GALLERY PUBLICATIONS Jan–Jun 2018 CONTENTS On cover: Wu Guanzhong. A Lotus Flower Island. 2003. Oil on canvas, 41 x 60 cm. Gift of the artist. NEW | ART 3 NEW | GENERAL & CHILDREN’S 10 All artworks featured in this publication are from the collection of National Gallery Singapore, unless otherwise specified. All artwork images have been provided through RECENTLY PUBLISHED 14 the courtesy of the National Heritage Board, Singapore, unless otherwise mentioned. Copyright of content in this publication may reside in persons and entities other than, and 28 in addition to, the Gallery. Materials in this publication may not be reproduced in part or in BACKLIST | ART whole without written consent of the Gallery. Published September 2017. All information correct at time of print. BACKLIST | CHILDREN’S 30 2 3 N E W | A R T ABOUT NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE PUBLICATIONS National Gallery Singapore is a visual arts institution which oversees the largest public collection of modern Singapore and Southeast Asian art. Situated in the heart of the Yayoi Kusama: Edited by Russell Storer Civic District, the Gallery is housed in two national monuments—City Hall and the former 280 × 200 mm Life is the Heart of a Rainbow 116 pages, paperback Supreme Court—that have been beautifully restored and transformed into this exciting 60 colour and 15 b/w illustrations venue. ISBN: 978-981-11-2855-4 USD 25 | GBP 20 Published June 2017 Reflecting Singapore’s unique heritage and geographical location, the Gallery features Singapore and Southeast Asian art from Singapore’s National Collection in its long-term and special exhibitions. The Gallery also works with international museums to jointly Yayoi Kusama is one of the world’s most influential artists, having played a crucial role in key art present Southeast Asian art in the global context, positioning Singapore as a regional movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Accompanying the first major survey of Kusama’s work and international hub for visual arts. in Southeast Asia, this catalogue features essays by curators from National Gallery Singapore and With its own in-house publishing team, the Gallery publishes books on the visual arts of Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, a biographical timeline and beautifully reproduced Singapore and Southeast Asia. The Gallery’s core genres include exhibition catalogues, images of her works. Southeast Asian art research, building history titles and children’s books. 4 5 NEW | ART N E W | A R T Strokes of Life: Edited by Low Sze Wee and Cai Heng Rediscovering Treasures: Edited by Low Sze Wee and Cai Heng 305 × 240 mm 305 × 240 mm The Art of Chen Chong Swee 212 pages, paperback Ink Art from the Xiu Hai Lou Collection 192 pages, paperback 100 colour and 1 b/w illustrations 61 colour illustrations English and Chinese English and Chinese 生机出笔端：陈宗瑞艺术特展 ISBN: 978-981-11-2373-3 袖中有东海：袖海楼水墨藏珍 ISBN: 978-981-11-2374-0 USD 35 | GBP 28 USD 35 | GBP 28 Published March 2017 Published March 2017 Chen Chong Swee is acknowledged as one of the earliest artists to have explored depicting The stunning breadth of one of the most extensive private collections of ink art in Singapore is Southeast Asian scenes within the medium of traditional Chinese ink painting. Published on made public in Rediscovering Treasures: Ink Art from the Xiu Hai Lou Collection. Full-colour the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at National Gallery Singapore, this catalogue bears image plates showcase works which range from the ancient aesthetics of Ming and Qing painting witness to Chen’s explorations across the mediums of ink and oil, the influence his immediate and calligraphy through to the prized masterpieces of 20th-century ink masters, while newly surroundings had on his art, and his insistence, above all, that it was impossible to divorce art commissioned essays analyse the unique place of the Collection in local art history. Rounding out from life. Full-colour image plates, newly commissioned essays and a biographical timeline of the catalogue is an exclusive interview with the current custodians of the Collection who reflect on the artist within the catalogue flesh out the inflections of Chen’s oeuvre. the trajectory of its storied history. 