Absenteeism of Malaysian identity in art in the early years of independence
This paper discusses the shaping of modern art identity in Malaysia during the 1950s and 1960s. It frames or investigates the development of modern art in terms of Malaysia’s plural society. While writings by Malaysian art historians such as Redza Piyadasa highlights that Malaysian modern art onl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/28238/ http://eprints.usm.my/28238/1/ABSENTEEISM_OF_MALAYSIAN_ART_IDENTITY.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper discusses the shaping of modern art identity in Malaysia during the
1950s and 1960s. It frames or investigates the development of modern art in terms
of Malaysia’s plural society. While writings by Malaysian art historians such as
Redza Piyadasa highlights that Malaysian modern art only in terms of its linear
development, this paper attempts to discuss the early development of modern art in
Malaysia as being influenced either directly or indirectly by the political and social
conditions of Malaysia, therefore shifting ways of investigating Malaysia art in a
wider context of Malaysia’s cultural and plural studies. Focusing on Malaysian fine
arts in the 1950s and 1960s, this paper suggests the ways that Malaysia’s early
form of plural society had influenced the early modern art development among artists
in groups such as the Nanyang, Wednesday Art Group (WAG) and Angkatan Pelukis
Semenanjung (APS). |
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