Walking the Talk Lor
24 October 2020, Saturday
4.30pm - 6.30pm
The Substation (Starting point)
$35 per registrant
Limited to 5 participants

Having taught in Singapore secondary schools for five years, artist Cheo Chai-Hiang left Singapore in 1971 and embarked on a journey that lasted for 32 years before returning to Singapore in 2003.

In this walking tour, he will take participants through his own memory lane, sharing his ‘love-hate affairs’ with some of the institutions within the Bras Basah Precinct; starting from The Substation to the site of the old National Library, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, School of the Arts (SOTA), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Objectifs, and ending at LASALLE College of the Arts. There will be ample opportunity for a robust conversation with Cheo, who values critical and open discussion in matters related to art and art education.

The tour will begin at The Substation and will be conducted in English, however Singlish and Chinese will be most welcome for the Q&A. In line with ongoing regulations, the in-person tour is limited to 5 participants only.

Cheo Chai-Hiang (b. 1946, Singapore–) is an artist who pioneered Singapore's modern art scene. In 1975, he famously wrote that local art during that period was dominated by the production of “beautiful pictures” that were lacking in conceptual content. He perceived art as a thought process and urged the transformation of local realist art to one that redefined methods of artistic representation.