# Returning to Bali, forty-nine years later / 四十九年后，重新走进巴厘岛的图像 — Hu Chao 胡超

Source: https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/bali-project-2001/

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BALI ISLAND / CURATORIAL RESEARCH

# Returning to Bali, forty-nine years later

The Artists Village revisits an inherited artistic itinerary through performance, photography and humour.

The Artists Village · The Bali Project · 2001

In 2001, members of The Artists Village returned to Bali, forty-nine years after the 1952 journey of Singapore’s pioneer painters. The Bali Project approached that inheritance through staged photographs, parody and improvisation. In Two by the Waterfall, the performers wear sarongs and pose within a recognisable tropical setting.

Placed beside documents of the earlier journey, the photograph asks who can inherit—and alter—a national art history. The return makes the artists’ own bodies part of the image. Humour becomes a way of examining the picturesque scenes and assumptions that had helped establish an influential account of Nanyang art.

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Image: The Artists Village, Two by the Waterfall, 2001 / 艺术家村，瀑布旁的两人，2001

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The Artists Village, Two by the Waterfall, 2001Photographic work from The Bali ProjectImage / collection: The Artists Village

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Image: Artists in Bali, 1952, 1952 / 1952年巴厘岛写生合影，1952

](https://www.huchaocurator.com/assets/bali-exhibition/bali-artists-1952.webp)

Artists in Bali, 1952, 1952Archival photographImage / collection: SPH Media

CATALOGUE SOURCE

Bali Island: Art and the World Beyond the Rainforest, 2026. Catalogue text by Hu Chao. PDF pages 34, 39, 40.

[About the catalogue and sources](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/resources/)

CONNECTED RESEARCH

[A painting and a photograph connect two journeys](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/luo-ming-two-journeys/)[Why is there no goose meat in Singapore?](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/goose-and-archives/)

EXHIBITION RECORD & RELATED CHANNELS

[GAFA Art Museum · official exhibition page](https://artmuseum.gzarts.edu.cn/info/1249/9719.htm)[GAFA Art Museum · e-flux announcement](https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/6787417/bali-island-art-and-the-world-beyond-the-rainforest)[Catalogue, credits & sources](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/resources/)

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## 中文

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巴厘岛 / 策展研究

# 四十九年后，重新走进巴厘岛的图像

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。

艺术家村 · 巴厘岛计划 · 2001

2001年，艺术家村成员重返巴厘岛，距离新加坡先驱画家1952年的行旅已有四十九年。“巴厘岛计划”通过摄影、戏仿与即兴创作，重新面对这段历史。《瀑布旁的两人》中，表演者身着纱笼，把自身放进人们熟悉的热带景观。

与早期行旅的文献并置之后，这张照片提出了一个关于艺术史继承的问题：谁能够进入既有的国家艺术叙事，又怎样改写它？艺术家的身体成为图像的一部分，幽默则使那些曾帮助建构“南洋艺术”的如画景象与观看习惯，重新成为可以审视的对象。

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Image: The Artists Village, Two by the Waterfall, 2001 / 艺术家村，瀑布旁的两人，2001

](https://www.huchaocurator.com/assets/bali-exhibition/tav-waterfall.webp)

艺术家村，瀑布旁的两人，2001“巴厘岛计划”系列摄影作品图片／收藏：艺术家村

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Image: Artists in Bali, 1952, 1952 / 1952年巴厘岛写生合影，1952

](https://www.huchaocurator.com/assets/bali-exhibition/bali-artists-1952.webp)

1952年巴厘岛写生合影，1952历史照片图片／收藏：SPH Media

图册来源

《巴厘岛：雨林外的艺术与世界》，2026年。图册撰文：胡超。PDF第34, 39, 40页。

[关于图册与资料来源](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/resources/)

继续探索

[一幅合作画，一张合影：罗铭连接的两次行旅](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/luo-ming-two-journeys/)[为什么新加坡吃不到鹅肉？](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/goose-and-archives/)

展览记录与相关发布

[广州美术学院美术馆 · 官方展览页](https://artmuseum.gzarts.edu.cn/info/1249/9719.htm)[广州美术学院美术馆 · e-flux发布](https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/6787417/bali-island-art-and-the-world-beyond-the-rainforest)[图册、致谢与资料来源](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/resources/)

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