Introduction - Nur Hanim Bt Mohamed Khairuddin, Beverly YONG

Part I: The Journey between the Rural and the Urban, and the Building of a Nation

The Treatment of the Local Landscape in Modern Malaysian Art, 1930–1981 - Redza PIYADASA

The Practice of Watercolour at the Dawn of Modern Art in Malaya - Kelvin Chunsum CHUAH

The Nanyang Artists: Eclectic Expressions of the South Seas - Emelia ONG

Nanyang Style: Bygone Dreams of Paradise? (Recent Conversations with NAFA Alumni) - Kokchuen OOI

A Study on the Subjectivity of the Malaysian Chinese Painters (An Outline) - Changhwang CHAI, 蔡長璜

16 Malaysian Landscape Paintings - Zakaria Ali

From Paddy Fields to Fake Plastic Palm Trees: Negotiating a Changing Social Landscape - Adeline OOI, Beverly YONG

Shaping the Malaysian Figure: Changing Norms, New Orientations and Points of Resistance in the late 1960s and 70s - Laura FAN

This is Where We Live: The Ongoing Search for a National Narrative - Anurendra JEGADEVA

Part II: Claiming/Reclaiming Identities: Negotiating Tradition and Modernity

Menulis dan Melukis: 'Writing' and 'Drawing' in Malay Traditional Art and Their Impact in Contemporary Art - A Study of Cultural Values - Siti Zainon Ismail

Malay Folklore in Malaysian Art - Rahimidin Zahari

A View of Modern Sculpture in Malaysia - T.K. SABAPATHY

A Story of Malaysian Sculpture - Tengku Sabri Ibrahim

Islamic Art - Syed Ahmad Jamal

Islam and Modern Art in Malaysia: An Introduction - Safrizal SHAHIR

An Islamic Identity in Contemporary Malaysian Art: Achievements and Challenges - Sulaiman Esa

Abstract Themes and Approaches in Malaysian Modern Art - Safrizal SHAHIR

The Body in Modern Malaysian Art - Izmer AHMAD

Love Me in My Batik - YEE Ilann

Towards an Alter-Native Vision: The Idea of Malaysian Art Since 1980 - Zainol Shariff