Art and Memoir from the National University of Singapore Press


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Ink Studies
Everyday Practices of Calligraphy in Contemporary China
Edited by Kawayan de Guia, Rocky Acofo Cajigan, Allan Lumbaya Cariño, Joyce Toh, Padmapani Perez, and Frank Cimatu

As handwriting fades in the digital age, calligraphy in China is caught between tradition and reinvention. Ink Studies deconstructs this paradox, determining how calligraphy is not simply an ancient art form, but more so a site of ongoing cultural negotiation.

Paper $34.00

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Pow Martinez
Tony Godfrey
Edited by Elaine W. Ng and Richard Vine

Structured around intimate conversations with the artist, Pow Martinez examines his shifting visual language, from grotesque figures and chaotic compositions to recent explorations of cinema and surreal storytelling.
Distributed for ArtAsiaPacific
Paper $38.00

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Santiago Bose
Painter, Magician
Santiago Bose
Edited by Elaine W. Ng and HG Masters
With Contributions by Patrick Flores


A visionary and a master of reinvention, Santiago Bose (1949–2002) altered the landscape of Filipino contemporary art. Working across painting, installation, and performance, he disrupted colonial narratives and cultural hierarchies with an unmistakable mix of satire and material experimentation..
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Now in Paperback
Home Is Not Here
Wang Gungwu

“Wang’s continual balancing of his Chinese heritage with his growing up in a multicultural, British‑ruled Malaysia encapsulates the challenge of dual or multiple identities that many overseas Chinese face.”—Asian Review of Books
Cloth $52.00