Embracing Infinity is the first solo exhibition of Tan Swie Hian's work at the Singapore Art Museum. Swie Hian's artistic world is a confluence of many influences. He reads voraciously in many languages, including English, Chinese, French and Malay. His is a staunch Buddhist but is knowledgeable about and respectful of other faiths.
Artist biography is included.
Onsite
Chinese - Simplified, 
English
painting,  ink painting,  printmaking,  sculpture,  seal carving,  solo exhibition
2004
9810500661
2
artist monograph, 
catalogue
Foreword - Tommy KOH
Foreword - Thaiker LIU
Preface - Jimkoon LIM
An Exhibition Introduction - Szewee LOW, 劉思偉
The Avatamsaka-Aesthetics of Tan Swie Hian - Chengmei KU
Resonating Charm of Teeming Waves: The Tan Swie Hian Mulpa Exhibition in Seoul, Korea - Byungchul SON
The Chinese-Style Paintings of Tan Swie Hian - Maud GIRARD-GESLAN
Mount Zao or the Look of the Dragon - Dominque GRAMONT
Tan and the Black Panther with Blue Eyes - Michel DEVERGE
Tan or the Renunciation - Michel DEVERGE
An Artist Who Gives to Others the Desire to Create - J. PIMPANEAU
My Encounter with a Sage - Francoise DESCARPENTRIES
Proteus or the Art of the Night - Roland DRIVON
The Cartogravure of Tan Swie Hian - Kimtong TEE
Tan Swie Hian Portraits - Pierre PERE
Tan Swie Hian Portraits - Jane PERKINS
Sayings of the Archer - Michel DEVERGE
Portrait of Tan Swie Hian - Marin SORESCU
Tan Swie Hian at Chinatown: The Phoenix's-Eye Domain - Suyen TAN
Buddism of a Coal Miner - Roland DRIVON
Ancient Vibration from a Still Cloud: Reflections on the Guqin Dingxiang in the Form of Tingyun - Cheekoon KEE
The Art of Heaven and Earth, the Art of Time: Some Reflections on Seeing the Three Gorges Stone Engravings - Chenglui PAN
Journey Through Miles of Wilderness: On Tan Swie Hian's Art of Calligraphy - Enghow TAY
Swie Han Performs at Piazza San Marco - FRANKO-B
Myriad Possibilities - Nirmala SESHADRI
Revealing the Splendour of Tan Swie Hian - WU Guanzhong, 吳冠中
Tan Swie Hian the Gold Medallist - Jean-Jacques SUBRENAT
A Great Artist - Pohtiong CH'NG
My Impression of Tan Swie Hian - YU Qiuyu, 余秋雨
Two Poems - Chenglui PAN
A Visit to Tan Swie Hian's Studio at Home - Claude d'ANTHENAISE
A Guide to The Tan Swie Hian Museum - Indrani NADARAJAH
An Interview - TAN Swiehian, 陳瑞獻, Szewee LOW, 劉思偉
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