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Home Coming : Chen Wen Hsi Exhibition @ Kingsmead

Author :  Ma Peiyi (Ed)

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Country
Singapore
Publisher
Artcommune Gallery, Singapore
ISBN 9789811411434
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2019
Bib. Info 96p.
Product Weight 500 gms.
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(Published in conjunction with the exhibition Homecoming: Chen Wen His Exhibition @ Kingsmead at 5 Kingsmead Road, Singapore, 12 April-3 May 2019) This 96-page exhibition catalogue is published in conjunction with the landmark exhibition Homecoming: Chen Wen Hsi Exhibition @ Kingsmead at 5 Kingsmead Road, Singapore, from 12 April-3 May 2019. 5 Kingsmead Road is the former residence of Singapore pioneer artist Chen Wen Hsi. It is the only private residence that has been marked as a historic site under two categories by the National Heritage Board, specifically culture and community, and art. The exhibition opens this private residence to the public for the first time to showcase two historic mural works created by Chen Wen Hsi in the period of 1959-1964. Around 35 paintings drawn from private collections are also on exhibit inside the house, which offers audience a unique opportunity to view some of the best works created by the artist in his lifetime. This catalogue features around 35 colour plates of Chen Wen Hsi's paintings, an essay on the history of Chen Wen Hsi's former residence and painted murals by Ms. Chow Yian Ping, Lianhe Zaobao Senior Correspondent & former Assistant Director (Programmes and International Relations) and Curator at Singapore Art Museum, an essay on designing for conservation by Ms. Angelene Chan, CEO of DP Architects, and a reproduced essay self-written by Chen Wen Hsi in 1976.

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