"Developed as an exploratory study of artworks by artists of Singapore and Malaysia, Retrospective attempts to account for contemporary artworks that engage with history. These are artworks that reference past events or narratives, of the nation and its art. Through the examination of a selection of artworks produced between 1990 and 2012, Retrospective is both an attribution and an analysis of a historiographical aesthetic within contemporary art practice. It considers that, by their method and in their assembly, these artworks perform more than a representation of a historical past. Instead, they confront history and its production, laying bare the nature and designs of the historical project via their aesthetic project. Positing an interdisciplinary approach as necessary for understanding the historiographical as aesthetic, Retrospective considers not only historical and aesthetic perspectives, but also the philosophical, by way of ontology, in order to broaden its exposition beyond the convention of historical and contextual interpretation of art. Yet, in associating these artworks with a historiographical aesthetic, this exposition may be regarded as a historiographical exercise in itself, affirming the significance of these artworks for the history of Singapore and Malaysia."---from selectbook.com
Onsite
English
history,  Singapore,  Malaysia,  South East Asia
2016
355
9789670960401
1
monograph
1. Histories
Introduction (Beachhead)
Malaya
Land
Art
2. Witness
Evidence
Representation
Affect
Testament
3. Profane
Legacy
Iconoclasm
Corruption
Poetry
Catachresis
4. Return
Linchpin
Transcendence
Ends
Beginnings
In Retrospect (Seascape)
Appendix 1: Some Notes on Soviet-Malayan Connections
Appendix 2: Some Notes on Performance Art Support in Singapore Bibliography
What does this mean?
This item is covered by one or more copyrights. It is available for research only or use within Hong Kong’s fair dealing rules. Please do not copy, re-use or reproduce this item without the permission of the copyright holder.