Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the National Gallery, is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore. It oversees the world's largest public collection of Singaporean and regional art of the Eastern world , specifically of Southeast Asia , with a ...
Chng Nai Wee (Chinese: 庄乃维; pinyin: Zhuāng Nǎiwéi, [1] b. 1969) is an ophthalmology surgeon and artist in Singapore. [2]As an artist active in the 1990s to the early 2000s, Chng's art practice spans sculpture, installation art, and video art, drawing inspiration from his backgrounds in biomedical sciences, design, and information technology. [2]
Chua Mia Tee, National Language Class, 1959, Oil on canvas, 112 x 153 cm, Installation view at National Gallery Singapore Chua Mia Tee (Chinese: 蔡名智; pinyin: Cài Míngzhì; [1] born 25 November 1931) is a Chinese-born Singaporean artist known for his social realist oil paintings capturing the social and political conditions of Singapore and Malaya in the 1950s and 60s.
Georgette Chen, Self Portrait, c. 1946, Oil on canvas, Collection of National Gallery Singapore Georgette Liying Chendana Chen [a] (born Chang Li Ying; 23 October 1906 – 15 March 1993), commonly known as Georgette Chen, was a Singaporean painter and one of the pioneers of modern Singaporean art as well as the Nanyang style of art in the region.
During the 1970s, Sheares helped in establishing the National Museum Art Gallery, a period of time when Singapore was developing its museum knowhow. [1] After National Museum's natural history collection was reorganised in the early 70s, it was decided that the freed up space would be converted into an art gallery, a facility lacking in Singapore at the time, with development starting in 1973. [3]
He has held positions at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological Institution, and National Institute of Education as a lecturer of art history. [2] Sabapathy further established and headed pioneering art research facilities in Singapore, such as the Contemporary Asian Art Centre (2001–2004) and subsequently, Asia ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
A retrospective solo exhibition of Chen's work was held in 2014 at NAFA's Lim Hak Tai gallery in Singapore, featuring her prints, oil paintings, and works on paper. [1] In 2015, Chen's work was also featured at the inaugural long-term exhibition by the National Gallery Singapore, Siapa Nama Kamu: Art in Singapore since the 19th Century. [1]