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Nakamura HidekiThis landmark exhibition introduces to Japan two Singaporeanartists who were born in the 1960s. In a natural extension of the
movement to seek out directions among the newest generation ofartists in Japanese society, the exhibition focuses on theircontemporaries in present-day Singapore, While recognizing that
cultures differ fundamentally from one part of the world to another,
the exhibition strives to show how these Singaporean artists explore
the problems of human existence that people everywhere share .
Contemporary Japanese art should beware of falling into thetrap of blindly admiring and accepting the artistic traditions of acertain few countries while treating those of other countries as exotic
curiosities. It is a fine thing to value and respect the traditions andartistic legacies of these countries, but it would be a dreadful mistaketo ignore the spiritual condition of the people living there today. We
must strive to grasp the seeds of possibilities that we Jack in ourselves
but that thrive in other countries .
While absorbing the influences of the West, Singapore's
leading contemporary artists continue to stand deeply rooted within
Asian traditions as they endeavor to show their individual views of

the human condition. One such artist who has recently attracted
much attentio n is Lim Poh Teck. He imbues an undulating mesh oflines with an inexhaustible living energy to create candid portrayalsof people going about their daily lives. The influence of the tropicalsun is felt stro ngly as are the desires, chaos, and angst that imbue hisworks with the earn est striving of hope.
Baet Yeok Kuan employs mixed media in his two-dimensional
works and features living plants in his three-dimensional installations.
Fixing his unre lenting gaze on the historical relationship between man
and matter, he focuses on the harmony and conflicts that occur
between humanity and the environment and attempts to describe thecycle of human life and the natural world in an exhaustive
examination that sheds light on the questions of life and death . He
thus presents an alternate view of the human condition, one that sees
humanity as being neither in confrontation with nor submerged by
the external world.
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Baet Yeok Kuan
Art is the most expressive element of any culture, and as suchit should receive high recognition. The art of a culture also provides
us with many clues that help in identifying the nature and characterof the people of that culture. There is no single world culture thatembraces all of the peoples of the globe. Neither are the cultures
and arts of the world's many nations simple creations that suddenly
appeared in full bloom overnight. They required centuries •• indeed,
millennia •• in order to put forth blossoms of beauty; they are
exquisite and complex entities that must not be limited by arbitrary
definitions.
Singapore is basically a multi-racial, immigrant society that is
populated from peoples from neighboring countries such as China,
Malaysia, and India. Since all of these people brought their own
religious beliefs and cultural values, Singapore is blessed with varied
and numerous art forms deriving from many cultures.
Nevertheless, the various multi-cultural forms of art inSingapore lack any definite unity or independ ent "Singaporean"character. On a national level, Singapore did not engage in any
cultural activities until the 1930s. In 1938, Mr. Lim Hak Tai
established the first art school in the country, the Nanyang Academyof Fine Arts, which still thrives after these 52 years.
Today, the genre of painting in Singapore can be divided into
three major categories.
First , is the medium of traditional Chinese painting. For
themes, the Chinese-style painters focused upon landscapes, portraits,
flora, and fauna until the 1950s; since then, they have widened theirpalette to include local scenes and modern situations, and their art
has become much more multi-faceted.
Second, is the medium of batik painting, the wax-resist dyeing
art of the Malay people. It has evolved from depicting only thetropical forests and its treasures and traditio~al folk designs into anart form that can also capture the vibrant shapes and colors andmodern abstract art and the jet-age in which we live.
Third , is the medium of modern art, the category of paintingthat has become the dominant form today. It developed from theEuropean-based painting of landscapes and scenes from the everyday
life of the people in the cotonial period into the varied art form it istoday, be it expressed in a conservative or post-modern mode.
In Singapore, the development of a new art form comes later
than developed countries . It is only in recent years that we havebegun to see the fresh new paintings of unknown young artists appear
in exhibitions throughout the land, and their advent is almost
welcome.
We are lucky in that we can enjoy the freedom of creation here
in Singapore; artists are completely free to follow any path they wish,
be it art in an Oriental or a Western style, be it art in a traditional
or a rebellious mode. But whichever path Singapore's artists choose
to follow, we must not only allow all of the different art forms thatappear to exist, we must also help them to flourish, in order that wemay be able to see and develop a type of art that can truly be called
Singaporean.

