German Art: 1960s - 1990s 11 July 1997- 21 September 1997 This exhibition featured works by the most significant German artists such as Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz and Sigmar Polke. Art movements such as Fluxus, Conceptual art and Neo-Expressionsim merged in German art in the 1960s. Fluxus wanted to bring together art and life instead of separating them. The Neo-Expressionsits freed themselves from the trend of abstract art while at the same time scorned the realistic. These artists created the ground for a re-emergence and a recognition of a German art which reflected their cultural heritage and spiritual position.
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Art and Electronics: Video Sculpture in Germany since 1963 20 June 1997- 6 July 1997 The exhibition covered the Fluxus gestures of the 1960s, consisting 18 video sculpture/installations and 42 works on paper (graphic reproduction, photos, photocopies, gouache) from 1953 to 1993, including works by pioneers of video art Nam June Paik and Wold Vostell.
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Quotation Marks - Chinese Contemporary Paintings 9 May 1997- 22 June 1997 Fifteen artists, who are amongst the most representative of the contemporary art scene in China, exhibited 130 recent works. These artists draw freely from rich artistic sources, from traditional Chinese art to Realism and avant-garde, allowing them to create freely, often turning to irony. Chinese contemporary artists have now reached a new maturity after the impact of Social Realism in the 1950s and the influence of modern Western art in 1980s.
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Georgette Chen 4 April 1997- 15 June 1997 Recognised as the most important pioneer woman artist of Singapore, Chen was educated in Paris, New York and Shanghai. Georgette Chen was a retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings by Georgette Chen Liying (1907-1993). Chen arrived in Singapore in 1953 and started teaching at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, a career, which spanned the next 27 years. A biography and catalogue by Jane Chia of the Nanyang Technological University, accompanied the exhibition.
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The Cult of the Head: Sculpture by Sorel Etrog 17 April 1997- 17 August 1997 Sorel Etrog, conferred with the Order of Canada in 1995, works mainly on sculpture in bronze, wood and marble. A self-professed admirer of Pablo Picasso, Sorel Etrog's inspiration derives from the tensions between past and present, safety and danger, man and nature.
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Shi Xiangtuo's World of Art 11 March 1997- 4 May 1997 Shi Xiangtuo was an accomplished master of Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal carving. He came to Singapore when he was in his thirties, and from then on he had cultivated the dynamic heritage of the Chinese literati tradition, transmitting it to local students with great passion. The exhibition featured some 100 paintings and calligraphy, as well as seals and drawings.
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Chang Dai-chien 28 February 1997- 27 April 1997 The late Chang Dai-chien has been called "one of the most versatile, prolific, best trained and well-travelled artists in the history of Chinese painting." The exhibition from the Mei Yun Tang Collection, HongKong, is one of the largest private collections of Chang Dai-chien paintings in the world.
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Thomas Yeo: A Retrospective 31 January 1997- 23 March 1997 The exhibition represented a broad retrospective of Thomas Yeo's work with 100 paintings, representing his artistic achievements from 1950s until today. Yeo is recognized as one of Singapore's most established second-generation artists.
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Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Museum 16 October 1996- 10 February 1997 The exhibition consisted of 58 masterpieces from the collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, covering major developments in Western art history from Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism. Artists included in this exhibition are Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Miro and Dali.