Exhibiting transnationalism after Vietnam: The Alpha Gallery in pursuit of an authentic Southeast Asian art form

• Main Author: NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing)
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Vietnam War; Southeast Asia; regionalism; culture; colonialism; U.S. empire; Asian Studies; Civic and Community Engagement; Fine Arts; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3643; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4901/viewcontent/Ngoei_Exhibiting_Transnationalism_after_Vietnam__JAEAR__Sep_2022_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This essay examines how the Alpha Gallery, an independent artists cooperative established by Malaysians and Singaporeans, curated and staged art shows in the 1970s that advanced its project to unearth and promote an intrinsically Southeast Asian aesthetic. The cooperative pursuit a transnational vis...