Description

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A much-needed resource on the practice of public art commissions and community engagement through the arts in urban Asia.

Distributed for the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art
This book documents a major public art commission in Singapore, featuring works by artists Dan Graham, Zul Mahmod, Tomás Saraceno, and Yinka Shonibare, and it represents a unique collaboration between Nanyang Technology University Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and Mapletree Investments—a Singaporean state-owned property developer with global operations. Essays and interviews with the artists tell the story of the regional histories, urban politics, and collaboration that went into the successful creation of a public space, and refer to the practice of place-making that integrates landscape architecture, urban planning, and cultural management. Culture City. Culture Scape. is a much-needed resource on the role that art can play in public education and social corporate investment in urban Asia. 

About the Author

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Ute Meta Bauer is an international curator, professor of contemporary art, and founding director of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. 

Sophie Goltz is assistant professor in the School of Art, Design and Media at NTU, Singapore.

Khim Ong is an independent curator based in Singapore.

Praise For…

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"The book offers insights on lesser-known topics through the discussion of public artworks at Mapletree Business City II.... All in all, Culture City. Culture Scape is a welcomed reference book on the discourse of public art in Singapore. With a critical, interdisciplinary approach, it successfully marries cultural and corporate interests to provide public education." 
 
 
— Art and Market