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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionNg Eng Teng Collection Object numberN1997-0001-265-0 TitleWild Rover (Imaginary self portrait: Back to Nature Idea) CreatorNg Eng Teng Description“Wild Rover (Imaginary Portrait: Back to Nature Idea) c. 1970, is the last known engagement with the self. The image of the self as a corporeally and psychologically distinctive entity has disappeared; it is replaced by generalised, curved shapes which rise upwards in the formation of a mountain landscape. The self as an autonomous being is erased; it is presented as transformed, absorbed into assuming an unnamed changing formation.” (Bodies & Figures, An Overview of Ng Eng Teng, Page 10). Object categoryPainting MaterialMixed Media on Cloth, Paint, Fabric Dimensions H: 91 cm L: 68.5 cm H: 115 cm L: 92 cm Credit lineGift of Ng Eng Teng

Object numberN1997-0001-265-0

TitleWild Rover (Imaginary self portrait: Back to Nature Idea)

Description“Wild Rover (Imaginary Portrait: Back to Nature Idea) c. 1970, is the last known engagement with the self. The image of the self as a corporeally and psychologically distinctive entity has disappeared; it is replaced by generalised, curved shapes which rise upwards in the formation of a mountain landscape. The self as an autonomous being is erased; it is presented as transformed, absorbed into assuming an unnamed changing formation.” (Bodies & Figures, An Overview of Ng Eng Teng, Page 10).

Object categoryPainting

MaterialMixed Media on Cloth, Paint, Fabric

Dimensions

H: 91 cm
L: 68.5 cm
H: 115 cm
L: 92 cm

Credit lineGift of Ng Eng Teng

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