Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission Charles Lim

This catalogue spotlights the third work in the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series, 'SEA STATE 9: proclamation garden' by Singaporean artist Charles Lim. It features a text by curator Adele Tan, alongside full-colour images of the commission and more than 30 species of plants selected to transform the Gallery's roof garden landscape, whose transplantation, adaptation to survive and eventual disposal tell the stories of Singapore's urban and coastal developments.0Other artists featured in the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series include Rirkrit Tiravanija and Danh Vo.00Exhibition: National Gallery Singapore (18.01.-27.10.2019).

This catalogue spotlights the third work in the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series, SEA STATE 9: proclamation garden by Singaporean artist Charles Lim Yi Yong. It features a text by curator Adele Tan, alongside 30 annotated photos taken by the artist of plant species found on reclaimed sites in Singapore whose transplantation, adaptation to survive and eventual disposal tell the stories of Singapore’s urban and coastal developments.

Rirkrit Tiravanija has created the second Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission artwork for National Gallery Singapore. Featuring an interlocking bamboo structure with a simple wooden tea house at its centre, this site-specific installation springs from the artist's interest in fostering social engagement and human interaction through art. With homes in Chiang Mai, New York and Berlin, Tiravanija's nomadic life is a constant negotiation of cultures, and a source of inspiration for his practice. This catalogue illuminates this influential artist's fascinating oeuvre through newly commissioned essays and full-colour images of the installation. Other artists featured in this Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series include Danh Vo (2017) and Charles Lim (forthcoming).

This publication presents Indian artist Shilpa Gupta’s monumental inflatable sculpture, Untitled (2023). The sculpture depicts the dualities of our innermost struggles and the externalities around us. This book includes a curatorial essay that situates Gupta’s new work in relation to her art practice and other global sociopolitical forces as well as a full-colour photo documentation of the sculpture against the backdrop of Singapore’s skyline. It also features a guest essay written by a well-known mental health professional who engages with the artist’s take on the human condition.

This catalogue for Antony Gormley’s largest-ever showing in Singapore features stunning full-colour plates of the installations at National Gallery Singapore, including the fifth Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission, Horizon Field Singapore. This publication also contains an interview with the artist by Eugene Tan, an essay by exhibition curators Qinyi Lim and Russell Storer, and an essay by cultural critic Ackbar Abbas, which continues his investigation into the situatedness of Gormley’s practice.

This publication spotlights 浮槎 Fú Chá, a kinetic installation commissioned for the Gallery’s Roof Garden series. It includes a curatorial essay on the work by curator Sam I-shan, a poem by the artist Liao Huilan and a series of vignettes by Cao Fei herself.