Amidst Wonderment in the Air captures a moment of curiosity and excitement as a female factory worker approaches her workplace. In 1966, most women walked to the factories regardless of their shifts, and this painting imagines the sense of awe she might feel upon seeing a parade of foreign vehicles arriving at the site, a visual cue of the factory’s significance within Singapore’s growing industrial landscape.

The work imagines the opening of Fullmark Industries, highlighting the intersection of daily labour and the broader ambitions of a nation in industrial progress.