It is doubly problematic to reflect on contemporary art in a society such as Singapore where the forces of modernity, pseudo-traditions and historicity assert their relentlessly conflicting pull. On the one hand, the knowledgeable among Singapore artists work in a so-called Post-Art Era, producing works of "art after the End of Art", charging their products with inflexible hubris and angst. Messengers like the American philosopher-turned-art-critic, Arther C. Danto, were not in a position to "part the water" when they proclaimed "the End of Art", merely strewing insurmountable "historicities" on the path forward. If you are oblivious of this,
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