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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionNg Eng Teng Collection Object numberN2001-0001-036-0 TitleRamshackle Hut Creator and Cultural Medallion awardee in 1981. Born in 1934 Ng Eng Teng is considered Singapore’s foremost sculptor, he was educated first at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, then went to the UK to study sculpture and ceramics at the North Staffordshire College of Technology and the Farnham School of Art. He donated his personal collection to NUS in 1997-1998 for further study in the setting of the University. He also served as an adviser and instructor to the NUS CFA’s Ceramic Studio project.1934-07-12Singapore2001-11-04SingaporeNg Eng Teng Description“Art historian T.K. Sabapathy notes that Ng’s works demonstrate ‘significant’ departures from the prevailing aesthetic drive which was directed towards creating untroubled, idyllic images of nature; in Eng Teng’s pictures there are intimations of disequilibrium’ (Sabapathy 1998:45). Ramshackle Hut is included here as a sample of Ng’s paintings where the viewer is confronted with the region’s ‘disequilibrium’.” (Working the Tropical Garden, NUS Museum, Page 5) Production date 1960 Object categoryPainting MaterialOil on Board, Oil Paint, Paint, Board Dimensions Height: 87 cm Length: 40 cm Height: 93 cm Length: 52.5 cm Credit lineGift of Ng Eng Teng

Object numberN2001-0001-036-0

TitleRamshackle Hut

Creator and Cultural Medallion awardee in 1981. Born in 1934 Ng Eng Teng is considered Singapore’s foremost sculptor, he was educated first at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, then went to the UK to study sculpture and ceramics at the North Staffordshire College of Technology and the Farnham School of Art. He donated his personal collection to NUS in 1997-1998 for further study in the setting of the University. He also served as an adviser and instructor to the NUS CFA’s Ceramic Studio project.1934-07-12Singapore2001-11-04SingaporeNg Eng Teng

Description“Art historian T.K. Sabapathy notes that Ng’s works demonstrate ‘significant’ departures from the prevailing aesthetic drive which was directed towards creating untroubled, idyllic images of nature; in Eng Teng’s pictures there are intimations of disequilibrium’ (Sabapathy 1998:45). Ramshackle Hut is included here as a sample of Ng’s paintings where the viewer is confronted with the region’s ‘disequilibrium’.” (Working the Tropical Garden, NUS Museum, Page 5)

Production date 1960

Object categoryPainting

MaterialOil on Board, Oil Paint, Paint, Board

Dimensions

Height: 87 cm
Length: 40 cm
Height: 93 cm
Length: 52.5 cm

Credit lineGift of Ng Eng Teng

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