I need art today, massage, and good food

Instead of spending for things that don’t add value in my life, I decided to go the National Gallery and see art on my day off instead.

*The former Supreme Court, now the National Gallery. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

And oh boy oh boy! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I should have brought my press ID from a long time ago because journalists are free! They give complimentary tickets to journalists, like in Europe. I could have saved SGD 20.

But it was all worth it in the end. I saw some Luna, Hidalgo, Amorsolo, Botong Francisco, Ang Kiukok, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, and HR Ocampo. There were very beautiful art from Indonesia, Myanmar, and Cambodia as well. The Southeast Asia exhibition art runs in until March and it spans 14 galleries.

*The newspaper account of Juan Luna’s win at the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in Madrid in 1884. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*The accounts about the modern art masters from Philippines and Indonesia, who brought the region into the world stage. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*These are Juan Luna paintings named España y Filipinas. Luna made several versions of this, which depicts the dream of the illustrado like Luna and Jose Rizal,* *that the Philippines is being* *led by its colonial master to progress. It’s basically propaganda work by the ilustrados. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*La Banca by Felix Hidalgo, a contemporary and friend of Luna. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*El Violinista by Juan Luna. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*A lion painting by Indonesia’s Raden Saleh. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Saleh’s favorite subject is lions. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*A painting of a place in Java by Saleh. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

Then I saw a coule of Amorsolos.

*By Fernando Amorsolo. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Defend Thy Honor by Fernando Amorsolo. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*A market scene during the Japanese occupation by Fernando Amorsolo*. *Photo* *by CallMeCreation.com*

*Burning of Manila, WW2 by Fernando Amorsolo. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

I loved the paintings from Myanmar.

*Another portrait of the royal family of Myanmar. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Fishing port in Myanmar. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Ambush during the Japanese occupation of Myanmar. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Another fishing port scene in Myanmar. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*A more modern style for Myanmar. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

I also liked the ones from Cambodia and a few from Vietnam.

*If I’m not mistaken, these are from Cambodia. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Another style, a scene from Cambodia. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Vietnam landscape. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Another Vietnamese landscape painting. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*The only ones I liked from Singapore are by Georgette Chen. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

*Self-portrait by Georgette Chen. Photo by CallMeCreation.com*

I liked Georgette Chen’s style that I bought one print of hers from the souvenir shop. I will have it framed along with the earlier prints I acquired last year.