Title
Passage to Little India (Community Portraits Panorama Painting)
Creator
Year/Period
2016
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2017-00507
Collection of
The panoramic view of the Singapore/Little India landscape includes major buildings and signs that are part of the history of Little India and its communities. The people and communities of Little India, past and present, are painted against this backdrop. The painting juxtaposes the precinct's history and contemporary narrative seamlessly, with hundreds of people placed next to each other, in a nod to the continuing growth and story of the locality. Shop signs, buildings, architectural elements, and "notes" from the artist about the history of the precicnt pop up in the multi-canvas panorama.
