This work by Singaporean Genevieve Chua on the Malaysia-Singapore disputed island of Pedra Branca (Portuguese for ‘White Rock’ because of the white guano bird droppings, but known as Pulau Batu Puteh to Malaysia) is a sensitive issue between the two countries which was once amalgamated (1963) before separating in acrimony in 1965. It perhaps also questions the sovereign power over a piece of uninhabited granite rock, in this case some 8,560 square metres. On May 23, 2008, the International Court of Justice ruled that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore, but that Middle Rocks is under Malaysia (the Johor Sultanate, founded in 1528), but is silent on the status of the South Ledge, which is the subject of this set of five small-scale paintings in mock-satellite images. She works in abstract on natural history and linguistics. Genevieve Chua studied at the La Salle-SIA College of the Arts in Singapore (2000-2004). She won the Singapore National Arts Council’s (NAC) Young Artist Award in 2012, and its Georgette Chen scholarship in 2003-2004. Since her first solo, As Brutal As, at the La Librera, Singapore in 2007, she has taken part in major events such as the Singapore Fringe Festival 2009 (‘Raised As A Pack of Wolves), Art Hong Kong 2011 (Chan Hampe Galleries) and other exhibitions in Japan, Singapore, Los Angeles (the United States) and Manila (the Philippines). Her residencies include The Banff Centre (Calgary, Canada, 2010), the Singapore Tyler Print Institute under the BMW Young Artist Series (2010), The Art Incubator (Singapore NAC, 2011), Gyeonggi Creation Centre residency (South Korea, 2011) and a 2012 residency at the Royal College of Art, London.