In this Chinese name, the family name is Goh (Chinese: 吴; pinyin: Wú).
Goh Beng Kwan 吴珉权
Born
1937 (age 86–87)
Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
Nationality
Singaporean
Education
Art Students League of New York (1961–65)
Known for
Collages, Abstract art, Oil painting
Movement
Modern art, Abstract Expressionism
Goh Beng Kwan (Chinese: 吴珉权; pinyin: Wú Mínquán; born 1937, in Medan, Indonesia) is a pioneering Singaporean modern artist, known for his abstract collages that incorporate materials such as fabric, nails, and paper, exploring issues around cultural representation, urbanism, and identity.[1][2][3][4]
He is one of the first post-war artists in Singapore to travel to the United States for an art education at the Art Students League of New York.[4] In 1982, Goh received the first prize at the inaugural UOB Painting of the Year Competition.[1] He awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1989 for his contributions to the visual art of Singapore.[5]
^ ab"Goh Beng Kwan - Singapore's pioneering modern artist". www.esplanade.com. Oct 12, 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^"VISUAL ARTIST - GOH BENG KWAN". Tanoto Foundation Centre for SouthEast Asian Arts @ NAFA.
^Toh, Wen Li (Sep 8, 2019). "Cultural Medallion artist Goh Beng Kwan: 'I don't believe in this thing called inspiration'". The Straits Times.
^ ab"Goh Beng Kwan: Nervous City". National Gallery Singapore. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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for F.E.P. as the firm expands". The Straits Times. 29 May 1965. p. 5. Goh, Beng Choo (23 June 1992). "Grace in every line". The Straits Times. p. 2. "Primary...
woodcut prints, and sculpture. Artists such as Anthony Poon, Thomas Yeo, GohBengKwan, and Kim Lim were influenced by their time overseas, with their work...
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technologist Tania De Rozario (born 1982), writer and installation artist GohBengKwan (born 1937), mixed media artist Abdul Ghani Abdul Hamid (1933–2014)...
titled Imagining the City, with works from artists such as Chua Ek Kay, GohBengKwan, Lim Tze Peng and Francis Ng, while the open section exhibited works...
Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines Goh Chok Tong, 2nd Prime Minister, Singapore Goh Keng Swee, Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore Heng Swee...
Wee dissolved parliament on 14 August 1991 on the advice of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The result was a victory for the People's Action Party, which...
dissolved parliament on 16 December 1996 on the advice of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The results were released in the late evening that day and the...
appointments in MINDEF and the SAF (c. 2018)". JSTOR. Retrieved 11 April 2024. VADM Beng assumed the office of CDF on 24 March 2023 but was promoted to vice admiral...
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Inez Goh as Chew Wah Keong's daughter Lim Siew Keng as Liang Chao Hui's 2nd sister Feng Li Ming as Liang Chao Hui's 3rd sister Alex Lee Han Kwan as 2nd...
Othman Wok and assembly members Abdul Rahim Ishak, Wee Toon Boon and Ho See Beng. BS was allocated 3: Chia Thye Poh, Lim Huan Boon and Kow Kee Seng. List...
Bank (UOB) and United Industrial Corporation (UIC) in Singapore. Kwek Leng Beng, executive chairman of Hong Leong Group Singapore. Cheong Eak Chong, prominent...
Kin Meng during a failed robbery attempt. 1990: Michael Tan Teow and Lim Beng Hai, the two unemployed Singaporeans and drug abusers who killed a housewife...
Robert Kuok – richest man in Malaysia and southeast Asia as of 2011 Lim Goh Tong – billionaire businessman who developed Genting Highlands and owns Genting...
being renamed to its current form as the World Tour Finals (2018–present). Goh Liu Ying is the first and only Malaysian female shuttler to date to reach...
Kumar Raguan (sentenced to death) to traffic 36.05g of heroin. Koh Swee Beng, a Singaporean found guilty of murdering 31-year-old moneylender Tay Kim...
Teik (1864–1930) a prominent member of the local Hokkien community; Khoo Beng Cheang (d.1935–1946), Tongmenghui member and later Vice President of the...
event title. In 2002 David, together with her mixed double event partner Ong Beng Hee, won a Commonwealth Games silver medal for Malaysia after losing to Glen...
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