Study Trip to New Delhi – 7-12 December 2015

Category - overseas study trips
by Christiaan Haridas, Hsu Chin Miao and Yeow Ju Li There was no better place to begin our trip and introduction to Indian art history than a visit to the National Museum, New Delhi, where we were awed by the richness of the Indus Valley civilisation as seen through its collection of Harrapan, Mauryan and Buddhist artefacts, and miniature paintings (Fig. 1). There, we learnt about the iconography Read more....

Conceptual Strategies in Southeast Asian Art : A Local narrative

Category - essays and articles
by Iola Lenzi - Introduction In his review of the Southeast Asian art exhibition of 2010 Making History Tony Godfrey, the author of Conceptual Art, assesses works by Alwin Reamillo (b.1964), Mella Jaarsma (b.1960), Vasan Sitthiket (b.1957),Tang Da Wu (b.1943), Nge Lay (b.1979), Green Zeng (b.1972), and Bui Cong Khanh (b.1972) as difficult to read, “... its (the exhibition’s) weakness is the Read more....

Spectrum of Art Sensibilities: Critical Reflections on the Global Turn in Contemporary Art

Category - annual lecture 2015
Noted Indonesian art critic and curator Jim Supangkat will deliver the fourth MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture on 25 March 2015. Distinguished Speaker : Jim Supangkat Moderator : Professor Yvonne Spielmann Wed 25 March 2015 7.00pm-9.00pm Block F Level 2 #F202 LASALLE College of the Arts 1 McNally Street Free admission (on a first-come first-served basis) RSVP: wulandani.dirgantoro@lasalle.edu.sg A Read more....

New Silk Roads: Painting Beyond Borders

Category - essays and articles
by Rachel Choo The ancient Silk Road – actually a network of established roads, unkempt pathways and evanescent desert trails – conducted goods, ideas, adventurers, spies, diplomats and armies from China, across the Eurasian continent to India, the Mideast and Europe, and back. The road has become a fabled metaphor for cosmopolitan wayfaring and exchange, despite the fact that it was also a Read more....

Taipei Study Trip – Delving Into Relational Aesthetics

Category - overseas study trips
by Stephanie Xatart and Samantha Segar The much anticipated study trip of the Asian Art Histories 2014/15 Master’s Programme took us to Taipei, Taiwan. The trip was from 9 Dec to 13 Dec 2014. There we were delighted to explore many facets of Taipei’s vibrant and edgy art scene. The first stage of our cultural journey took us to the Taipei Biennale where we attempted to come to terms with Read more....