Drawn entirely from the private collections of individuals, art foundations, private museums and other organisations, The Collectors Show: Weight of History offers a glimpse into the spectacular contemporary artworks normally housed behind closed doors. Titled 'Weight of History', this year's Collectors Show examines how artists engage with and evaluate local traditions and culture, displaying interconnected relationships between past and present in our increasingly globalised societies. Through the eyes of contemporary artists, Weight of History aims to raise questions about what defines history and how personal accounts of the past are just as valuable as official depictions of historical events, and why the past is still relevant to contemporary art making in Asia.
Hear more about this exhibition from SAM director, Tan Boon Hui and artist Gonkar Gyatso, on his artwork, "Excuse Me While I Kiss The Sky".
