Vietnamese artwork to show at National Gallery Singapore
(VOV) - The National Gallery Singapore on November 24 will open what promises to be the largest exhibition of modern Southeast Asian art in any one space, says the gallery's director Eugene Tan.
Tan said the event will display about 400 artworks spread over three floors in the former Supreme Court building documenting momentous times from the 19th century to the 1990s.
Most of the works in the opening exhibition titled – Between Declarations and Dreams – are drawn from Singapore's national collection, the Fukuoka Art Museum in Japan and Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam.
Other works are on loan from collections in the region including Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
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| 'Dawn on a Farm' by Nguyen Duc Nung |
“One such piece is an exquisite lacquer painting titled ‘Binh minh tren nong trang’ (Dawn on a Farm) created in 1958 by Nguyen Duc Nung,” said Tan that vividly depicts how artists in the region used lacquer on board to portray everyday life.
He adds that the exhibition in its entirety tells a comprehensive story of how art evolved in the region, including the various influences and how even regional subjects had global perspectives.