June 05, 06:01 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 An interactive circular ping-pong table installation put up by the Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC) located at the Sports Hub Singapore looks uncannily similar to an iconic artwork by Singapore artist Lee Wen.
This is the Sports Hub installation:
This is the interactive artwork by Lee Wen from 1998:
Source: leewen.republicofdaydreams.com
Source: leewen.republicofdaydreams.com
Lee, 58, is a performance artist, who received the Cultural Medallion in 2005.
Ping-Pong Go Round was first created and performed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1998.
He had envisioned the game as "a dialogue between players on opposite sides", using a doughnut shape for the table and creating new ways to play the game.
In 2012, the installation was exhibited outside the Singapore Art Museum's annexe, SAM @ 8Q.
The popular work also travelled to Art Basel Hong Kong in March.
Lee told The Straits Times he was not aware his idea had been used and was only alerted to it when he saw the work online:
"I just found out about this a few minutes ago when Tan Pin Pin sent me the photo over Facebook. I am a bit upset because I was not informed, and my permission was not asked for."
The Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC) has not commented on the issue.
Top photo via Tan Pin Pin Facebook
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