Art Resources
Investigating Art: National Gallery Singapore (2018)
1 January 2018
Explore this series of 13 booklets to support Inquiry-based art teaching using works by Singapore artists at the National Gallery.
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Investigating art: National Gallery Singapore is a publication made up of 13 booklets and 11 sets of image cards, archived here as a series of 13 PDF files. Booklet 1 (opens in new tab) consists of a curatorial essay, while booklet 2 to 11 consist of information on 10 artists and their respective artworks, gallery teaching ideas and short activities, as well as re-printable image cards. Booklet 12 (opens in new tab) contains brief description about The Gallery, and Booklet 13 (opens in new tab) list the references used for the publication. The texts provide teachers with contextual information on the artworks and artists, empowering teachers to control the role of information as they plan meaningful dialogues and discussions on artworks. Together with the first publication, "Investigating art: Ideas on museum-based learning", art teachers will gain a deeper understanding of an inquiry-based approach to art teaching. Singapore artists featured include (Booklet 2 to 11):
· Georgette Chen (opens in new tab)
· Chen Wen Hsi (opens in new tab)
· Cheong Soo Pieng (opens in new tab)
· Chua Mia Tee (opens in new tab)
· Iskandar Jalil (opens in new tab)
· Vincent Leow (opens in new tab)
· Lim Cheng Hoe (opens in new tab)
· Liu Kang (opens in new tab)
· Seah Kim Joo (opens in new tab)
· Teo Eng Seng (opens in new tab)
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