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CHNG SEOK TIN: DRAWN THROUGH A PRESS ENG TOW: THE SIXTH SENSE GOH BENG KWAN: NERVOUS CITY JAAFAR LATIFF: IN THE TIME OF TEXTILE LIN HSIN HSIN @ SPEED OF THOUGHT MOHAMMAD DIN MOHAMMAD: THE MISTAKEN ANCESTOR Paperback | 80 pages | $26.75 (inclusive of GST) each Published on the occasion of the Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965 exhibition, each standalone catalogue traces the individual journeys that these artists undertook as they strove to be continuously “new.” By bringing together essays, interviews, full-coloured plates and archival material, the series offers a comparative perspective of how artists critically engaged with the conditions of multiculturalism, developmentalism and modernisation in post-independence Singapore. MATISSE PICASSO Paperback | 196 pages | $53.50 (inclusive of GST) | ISBN: 978-06-4233-485 The extraordinary relationship between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso is one of the most important and eventful narratives in modern art. Between them, they set the course of Western art history in the first half of the 20 th century with their artistic rivalry and collaboration. This publication examines the paths of these two artists over the years and the way they each responded to the other’s work.
PERSPECTIVES Our online weekly magazine for views, conversations, research and behind-the-scenes insights, Perspectives is a discursive space and resource for Southeast Asian art. Find out more at nationalgallery.sg/magazine. 38
The Asian Modern
John Clark
THE ASIAN MODERN Paperback | 494 pages | $58.85 (inclusive of GST) | ISBN: 978-981-14-0607-2 In this expansive study, John Clark draws on decades of his research on modern art cultures across Asia from 1850 to the present day. The Asian Modern uses an artist-focused approach, by way of meticulous case studies, to create a new comparative paradigm for the narration of art.
Lin Hsin Hsin. Ode to Reality. 1978. Oil on canvas, 102 x 88 cm.
