Ambitious Alignments
New Histories in Southeast Asian Art, 1945-1990
ISBN: PB: 9780909952921,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
June 2018
400 pp., 24,4x17,3 cm, illustrations throughout
400 pp., 24,4x17,3 cm, illustrations throughout
Ten essays by emerging scholars draw upon unexplored archives and works of art, bearing witness to rich local histories and uncovering complex artistic exchanges across Southeast Asia and beyond. This volume sheds new light on the significance of arc...
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26.00 GBP
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Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission
Rirkrit Tiravanija
ISBN: PB: 9789811164545,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
June 2018
60 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm
60 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm
Rirkrit Tiravanija has created the second Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission artwork for National Gallery Singapore. Featuring an interlocking bamboo structure with a simple wooden tea house at its centre, this site- specific installation springs fr...
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20.00 GBP
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Do Gallery Sitters Sit All Day?
Things People Really Do in a Museum
ISBN: PB: 9789811145148,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
March 2018
36 pp., 25,0x25,0 cm, colour illus.
36 pp., 25,0x25,0 cm, colour illus.
What is a docent? What does an artwork conservator do? Take a look behind the scenes of an art museum to discover what goes on inside. With colourful illustrations featuring the beautiful architecture of National Gallery Singapore, "Do Gallery Sitter...
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12.00 GBP
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Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960-1969)
ISBN: HB: 9789811145179,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
February 2018
214 pp., 68,6x53,4 cm
214 pp., 68,6x53,4 cm
Malaysian artist Latiff Mohidin's life work has been discussed extensively within national and, to some extent, regional frameworks, yet his contribution to global modernism remains understudied. This publication seeks to address this gap, positionin...
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35.00 GBP
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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 GBP
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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 GBP
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Yayoi Kusama
Life is the Heart of a Rainbow
ISBN: PB: 9789811128554,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
June 2017
116 pp., 27,8x19,6 cm
116 pp., 27,8x19,6 cm
Yayoi Kusama is one of the world's most influential artists, having played a crucial role in key art movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Accompanying the first major survey of Kusama's work in Southeast Asia, this catalogue features essays by c...
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20.00 GBP
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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 GBP
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Artsy
Fun with Southeast Asian Art
ISBN: PB: 9789811128035,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
March 2017
48 pp., 29,7x21,0 cm, illustrations throughout
48 pp., 29,7x21,0 cm, illustrations throughout
Inspired by artworks from Singapore's National Collection, this fun activity book encourages young, curious minds to observe and explore the world around them. "Artsy: Fun with Southeast Asian Art" introduces children to simple visual elements like l...
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12.00 GBP
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Awesome Art
The Next 20 Works Everyone Should Know
ISBN: HB: 9789811129278,
Prestel Publishing,
National Gallery Singapore,
March 2017
92 pp., 26,5x21,0 cm, illustrations throughout
92 pp., 26,5x21,0 cm, illustrations throughout
Explore the awesome world of art through 20 awesome works from Southeast Asia! Perfect for the young and young at heart, Awesome Art dispels the notion that art is a difficult domain, introducing instead its colourful stories and personalities, as we...
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21.00 GBP
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