. Clogtwo also represents the ZincNite Crew, a local graffiti collective established in 1998.

6 March, from 8 to 10pm at dbl O Art Space 7.

This month’s banner comes from the shutter of Ernest Lim. “I shoot images for fun, and take inspiration from nature. I hope to capture moments with many interpretations and meanings.”

Click images for more works in the series.

21-year-old artist and fine art photographer, Cheryl Teo, is currently working on her BFA in Photography at the Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media. “I am very much interested in conceptual art, and I enjoy expressing my thoughts and describing personal meaning through analogies.”

Through her imagination, Cheryl seeks to open up new worlds and explore the unexplored. “Diving into new dimensions fascinate me and intrigue my senses,” she adds. “Infinite Abyss -pictured above- is the magical act of objects falling through space and time, where there is no start and no end. The boundless way in which it transcends, brings about a sense of timelessness and surrealism. Metaphorically, this series of work refers to the abyss of time and the unknown vastness of life.”

In conjunction with the exhibition of celebrated New York graffiti artist, Daze, Fortune Cookie Projects announces the opening on 4 March, of a homecoming showcase of local graffiti art, titled Is This Home, Truly?

Curated by Zaki Razak and Zul Othman, the exhibition — presents the work of six urban artists from Singapore: Antz , Scopeone, Slacsatu, The Killer Gerbil, Tr853-1 and Zero.

In the words of Zaki, “The Pioneers, Markers and Avant-Gardes of Singapore’s ‘Graffiti Art’ are coming home to showcase artworks symbolizing respective peaks of their practice.  The showcase not only chronicles representational pieces from the scene in Singapore from the early 90s till today, it also inaugurates their congregation in a ‘confined’ space – an environment that seems alienating yet longing.”

The exhibition runs through 22 March at Fortune Cookie Projects, 39 Keppel Road #02-04 – Tanjong Pagar Distripark.

Local illustrator MessyMsxi unveils an introductory showcase of prints and happy merchandise at the newly opened The Little Drom Store, from 1 to 31 March 2010. Swing by some time.

Thousands of women travel to Bali each year in search of paradise. And many find it in the arms of  the Kuta Cowboys. Masters at peddling the holiday-romance concoction, these bronzed beach ambassadors have made Bali one of the world’s leading destinations for female sex tourists.

Cowboys in Paradise is an independent feature documentary by Amit Virmani, that gets between the sheets of Bali’s male sex trade to reveal its most intimate secrets.

Amit’s film already picked up three nominations at the Asian Film of First Films, including Best Documentary and Best Director (Documentary).

Cowboys in Paradise will be screening locally this spring. Join the Facebook page for updates.

Joanne Pang is a freelance graphic designer with a BFA in Visual Communications; a graduate from The School of Arts, Design and Media, NTU, Singapore. She appreciates the banality of life and has develop a strong interest in typography and geometry. Through design, she learns to fills up the spaces between her life and others as she delivers to others intentions via visual orientation and reason.

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maes2ro is a full-time freelance designer, who spends his free time following up on world issues and current affairs.

maes2rology is his philosophy of bonding humanity with art, inspired by people around us, anywhere, everywhere, regardless of their occupation, race, gender, lifestyle, status or physique. “It identifies the dialogue between both our abstract and concrete worlds,”  maes2ro continues. “maes2rology also aims to converse, to arouse and to provoke the recollections and minds of the human race.”

About his artwork: “I rather refer to it as campaigns, as I stencil my work into posters and go around distributing and pasting them to provoke the public. Most of my stencils are text-based and commemorate tragedies and catastrophes that have taken the toll on humanity.”