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Artist Statement
Team Members: Gekkie, Pin, Son Tra, Raj
Artist Statement:
Bijinga is term used to describe pictures that contain beautiful in Japanese art. The type of print for these pieces of art are called Ukiyo-e, which are woodblock prints. These pieces were meant to focus on the beauty of women during the time, hence the meaning of Binjinga. Women were depicted in a mysterious Read more →
Histories of Art II: Bosom Buddies Reflection
Revised comments after presentation: “How do we know that FHM women choose to be on the magazine cover? Is it a general statement?”
Our group member, Jia xian proposed to use this ambiguity and match it with the ambiguity of the origin of religion. So we propose that the woman’s sexuality a man made construct, just like how religion Read more →
Final Project Proposal
Group members: Darren, Feli, Sarah, Isabella
Topic: Nihonga Japanese Screen Painting
Chosen Artifact
Four Seasons with Sun and Moon, as seen in the National Museum of Singapore, “Treasures from the British Museum”.
Visual Analysis
Both screens have subject matters of nature and landscape: trees in different seasons, hills and valleys ‘framing’ the trees, grass, flowers. Golden frame. Each screen is divided into 2 ‘scenery’. First image: winter Read more →Team SHINGAPORU: Research and Practice Project Plan
Topic: Nihonga Japanese Screen Painting
Chosen Artifact
Four Seasons with Sun and Moon, as seen in the National Museum of Singapore, “Treasures from the British Museum”.
Visual Analysis
Both screens have subject matters of nature and landscape: trees in different seasons, hills and valleys ‘framing’ the trees, grass, flowers. Golden frame. Each screen is divided into 2 Read more →Final Project Proposal
Team: Ho Jian Hunt, Feliciana, Sarah and Isabella
Topic: Nihonga Japanese Screen Painting
Chosen Artifact
Four Seasons with Sun and Moon, as seen in the National Museum of Singapore.
Visual Analysis
Both screens have subject matters of nature and landscape: trees in different seasons, hills and valleys ‘framing’ the trees, grass, flowers. Golden frame. Each screen is divided into 2 ‘scenery’. First Read more →The Tranny Diaries
Chosen subject: Chinese Buddhism
Group Mates: Christy Stephanie, Iskandar Ruhaizat, Juliana Ang, Raiza Feroz
Museum Visited: Asian Civilisation Museum
Chosen Object:
Research:
We decided to appropriate Guanyin as we felt that the issue on gender identity is even more pronounced now than ever; Guanyin is the perfect embodiment to present this situation. Facing stigma due to their gender orientation, transexuals (mainly East Asian) Read more →
Histories of Art II: Visual Response Proposal
Chosen subject: Indian Buddhism
Group Mates: Chio Jo Inng, Alfred Yeo, Evangeline Ng, Lu Jia Xian
Museum Visited: Asian Civilisation Museum Chosen Object: Gateway Bracket with four shalabhanjikas
Some cheeky snapchats I took when we visited the ACM! 😛
“Wanna be on top”- America’s next top model reference, haha.
You can identify Yakshi by her huge bosom, curvy figure and excessive pieces of jewellery.
We decided Read more →
Visual Response Proposal
Chosen subject: Indian Buddhism
Group Mates: Chio Jo Inng, Alfred Yeo, Evangeline Ng, Lu Jia Xian
Museum Visited: Asian Civilisation Museum Chosen Object: Gateway Bracket with four shalabhanjikas
Identified by her bosom and buttocks, the person identified in the sculpture is Yakshi.
We decided to appropriate this particular sculpture that we saw at the Asian Civilisation Museum.
Yakshi was traditionally considered a goddess of Read more →
Queries about final project
So my group (Ziyu, Chenyue, Fern and I) have chosen this particular ceramic as our main object.
This is a Chinese ceramic that was produced in the JingDeZhen kilns during the Qing dynasty, and was probably made for people higher up the social ladder such as emperors.
After researching, we found 4 main characteristics about this ceramic that we can come Read more →
New project idea
Group members: Gek, Raj, Pin, Son Tra
After some discussion and today’s lecture, our group have decided to change our visual respond to bijinga where not only in bijinga, many of the subject matter is females during that day. in the original bijinga, females are depicted shy, and not showing their face fully but having a sensual posture. however, they are still pretty well Read more →