Title
The Reluctant Heroine – Chai Ling
Creator
Year/Period
1989
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 70.4 x 102.5 cm
Accession No.
2024-00678
Collection of
Credit Line
Collection of National Gallery Singapore. © Heng Liang Ngim Amanda
This selection of monotypes are early examples of Amanda’s woodcut technique which she learnt from her days at Lasalle and was created during a time that she was sharing her studio with Vincent Leow and Han Sai Por in Seletar, Singapore. In terms of composition, they show the nascent of the use of the body and figurative towards her later assemblages and elements in her installations. These works resonated with her growing awareness of herself as an overseas and racialised Chinese amidst the language and cultural policies in Singapore.
