The Story of Yeh Chi Wei

Yeh Chi Wei was a Singaporean artist, educator and leader. Like the other Nanyang artists, Yeh received formal instruction in painting in China before he came over to Singapore in 1937. His aesthetics were radically shaped by his new life in Malaya as well as travels with the Ten Men Group to other parts of Southeast Asia. The essays in this book provide insights into Yeh Chi Wei’s artistic practice, the influence of diverse cultural and historical resources in his paintings, and his legacy. There are newly-commissioned essays as well as reproduced historical publications, including essays by Yeh Chi Wei himself and all past Ten Men catalogues. All Chinese texts are accompanied by new English translations, and vice versa.

Publisher: National Gallery Singapore
Author Biography: Yeo Wei Wei (b. 1973) is a writer, translator and educator. She has twenty years of experience in teaching, and has worked with students at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Literature and Creative Writing were her areas of specialisation at SOTA, NUS and NTU. In 2017 she graduated with Distinction in her MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) from the University of East Anglia. She was awarded the National Arts Council Postgraduate Scholarship in 2016 to pursue the MA. She also holds a PhD in English from the University of Cambridge. Her collection of short stories These Foolish Things & Other Stories was published by Ethos Books in 2015.
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 296
Binding: Hardback
Search words: Singapore art, Southeast Asian art,