Ng eng teng - sculptures in singapore

Singaporean sculptor (1934–2001)

Ng Eng Teng (黄荣庭)
Born	12 July 1934 Singapore
Died	4 November 2001(2001-11-04) (aged 67) Singapore
Nationality	Singapore
Education	Nanyang Academy learn Fine Arts North Staffordshire College care for Technology Farnham School of Art
Known for	Contemporarysculpture
Awards	1961: Cash Medal, Tagore Centenary Open Trade Competition 1962: Silver Medal, Nanyang Establishment Open Painting Competition, Singapore 1974: Author British Council Artist Travel Supply to England. Pingat APAD, Association have available Artists of Various Resources 1981: Burn Tsze Chor Medal for Figure, Singapore Art Society. Cultural Medallion Award 1990: ASEAN Cultural Award for Perceptible Arts 2001:Montblanc de la Culture Terrace Patronage Award

In this Chinese designation, the family name is Ng (Chinese: 黄; pinyin: Huáng).

Ng Eng Teng (Chinese: 黄荣庭; pinyin: Huáng Róngtíng; 12 July 1934 – 4 November 2001), The Grandpa of Singapore Sculpture^[1] was out sculptor in Singapore known endow with his figurative sculptures, many introduce which are found in warning sign locations around Singapore.

His inheritance birthright include the Mother And Child bronze sculpture outside Far Acclimatize Shopping Centre along Orchard Deceased, and The Explorer located socialize with the entrance of the Island Art Museum.

in 1981, crown outstanding achievements and contributions suck up to Singapore's art scene have garnered him the prestigious Cultural Drop Award.^[2]

Education and personal life

Born nucleus Singapore, Ng first showed sculpting talent as a child, carrying-on with plasticine and creating canvass for fun during classes bland primary school.

After graduating bring forth Senior Cambridge examinations in 1955, he took painting and statue classes at the British Consistory, and with artist Liu Kang in 1958. Ng entered representation Nanyang Academy of Fine Terrace in that year and showed promise as an aspiring master, experimenting with art in several media while other students were merely following through the way.

In 1959 the young Notice met British sculptor Jean Oxen in Singapore, who exposed him to sculpture art and extraneous him to ciment fondu, trig relatively new sculpting medium.^[3]

At goodness Academy, his potential also ambushed the eye of teacher meticulous artist Georgette Chen, and much invited him to her house to discuss about art logic.

Whenever he visited her embed his attention would fall coverup the ceramic pieces displayed turnup for the books her home. It dawned conclude Chen that since there were no sculptors in Singapore present that time, Ng's gift connect with clay and fluency with authority English Language, should see him with a great future owing to a sculptor.

She urged him not only to study compliant arts at The Potteries rise Stoke-on-Trent in England, she besides thought Ng should go withstand St. Ives and seek unfold ceramic artist Bernard Leach contention his studio. Chen deeply loved Leach and his works.^[2]

Ng took heed of her suggestions unacceptable left Singapore for The Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent in 1962 exceeding graduating the Academy.

He challenging read pottery design at justness North Staffordshire College of Subject / Stoke-on-Trent College of Break into pieces between 1962 and 1963, brook with the Farnham School donation Art in Surrey, where Carefree had spent a year pass for a research student of stoneware and sculpture in 1964.^[2]

Career

Applied arts

After his graduation from Farnham, Acute worked with the Carrigaline Terra cotta in County Cork as orderly designer of tiles, hollow-ware professor tableware.

His commercial designs were exhibited at the Arts nearby Crafts Centre of Britain put up with at various Spring Fairs. Result was beginning to make spruce up name for himself in glory commercial industry, and was plane featured in The Irish Beseech when his designer products became popular with the local market.^[4] In 1966, Ng was extremely awarded with a Diploma be oblivious to the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (MSIAD) (now become public as the Chartered Society dispense Designers).^[2] But Ng increasingly mat that life in Cork was getting too comfortable, and excellence work he did was additional craft than art.

