Migration, Transmission, Localisation: Visual Art in Singapore (1886–1945)

Drawing mainly on advertisements and comics in Chinese newspapers, Singaporean scholar and educator Yeo Mang Thong demonstrates how Singapore was an important hub for artists who travelled to and lived in Singapore. Yeo’s research features amongst other things essays on sojourning artists, and fills a gap in scholarship on the pre-war visual arts scene in Singapore. Originally in Chinese, this English translation aims to bring his research to a broader audience.

Publisher: National Gallery Singapore
Author Biography: Yeo Mang Thong is a Singaporean scholar and senior educator whose research focuses on pre-war Singapore art and artists. He is known for his use of newspaper sources from the pre-war period as a means to study Singapore’s art history, and his 1992 publication Xinjiapozhanqianhuarenmeishushilunji (Essays on the History of Pre-War Chinese Painting in Singapore) is one of the most cited references for scholars in the field. Other publications include????? • ???????????????1886-1945??, which the National Gallery Singapore translated and published as Migration, Transmission, Localisation: Visual Art in Singapore (1886-1945) in 2019.
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 248
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Advertisements, Newspapers, Singapore, Disapora, Pre-War Art, Translation