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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Dettagli Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionNg Eng Teng Collection Numero oggettoN1998-0001-084-0 TitoloPeace Time CreatoreNg Eng Teng [+] [-] Birth:1934-07-12 Singapore Death:2001-11-04 Singapore Bibliography:Ng Eng Teng is considered Singapore’s foremost sculptor, and Cultural Medallion awardee in 1981. Born in 1934, 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. Descrizione“Peace Time, 1993, composed of contrasting rounded or oval shapes within a rectilinear grid, is ironic in meaning. “There is a kind of bullet shape on a semi-circular form, and then the whole is contained within some extruded geometric clay grid which resembles a cage. It has a ‘camouflage’ colouring like that on our army uniforms, but this is in very bright colours. I call this Peace Time, for in peace time, all war weapons are ‘caged’, temporarily held in check, put there to be used at any time.”” (Bodies Transformed, Ng Eng Teng in the Nineties, Page 19). Data 1993 Categoria dell'oggettoSculpture MaterialeEarthenware, Ceramic, Oil Paint, Paint Dimensioni Height: 62 cm Length: 41 cm Width: 42 cm Linea di creditoGift of Ng Eng Teng

Numero oggettoN1998-0001-084-0

TitoloPeace Time

Descrizione“Peace Time, 1993, composed of contrasting rounded or oval shapes within a rectilinear grid, is ironic in meaning. “There is a kind of bullet shape on a semi-circular form, and then the whole is contained within some extruded geometric clay grid which resembles a cage. It has a ‘camouflage’ colouring like that on our army uniforms, but this is in very bright colours. I call this Peace Time, for in peace time, all war weapons are ‘caged’, temporarily held in check, put there to be used at any time.”” (Bodies Transformed, Ng Eng Teng in the Nineties, Page 19).

Data 1993

Categoria dell'oggettoSculpture

MaterialeEarthenware, Ceramic, Oil Paint, Paint

Dimensioni

Height: 62 cm
Length: 41 cm
Width: 42 cm

Linea di creditoGift of Ng Eng Teng

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