Times donate 95 works to SAM
Times Publishing donated 95
artworks to the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). Times Publishing had commissioned
the collection 32 years ago, for a series of calendars depicting traditional
trades and street scenes of Singapore.
The Times Collection, which is valued at $1.3 million, comprises 94 paintings
and one sculpture, by eminent Singaporean artists who created the works during
the the nation-building years of the 1970s and early 1980s. Artists include Chua
Mia Tee, Choo Keng Kwang and Lee Boon Wang. Times Publishing has released a
book, titled Living Colours, which features works from the collection.
20 paintings from the collection will be shown at the SAM until Feb 5 2006.