Modern in Southeast Asian Art
A Reader
ISBN: PB: 9789811406645,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
August 2023
350 pp., 23,5x17,5 cm
350 pp., 23,5x17,5 cm
Who spoke of the modern? When was the modern written? How was it written? How was it received? This collection features texts spanning the late 19th to late 20th centuries, selected by a group of scholars as responses to questions such as these. They...
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£72.00
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Asian Modern
ISBN: PB: 9789811406072,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
October 2021
500 pp., 23,5x17,5 cm
500 pp., 23,5x17,5 cm
In this expansive study, John Clark draws on decades of his research on modern art cultures across Asia from 1850 to the present day. The Asian Modern uses an artist-centric approach, by way of meticulous case studies, to create a new comparative par...
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£35.00
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Georgette Chen
At Home in the World
ISBN: HB: 9789811449222,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
July 2021
208 pp., 29,0x23,0 cm
208 pp., 29,0x23,0 cm
Paris, Shanghai and New York: Georgette Chen, one of Singapore's foremost artists, once counted these cultural capitals as home and cut her teeth as a painter there. Chen eventually found in Singapore "a veritable paradise", enchanted by its tropical...
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£30.00
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Artist Speaks
Georgette Chen
ISBN: PB: 9789811167591,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
October 2018
128 pp., 22,9x16,0 cm
128 pp., 22,9x16,0 cm
One of Singapore's most prominent artists, Georgette Chen forged an artistic vision that till today continues to enchant and inspire. Chen's remarkable story that spans wars and revolutions, triumph and tragedy, loves lost and enduring, is told here...
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£15.00
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Painting Singapore
The Life and Art of Lim Cheng Hoe
ISBN: PB: 9789811168253,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
October 2018
160 pp., 29,2x22,9 cm
160 pp., 29,2x22,9 cm
Lim Cheng Hoe's ardour and discipline as a painter merge in his evocative portrayals of light and life in developing Singapore. This catalogue examines his contribution to the watercolour tradition and plein-air painting in Singapore, and republishes...
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£30.00
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Colours of Impressionism
Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay
ISBN: PB: 9789811145155,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
January 2018
208 pp., 29,2x22,9 cm, colour illus.
208 pp., 29,2x22,9 cm, colour illus.
One of the great innovations of the Impressionists was their radical use of colour: their application of strokes of complementary or contrasting hues captured the shifting effects of light and foregrounded the nature of vision. Using colour as the le...
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£30.00
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Between Worlds
Raden Saleh and Juan Luna
ISBN: PB: 9789811146848,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
November 2017
208 pp., 29,5x22,9 cm
208 pp., 29,5x22,9 cm
National heroes and enigmatic figures, 19th-century painters Raden Saleh and Juan Luna traversed the colonial territories of Southeast Asia and the imperial cities of Europe. Their agile navigation of these competing positions resulted in dramatic pa...
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£30.00
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Unfettered Ink
The Writings of Chen Chong Swee
ISBN: PB: 9789811123757,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
March 2017
252 pp., 21,6x14,6 cm
252 pp., 21,6x14,6 cm
Significant achievement in art notwithstanding, Chen Chong Swee was also a prolific, vivid essayist. His writings – collated here and translated into English for the first time – range from the value of art education to the responsibilities of the ar...
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£24.00
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Rediscovering Treasures
Ink Art from the Xiu Hai Lou Collection
ISBN: PB: 9789811123740,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
March 2017
192 pp., 30,5x24,0 cm
192 pp., 30,5x24,0 cm
The stunning breadth of one of the most extensive private collections of ink art in Singapore is made public in Rediscovering Treasures: Ink Art from the Xiu Hai Lou Collection. Full-colour image plates showcase works which range from the ancient aes...
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£30.00
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Iskandar Jalil
Kembara Tanah Liat (Clay Travels)
ISBN: PB: 9789811101908,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
August 2016
364 pp., 30,5x24,1 cm, colour illus.
364 pp., 30,5x24,1 cm, colour illus.
Iskandar Jalil is celebrated as one of Southeast Asia's most prominent ceramicists. Known for his high level of discipline, tenacity and dedication, the Colombo Plan scholar is a recipient of multiple accolades including the prestigious Order of the...
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£43.00
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