Singapore Stories: Pathways and Detours in Art presents a fresh take on one of National Gallery Singapore’s long-term exhibitions, exploring how the nation’s art has reflected and shaped shifting ideas of identity, place and community from the 19th century to today. This richly illustrated catalogue foregrounds the new exhibition narratives, highlighting the contributions of diverse artists, aesthetic experiments, and institutional changes. These are layered stories that unfold across time, disciplines and perspectives, revealing the complexity and vivacity of Singapore’s art scene.
This publication accompanies the exhibition Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise. It constellates the practices of Nirmala Dutt, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Amanda Heng, Dolorosa Sinaga and Phaptawan Suwannakudt—artists for whom art, life and community are intertwined. Spanning the 1960s to 2010s, their works engage questions of gender, labour and power amid the shifting social and political landscapes of Southeast Asia.Featuring a commissioned text by Flaudette May Datuin, curatorial essays and republished writings and interviews with the artists, this book foregrounds their multifaceted roles as educators, writers, organisers and community builders. It traces how they have mobilisedand reconfigured more fluid and equitable worlds for themselves and others—offering not answers but possibilities for how we might continue to imagine, act and create otherwise.
Singapore Stories: Pathways and Detours in Art presents a fresh take on one of National Gallery Singapore’s long-term exhibitions, exploring how the nation’s art has reflected and shaped shifting ideas of identity, place and community from the 19th century to today. This richly illustrated catalogue foregrounds the new exhibition narratives, highlighting the contributions of diverse artists, aesthetic experiments, and institutional changes. These are layered stories that unfold across time, disciplines and perspectives, revealing the complexity and vivacity of Singapore’s art scene.
This publication accompanies the exhibition Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise. It constellates the practices of Nirmala Dutt, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Amanda Heng, Dolorosa Sinaga and Phaptawan Suwannakudt—artists for whom art, life and community are intertwined. Spanning the 1960s to 2010s, their works engage questions of gender, labour and power amid the shifting social and political landscapes of Southeast Asia.Featuring a commissioned text by Flaudette May Datuin, curatorial essays and republished writings and interviews with the artists, this book foregrounds their multifaceted roles as educators, writers, organisers and community builders. It traces how they have mobilisedand reconfigured more fluid and equitable worlds for themselves and others—offering not answers but possibilities for how we might continue to imagine, act and create otherwise.