This workshop sought to critically evaluate the ways in which Southeast Asian nations are imagined by artists and other cultural agents such as art critics, gallerists, collectors, independent curators or museums, and the state. It comes at a time when ‘national art’ is being redefined while more public and private institutions in the region are erected to re-imagine the narratives of nationhood. Whether through modern or contemporary art which interrogates the consequences of global capitalism, scholars at this workshop explored how art is deployed either as a coalescing force for the imagination of the nation or a critical expression of its flaws and strains.
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Professor Wang Gungwu is Chairman, Board of Trustees at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and Dr Tang Siew Mun is Senior Fellow and Head, ASEAN Studies Centre at the same institute.
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Dr Ooi Kee Beng is Deputy Director at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Mr Lim Chen Sian is Associate Fellow at the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Archaeology Unit, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Dr Mustafa Izzuddin is Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Dr Mustafa Izzuddin is Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Dr Siwage Dharma Negara is Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Dr Leo Suryadinata is Senior Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and Dr Mustafa Izzuddin is Fellow at the same institute.
The article was first published by The Straits Times on January 28, 2017.
Dr Ooi Kee Beng is Deputy Director at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.