Tan Choh Tee, Penglai Road, Shanghai, 2019, Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 60.5 cm

I Live Not in Myself, but I Become Portion of that Around Me features the works of 4 Singapore artists, Tan Choh Tee, Tong Chin Sye, Ho Sou Ping and Zhu Hong, and examine their varying approaches to landscape painting.

By the time of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 906), the art of Chinese landscape painting had already flourished into an independent genre. Although not formalised as a genre in the Western art world till the 16th Century, the tradition of landscape painting dates back to ancient times when the Greeks and Romans started to create wall paintings of landscapes and gardenscapes. As times and cultures evolved, how would such a classical genre translate into the unique productions of our local artists who have been broadly exposed to and trained in both Chinese and Western art practices?

Art Talk: Singapore Art Series: The 2nd-Generation Artists
Saturday, 14 December, 3 – 5pm
Fee: $25/pax
In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be a special art talk on 2nd-generation artists by artcommune founder Ho Sou Ping on 14 December, Saturday, 3 – 5pm. The talk provides a brief overview of the early Singapore art scene, with a particular focus on the 2nd-generation artists and the environments, mediums and styles that informed their practices.

Venue: artcommune and AC43 gallery, 76 Bras Basah Road, #01-01 Carlton Hotel, Singapore 189558

When: 5 - 22 Dec 2019, 12noon - 7pm

By: AC43 Gallery