The Gift

The exhibition, The Gift, is part of a broader project titled Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories that is developed as a dialogue between collections of four museums. The conversation extend into four related exhibitions that include artwork exchanges. This exploration of collections also uncovers histories of collecting—of gifts received, rare discoveries unearthed, and acknowledgements of significance. As with the gift, the value of those accumulated objects confer upon the collection stature and prestige, but also impose a duty of care and responsibility for these riches.

Publisher: Singapore Art Museum
Author Biography: une Yap is Director of Curatorial, Collections, and Programmes at the Singapore Art Museum, where she oversees content creation and museum programming. Her prior roles include Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator (South and Southeast Asia), Deputy Director and Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, and curator at the Singapore Art Museum. The exhibitions she has curated include They Do Not Understand Each Other at Tai Kwun Contemporary, No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia as part of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative (2014), The Future of Exhibition: It Feels Like I’ve Been Here Before, Singapore (2011), and Paradise is Elsewhere, Germany (2009). She is the author of Retrospective: A Historiographical Aesthetic in Contemporary Singapore and Malaysia (2016).
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 144
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Contemporary art, Singapore Art Museum, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum and Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, collection