Taking a critical look at the images of colonialism
Singapore
WHAT would an Asian institution do if it wants to put up a show that is drawn from the art works created during the time when Britain was an empire that spanned India, other Asian countries and Africa?
Fifty-one years after Singapore's independence from Britain, it would not have been feasible for the National Gallery Singapore (NGS) to simply present the British-centric works that were shown at Tate Britain in its "Artist and Empire" exhibition last year.
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