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Imagining Singapore is the first comprehensive study on the history of Pictorial photography in Singapore. Drawing from interviews, unpublished historical data and newly discovered photographs, the book unveils a fascinating aspect of visual culture and its links to global Pictorialism.
Digital Healthcare, Digital Transformation and Citizen Empowerment in Asia-Pacific and Europe for a Healthier Society explores the potential of advanced IT in healthcare. This book shares insights on leveraging IT tools to address global disruptions like the pandemic, offering case studies from various regions, innovative topics in digital healthcare, lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommendations for policymakers worldwide. This title is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, CEOs, and policymakers seeking to learn from both failures and successes and harness the potential of advanced information technologies to enhance healthcare systems and services. - Shows the urgent need to understand the potential of advanced IT for the healthcare sector - Gives insight into the successes and failures during pandemics - Exploits the potential of AI, big data, and knowledge management to provide better healthcare services and more digital inclusion of citizen - Includes study cases in the field of IT and digital health during the pandemic and analyses lessons learned
This bilingual publication accompanies National Gallery Singapore's solo exhibition on the renowned centennial artist, Lim Tze Peng. It features a remarkable selection of artworks spanning from 1946 to 2023, drawing from Lim’s personal collection and masterpieces held in public collections. Through Lim's landscapes, mindscapes and “heartscapes,” this volume, alongside the exhibition, offers a profound exploration of his artistic journey. The book brings together new writings by leading experts on the artist, excerpts from unpublished interviews with the artist and rare archival materials—many published for the first time. They chart key chapters (or “terrains”) in Lim's long artistic journey while serving as an essential source for future research on the artist.
One of Singapore's most prominent artists, Georgette Chen forged an artistic vision that till today continues to enchant and inspire. Chen's remarkable story that spans wars and revolutions, triumph and tragedy, loves lost and enduring, is told here through her very own words, selected from an extensive archive spanning five decades. Together with her paintings, they constitute a compelling portrait of the artist's gentle spirit that avails itself both to readers who are already familiar with the artist, as well as those discovering her for the first time. The Artist Speaks series presents an intimate look at artists through their words and works, tracing the ideas, influences and experiences—as told by artists themselves—that inspire artistic creation.
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Published to accompany National Gallery Singapore’s inaugural exhibition Siapa Nama Kamu?, the catalogue stands on the shoulders of giants to present a survey of Singapore art from the 19th century to the present, charting major themes across broad time periods. Over 400 works of art in a wide range of media are brought together to trace the ebb and flow of the history of Singapore art. Curatorial essays provide insight into the exhibition making, as well as examine the geographical confines of Singapore, the parameters of national identity and margins of time.
A constellation of thoughts by 25 established and emerging scholars who plot the indices of modernity and locate new coordinates within the shifting landscape of art. These newly commissioned essays are accompanied by close to 200 full-colour image plates.