Kent Chan
Dublin Core
Title
Kent Chan
Subject
Description
Over the course of the residency, Chan will delve into his longstanding interest for the rainforest seen as a site of contemporary art. Regarding the opulent wilderness of tropical nature as the physical and conceptual obverse of the white cube space, the artist will research an episode of Singapore’s curatorial history: the first group exhibition of Singaporean artists in the West. Titled Paintings by Singapore Artists, the exhibition took place at the former Imperial Institute in London in 1955 and was organised by the chairman of the Singapore Art Society, Ho Kok Hoe (1922-2015). It is rumoured that the artworks were brought to London without prior arrangements about the venue, leaving the materialisation of the show a matter of conjecture. Focusing on the 1955 exhibition, Chan will explore the epistemological connections between the colony and the imperial capital while also excavating the anxieties that lurk in the global peripheries of the art world.
Date
4 December 2017 – 31 May 2018
Contributor
Coverage
Medium
Residency Item Type Metadata
Short Description
Chan will delve into his longstanding interest for the rainforest seen as a site of contemporary art.
Cycle
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Files
Collection
Citation
“Kent Chan,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/1300.
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Residencies OPEN: Art After Dark Singapore Art Week 2018 |
| Item: Kent Chan | References | This Item |