Untold Stories: Four Singapore Artists’ Quest for Inspiration in Bali 1952
Discover the remarkable journey of four Singapore artists – Liu Kang, Chen Chong Swee, Chen Wen Hsi and Cheong Soo Pieng – who travelled to Bali and Java in 1952 in search of fresh artistic perspectives. Untold Stories brings to life the adventure that culminated in their iconic 1953 exhibition and left an enduring legacy in Singapore’s art history. See how they captured the essence of local life in works that continue to inspire today.
Programme
5.30pm: Registration at Level 5, Imagination Room
5.45pm: Welcome by SID Art Network Chairs
5.55pm: Short sharing about the artists by Gretchen Liu
6.10pm: Guided group tour by Gretchen Liu and NLB curators
7.00pm: Q&A
7.15pm: Networking with refreshments
8.00pm: End
CPD Hours: NA.
Member’s Price: Complimentary (Registration is required)
A no-show fee applies: $50 for members who register and fail to attend without informing us at least 2 working days prior to the event.
Non-Members Price: $50.00 (incl. 9% GST)
About the Speaker
Gretchen Liu
Gretchen Liu is a writer and independent scholar with an interest in visual culture and heritage. A former journalist, she commissioned one of the first books on Singapore’s visual heritage, A Vision of the Past: A History of Early Photography in Singapore and Malaya (1987). The photographs of G R Lambert & Co, 1880–1910 by John Falconer are invaluable historical documents that offer insights into colonial life and visual culture in Southeast Asia. She is the author of Pastel Portraits: Singapore’s Architectural Heritage (1984); In Granite and Chunam: The National Monuments of Singapore (1996); From the Family Album: Photographs from the Lee Brothers Studio Singapore 1910–1925 (1995) and Singapore: A Pictorial History 1819–2000 (1999). She was involved in the restoration of Raffles Hotel in the early 1990s as the in-house historian and penned several books on its history. Most recently, she has been researching the life and times of her father-in-law the artist Liu Kang.
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