Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond

Download or read book Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond written by Low Sze Wee and published by National Gallery Singapore. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is modernism in Southeast Asia? What is modern art, as embodied in the paintings of Southeast Asia? These questions and more are answered in Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond, published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Featuring 217 works, in full colour, by 51 Southeast Asian and European artists, from the Centre Pompidou and National Gallery Singapore, as well as other Southeast Asian collections in the region and beyond, this catalogue tells the compelling story of modernism as it developed across continents, and reveals artists' powerful, and sometimes surprising, responses to modernity.