A Review of Dinh Q. Lê: Monuments and Memorials

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Weaving Histories: Monuments and Memorials of Dinh Q. Lê By Reaksmey Yean Upon arrival on the second floor of STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery, visitors will be greeted by an appealing aesthetic and the graceful black and white, cobalt blue, and shimmering silver palettes of the current exhibition entitled Monuments and Memorials by an internationally successful Vietnamese-born American artist, Read more....

A Review of The Artist’s Voice

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by Abdul Hafiiz Bin Abdul Karim Art is our last voice of freedom as it is the extension of our sense of self. It allows us to make our presence visible and to establish our own version of the truth. For the artists in The Artist’s Voice, this statement rings true in a collection of electrifying, emotional and expressive works. Held at the Parkview Museum, an art space dedicated to showcase contemporary Read more....

A Review of Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond

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by Luke Chua The first international exhibition of the National Gallery Singapore (NGS), titled Reframing Modernism, rides on the huge waves generated by the opening of the Gallery as one of the largest visual art museums in the region in November 2015. The exhibition aim is impressive: to reframe the understanding of modernism which has been built by decades of art historical scholarship. While Read more....

A Review of Between Here and Nanyang: Marco Hsu’s A Brief History of Malayan Art

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Between Here and Nanyang is an exhibition in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Marco Hsu’s A Brief History of Malayan Art and is intended to coincide with Singapore’s fifty years of independence in 2015. The text seeks to break away from the view that Malaya is a cultural desert, to highlight the vibrancy of Malayan art and define the Malayan cultural identity. Read more....

The Arab World on its Terms and Conditions

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by Durriya Dohadwala - Singapore’s link with the Arab world dates back to the early 19th century when Arab traders plied the sea routes between Asia and Europe. Some of the traders settled here, bringing their culture and customs with them which today we see amalgamated into Singapore’s multi cultural community. Arab art however, is something that is rarely seen here, especially in a contemporary Read more....