Writing the Modern

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Selected Texts on Art & Art History in Singapore, Malaysia & Southeast Asia, 1973–2015

By T.K. Sabapathy

Summary

Writing the Modern is a definitive anthology of texts by T.K. Sabapathy, a leading Singaporean art historian. Spanning over four decades from 1973 to 2015, this collection showcases Sabapathy’s influential writings that have significantly shaped the understanding of modern and contemporary art history in Southeast Asia. It presents his critical and historical perspectives, reflecting his roles as historian, educator, critic, and advocate for the visual arts and culture in the region.
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This volume is ideal for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of Southeast Asian art history, as well as those interested in modern and contemporary art criticism and cultural studies.

T.K. Sabapathy has been writing on the art of Southeast Asia for over four decades (1973–2015), as a critic, curator and art historian. This collection of his work, representing the scope and depth of Sabapathy's output, and highlighting his most important and influential writings, is also a survey of the vast changes in the landscape of art in the region over the period.

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This anthology of eminent Singaporean art historian T.K. Sabapathy's texts, selected from over four decades (1973 - 2015) of art critical and historical texts, brings together for the first time a cogent selection of the most important and influential writings of one of the region's foremost art historians. These selections represent the scope and depth of Sabapathy's work.

From the early 1970s, T.K. Sabapathy has been a tireless historian and educator, penetrating critic and ardent advocate and advisor of the visual arts and culture. His vast output has been foundational in the building of the modern and contemporary art history of Southeast Asia.

Writing the Modern provides an opportunity for more focused (re)reading, review, and renewed consideration of T.K. Sabapathy's rich body of work. This publication aims to further fuel modern and contemporary art writing, research, and exhibition-making.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789811157639

Publisher: Singapore Art Museum (Administrative Office)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2018

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Singapore Art Museum (Administrative Office)

Illustration: 70 colour images, 5 b/w images

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 175.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 1005g

Pages: 448

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About the Author

T.K. Sabapathy is currently an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, where he teaches the history of art.