Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore

Publications

The Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore’s publications include catalogues published to accompany solo and group exhibitions, journals, art criticism, theory and history, and highlights of the LASALLE College of the Arts Collection.

A full list of our publications can be downloaded here.

Most publications are available for sale. For more information, please contact
Ramesh Narayanan, Assistant Manager (Operations):
ramesh.narayanan@lasalle.edu.sg or +65 6496 5134.

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2011

WE WHO SAW SIGNS

Published to accompany the group exhibition We who saw signs, including Adad Hannah, Grieve Perspective, Ho Tzu Nyen, Institute of Critical Zoologists, Nipan Oranniwesna, Ola Vasiljeva, Tan Wee Lit and Yoca Muta, at the ICA Singapore
Preface by Charles Merewether
Essays by Guo-Liang Tan and Kevin Chua
Biographical information
Softback, 40 pages, 23.5 x 18 cm, 18 illus. (colour), ISBN 978-981-08-9435-1
Stock level: low

Trispace+
2011

TRISPACE+

Editorial by Charles Merewether
Essays by Daniela Beltrani, Lawrence Chin and Anne Kirker 
Pamphlet, 15 pages
29.5 x 21 cm, 66 illus. (colour), no identifier
Archive copy only

Manifesto of the new aesthetic: Seven artists from Indonesia
2010

MANIFESTO OF THE NEW AESTHETIC: SEVEN ARTISTS FROM INDONESIA

Published to accompany the exhibition Manifesto of the new aesthetic: Seven artists from Indonesia, including Agung Kurniawan, Agustinus Kuswidananto, Ahmett Salina, Hafiz, Iswanto Hartono, Tintin Wulia and Mes 56, at the ICA Singapore
Foreword by Charles Merewether 
Essay by Alia Swastika
Texts on the artists by Alia Swastika
Biographical information
Softback, 51 pages, 21 x 15 cm, 27 illus. (colour), no identifier
Archive copy only

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2010

HOMELAND (HEIMAT)

Published to accompany the group exhibition Homeland (Heimat), including Basma Al Sharif, Brenda L Croft, Siamak Fallah, Hayati Mokhtar and Qiu Anxiong, at the ICA Singapore
Essay by Alan Cruickshank
Artists’ statements by Basma Al Sharif, Brenda L Croft, Siamak Fallah, Hayati Mokhtar and Qiu Anxiong
Biographical information
Bibliographical information 
Catalogue of works in the exhibition
Softback, 72 pages, 26 x 20 cm, 41 illus. (colour), ISBN 978-981-08-6265-7
Stock level: high

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2010

IN THE FLESH: NEW CONTEMPORARIES

Published to accompany the group exhibition In the flesh: New contemporaries, including Ang Song-Ming, Ang Soo Koon, Chang Jinchao, Faizal Rizal Alias, Hafiz Osman, Ong Jian Peng and Patrick Storey, at the ICA Singapore
Foreword by Charles Merewether
Essay by Rofan Teo
Biographical information
Softback, 48 pages, 26 x 21 cm, 31 illus. (colour), ISBN 978-981-08-6892-5
Stock level: high

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2009

THE NEXT CHAPTER: FORAYS INTO LASALLE’S PERMANENT COLLECTION

Published to accompany the group exhibition The next chapter: Forays into LASALLE’s permanent collection, including S Chandrasekaran, Milenko Prvački, Han Sai Por, Chieu Shuey Fook, Chen Wen Hsi, Ho Kok Hoe, Liu Kang, Lai Kui Fang, Thomas Yeo, Chua Ek Kay, Jeremy Ramsey, Cheong Soo Peng, Lim Poh Teck, Chng Seok Ting, Lim Cheng Hoe, Teng Chok Dee, Jimmy Ong, Cheong Fah Cheong, Jailani (Zai) Kuning, Ng Eng Teng, Lim Nang Seng, Ye Shufang, Yeo Hwee Bin, Jason Lim, Iskandar Jalil and Brother Joseph McNally, at the ICA Singapore
Edited by Teo Rofan, Daphne Ang and Syed Muhd Hafiz
Foreword by Alastair Pearce
Essays by Syed Muhd Hafiz and Seng Yu-Jin
Softback, 28 pages, 21 x 30 cm, 29 illus. (colour), ISBN 978-981-08-3931-4
Stock level: low

Plotline Series: Chapter 1 Site-specific works
2009

PLOTLINES SERIES: CHAPTER 1 SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS

Published to accompany the group exhibition Plotlines series, including Betty Susiarjo, dmr (DitchMyRoutine), Khiew Huey Chian and Syntfarm, at LASALLE College of the Arts
Text by Teo Rofan
Artists' statements
Biographical information  
Softback, 20 pages, 15 x 15 cm, 12 illus. (colour), no identifier
Archive copies only

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2007

CONTEMPORARY ART IN SINGAPORE

Introduction by Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and Eugene Tan
Texts by Gunalan Nadarajan, Russell Storer and Eugene Tan on Cheo Chai-Hiang, Heman Chong, Chua Ek Kay, Amanda Heng, Jeremy Hiah, Ho Tzu Nyen, Salleh Japar, Khiew Huey Chian, Kill Your Television—KYTV, Koh Nguang How, Zai Kuning, Kai Lam/Zulkifle Mahmod/Pink Ark, Jane Lee, Luis Lee, Lee Wen, Vincent Leow, Jason Lim, Lim Shing Ee, Susie Lingham, Francis Ng, Matthew Ngui, Donna Ong, Ana Prvački, Milenko Prvački, Rizman Putra, Colin G Reaney, Jeremy Sharma, Shirley Soh, Tan Kai Syng, Margaret Tan, Michael Tan, The Artists Village, Suzann Victor, Ian Woo, Woon Tien Wei, Juliana Yasin and Ye Shufang
Biographical information
Bibliographical information
Softback, 180 pages, 28 x 23 cm, 316 illus. (colour), ISBN 978-981-05-6461-2
Stock level: low

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