LONG–TERM EXHIBITIONS SIAPA NAMA KAMU? ART IN SINGAPORE SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY Ongoing | City Hall Wing, Level 2, DBS Singapore Gallery The Gallery’s long-term exhibitions feature over 800 Singapore and Southeast Asian artworks, and are constantly evolving. Every year, visitors can discover over 200 new pieces. These updates to our long-term exhibitions allow us to display our artworks in new and exciting configurations, enabling us to tell different stories and introduce new perspectives. Each gallery has a distinct focus, which may be a specific medium or subject matter, or tracing an impulse shared by various artists at a particular moment in time. Refreshing our exhibitions also allows us to showcase works that we have recently acquired alongside our latest research, thereby continually expanding and enriching the narratives of art in the region.
Sarkasai Said Tzee Aspirations 1989 Batik 60 × 60 cm
Lai Foong Moi. Not titled (Pulling in Fishing Nets), 1963. Oil on canvas, 38.5 × 53.5 cm.
Lai Foong Moi was the first graduate from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts to further her artistic training in Paris. She returned to Singapore in 1958 and painted many landscapes and portraits of everyday life in Singapore and Southeast Asia. This monochromatic work effectively conveys the teeming activity of fishermen reeling in their nets despite the sparing use of colour and lack of pictorial detail. On display in DBS Singapore Gallery 1.
Aspirations combines assertive, energetic lines with vibrant colours. Sarkasi Said Tzee was an avid naturalist and often drew upon nature’s splendour to create dynamic visual rhythms and textured compositions. Throughout his lifetime, Sarkasi sought to elevate the appreciation of batik painting in Singapore, both as fine art and as a commercial craft, and was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2020 in recognition of his achievements and contributions. On display in DBS Singapore Gallery 2.
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