Thousands of prices just dropped across Thryft
Our price drop is now live! Find lowered prices on thousands of one-of-a-kind finds across Thryft
Free delivery on all orders above $30
Get 10% off all year round! Join Thryft Club
Get 10% off all year round and $10 off your next order! Join Thryft Club

This item is sold out

Get an email when a matching copy is available again.

Strokes of Life: The Art of Chen Chong Swee

Singapore The National Gallery of Art

Which copies would you like?
Condition and budgetAny condition · No price limit

Excludes delivery. This filters future availability alerts; it is not a price-drop alert.

We check inventory once a day. We’ll email you once when we find a matching copy. Copies aren’t reserved. This does not sign you up for marketing emails.

Strokes of Life: The Art of Chen Chong Swee

Regular price
Unit price
per

Southeast Asian vistas through traditional Chinese ink.

If you have an appreciation for bridging cultures in art, "Strokes of Life: The Art of Chen Chong Swee" could open your eyes to a harmonious blend of Southeast Asian scenes with the delicate strokes of Chinese ink painting. The full-color plates in this catalogue would not only be a feast for the eyes but also offer you a deeper understanding of how Chen's environment influenced his innovative artistry. It's a thoughtful exploration of a visionary artist who believed life and art are inseparably intertwined.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Strokes of Life: The Art of Chen Chong Swee

Regular price
Unit price
per
Condition guide
ISBN: 9789811123733
Date of Publication: 2017-03-08
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art, History
Goodreads rating: 0.0
(rated by 0 readers)

Description

Chen Chong Swee is acknowledged as one of the earliest artists to have explored depicting Southeast Asian scenes within the medium of traditional Chinese ink painting. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at National Gallery Singapore, this catalogue bears witness to Chen’s explorations across the mediums of ink and oil, the influence his immediate surroundings had on his art, and his insistence, above all, that it was impossible to divorce art from life. Full-colour image plates, newly commissioned essays and a biographical timeline of the artist within the catalogue flesh out the inflections of Chen’s oeuvre.
 

Southeast Asian vistas through traditional Chinese ink.

If you have an appreciation for bridging cultures in art, "Strokes of Life: The Art of Chen Chong Swee" could open your eyes to a harmonious blend of Southeast Asian scenes with the delicate strokes of Chinese ink painting. The full-color plates in this catalogue would not only be a feast for the eyes but also offer you a deeper understanding of how Chen's environment influenced his innovative artistry. It's a thoughtful exploration of a visionary artist who believed life and art are inseparably intertwined.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

You might enjoy this if…

View book details