Singapore abstract art and the experience of modernity, 1950s-1980s : thesis by Christine Han Siew Eng.
Author(s): Han, Christine Siew Eng
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Singapore abstract art and the experience of modernity, 1950s-1980s
- Author(s)
- Han, Christine Siew Eng
- Publisher
- Singapore : LASALLE College of the Arts, 2016.
- Collation
- 99 p. : col. ill.
30 cm. - Dewey Class
- 709.5957
- Contents
- 1. Introduction. 1.1 Background of the study ; 1.2 Objective of the study ; 1.3 Research questions ; 1.4 Definition of key terms ; 1.5 Methodology ; 1.6 Significance and limitations of the study ; 1.7 Literature review --
2. The Cultural and Historical Roots of Singapore Abstract Art. 2.1 Modernism, abstraction and Singapore's Chinese migrant artists ; 2.2 Singapore art of the 1940s-1950s and its evolution ; 2.3 Observing the world: The Southeast Asian phenomena ; 2.4 A dialogue of Eastern and Western traditions ; 2.5 The ancient is the modern in art: Yeh Chi Wei ; 2.6 Expressionism, Cubism and Chinese painting: Chen Wen Hsi and Cheong Soo Pieng --
3. Representing Modernity in Singapore Abstract Art 1960s-1980s. 3.1 Overview ; 3.2 Changing times. Singapore abstract art: Complex response to modernity 1960s-1980s ; 3.3 The 'beauties of form and colour'. Abstraction and nature. Choy Weng Yang, Thomas Yeo and Yeo Hoe Koon ; 3.4 Abstraction as a reflection of history and culture. Anthony Poon, Teo Eng Seng and Goh Beng Kwan ; 3.5 Chinese calligraphy as abstraction. Synthesis of East and West. Ho Ho Ying, Wee Beng Chong and Wong Keen --
Conclusion -- Bibliography. - Language
- English
- Subject
- Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Singapore
- BRN
- 7246
Notes
- A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts in Asian Art Histories at LASALLE College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Singapore, 2016.
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