Bio / SBTG

Mark Ong & Sue-Anne Lim

Born in Sin, 1979.

Lives & works in Sin.

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Mr and Mrs Sabotage – the dynamic husband-and-wife team behind SBTG. With an amalgamation of influences, SBTG’s works is a bricolage of punk rock and metal music, skateboarding, 80s America, military motifs, and B-grade horror movies that resonates with those growing up immersed in the subcultures of the 1980s.

 

Their new series of works on various mediums is titled Acoustic Anarchy, and was first exhibited in 2012 by FLABSLAB. A semi-biographical account of Mark’s life growing up in Singapore through the honest reflection of his influences, it captures the struggle against conformity and the spirit of rebellion. In May 2013, the show travelled to Paris where they also did a live silkscreen workshop, showcasing the roots of their DIY ethics.  

 

July 2013, SBTG did a redux show at Galerie Steph with a brand new series of paintings on wood. Through cultural osmosis, SBTG absorbs influences from both history and their surroundings. With these works on wood, SBTG appropriates various motifs and adroitly juxtaposes them to create a collage of convergence in culture. In Enjoy Napalm (2013), a Lufthansa flight attendant poses before a tropical war scene á la Apocalypse Now with “Enjoy Napalm” in the foreground – these are the imageries skillfully deconstructed then pulled together with playfulness and acerbic wit for a visually arresting articulation of the various recognisable idioms melting into one another.