Becoming Lim Tze Peng 林子平：我画故我在

This bilingual publication accompanies National Gallery Singapore's solo exhibition on the renowned centennial artist, Lim Tze Peng. It features a remarkable selection of artworks spanning from 1946 to 2023, drawing from Lim’s personal collection and masterpieces held in public collections. Through Lim's landscapes, mindscapes and “heartscapes,” this volume, alongside the exhibition, offers a profound exploration of his artistic journey. The book brings together new writings by leading experts on the artist, excerpts from unpublished interviews with the artist and rare archival materials—many published for the first time. They chart key chapters (or “terrains”) in Lim's long artistic journey while serving as an essential source for future research on the artist.

Publisher: National Gallery Singapore
Author Biography: Jennifer K.Y. Lam is Curator at National Gallery Singapore, where she actively contributes to the continuous research on art in Singapore and the ink medium, and the museum's permanent galleries and changing exhibitions such as Rediscovering Treasures: Ink Art from the Xiu Hai Lou Collection (2017), (Re)Collect: The Making of Our Art Collection (2018), Wu Guanzhong: Learning from the Master (2019), Nam June Paik: The Future is Now (2021) and Liu Kuo-sung: Experimentation as Method (2023).
Language: English & Chinese
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 208
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Singapore Art, Chinese ink, Calligraphy