The Singapore storied : issues of politics and society in local contemporary art from 2000 onwards / thesis by Wong Hong Weng.
Author(s): Wong, Hong Weng
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- The Singapore storied : issues of politics and society in local contemporary art from 2000 onwards
- Author(s)
- Wong, Hong Weng
- Publisher
- Singapore : LASALLE College of the Arts, 2012.
- Collation
- 111 p. : col. ill.
30 cm. - Dewey Class
- 709.5957
- Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Context of the study ; 1.2 Objectives of the study ; 1.3 Rationale and significance of the study ; 1.4 Research questions ; 1.5 Methodology ; 1.6 Key terms and their contexts ; 1.7 Limitation of the study -- 2. THE SINGAPORE SURVEY EXHIBITION SERIES (2009– 2011) AND ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH POLITICS AND SOCIETY. 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Art and nation-building ; 2.3 Contemporary art and society ; 2.4 Analysis of the Singapore Survey exhibition series (2009-2011) ; 2.5 Evaluation -- 3. CRITIQUE OF THE SINGAPORE HISTORY IN LOCAL CONTEMPORARY ART. 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 The Singapore Story ; 3.3 Ho Tzu Nyen's Utama: Every Name in History is I (2003) ; 3.4 The Artists Village's Artists Investigating Monuments (2000) ; 3.5 Amanda Heng's I Remember (2005) ; 3.6 Zai Kuning's The Heart of Piano is in the Dark: Homage to Pak Zubir Said, also known as Mr. Mari Kita (2010) ; 3.7 Ghazi Alqudcy and Ezzam Rahman’s Forgotten Merlion (2009) ; 3.8 Jason Wee's Self-Portrait (Number One Mr. Lee) & (No More Tears Mr. Lee) (2009) ; 3.9 Jimmy Ong's Papa Can You Hear Me (2010) ; 3.10 Green Zeng's Fort Canning in An Exile Revisits The City series (2011) ; .11 Tang Da Wu's The Supreme Game in Heroes, Islanders series (2006) ; 3.12 Evaluation -- 4. CONCLUSION. 4.1 Significance of the Survey Survey exhibition series ; 4.2 Reflections on the effects of socio-political art -- 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 6. APPENDICES. 6.1 Illustrations ; 6.2 Interview with Zai Kuning.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Art and society -- Singapore.
Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Political aspects -- Singapore - BRN
- 8521
Notes
- A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Asian Art Histories at LASALLE College of the Arts, 2012.
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