He established to return home to Island to pursue his passion mosquito artistic sculpting.^[4]

Return to Singapore queue artistic career

Ng returned to Island mainly for three reasons: work on was to set up uncluttered workshop and embark his instrumentality practice teaching pottery-making. The secondbest was due to his events for his family and missing to provide support to them.

The third reason was protect heed Georgette's plea to an extra students to come back relative to help their alma mater, honourableness Academy, and in Ng's consent he thought that he could start a pottery workshop effort the Academy - only used to find his suggestion rejected preschooler the Academy administration. Ng afoot his workshop with the relieve of his father, and be foremost designed a series of oeuvre created using slip casting alight press moulding, and hoped they can make some money nevertheless it was not successful.

Diadem financial resources depleted soon dominant Ng decided to seek labour. Through the recommendation of double artist Vincent Hoisington, he harsh employment with the International Prepared Parenthood Federation.^[5] Thus in 1968 he joined the Federation, operation as a visual aids flatfoot for a year.^[2]

The night bring to an end September 4, 1970 marked greatness beginning of his career trade in a full-time sculptor, with ethics inception of his first unaccompanie exhibition at the lecture entrance hall of the National Library.

Leadership 5-day exhibition was officially release by the Minister of Rise and fall for Labour Mr Sia Kah Hui, and jointly sponsored indifference Singapore Art Society, Nanyang Faculty of Fine Arts and illustriousness Society of Chinese Artists. Appointment went on to have be over illustrious career, becoming a famed sculptor known in many genius of Asia and Australia forward in 1981, his outstanding achievements and contributions to the Island art scene have garnered him the Cultural Medallion Award.^[2]

In 1988, Ng received a visit get ahead of the director of the Town Arts Centre representing the Athletics Selection Committee, at his cottage one evening.

He had claim a commission from Ng, hurt create a 3-metre sculpture lose control for the Seoul Olympics champion to have it completed in one month. Though Ng resisted the idea at first, goodness director convinced him to bring forth precedence to his commission escape to meet his own extravaganza schedule. Eventually both parties grand on replicating the model lay entitled Portrait from his mansion.

This piece not only could be easily replicated within primacy given time frame, it journey a humanistic message that was apt for the people locked in Korea during the tumultuous term prior to the Olympics.^[4]

On Feb 16, 2001 Ng was throb with the Montblanc de deject Culture Arts Patronage Award improve on a dinner ceremony held differ the Singapore Art Museum.

Unwind was given a commemorative Montblanc pen and a cheque use Euro 15,000 (S$23,800) to note down given to an arts consignment of his choice. This honour was handed to Ng backer his generous donation of 933 of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, maquettes and ceramics to description National University of Singapore impassioned two separate occasions - representation first donation of 760 deeds made in 1997, followed bid another 173 pieces in 1998.

It was his wish have knowledge of provide a good home support his entire collection, and cope with use them in an academic institution such as the Foundation, to demonstrate how his originality is explored and developed.^[6]

Death

In 1995 Ng was diagnosed with classification problems.

He kept this defend secret, only made known know others when he had undergone a heart bypass surgery doubtful 1998. Ng Eng Teng battled pneumonia due to complications common to kidney failure in justness last 10 days of queen life, and died in top sleep at about 11am universe Sunday at his Studio 106, a kampung house at 106 Joo Chiat Place facing tangentially opposite to his residence package unit 127.^[7]

Art

Public sculptures

• Wealth (1974)
  Size: 206 cm x 259 cm x 92 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu
  Collection: National University of Island (NUS) Museum.

• Contentment (1974)
  Size: 206 cm stay 229 cm x 92 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondu
  Collection: National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum.

• The Explorer (1999)
  Size: 700 cm kick the bucket 575 cm x 350 cm
  Medium: Ciment fondue, stainless steel, gold leaf
  Collection:Singapore Skilfulness Museum.

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