Field Trip to S. Sudjojono: Lives in Pictures exhibition, 15 February 2014, ADM Gallery

Category - local study trips
Sudjojono was one of Indonesia’s leading artists of the post-war period. A nationalist at heart, he helped the nationalist forces under Sukarno stir anti-Dutch sentiments by propagating images and producing artworks that advanced the revolutionary cause. An expressionist and realist, he rejected the idealised Mooi Indie (Beautiful Indies) landscapes that were painted by his fellow Indonesian artists Read more....

Mekong Spring: Cambodian Photography in the Last Decade

Category - essays and articles
by Zhuang Wubin The years leading to the 1970 coup by Lon Nol that deposed Norodom Sihanouk, the American bombing from 1964 to 1975, the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge (KR) from 1975 to 1979, and the subsequent Vietnamese rule until its military withdrawal in 1989 brought about massive upheavals in the lives of Cambodians. Ironically, the dislocation also offers a convenient starting point Read more....

Hong Kong Study Trip : Under the Surface – 15 to 19 December 2013

Category - overseas study trips
by Marie-Pierre Mol When the decision was taken to go to Hong Kong for the study trip, my classmates and I were looking forward having a good time in a city that we had already previously explored. However, to our pleasant surprise, this study trip was an opportunity to discover unexplored cultural territories. In Hong Kong, like in Singapore, land is scarce and thus expensive, and exhibition spaces Read more....

Dr Caroline Turner – Art and Ethical Responsibility: Contemporary Asian Contexts

Category - annual lecture 2014
Pioneering scholar on Southeast Asian contemporary art Dr Caroline Turner will deliver the third MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture on 26 March 2014. Art and Ethical Responsibility: Contemporary Asian Contexts Distinguished Speaker : Dr Caroline Turner Moderator : Iola Lenzi Wed: 26 March 2014 7.00pm-9.00pm Block F Level 2 #F202 LASALLE College of the Arts 1 McNally Street Free Read more....

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

Category - exhibition reviews
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....