Contentment
Artist:
Ng Eng Teng 黄荣庭
Patron:
DBS Land
First Placed in Singapore:
1974
Current Location:
NUS Cultural Centre
entry:
The work was commissioned by DBS Land for Plaza Singapora, a shopping center considered state of the art at the time of its launch (but aren't they all). In 1997 the work was cleared out as Plaza Singapura was renovated and this piece and its companion Wealth were donated to the National University of Singapore.
NUS originally opened a Ng Eng Teng Gallery just a floor below the NUS Central Library (the old RBR room), with a design done by Lai Chee Kian.
Wealth and Contentment were placed in prominent positions flanking a well-used path across from the Admin and Central Library block of the University.
However by September 2001, the pieces had been moved from their positions, and moved into somewhat less prominent positions in the garden of the University Cultural Centre. Eng Teng's Museum has moved to more permanent quarters in the UCC as well. There is no clear view of the pieces, either in the approach to the building, or from the inside.
Location Notes:
See main entry
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Placement could be better
These works, among the earliest public art works by a local sculptor, are in a symbolically important spot. but unfortunately one that makes them hard to look at. I prefered the earlier placement along the path between the Central Library and the Engineering Faculty.