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NTU Museum has a modest collection of over 200 contemporary artworks from an eclectic range of Singaporean and Southeast Asian artists, including a selection of Cultural Medallion recipients.
Most of the collection is made accessible to the public on display around the NTU Campus. Learn more about key works of art on the Campus Art Trail or browse our online archives for more information.
Highlights
These four collaborative artworks were created by School of ADM, ERI@N and NTU Museum. The public sculptures were commissioned in 2016 and 2017 as part of NTU Museum's Renewable Energy Art and Public Art initiatives and are currently on display around the NTU Campus.
Dandelion
Mixed Media (Steel, Solar Panels, LED Lights)
H7000 x Dia2000 mm
2015
Location: School of Art, Design and Media
The 7m tall Dandelion is inspired by NTU's lush natural surroundings and the architectural green turfed roof of the ADM building. Designed to mimic the dandelion plant's natural structures, each of its 59 seeds are self-sustaining and powered by renewable solar energy, a beautiful example of an artistic concept that marries art with technology. This is the first interdisciplinary artwork created entirely by the NTU community.
Bloom
Mixed Media (Fabric, Aluminium, Solar Panels, Electronics and Sensors)
H3000 x L11000 mm
2017
Location: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Novena Campus
Bloom is inspired by the Combretum indicum (Quisqualis Indica Linn.), also known as the Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon creeper. This sweet-smelling flower blooms white, changes to pink and matures into deep red and is often associated with love, luck, protection and prosperity.
The installation comprises 18 flowers in three different sizes that come alive in response to visitors, with its petals opening and closing rhythmically. The LED lights on the anodised aluminium vine structure interact with and respond to changing weather conditions outside, gradually changing colour from white and red to blue.
This work aims to bring an awareness of conservation to the growing realm of art and design, the fundamental value of enhancing the built environment, and the innovative use of materials in contemporary art installations.
Fern
Mixed Media (COR-TEN Steel, Wood and Solar Panels)
H2300 x L8500 mm
2017
Location: Sky Deck @ North Spine Plaza
Fern functions as a bench with a seating capacity for 12 people or more. On a sunny day, the photovoltaic panels harvest solar energy and the built-in system to store energy to enable users to charge their small electrical devices at the two charging stations. Inspired by the lush greenery on campus, the artwork was conceptualised and designed by NTU students from the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) in the Product Design class (2014) conducted by visiting artist Fabrizio Galli.
Fern
Mixed Media (7075 Aluminium and paint, anchored on Stainless Steel Plate)
H4500 x L3700 mm
2019
Location: The Arc
Loop consists of 1,200 butterflies fluttering on an almost invisible Möbius loop formation. This one-sided surface mathematical installation also emulates the symbol of infinity. These butterflies flutter with the slightest wind, creating a very dynamic and vibrant visual impact. The lively performance of movement is self-sustained by the environment, thus making it an eco-friendly work of art.
NTU Museum's public art initiatives are a confluence of art, design, science, engineering, and technology, generating many multi-disciplinary collaborations amongst NTU faculty, students, staff, and external stakeholders such as artists and engineers. Over the years, written concepts and prototypes from classes were developed and built resulting in collaborations and opportunities for learning beyond the classrooms.
Media Art Nexus (MAN)
Digital Art Media
H2100 x L15000 mm
2016
Location: North Spine Plaza
Media Art Nexus or MAN is a community public art project that aims at providing a platform for exhibiting new media digital art created by the multi-disciplinary community of NTU. Through use of the latest multi-media technologies, which are also integrated into the curriculum and will be taught in the ADM class of Associate Professor Ina Conradi, this project aims to explore new terrains to enhance digital interactive media and fine art expressions.
Conceived with a vision to showcase interactive artworks, MAN is created to promote interdisciplinary collaborations in art, design, science, medicine and engineering technologies. MAN is a channel for discourse, exchange, participation and novel expression of the NTU community, local and international artists, scientists, researchers, cultural and art institutions. MAN also aims to enhance students' learning experience and vibrancy on campus.
Reaching High
Stainless Steel with Solar Panels
H5800 x Dia2200 mm
2015
Location: NTU Sports and Recreation Centre
Reaching High was created jointly by sculptor Sun Yu-li and the Energy Research Institute at NTU (ERI@N). The sculpture was presented as the first torch at the TorchUp! Festival during the 28th SEA Games. The festival was held at ION Orchard on 7 March 2015. Reaching High is now installed at the NTU Sports and Recreation Centre.
The Wind and Wings
Stainless Steel
H6600 x L2200 x W5000 mm
2010
Location: Open field near Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre, Nanyang Avenue
This 6.6 metre tall piece was crafted in 2010 to commemorate the inaugural Youth Olympic Games hosted right here in Singapore. The wind, a force of change, represents the coming together of young athletes from all over the globe. Their unity and spirit are beautifully captured in the image of rain and a butterfly, delicately perched on a silvery green shoot.
This artwork embodies the exchange of knowledge, respect, and friendship that blossomed at the Youth Olympic Village during the Games. Renowned artist Yeo, famous for his distinctive 'bulbous' style, employs the metamorphosis of a butterfly to convey the transformative experience these athletes had in August 2010.
A number of artists with works in the NTU Museum collection have been recipients of the Cultural Medallion, Singapore's highest award to distinguished artists with exemplary contributions to Singapore's arts scene.
Learn more about the Cultural Medallion
Lim Tze Peng
Lim Tze Peng (b. 1921, Singapore) is a Culture Medallion recipient (2003), is renowned for his Chinese calligraphy and Chinese ink creations that often depict post-independent Singapore. Lim believes it is his mission to document what was left of the old Singapore. His latest abstract calligraphy creation further shows his constant search for new expression as he applied colours to his calligraphy, which is seemingly modern yet holds true to traditional Chinese ink painting.
Untitled (Godown at Singapore River)
2011
Ink on Chinese Paper
5170 x 2540 mm
Location: Nanyang Auditorium, Level 3
Singapore River
2008
Ink and colour on paper
3840 x 1620 mm
Abstract Tree
2010
Chinese ink and colour on paper
4000 x 1800 mm
Ong Kim Seng
Ong Kim Seng (b. 1945, Singapore), a self-taught, eminent water-colourist and Cultural Medallion recipient (1990), is the first and only Singaporean and Asian artist outside the USA to be a member of the prestigious 138-year-old American Watercolor Society. Ong’s attention to detail and immaculate technique in expressing the contrast between light and shadow is seen in his depiction of local scenes.
Clarke Quay
2000
Watercolour
1000 x 790 mm
Empress Place
2003
Watercolour
1052 x 852 mm
Han Sai Por
Han Sai Por (b. 1943, Singapore), a Singaporean sculptor and Cultural Medallion recipient (1995), is best known for her stone sculptures. Han’s choice of materials is primarily governed by the purpose for which the work is made; specifically, the choice is determined by the symbolic reason or solutions. Her body of work often brings attention to scant regarded heritage, flora and fauna, making significant comments about the changing landscape often; in relation to Singapore
Brain Tree
2016
Felled trees
(Albezia saman)
540 x 560 x 980 mm
Organism
2016
Felled trees (Acacia sp)
400 x 490 x 1250 mm
Discovery (Bones/Joints)
2016
Felled trees (Acacia sp)
500 x 470 x 1380 mm