Nine entry points, each grounded in a work, an image or a document.
九个从作品、图像或文献出发的入口。
Research for the exhibition began with questions raised by contemporary art and worked back through history. The notes below follow inscriptions, materials, printed images and artists’ encounters to examine the artistic networks connecting China, Southeast Asia and the wider world.
Wang Lanruo, I Love Tropical Fish in Clear Springs, 1986王兰若,我爱清泉热带鱼,1986Ink and colour on paper纸本彩墨Image / collection: Collection of Yang Xiaohong图片/收藏:杨晓鸿(杨家园)收藏
Aquariums · breeding · a modern subject水族箱 · 人工繁育 · 现代题材
Wang Lanruo, Huang Dufeng and See Cheen Tee bring a modern ornamental animal into the ink repertoire.
从王兰若、黄独峰到许振第,一种现代观赏动物进入了水墨画的题材世界。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →Wang Lanruo, Luo Ming and Guan Shanyue, Autumn Birds, 1947王兰若、罗铭、关山月,秋雀图,1947Ink and colour on paper纸本设色Image / collection: Family of Wang Lanruo图片/收藏:王兰若家属
Luo Ming · 1947 / 1952 · artistic networks罗铭 · 1947 / 1952 · 艺术网络
A collaborative painting from 1947 and a Bali photograph from 1952 place Luo Ming within two often separately narrated histories.
1947年的合作画与1952年的巴厘岛合影,把常被分别叙述的两段艺术史联系起来。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →Miguel Covarrubias, Chinese Opera Characters, 1930s珂佛罗皮斯,中国戏曲人物,1930年代Pen on paper纸本钢笔Image / collection: Zhang Guangyu Documentation and Art Center, Beijing图片/收藏:北京张光宇文献艺术中心
Covarrubias’s Chinese sketches and book illustrations open another route through the familiar history of Bali imagery.
从中国戏曲速写与书籍插图出发,重新进入那段人们熟悉的巴厘岛图像史。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →Wang Lanruo; poem composed with Guan Shanyue, Evening Tour on the Chao Phraya River, 1947王兰若书;与关山月联句,夜游湄南河与关山月联句,1947Calligraphy, ink on paper书法,纸本水墨Image / collection: Family of Wang Lanruo图片/收藏:王兰若家属
A poem composed on a Bangkok boat trip brings tropical street life into a Chinese literati practice.
一次曼谷夜游,把热带风物写进了传统的文人联句。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →The Artists Village, Two by the Waterfall, 2001艺术家村,瀑布旁的两人,2001Photographic work from The Bali Project“巴厘岛计划”系列摄影作品Image / collection: The Artists Village图片/收藏:艺术家村
The Artists Village · The Bali Project · 2001艺术家村 · 巴厘岛计划 · 2001
The Artists Village revisits an inherited artistic itinerary through performance, photography and humour.
艺术家村以行为、摄影与幽默,重新进入一条已经被艺术史经典化的路线。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →Tay Mo-Leong, Stone Pattern Series, SF1–3, 1975戴懋龙,《石头花纹》系列 SF1–3,1975Batik蜡染布匹Image / collection: Collection of Lee Khai图片/收藏:Lee Khai 收藏
Tay Mo-Leong · batik · cultural identity戴懋龙 · 蜡染 · 文化身份
Begging, a fan dancer and a fishing village bring different social histories into the exhibition’s tropical imagery.
乞丐、舞者与渔村,使不同的社会历史进入展览中的热带图像。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →Koh Nguang How, Why There Is No Goose Meat in Singapore?, 2026许元豪,为什么新加坡吃不到鹅肉?,2026Photographs, documents and mixed media on canvas摄影、文献与帆布综合装置Image / collection: Exhibition catalogue图片/收藏:展览图册
Koh Nguang How · archives · food and borders许元豪 · 档案再激活 · 食物与边界
An installation brings performance archives into a question about food, farming and the regulation of an island-state.
一件装置把行为艺术档案,带入食物、养殖与岛国管理的问题之中。
Follow this research thread →展开这条研究线索 →Ines Katamso, Post Rimbun, 2026伊内斯·卡塔姆索,繁茂之后,2026Commissioned installation为本展览创作的装置Image / collection: GAFA Art Museum图片/收藏:广州美术学院美术馆
Ines Katamso · Post Rimbun · material historyInes Katamso · 繁茂之后 · 材料历史