The Flood: Quan Lim

Cuturi Gallery is delighted to present The Flood, a solo show by Singaporean artist Quan Lim (b. 1996). In his first collaboration with the gallery, Lim explores the tension between self-preservation and collective existence, drawing on narratives of catastrophe - from Géricault’s Raft of the Medusa to origin flood myths.

 

Layering references from the old master tradition of Goya to the baroque of Stella, his paintings fuse abstraction with figuration to construct contemporary tableaus animated by instinct, conflict, and survival.

 

In each work, groups of entangled figures unfold in scenes of carnivalesque fragmentation, inviting the viewer into narratives that examine the instinctual drives shaping individual and collective behaviour amid extreme upheaval.

 

Lim holds a BFA in Painting, summa cum laude, from the Maryland Institute College of Art, under a full scholarship. He was awarded first place in the 32nd UOB Painting of the Year as an Emerging Artist in 2013. His works have been exhibited in Singapore and the United States.

 

The Flood will be on view at 61 Aliwal Street, Singapore 199937, from 16 August to 13 September 2025.