Young Art Historians Forum

Category - forums
Date: Monday, 7th September 2015 Time: 7pm-9pm Venue: Block F, Room 201, LASALLE College of the Arts Synopsis: The Young Art Historians Forum presented by the MA Asian Art Histories Programme is a public forum where three early career researchers will present their latest research project on modern and contemporary art histories in Southeast Asia. The three presenters are: Clare Read more....

Tempus Fugit

Category - exhibitions
24 August - 5 September 2014, Gajah Gallery The exhibition Tempus Fugit (Time Flies), curated by Daniela Beltrani, unravels Jason Lim's performance art practice in two clear segments. The first (Timeline), dynamic by nature, has a purely art historical, non-commercial approach and probes into Lim's performance art practice from its very beginning in 1994 to the present time, considering his Read more....

History and Memory in Thai Contemporary Art

Category - essays and articles
by Iola Lenzi In his latest novel Map of the invisible World, Malaysian author Tash Aw discusses selective amnesia in the context of Indonesian history. One of his protagonists notes that Europeans remember bad things, while Asians forget them-as a way of erasing pain-, concluding that “…to be ignorant of one’s true history is to live in a void…where you do not really exist…”. Thai art Read more....

POSTGRAD INFO DAY

Category - talks
POSTGRAD INFO DAY Date: Saturday, 16 August 2014 Time: 11.45am - 12.25pm Venue: Room 201, Level 2, F Block, LASALLE College of the Arts, 1, McNally Street, Singapore 187940 Guest speaker: Mr Low Sze Wee, Director, Curatorial and Collections, The National Gallery, Singapore Topic: What Makes Southeast Asian Art Distinctive? Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free Read more....