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List of Artists
(Works of these artists are also drawn from the Singapore Art Museum's Permanent Collection)
Cheo Chai-Hiang
Born 1946, Singapore. Lives and works, Singapore
Cheo Chai-Hiang is an artist, lecturer, writer and independent curator. His work and thought, developed in Singapore, UK, Spain, Italy, Australia and China, has expounded new interactions with identity, culture and place. As a practicing artist, he covers a wide range of disciplines, including printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, performance and writing.
FX Harsono
Born 1948, Indonesia. Lives and works, Indonesia
Amongst the leading Indonesian groups of the 1970s was the Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru (New Art Movement, 1975-1979) which sought to question existing assumptions about art. FX Harsono was part of the group along with Dede Eri Supria and Jim Supangkat. Over the years, he has broadened his practice, working with installation and performance, but still constantly engaging with urban, social and political issues in Indonesia.
Jim Supangkat
Born 1948, Indonesia. Lives and works, Indonesia
Jim Supangkat was a sculptor and art critic from Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru. Together with Sanento Yuliman, Supangkat became the movement's most vocal spokesperson, spearheading its attack against art forms that had become institutionalised, as well as defending the tenets of the movement against its detractors.
Pablo Baen Santos
Born 1943, Philippines. Lives and works, Philippines
A member of the Kaisahan group founded in 1976, Santos is a major figure within Social Realist movement. A former illustrator for a leading newspaper, Santos was sensitive to the plight of the rural and urban poor. In voicing his concerns on the conditions of society, he chose an immediate approach that expressed the sentiments of the masses.
Pratuang Emjaroen
Born 1935, Thailand. Lives and works, Thailand
Pratuang was one of the leading artists during the 1970s that initiated a move towards the spiritual and tradition in Thai contemporary art. During the politically turbulent years of the 1970s, art in Thailand was punctuated by an emerging interest in social commentary, associated closely with artistic attempts in defining art along broader ethical and religious constructs.
Priyanto
Born 1950, Indonesia. Lives and works, Indonesia
For young practitioners like Priyanto, the new movement offered an avenue to inscribe into his works, elements considered banal, 'taken from the people' (diambil dari rakyat). Street graphics, graffiti, and comics formed part of a new visual language.
Redza Piyadasa
Born 1939, Malaysia. Lives and works, Malaysia
Redza Piyadasa was instrumental in initiating the development of conceptual art in the early 1970s. Within a background of Islamic resurgence, the late-1970s witnessed a proliferation of works articulating a dual Malay-Islamic identity. Piyadasa maintained the need for an avant-gardist stance defined by the constant reassessment of positions and conceptual criticality.
Sulaiman Haji Esa
Born 1941, Malaysia. Lives and works, Malaysia
In the late 1970s, he produced a seminal series of prints entitled Waiting for Godot. Based on Samuel Beckett's famous existential play, the series of photo-etchings explored a deep personal dilemma on the question of artistic purpose and faith. The series foreshadowed the artist's move towards the Malay-Islamic orientation in art-making which became dominant in 1980s Malaysian art.
Tang Da Wu
Born 1943, Singapore. Lives and works, Singapore
He was a major figure in an artists' community called The Artists' Village, founded in the mid-1980s, in what was then a still-rural part of Singapore called Sembawang. The Village became a centre of cultural and artistic alterity. Associated artists included Amanda Heng, Zai Kuning, Lee Wen and Vincent Leow. Under his influence, there was a return to figuration, together with a great degree of criticality and engagement with broader social issues and concerns.
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