Gwee Li Sui | Ong Kwee Nam | Simon Tay

Official exhibition opening: 20 Nov 2026, 6pm
Opens to public: 21 Nov - 29 Nov 2026, 12pm - 6pm. 
Closed on Monday 23 Nov.

INTRODUCTION:

Every year, the Temenggong-SG-Creatives exhibition invites creative personalities to showcase new works in the historic spaces at 28 Temenggong Road.

Titled “The Sound of Words,” this sixth edition features three distinguished Singaporeans who have worked closely with words across long and multifaceted careers.

Journalist-turned-TCM physician Ong Kwee Nam presents new Chinese calligraphic works, the elegant expression of a half-century of dedicated practice.

Writer and statesman Simon Tay makes an experimental foray into installation art, capturing how political realities and global anxieties colour ordinary life.

And poet-artist-critic Gwee Li Sui pairs verse with ink portraits to communicate personal experiences of loss, grief, and memory.

Now, Temenggong Artists-in-Residence extends its invitation to you — an invitation to look, read, and listen to the always alluring, mysterious, and polyphonic sound of words.

Text by writer Rachel Lim