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1988
National Museum Art Galleiy, Singapore
SELEcrED GROUP EXHIBffiONS
1984
National Day Art Exhibition, National Museum Art
Galleiy, Singapore
20th National Exhibition, Demonstration and Exhibition,
World Trade Centre, Singapore
1986
Australian Art Award for Young Artist '86 Exhibition,
National Museum Art Galleiy, Singapore
4th ASEAN Youth Painting, Workshop and Exhibition,
Manila, Philippines
1987
New Direction, Modem Art Society, National Museum
Art Galleiy, Singapore
National Museum Centenaiy Art Exhibition, National
Museum Art Galleiy, Singapore
Artistes Contemporains de Singapore, Salon des Artistes
Franc;ais,Grand Palais, Paris, France
1988
Singapore Festival of Arts, Projects: More than Four, Sji
Building, Singapore
1989
The Artist Village Open Studio Show, Artist Village,
Singapore
1st ASEAN Travelling Exhibition of Painting,
Photography and Children's Arts
2nd Exhibition of Federation of Asian Art Association,
Malaysia
Exploration of Nature - 4 Contemporaiy Artists Exhibition, National Museum Art Galleiy, Singapore
1990
Singapore Festival of Arts, Eye 21 Art Exhibition,
Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Art Lecture Art
Exhibition, Thailand
Modem Art Travels East-West, Netherlands
AWARDS1984
1st Prize, Academy Water Color Competition, Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
1985
Distinction Award Fine Arts Section, Anniversary Art
Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
1986
Merit Prize, Australian Art Award for Young Artists '86
Competition, National Museum Art Galleiy, Singapore
Distinction Award Fine Arts Section, Anniversaiy Art
Exhibition, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
1987
Grand Prize, Painting of the Year Competition, United
Overseas Bank, Singapore
1989
2nd Prize, IBM Art Award Competition, National
Museum Art Galleiy, Singapore
1990
Honorable Award, SENTOSA Sculpture Design
Competition, Singapore

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1963
1978-83
1983-87
1987
1988-89

Born in Singapore
Studied painting with Artist Lim Kang Kee, Singapore
Diplo ma of Fine Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts,
Singapore
Summer Course, City Art Institute, Australia
Licentiate Diploma , La Salle College of the Arts,
Singapore

SOLO EXHIBillONS
Lim Poh Tek Retrospective Exhibition 1988, the National
1988
Museum of Singapore, the Singapore Australia BusinessCouncil and the Australia High Commission, National
Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
Art Base Gallery, Singapore
1989
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBillONS
Numerous Local Exhibitions in Singapore
1986-90
Singapore Festival of Arts, Fringe Program: Step on Art,
1988
National Museum
6th ASEAN Youth Paintings, Workshop and Exhibition,
Brunei Darussalam
1st ASEAN Travelling Exhibition of Painting,
1989
Photography and Children's Art, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
International Art Exhibition, Workshop, East Malaysia,
Malaysia
Metro Mania-Australia and Regions Artist's Exchange
1989, Australia
Contemporary Art of Singapore -Where East Meets
1989-90
West, West Germany/Netherlands
Modem Art Travels East-West, Netherlands
1990
AWARDS
Winner of City Art Institute Scholarship, Australia Art
1986
Award for Young Artists
Merit Prize, IBM Art Award Competition, National
1988
Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
3rd Prize, IBM Art Award Competition, National
1989
Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
Grand Prize, Painting of the Year Competition, United
1990
Overseas Bank, Singapore

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The New Generationin Contemporary

Singaporean

Art

The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center Gallery
13 December-26 December 1990
Sponsored and Organized by
The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center(ARTISTS TALK)"The Present Situat ion of the Contemporary Singaporea n Art World"
8 December, 1990 2 : 00p.m.4 : 00p.m,
The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center Gallery
Panelists :Baet Yeok Kuan (Contemporary Artist)
Lim Porn Tek (Contemporary Artist)
Enokura Koji (Associate Professor , Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
Coordinator : Nakamura Hideki (Art critic)
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Coordinated byNakamura Hideki (Art critic)
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