Third Floor - Hermès, 541 Orchard Road, Liat Towers

Fairies with powder pink faces, nymphs in a bower of greenery, phantasmal animals with butterfly wings, all set in an enchanted landscape bathed in stardust - Flavia Da Rin's Discovery and Journey creates a personal fairy tale, a portrayal of her elfin character’s encounters through fictitious surroundings.

Recognised for her poetic fusion of digital art and story telling; Japanese anime, paintings by Botticelli, Ingres, Pre-Raphaelites, and John Currin’s sardonically exaggerated features of women count as her inspirational sources. Da Rin’s wide eyed characters exude naive charm and emotional fragility that impels viewers to question what lurks beyond the frame.

Curator Emi Eu aims to take Da Rin’s two-dimensional photo montages further by allocating interesting spatial possibilities that Third Floor - Hermès provides. It will be designed to provoke curiosity, illicit astonishment and play games with the viewers’ experience. Da Rin’s works are known to resonate warmly with people as they touch on memories, emotions and dreams.