Light and Movement Portrayed: The Art of Anthony Poon

From pure reds to salmon pinks, subtle violets to ultramarine blues, Anthony Poon's brightly coloured works capture the full spectrum of the rainbow, and reflect an abstract artist's relationship with the basic components of art: line, form and colour. A prolific and successful artist during his lifetime with an artistic oeuvre that includes painting and sculpture, Anthony Poon was awarded the 1991 Cultural Medallion Award for his significant contribution to the development of Singapore art. This monograph includes essays that provide insights into Poon's practice, ideas and materials as well as a biographical timeline and bibliography.

Publisher: National Gallery Singapore
Author Biography: T.K. Sabapathy has been writing on the art of Southeast Asia for over four decades (1973–2015), as a critic, curator and art historian. This collection of his work, representing the scope and depth of Sabapathy’s output, and highlighting his most important and influential writings, is also a survey of the vast changes in the landscape of art in the region over the period. A historian and educator, penetrating critic and ardent advocate, Sabapathy’s early scholarly engagements were marked by clear commitments to the art historiography of the Hindu-Buddhist traditions of Southeast Asia. He later emerged as an eloquent proponent of modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art. His art historical methods, critical documentation, deep dialogue with artists and detailed explication of their works have helped define Singapore and Malaysian art. His extensive studies of Southeast Asian art and artists have helped set the course of art discourse in the region. This publication provides an opportunity for more focused (re)reading, review and renewed consideration of T.K. Sabapathy’s rich body of work, to further fuel modern and contemporary art writing, research and exhibition-making.
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 262
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Singapore art, Southeast Asian art, abstraction