Liu Kang: Colourful Modernist

Liu Kang, one of Singapore’s first generation artists, was a seminal observer, commentator, and visionary of modernity in Singapore art history. The contexts in which his works were created consist of a colourful map of diverse cultures, places and influences, spanning China, Europe and Southeast Asia. In this monograph, the cross-cultural richness in Liu Kang’s way of seeing and art making are explored in four essays by curators and art researchers. These essays present fresh insights into the artist’s engagement with European and Chinese modernisms in a Singaporean context.

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,