6 7 NEW | ART N E W | A R T Charting Thoughts: Edited by Patrick D. Flores and Low Sze Wee Unfettered Ink: Edited by Low Sze Wee and Grace Tng 235 × 175 mm 215 × 145 mm Essays on Art in Southeast Asia 484 pages, paperback The Writings of Chen Chong Swee 252 pages, paperback 174 colour and 20 b/w illustrations 1 colour and 11 b/w illustrations ISBN: 978-981-11-2865-3 English and Chinese USD 35 | GBP 28 妙 笔 丹 青 ：陈 宗 瑞 文 集 ISBN: 978-981-11-2375-7 Published April 2017 USD 30 | GBP 24 Published March 2017 This volume assembles essays by 25 emerging and established scholars, who have turned Significant achievements in art notwithstanding, Chen Chong Swee was also a prolific, vivid their minds to the art and the writing of it in Southeast Asia from the 19th century to the present. essayist. His writings—collated here and translated into English for the first time—range from the Supplemented by 194 images, surveys of national modernities and expanded thematic discussions value of art education to the responsibilities of the art community, and are imbued with ardour and play out alongside monographic projects; inclusions and exclusions from conventional narratives vigorous clarity. This compilation provides a compelling contribution to our understanding of the and categories of art are critically reviewed. Together, these essays chart new paths of inquiry in artist as a man of unwavering focus, whose thoughts cleaved to the advancement of art. the shifting geographies of art in the region. 8 9 NEW | ART Between Worlds: Edited by Russell Storer Latiff Mohidin: Edited by Catherine David and N E W | A R T 292 x 230 mm Shabbir Hussain Mustafa Raden Saleh and Juan Luna Paperback Pago Pago (1960−1969) 270 × 210 mm ISBN: 978-981-11-4684-8 Approx. 200 pages, hardcover USD 35 | GBP 28 ISBN: 978-981-11-4517-9 Expected publication: November 2017 USD 35 | GBP 28 Expected publication: February 2018 National heroes and enigmatic figures, 19th-century painters Raden Saleh and Juan Luna traversed the colonial territories of Southeast Asia and the imperial cities of Europe. Their agile navigation of Latiff Mohidin’s life work has been discussed extensively within national and, to some extent, these competing positions resulted in dramatic paintings that have been read as allegories of anti- regional frameworks, yet his contribution to global modernism remains understudied. Seen as colonialism in their respective homelands of Indonesia and the Philippines. From Orientalist hunting a step toward addressing this gap, this catalogue seeks to position Mohidin within Berlin art scenes to realist portrayals of the working class, their works trace stylistic shifts in painting through circles of the 1960s, and unravel what could be contingently described as painting from within the the 19th century, while reflecting the cultural and social dynamics of this period of enormous tradition. The catalogue also explores the formative role of Mohidin’s Pago Pago series not only in change. his oeuvre, but also in our very ability to write about Southeast Asian history. Colours of Impressionism: Edited by Marine Kisiel and Paul Perrin Migration, Transmission, Localisation: Written by Yeo Mang Thong 292 x 230 mm 245 x 210 mm Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay Paperback Visual Art in Singapore (1866–1945) Approx. 230 pages, paperback ISBN: 978-981-11-4515-5 Approx. 180 colour illustrations USD 35 | GBP 28 USD 30 | GBP 23 Expected publication: January 2018 ISBN: 978-981-11-2925-4 Expected publication: April 2018 One of the great innovations of the Impressionists was their radical use of colour: their Drawing mainly on advertisements and comics in Chinese newspapers, this book proposes a application of strokes of complementary or contrasting hues captured the shifting effects of light reconsideration of the seminal 1952 Bali Trip as the genesis of Nanyang style. With essays on and foregrounded the nature of vision. Using colour as the lens through which to offer a new sojourning artists like Situ Qiao and local artists such as Tchang Ju Chi, Singaporean scholar and perspective on Impressionism, this catalogue sweeps us from Manet’s rich blacks, through the educator Yeo Mang Thong demonstrates how Singapore was an important hub for artists who green and blue landscapes of Monet and Cézanne, to the sensuous pinks of late Renoir. Along this travelled to and lived in Singapore. Yeo’s research, originally in Chinese, fills a gap in scholarship on journey, scientific discoveries and emerging definitions of modernity are explored, illuminating the the pre-war visual arts scene in Singapore; this English translation aims to bring his research to a radical innovations of the Impressionists and shifting preconceptions of their art. broader audience. Ng Teng Fong 280 x 220 mm Ambitious Alignments: Edited by Stephen H. Whiteman, Phoebe Scott, Approx. 80 pages, hardback Yvonne Low and Sarena Abdullah Roof Garden Commission: Approx. 20 colour illustrations New Histories in Southeast 248 x 172 mm ISBN: 978-981-11-4673-2 Approx. 400 pages, paperback Rirkrit Tiravanija USD 18 | GBP 14 Asian Art, 1945–1990 Approx. 50 colour and 50 b/w illustrations Expected publication: January 2018 ISBN: 978-0-909952-92-1 USD 30 | GBP 23 Expected publication: June 2018 Rirkrit Tiravanija will create the second Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission for National Gallery Singapore, opening in January 2018. His site-specific work will take the form of a bamboo Ten essays by emerging scholars draw upon unexplored archives and works of art, bearing witness structure with a simple wooden tea house at its centre, extending his interest in fostering social to rich local histories and uncovering complex artistic exchanges across Southeast Asia and beyond.