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....

The Arab World on its Terms and Conditions

Category - exhibition reviews
by Durriya Dohadwala - Singapore’s link with the Arab world dates back to the early 19th century when Arab traders plied the sea routes between Asia and Europe. Some of the traders settled here, bringing their culture and customs with them which today we see amalgamated into Singapore’s multi cultural community. Arab art however, is something that is rarely seen here, especially in a contemporary Read more....

Understanding Vietnam’s Contemporary Art : A Study Trip to Hanoi, Vietnam

Category - overseas study trips
by Durriya Dohadwala - The MA in Asian Art Histories programme includes in its curriculum a study trip to a regional country to understand ways in which the cultural and social environment shapes its art production as well as provide networking opportunities with the local art community. For the cohort of 2012, the study trip was to Hanoi, Vietnam and took place from June 6-10, 2013. Our group Read more....