EXAMINING INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE ONGOING TO MARCH 15, 2020

National Gallery Singapore’s latest exhibition explores the experimental art forms that emerged during the late 1960s to the late 1980s in response to rapid urban development in Southeast Asia. The logic of developmentalism, which linked economic growth to massive state-led infrastructure projects, transformed cities like

Singapore, Bangkok and Manila into modern metropolises.

This spurred critical responses by artists and architects alike, who offered varying perspectives towards this new vision of modern urban life. These perspectives are the focus of Singapore: Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia (1969–1989).