Monday 29 March, 2021
11 am - 12pm SGT
Cost:
S$0.00 (Member)
The gift of the Frank and Pamela Hickley collection of blanc de Chine, and subsequent acquisitions, have formed one of the strengths of the ACM. Kenson Kwok recounts his friendship with the Hickleys and the evolution of their collecting activities. He describes the conditions of ceramic production in Dehua at two points in the 20C, and the successive displays of the collection in Singapore museums since 1994. The talk concludes with a short re-assessment of the collection in light of on-going archaeological finds.
About the Speaker:
Dr Kenson Kwok is the founding director of the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Peranakan Museum. An architect and environmental psychologist by training, an abiding interest for him since childhood has been the ceramic medium. Landing in the museum world in mid-career was therefore a very happy accident.
In retirement he continues to be active in the museum sector. He was the commissioner for the exhibition Baba Bling: Signes Intérieurs de Richesse at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2010 - 11, and co-curator of the exhibition A Passage to Asia at Bozars, Brussels, 2010. He is a lecturer for the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art (Southeast Asian module) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, and a member of the Museum Restoration Fund Panel of The European Fine Art Fair, Maastricht (TEFAF). He currently serves on the board of the National Museum Singapore, as well as on sub-committees at NMS, NGS, IHC, the Lee Kong Chian Art Museum and ICOM.
Max Group Size:
450