Category Archives: Modern art

Shifting Grounds, Siapa Nama Kamu? Art in Singapore since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-06 19:39:43. Shifting Grounds takes a historical overview of the significant shifts in art practice in Singapore from the 1970s to 2000s. Alternative art practices exploded onto the Singapore art scene in the second half of the 1980s to counter the dominant systems of art at the time.…

New Languages, Siapa Nama Kamu? Art in Singapore since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-06 19:30:01. The exhibition “Siapa Nama Kamu?” opens with a meticulous exploration of those Western artistic influences that first informed Singapore’s contemporary art scene; gradually, through its graceful exposition of Singapore’s historical, social and artistic transformations, the show ultimately reveals the country’s subtle growth towards a unique aesthetic…

Real Concerns and Tradition Unfettered, Siapa Nama Kamu? Art in Singapore since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-06 11:24:38. The act of creating the inaugural long-term display for the DBS Singapore Gallery (Singapore Gallery) has entailed significant discussions with art historians, critics, artists and curators on the topic of “modernism” in Singapore, ranging from what definitions, terminologies and technologies one may adopt, to whether there…

Tropical Tapestry and Nanyang Reverie, Siapa Nama Kamu? Art in Singapore since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-06 10:50:26. The opening of the National Gallery Singapore comes at a time of great significance for Singapore, in her 50th year of independence. What is the relationship of art to a nation like Singapore and how can we understand its role in the last fifty years? These…

Imagining Country and Self, Between Declarations and Dreams, Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-05 19:36:09. Imagining Country and Self (1900s to 1940s): In the early 20th century, the growth of art schools and institutions led artists to develop a stronger sense of professional identity. Artists began to express a stronger sense of place in their works and actively strove to express…

Manifesting the Nation, Between Declarations and Dreams, Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-05 11:36:54. Manifesting the Nation: Realities and Realisms (1950s to 1970s). One of the most significant developments in the history of modern art in Southeast Asia occurred during 1950s to 1970s. During and after World War II, artists documented political events and issues, and used the style of…

Redefining Art, Between Declarations and Dreams, Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century, National Gallery Singapore

Originally posted 2019-12-05 03:59:51. Re:Defining Art (post 1970s). Artists in this period became more concerned with political and cultural issues, not just the form or appearance of an artwork. Using a wider range of approaches and materials, they experimented with other genres such as installation, video, photography and performance. Re:Defining…

Portuguese art, Reasons and Emotions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal

Originally posted 2019-11-30 22:31:36. The collection of the exhibition “Portuguese art, Reasons and Emotions”, covers much of its temporal arc, from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1980s occupying all the galleries of the Museum, from the Serpa Pinto Wing. It begins with portraiture, an eighteenth-century theme rarely addressed in generational…

Moments … The stories of portraits and still lives, Olga Demidova, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art

Originally posted 2019-11-03 23:39:26. “Moments … The stories of portraits and still lives”. Solo exhibition by Olga Demidova. What is our life, if not a sequence of moments? The exhibition by Olga Demidova, held in Erarta in mid-January, will tell you more about this. Olga Demidova can be called “a…