Something New Must Turn Up is a series of six catalogues comparing the practices of artistic forerunners in post-independence Singapore. Through their groundbreaking explorations of media, ranging from collage and printmaking to installation and digital art, these six artists actively expanded the boundaries of art.0Each standalone catalogue traces the individual journeys that these artists undertook as they strove to be continuously "new." By bringing together essays, interviews, full-coloured plates and archival material, the series offers a comparative perspective of how artists critically engaged with the conditions of multiculturalism, developmentalism and modernisation in post-independence Singapore.00Eng Tow (1947?) first became known in Singapore for her use of cloth as a medium in artmaking. Tow?s works have since spanned a range of media from paper to three-dimensional works reflecting her experimental and explorative approach. Many of her works are reflections of her innate responses to her environment and experiences, manifesting and channeling the metaphysical beauty and inexplicable forces around us.0Eng Tow's navigation of art is led by intuition and curiosity, and shaped by a deep connection with nature. The works in this exhibition throw light on key shifts in her practice of close to five decades as she traversed media and methods-- from methodical constructions in cloth to cast and collaged paperworks and painted abstractions.00Exhibition: Exhibition: National Gallery Singapore (07.05-22.08.2021)

Eng Tow : the sixth sense

Tow, Eng, 1947- artist; Lim, Shujuan, contributor; Ee, Elaine, editor; National Gallery Singapore, publisher, organizer

Shujuan Lim; Eng Tow; National Gallery Singapore

Author-publishers (miscellaneous)

WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB

Singapore, Singapore

S.l, 2021

141 pages : 25 cm
Published in conjunction with Something new must turn up: six Singaporean artists after 1965 (7 May-22 August 2021), an exhibition organised by National Gallery Singapore
Cover title
Includes bibliographical references
Foreword / Eugene Tan -- Something New Must Turn Up: Does Independence Make Art? / Seng Yu Jin -- Eng Tow, the sixth sense / Lim Shujuan -- Plates -- Selected Private and Public Commissions -- List of Exhibited Works -- Selected Biodata -- Acknowledgements

"Eng Tow is an interdisciplinary artist whose works merge the disciplines of fine art, craft, and design. This catalogue traces Tow's artistic navigation through life, highlighting key shifts in her practice from methodical fabric constructions to cast, collaged and painted abstractions." -- Page 4 of cover

2024-07-01