ARTISTS IMAGINE A NATION: SG50 | PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF KOH SEOW CHUAN AND FRIENDS

PUBLISHED April 13th, 2015 03:19 am | UPDATED June 12th, 2020 04:28 pm

‘Artists imagine a Nation’ brings together figurative works by 36 artists from the 1930s to the present. Displayed in a special architecture designed for the ICA Singapore’s largest lower-level galleries, the exhibition presents diverse views of local people and places. Experience old Singapore with exhibition highlights such as a series of unusual figure paintings in gouache on paper (c. 1950) by Lee Cheng Yong, and street scenes in oil on small boards (c. 1950s) by Kuo Ju Ping.

Contemporary works include major paintings in oil and drawings in ink by Tang Da Wu, and landscapes in ink and watercolour by Lim Tze Peng and Foo Chee San. Seah Kim Joo’s majestic five-panel Untitled [Malayan life] (1968) in batik and mixed media is accompanied by panoramic works by Chia Yu Chian, Choo Kweng Kwang and Khaw Sia.

Of the more than 80 works on display, a number have never been exhibited – the exhibition will truly be a way to immerse yourself in the Singapore you never knew.

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, to be published in April, and public programmes.

This project is supported by the Cultural Matching Fund.

ARTISTS IMAGINE A NATION: SG50 | PICTURES OF PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF KOH SEOW CHUAN AND FRIENDS is held at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Gallery 1, 2 and TriSpace, Basement 1, and is currently exhibiting from now to Sun 19 Apr 2015, with Opening Hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm (except 1.30–2.30 pm). Admission is free. For more information, please visit the ICAS Facebook page, and the Lasalle website.