Dreaming Art Series: Koko The Great

S$15.68 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-8758-2

Koko is a small boy who lives in a kampong by the river. Life is quiet and peaceful until one day a tree comes to life as the menacing Green Giant! Can Koko the Great save the day?

Koko The Great is the second title in the Dreaming Art Series where important works by Asian artists are the inspiration for original and new children's illustrated stories. Koko's story was inspired by first generation Singaporean artist Liu Kang's oil painting Life By The River. The work is in the national collection.

Koko The Great is also available as an ebook. Available at iTunes.

When I Grow Up I Want To Paint Like Liu Kang

S$9 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-7997-6

The book introduces the world of Singapore artist Liu Kang to young children ages four and above through fun and engaging ideas and activities.

The influence of cultural heritage and art from Europe and Asia is found everywhere in Liu Kang's colourful and lively paintings. Making pop-up pictures and creating one's very own Balinese headdress provide opportunities for play-based learning about different cultures. The book can be used at home or in the classroom.

Information about the artist and his works, as well as a glossary, are included.

Asian Artists Series -
Liu Kang: Colourful Modernist

Edited by Yeo Wei Wei

S$42 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-8675-2

This monograph positions Liu Kang, one of Singapore's first generation artists, as 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, influences, from China, Europe and Southeast Asia.

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 about the artist's engagement with European and Chinese modernisms in a Singaporean context.

The book also contains close to 200 colour illustrations and archival photographs as well as an index and a glossary.

Liu Kang: Essays on Art and Culture

S$28 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-7675-3

Liu Kang: Essays on Art and Culture is a testament to the inexorable passion of an artist who knew no boundaries. This collection of essays, which Liu Kang wrote over 44 years, offers an insight into the artist's myriad interests: interior design, music, literature, dance, photography, medical science, and the visual arts.

Throughout the essays, Liu Kang's contributions as a first generation Nanyang artist and art educator come to the fore through his thoughts and ideas about art societies, exhibitions, artists, the development of art education, and the growth of art in Singapore and the region.

Liu Kang wrote his essays in Chinese. They have been translated into English for this volume, and are accompanied by commentaries that help contextualise one's reading. This volume also contains snapshots of the artist's life – from old photographs of Liu Kang travelling or painting, to that of the people he wrote about in his essays.

刘抗 -文集新编

S$28 (不包括消费税)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-8099-6 256页

《刘抗-文集新编》见证了一位激情无限的艺术家。跨越四十四年的文章，让我们洞见新加坡第一代艺术家刘抗多方面的兴趣：室内设计、音乐、文学、舞蹈、摄影、医学与视觉艺术。

为第一代南洋艺术家兼艺术教育家，刘抗的贡献通过他对艺术协会、画展、艺术家、发展艺术教育和发展新加坡与区域艺术的感想与意见，颖脱而出。

这本文集，不只包罗一位艺术家的思维，也表露了一位艺术开拓者的热忱。《刘抗：文集新编》同时也辅以评述，以及刘抗生活点滴的照片。

Realism in Asia: Volume One

Edited by Yeo Wei Wei

S$25 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-5349-5

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 the present 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.

The Story of Yeh Chi Wei (2 Volumes)

S$70 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-5026-5 Vol. 1 (Hardbk.)

296 pp. and 150 colour illustrations.

ISBN: 978-981-08-5929-9 Vol. 2 (CD-Rom)

695 pp. and 643 colour illustrations.

“Yeh’s life story is a compelling one and has never been told before. For that reason, both the exhibition and the accompanying book are titled The Story of Yeh Chi Wei – one of those occasions in art when biography matters as much as the image.” – Clarissa Oon, The Straits Times (8 July 2010)

Yeh Chi Wei was a Singaporean artist, educator and leader. Like the other pioneer Nanyang artists, Yeh received formal instruction in painting in China before he came over to Singapore in 1937. His aesthetics were radically shaped by his new life in Malaya as well as travels with the Ten Men Group to other parts of Southeast Asia.

Over time Yeh’s name has become strangely obscure. The exhibition and catalogue tell the story of the life and works of this significant and enigmatic figure.

The essays in both volumes provide insights about Yeh Chi Wei’s artistic practice, the influence of diverse cultural and historical resources in his paintings, and his legacy. There are newly-commissioned essays as well as reproduced historical publications, including eight essays by Yeh Chi Wei himself (written and published between 1960 and 1972) and all past Ten Men catalogues. All Chinese texts are accompanied by new English translations, and vice versa.

Asian Artists Series -
Cheong Soo Pieng: Visions of Southeast Asia

Edited by Yeo Wei Wei

Contributors: Grace Tng, Seng Yu Jin, Yeo Wei Wei

S$42 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-6422-4

Cheong Soo Pieng was a pioneer artist who created visually fresh pictures of Southeast Asia’s landscapes and people. By marrying the artistic traditions of the East and the West, Soo Pieng broke new ground in the way the tropics were portrayed.

Common Southeast Asian subjects — a fisherman’s kelong, two sarong-clad women on the way to the market, a group of people busy drying fish, the graceful figure of a Balinese dancer — take on new stylised forms through Soo Pieng’s deft use of pictorial devices and techniques from different cultures and traditions such as Chinese ink painting, Western oil painting, Cubism, geometric abstraction and wayang kulit.

This book is the first of its kind on Soo Pieng. The 94 colour plates present the reader with the breadth and complexity of this Nanyang artist’s extensive oeuvre. The chapters include a wealth of personal photographs as well as the latest research on the artist. Pictures of recently unearthed drawings, sketches, watercolours and woodcut prints shed further light on Soo Pieng’s personal philosophy and artistic ambitions.

Dreaming Art Series: Salted Fish

Written by Yeo Wei Wei

Illustrated by Ye Shufang

S$16 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-6444-6

Lynn is visiting the National Art Gallery for the first time with her favourite toy Cotton Bunny. Both of them notice a funny smell in one of the galleries. The smell seems to be coming from one of the paintings! Lynn and Cotton Bunny are about to embark on a journey that they will never forget, a journey where art, memory, and the present meet. Salted Fish is the first title in the Dreaming Art Series where iconic works by Singaporean artists feature in original stories with accompanying illustrations.

Cheong Soo Pieng Colouring Book

S$9 (before GST)

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ISBN: 978-981-08-6888-8 Softcover.

This colouring and activity book for children aged 4 and above allows children to create new works of art even as they learn about one of Singapore’s pioneer artists, Cheong Soo Pieng. Fun and engaging activities guide and encourage children to draw, colour and think about art, encouraging them to express their own interpretations of the artworks found within the pages. Through activities such as colouring and completing of iconic artworks and drawing of tribal masks and batik patterns, young learners will be inspired to develop their creativity and cultivate an appreciation for art. The book includes background information on the artist, a list of artwork details and a glossary that will be useful for parents and educators to help extend the learning process.