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Course details
The Master of Arts in Asian Art Histories is unique in being the first taught postgraduate programme to focus on Asian contemporary visual arts. The Programme seeks to educate and train students who have interest in contributing original scholarship to the discourse of an emerging field. At the same time, the Programme equips students with the appropriate expertise and rigour to undertake a higher level of independent research work such as a PhD.
Although the scope of the Programme covers the Asian region (namely, East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia), it has a particular focus on Southeast Asia, for which writing and research have only recently begun to emerge. While the Programme covers conventional art historical research and methodologies, the perse histories, cultures, and practices of the Asian region present a unique opportunity for students to critically engage with questions and issues relating to notions of identity, tradition, ethnicity, self-reflexivity, community, and aesthetics that are specific to an Asian context. Students will also learn how artists negotiate, dissolve and problematise the East/West, modern/traditional, and craft/artdichotomies. The Programme will discuss critical terms such as modernism and contemporaneity that reflects the persity of historical contexts, cultural specificities, post-colonial experiences, and artistic practices of the region.
In addition to providing students with the historical and theoretical grounding to contextualise the arts of the region, the Programme’s curriculum and strong links to the visual arts sector ensure that students will also be given first-hand exposure to the art world. A key feature of the Programme is a study trip to a country in the region where students will learn how the art world — artists, galleries, museums, curators, collectors — responds to specific social and cultural contexts in the production of art. Being a practice-led institution as well as having the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore within the campus means that students will have the opportunity to encounter, study and write about artworks, art practices, and exhibitions first-hand.The knowledge generated from the Programme can be channelled into pioneering work in a variety of fields which include curation (freelance and institutional), museums, art gallery, auction house, critical writing, academia, and art consultancy.
Applicant Profile
Anyone with an interest in Asian modern and contemporary art history and who wants to contribute to an emerging field of study.
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About Lasalle College Of The Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore is a leading tertiary institution in cutting edge contemporary arts and design education and practice. The college offers 30 undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in art design, film, animation, fashion, dance, music, theatre, arts management, arts education, art therapy, and art history.
RESEARCH BY PRACTICE: A 21ST CENTURY APPROACH
All research starts with ideas. More than two decades after its humble beginnings, LASALLE can look back on a long tradition of practice-led research in art and design. The impressive list of successful LASALLE alumni, who were prominently involved in shaping Singapore’s arts scene, attests to the institution’s strength in providing an appropriate academic environment for the creation of novel ideas and new knowledge.
LASALLE values the professional practice of all fulltime and part-time staff as one of its most important assets. Our unique college environment is formed by a faculty of Singaporean and international artists and educators, originating from more than 20 countries worldwide, many are renowned experts in their areas and actively involved in exhibitions, conferences, and performances. The incorporation of their respective expertise in course delivery closely relates teaching and learning to a broad range of theoretical and intellectual concerns in contemporary art and design practice.
Hence, students are constantly exposed to firsthand experience in current research practices, leading to the acquiring of a wide set of knowledge and skills by the time they graduate. These skills enable them to successfully adjust to the multifaceted demands of the creative industries. As a Singaporean institution for tertiary arts education, positioned at the crossroads of perse cultures within a multi-ethnic society, LASALLE aims to add a distinctive Singaporean viewpoint to the ongoing debate on repositioning artistic practice in a post-industrialised society.
CONSTITUTION
As a private, non-profit arts institution, LASALLE College of the Arts is a registered Institute of Public Character, approved by the Commissioner of Charities, and operates autonomously under the constitution of LASALLE College of the Arts Limited.
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