In/sight: Abstract Art by Wu Guanzhong and Artists from Southeast Asia

In/sight: Abstract Art by Wu Guanzhong and Artists from Southeast Asia

How does the abstraction of Wu Guanzhong relate to the abstraction of artists in Southeast Asia? This exhibition, titled In/sight: Abstract Art by Wu Guanzhong and Artists from Southeast Asia, presents a selection of abstract works from the national collection to illustrate the diverse motivations for abstraction amidst distinct and varied backgrounds.

Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), one of the foremost painters in Chinese modern art, was a leading exponent of abstraction in China. Wu saw form as an important component in appreciating a work of art, seeing beauty in formal visual elements like line, shape, colour, texture and composition. These were of critical concern, much more than subject matter and physical resemblance to an object in reality.

This focus on form is likewise evident in the abstract works of artists in Southeast Asia. Many artists in Southeast Asia engaged with abstraction as part of their grappling with the modernisation of art in their local contexts. Works by Southeast Asian artists such as Anthony Poon, Latiff Mohidin, Ahmad Sadali and Damrong Wong-Uparaj will also be featured in the exhibition.

The research exhibition is held at the Singapore Art Museum while the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings are being transformed to become the National Art Gallery, Singapore. The Singapore Art Museum is located at 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555. For more information on the venue, please visit this website.

Duration
From 20 May 2013, Mon To
30 Apr 2014, Wed

VENUE
Singapore Art Museum

71 Bras Basah Rd
S189555