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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Object numberS1999-0021-003-0 TitleBackstage of a Puppet Theatre CreatorLim Mu Hue (1936) DescriptionBackstage of a Puppet Theatre is a work by Lim Mu Hue who emerged in the 1950s along with his contemporaries Lim Yew Kuan and Choo Keng Kwang as artists working in the woodblock medium engaging with the social realities of post-war Singapore. This particular work emerged from Lim Mu Hue's interest in Chinese performing arts. Lim goes backstage, extending the privilege of close encounter with street opera actors to vieweres. The print is shown alongside its paper transfer to highlight embellishments that the artist made to his observation rendered on paper. Lim's interest in patterns and decorative embellishments elevate the social narrative to a loving work with much anecdotal charm.A woodcut based entirely on the drawing titled "Transfer for Backstage of a Puppet Theatre". The floor and the puppet theatre , and also some of the apparels worn by the musicians are richly decorated with patterns that enhanced the textural quality expected of a woodcut. Production placeSingapore Production date 1966 - 1966 Object categoryWoodblock Print MaterialInk on paper TechniquePrintmaking Dimensions H: 41.5 cm L: 32.5 cm H: 73.8 cm L: 61.1 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Object numberS1999-0021-003-0

TitleBackstage of a Puppet Theatre

CreatorLim Mu Hue (1936)

DescriptionBackstage of a Puppet Theatre is a work by Lim Mu Hue who emerged in the 1950s along with his contemporaries Lim Yew Kuan and Choo Keng Kwang as artists working in the woodblock medium engaging with the social realities of post-war Singapore. This particular work emerged from Lim Mu Hue's interest in Chinese performing arts. Lim goes backstage, extending the privilege of close encounter with street opera actors to vieweres. The print is shown alongside its paper transfer to highlight embellishments that the artist made to his observation rendered on paper. Lim's interest in patterns and decorative embellishments elevate the social narrative to a loving work with much anecdotal charm.A woodcut based entirely on the drawing titled "Transfer for Backstage of a Puppet Theatre". The floor and the puppet theatre , and also some of the apparels worn by the musicians are richly decorated with patterns that enhanced the textural quality expected of a woodcut.

Production placeSingapore

Production date 1966 - 1966

Object categoryWoodblock Print

MaterialInk on paper

TechniquePrintmaking

Dimensions

H: 41.5 cm
L: 32.5 cm
H: 73.8 cm
L: 61.1 cm

Details