WAS THERE SUCH A THING AS SOUTH-EAST ASIAN CONCEPTUAL ART? A talk by Visiting Research Fellow Tony Godfrey (Philippines)

WAS THERE SUCH A THING AS SOUTH-EAST ASIAN CONCEPTUAL ART? A talk by Visiting Research Fellow Tony Godfrey (Philippines)

The National Gallery of Singapore currently has two special exhibitions devoted to conceptual art made in the region during the Seventies. Another room of the permanent collection also focuses on it. This is no surprise: there has been considerable discussion of this work and research into it. This, it is implied, is where contemporary art begins in South-East Asia.

At this moment in time the art history of the region and of the various countries in it is being written. But are assumptions being presented as self-evident truths? Tony Godfrey wants to question and even challenge some of those apparent assumptions. Can we actually identify a specifically “South-East Asian Conceptual Art”? How does conceptual art in the region relate to conceptual art elsewhere? He is thinking not just in terms of form, but more in terms of intention. How influential has Conceptual art been within the region?

To elucidate these concerns Professor Godfrey will look at art from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and The Philippines as well as further afield.

2016-04-08

Can we actually identify a specifically “South-East Asian Conceptual Art”? How does conceptual art in the region relate to conceptual art elsewhere? He is thinking not just in terms of form, but more in terms of intention. How influential has Conceptual art been within the region?

To elucidate these concerns Professor Godfrey will look at art from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and The Philippines as well as further afield.

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