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THE LEARNING GALLERY
SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM

ONCE UPON THIS ISLAND

JELLINE JOYCE COMIA INTERVALO
1401591A
MUSEUM EXHIBITION
CLASS OF TD03

A B O U T.

ONCE UPON THIS ISLAND IS
THE LATEST SHOW EXPLORING
THE STORIES AND LIVES THAT
SURROUND US AND ABOUND ON
THIS ISLAND-NATION.

FEATURING SELECTED WORKS
FROM THE SINGAPORE ART
MUSEUM’S PERMANENTCOLLECTION
AS WELL AS NEW COMMISSIONS,
ONCE UPON THIS ISLAND
NAVIGATES IDEAS OF HOME,
COMMUNITY, IDENTITY AND
MEMORY, AND RAISES PERTINENT
AND TIMELY QUESTIONS ON
WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN
CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE –
AN URBANISED, EVER-CHANGING
CITY-STATE AND ISLAND, SET
BETWEEN PENINSULA AND
ARCHIPELAGO.

CONTENTS.

THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM
IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY
MANY ARTLOVING PEOPLE.

IT FOCUSES ON INTERNATIONAL
CONTEMPORARY ART
PRACTICES, SPECIALISING IN
SINGAPORE AND SOUTHEAST
ASIA.

THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM VISION.
WILL BE PIVOTAL AMONG
CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS
IN THE REGION AND ON WTHE
REGION, INSPIRING HUMANE
AND BETTER FUTURES.

THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM
BREATHES ART INTO LIFE.
THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ART,

M I S S I O N .WE MAKE INFINITE ROOM FOR
EVERYONE TO THINK, FEEL,
EXPERIENCE AND IMAGINE

HOUSED IN A RESTORED 19TH
CENTURY MISSION SCHOOL,
IT OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1996
AS THE FIRST ART MUSEUM IN
SINGAPORE.
ALSO KNOWN AS SAM, THE
MUSEUM IS NOW A
CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM.

HOW TO GET THERE.

BY MRT
2-MINUTE WALK FROM BRAS BASAH MRT
S TAT I O N .
10-MINUTE WALK FROM BUGIS, DHOBY
GHAUT OR CITY HALL MRT STATIONS

BY CAR
UNFORTUNATELY, SINGAPORE ART
MUSEUM DOES NOT OFFER PUBLIC
PARKING FACILITIES.
PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN THE
FOLLOWING CAR PARKS NEAR THE
MUSEUM:
1. WATERLOO STREET
2. NTUC INCOME CENTRE
3. QUEEN STREET
4 . PLAZA BY THE PARK
5. SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT
6. UNIVERSITY

WHY SAM. SAM HAS BUILT ONE OF THE
WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS,
WITH A GROWING COMPONENT IN
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY
A R T.

SAM DRAWS FROM ITS COLLECTION
AND COLLABORATES WITH
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY
ART MUSEUMS TO COCURATE AND
PRESENT CONTEMPORARY ART
EXHIBITIONS.

CONTEMPORARY ART OF
THE REGION IS ALSO GIVEN
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
THROUGH SAM’S TRAVELLING
EXHIBITION PROGRAMME AND
COLLECTION LOANS.