Realism in Asia

What is the place of realism in Asian art histories? What is the ‘real’? How do reality and realism relate and differ? The six essays in this volume explore the manifestations of realism in Asian art, relating this art of description to issues of colonialism, world and civil wars, nation building, religion and contemporary culture in Asia.

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: 88
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Realism, Southeast Asian art, art history