Defining the works of Cheong Soo Pieng
The history of 20th century modern art is a history of reaction and revision, overcoming and superseding. Throughout the whole extent of their artistic careers, only a few artists can truly claim to possess and embody the totality of the spirit of modernism.
The Chinese émigré artist Cheong Soo Pieng is arguably one such artist. Born in Xiamen and educated in the art academy in Xiamen from 1933, as well as briefly in Shanghai in the mid-1930s before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war cut short his education, Cheong migrated to Singapore upon the end of World War II. Working in the culturally barren and artistically inhospitable environment of a post-war tiny nation struggling through national independence and economic development, the odds were stacked against Cheong. But it is perhaps in the face of a comparatively indifferent larger environment that an artist of conviction arises.
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Mix Master
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Blue Bayou
Chinese Artist Gao Xiaoyun’s Dream-Like Landscapes In Oil Give A Divergent Take On Traditional Chinese Ink Paintings.
Shadow And Light
Opera Gallery’s Exhibition ‘Shadow Of A Pine Tree’ Shows Some Of The Best Sculptural Works By Korean Contemporary Artists.
Bad And Boujee
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One And All
Look forward to great art and programmes at Singapore’s Spring edition of the Affordable Art Fair 2017.
Hanging In The Balance
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Sneaker Peek
A brief look back at ‘Bazaar Art’, and what we can expect from the newly named ‘Art Jakarta’.
In Good Hands
Anne Samat’s sculptures woven from domestic materials bring attention to the art of weaving and the challenges of being a malaysian woman.
A Sense Of Purpose
ZOE BUTT AND THE FACTORY IN HO CHI MINH CITY.
Britain, Burberry and Moore
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