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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Dettagli Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Numero oggettoS1999-0014-002-0 TitoloMalay Kampong (Attap Singapore) CreatoreLim Yew Kuan (1929) DescrizioneThe Bukit Ho Swee fire on May 25 1961 razed more than 2,200 squatter houses and made 16,000 homeless occasioned a national emergency that saw massive charity drive and immediate action by the government for construction projects by the Housing Development Board to relocate and house the fire’s victims. A number of artists had dealt with the Bukit Ho Swee fire as a theme in their work. Lim’s 1966 woodcut of the fire is a particularly large piece detailing a devastated and the desolated landscape in the aftermath of the blaze.A panoramic view of a Malay kampong showing a vast expanse of farmland, a cluster of coconut trees, two attap houses and two figures in the foreground. It is rich in details and attests to the artist's command of the woodcut technique, his handling of light and his sensitive feeling for the rural atmosphere of his subject matter. Luogo di produzioneSingapore Data 1966 - 1966 Categoria dell'oggettoWoodblock Print MaterialeInk on paper TecnicaPrintmaking Dimensioni H: 45.5 cm L: 61 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Numero oggettoS1999-0014-002-0

TitoloMalay Kampong (Attap Singapore)

CreatoreLim Yew Kuan (1929)

DescrizioneThe Bukit Ho Swee fire on May 25 1961 razed more than 2,200 squatter houses and made 16,000 homeless occasioned a national emergency that saw massive charity drive and immediate action by the government for construction projects by the Housing Development Board to relocate and house the fire’s victims. A number of artists had dealt with the Bukit Ho Swee fire as a theme in their work. Lim’s 1966 woodcut of the fire is a particularly large piece detailing a devastated and the desolated landscape in the aftermath of the blaze.A panoramic view of a Malay kampong showing a vast expanse of farmland, a cluster of coconut trees, two attap houses and two figures in the foreground. It is rich in details and attests to the artist's command of the woodcut technique, his handling of light and his sensitive feeling for the rural atmosphere of his subject matter.

Luogo di produzioneSingapore

Data 1966 - 1966

Categoria dell'oggettoWoodblock Print

MaterialeInk on paper

TecnicaPrintmaking

Dimensioni

H: 45.5 cm
L: 61 cm

Dettagli