Royal Academy Stages an Encounter with Asian Art in Singapore



The Royal Academy of Art (RA) is spreading its wings to Asia with the opening of a major travelling exhibition of contemporary art works in Singapore on September 14. Entitled “Encounter: The Royal Academy in Asia,” the exhibition will present about 90 artworks by 24 Royal Academicians and 25 prominent artists from Asia across a variety of styles and in different media. It will then move on to the Cultural Village Foundation Katara, in Doha from December 6 to March 6, 2013, before possibly a third location next year – yet to be confirmed.






Michael Craig-Martin, Untitled (High Heel)




Grayson Perry, Map of Nowhere (red), 2008


The exhibiting artists are Phyllida Barlow, Tony Bevan, Olwyn Bowey, Chen Chieh-Jen, Tiffany Chung, Eileen Cooper, Tony Cragg, Michael Craig-Martin, Richard Deacon, Tacita Dean, Dinh Q Le, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Nigel Hall, FX Harsono, Ho Tzu Nyen, Gary Hume, Paul Huxley, Albert Irvin, Chihiro Kabata, Kim Jongku, Lee Kit, Christopher Le Brun, Jose Legaspi, Michael Lin, Liu Xiaodong, Richard Long, Lani Maestro, Rudi Mantofani, Lisa Milroy, Ng Joon Kiat, Om Mee Ai, Donna Ong, Cornelia Parker, Grayson Perry, Fiona Rae, Jenny Saville, Hiraki Sawa, Sopheap Pich, Sudsiri Pui-Ock, Sun Xun, Udomsak Krisanimis, Gillian Wearing, Richard Wilson, Ian Woo, Tintin Wulia, Yee I-Lann and Zhao Renhui




Tony Cragg, False Idols, 2011

Tracey Emin, Trust Yourself, 2012

Ho Tzu Nyen, The Bohemian Rhapsody Project, 2006



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