Catmasutra - The enlightened Series

Here's a little video for my upcoming exhibition on Wednesday, so come on down and explore the mystical side of you in this quirky and 'deep' cat art exhibition. The song's a favorite of mine, "Lived in Bars" by Cat Power.

The rain is free
only in falling...

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The Map of Unchartered Occurrences

“We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It's just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.” ~ Ben Okri

The Pilgrimage

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours... and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.” ~ Bob Moawad

Kiss Pressed like a flower

"In mysterious ways the heart reveals itself to be like a flower that opens and closes. this is our nature. " ~Jack Kornfield

Just Sitting

“The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.” ~ Epictetus

CATMASUTRA ~ The Enlightened Series
A solo exhibition by Paul Koh

Opening Reception & RSVP:
Wednesday, 4 June 7pm
tel: (65) 6348 7793

ARTOHOLIC GALLERY

422 joo chiat road

Paintings will be displayed till 19 June 2008

Opening Hours:

monday-friday: 12pm - 7pm

saturday : 10am - 9pm

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Catmasutra - Non-Collectibles muvee

Another catmasutra muvee from the non-collectibles exhibition. I was using some of the digital art styles for this one, which I think is quite experimental. You can really manipulate the software by layering one style after another and then combining them into one. The music sound track is from Concave Scream, whom I think is a really cool band. The other exceptional local band is The Observatory and you can get their latest album, A far Cry from Here at their website. I did a couple of muvees using tracks from these two bands set to my photos of streets cats as well as Brian Ho's black and white vision of Singapore streets in the wee hours of the morning. Not sure why now, but I'm suddenly feeling motivated to put these clips onto the web... haha! Maybe it was an overdose of cat fur or something, but I guess I can look back and appreciate what I did more! Also, I think the theme is an important one. We're so concerned about progressing, earning more, building more, that we have a tendency to deem everything else as invisible or non-collectibles.

“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.” - Milan Kundera

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Catmasutra cats - 130 in one room?

Get this art print, "Cat's Sutra" at Art Prints Asia

The 130 cats seem to be a model of catmasutra, zen-like, meowing gently, sitting on brightly colored plastic chairs grooming themselves. The cats look good, neither too fat or skinny, clean, confident and contented. All's calm on the Russian front? Well, what it must be like for 130 pairs of ears to tweak in one direction when familiar sounds stream in from across the great divide, we never know. At the opening of the great door of delight, all sutra is banished and queuing is not an option.



Is this madness or compassion? Is this love or addiction? Whatever it is, in the harsh winters, without food and shelter, most of these cats will not survive. It takes all kinds to make the world go round. And the cats have their own lucky stars!! I hope she has a very efficient kitty sewage system though!

For The English News on this remarkable lady in Russia...

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Cats of the World

Three of my photos from the non-collectibles show are now on the walls of the 'Cats of the World' Exhibition, 1-15 August at The Moomba @ Level 2, 52A Circular Road. The exhibition aims to spread the message about the joys of our feline friends and that cats all over the world are the same - lovable and purrrrfect!

"Hutch" slacking while his partner Starsky is out galavanting. This is at the food mall at Bestway Building in the Central Business District Area. I have entire collections of these two cats, and they are one of my favs.

These are the new kids on the block (then anyway when this photo was taken). They appeared out of the blue one day and seems to be from the same litter. There was some upgrading work being done on the site (Hougang 24 Hour kopitiam), so the area was sealed up except for a little opening. That's their gateway to a haven (during the night) as they got total privacy!


This old fella is one of my favs as well. Very calm and confident with people. Obviously the resident cat at the food place (good teochew porridge) around Kovan. "Worldly wisdom" is written all over those eyes! A true catmasutra cat! The above three photos are for sale and all proceeds will go the Cat Welfare Society...

"Cats add a lot of character to their environment," said Dawn Kua, Director of Operations at CWS. "They are neglected and abandoned here in Singapore."

They really shouldn't be. CWS has been trying hard to take care of these strays and one of the many problems they face are people who see the cats as pests! If we do not have compassion for these strays, at least, don't deny them from people who have...

One of the clips from the Non-collectibles exhibition, with special thanks to Concave Scream for their music...

Can you keep your balance?

Can you keep your balance? Internally, externally? What is the weight at the opposite end that will keep you at where you are? What happens when something tips the balance? Desire? Jealousy? Greed? Obsession? Watch this clip called "Balance" which won the the Oscar for Best Animated Short, 1990 and deservingly so!

At the end of the road...

There's always something at the end of the road... If you're not willing to see what it is, you probably shouldn't be out there in the first place...