Women Artists in Singapore
（《新加坡女性艺术家》）
Bridget Tracy Tan, 2011
（《新加坡女性艺术家》）
Women Artists in Singapore （《新加坡女性艺术家》）
Bridget Tracy Tan, 2011
Select Publishing
- 英文 English
- 2011
- 163
- 699467658
本书系统呈现了新加坡女性艺术家的创作成就与历史贡献。策展人及艺术史学者 Bridget Tracy Tan 精选 37 位艺术家及其代表作，深刻揭示了女性在新加坡艺术发展史中历久弥新的作用。这些艺术家不仅是艺术教育者，其作品更被国家级机构永久收藏，多人曾参与国际重要展览，屡获殊荣。她们中包括现代艺术先驱张荔英（Georgette Chen）、林真金（Kim Lim）、杜瑛（Eng Tow）、苏珊・维克托（Suzann Victor）与王良吟（Amanda Heng）等标志性人物。
本书共分为四个章节。第一章「新加坡艺术史中的女性遗产」梳理了从 1931 年由新加坡基督教女青年会（Young Women’s Christian Association）举办的首场全女性艺术展览，到 1991 年国家博物馆美术馆（National Museum Art Gallery）举办的具有里程碑意义的展览⸺新加坡首个由女性创作、以女性为主题的展览⸺这一历史脉络。第二章「论辩手工与装饰艺术」促使我们重新思考性别、艺术与手工艺之间的关系。第三章「三尺男女：重新定义性别化空间」收录了那些致力于通过传统媒介拓展失语者的表达语汇的艺术家。第四章「开启的窗：当代艺术中的表达新维度」则聚焦那些深度关切个体身份与社会境况之关联的艺术家
书中将不同时代艺术家的风格与媒介进行富有创意的并置，凸显出她们作品与影响的多样性以及国际化特征。本书所提出的核心问题是：“同时身为艺术家与女性意味着什么？”
Women Artists in Singapore showcases Singapore’s women artists and their contributions. Curator and art historian Bridget Tracy Tan’s selection of 37 artists and artworks offer interesting and much-needed insights about the role women have played, and continue to play, in Singapore’s art history. The women artists featured in this book are visibly renowned, as teachers of the craft and as artists whose works have been collected by national institutions. Many have also participated in major international exhibitions and received numerous prestigious awards. Among them are prominent figures such as Georgette Chen, Kim Lim, Eng Tow, Suzann Victor, and Amanda Heng.
This book is divided into four chapters. Chapter One, The Legacy of Women in Singapore Art History, traces the trajectory from the first all-women exhibition organized by the Young Women’s Christian Association in 1931, to the landmark 1991 exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery—the first exhibition of works by women about women. Chapter Two, Polemicising Craft and the Decorative, prompts us to reconsider the relationships between gender, art, and craft. Chapter Three, Three Feet Men and Women: Redefining Gendered Spaces, features artists who engage traditional mediums with the aim of expanding the repertoire of the voiceless. Chapter Four, The Open Window: New Dimensions of Expression in Contemporary Art, focuses on artists who display a profound concern with the relationship between personal identity and social conditions.
The styles and mediums of artists from different generations are creatively juxtaposed to highlight the sheer diversity of their output and influences, as well as their international character. The question of what it means to be both an artist and a woman lies at the heart of Women Artists in Singapore.
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布里奇特・特蕾西・谭，现任新加坡南洋艺术学院东南亚艺术研究所及艺术馆的高级总监，同时担任东南亚艺术学术顾问。她曾任新加坡美术馆策展人，拥有艺术史一等荣誉学位，并在伦敦艺术大学取得策展与批判艺术史方向的实践型博士学位。其博士论文批判性地探讨了当代语境下的东南亚博物馆学与东南亚策展实践，并延伸至双年展等全球平台。
谭博士持续策划展览，并推动东南亚艺术的教学。她在多部重要出版物中撰写了关于本地与区域艺术家的论文与文章。她的研究与研究生层次的教学，常常跨越文化边界，强调跨学科的视角。过去二十多年间，她还参与主持了区域及国际性的摄影与绘画比赛评审工作。
Bridget Tracy Tan is Senior Director for the Institute of Southeast Asian Arts and Art Galleries, and the Academic Advisor for Southeast Asian Arts at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Formerly a curator at the Singapore Art Museum, she holds a First Class Honours degree in History of Art. Her PhD in practice-led research as a curator and critical art historian was obtained from the University of the Arts London. The thesis critically explored Southeast Asian museology and Southeast Asian curating in contemporary paradigms that extend into global platforms, specifically, biennales.
Dr. Tan continues to assemble exhibitions and facilitate the teaching of Southeast Asian arts. She has contributed essays and articles on local and regional artists in seminal publications. Her research and teaching at the postgraduate level often engage the interdisciplinary across cultures. Over the last two decades she has also facilitated regional and international juries at competitions for photography and painting.