Travelling with the Master at Singapore National Gallery
I enjoyed the recent visit to Singapore National Gallery where I spent the day just admiring one of my favourite artists, Master Wu Guan Zhong. This exhibition is co-created with the docent community and were selected from the National collection generously donated by Wu Guan Zhong. Some of my favourite art works include the Pandas and the Green Sorghum. Lovely arts that made my soul sings.
Wu Guanzhong: Travelling with the Master is the sixth edition of the Wu Guanzhong Exhibition Series, which was launched in 2015 to investigate the artist’s life and art practice.
Unlike past exhibitions in the series, which were developed by museum curators, this exhibition adopts a new approach. The Gallery invited its docent community to co-create this exhibition about the artist with museum professionals.
Featuring a selection of artworks from the National Collection and a series of rare archival materials, Travelling with the Master invites audiences to journey with Wu Guanzhong and his works using several lenses: the conceptual, the physical, the imaginative and the emotional. This exhibition was conceived at a time when travel was curtailed during the pandemic. Through the voices of four docents, the exhibition attempts to convey the multiple aspects of “travelling,”and how Wu’s art has inspired them to recollect and reconnect with times of carefree exploration by sharing personal stories and photographs.
We hope visitors will also be inspired by the spirit of this master and learn to appreciate his works and our world from their own points of view.
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