Sabapathy, T. K., 1938-

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Name (Latin)
Sabapathy, T. K., 1938-
Other forms of name
Sabapathy, Thiagarajan Kanaga, 1938-
Date of birth
1938
Associated country
Singapore
Field of activity
Art
History
Occupation
Art museum curators
College teachers
Historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 39711598
Wikidata: Q97818004
Library of congress: n 83319607
HAI10: 000642521
Sources of Information
  • Tribute.sg website, viewed April 14, 2014(Thiagarajan Kanaga Sabapathy)
  • Writing the modern, 2018:t.p. (T.K. Sabapathy) back flap (historian, curator, teacher, critic, and advisor on Southeast Asian art and art history)
  • His Modern artists of Malaysia, 1983:t.p. (T.K. Sabapathy) jkt. (b. 1938 in S'pore; previously lect. in art hist., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Penang, 1972-80; presently lect., School of Arch., Nat. Univ. of S'pore)
  • Re-connecting, c2005:t.p. (T.K. Sabapathy) p. 123 (K full form: Kanaga)

Wikipedia description:

Thiagarajan Kanaga Sabapathy (born 1938), better known as T. K. Sabapathy, is a Singaporean art historian, curator, and critic. Sabapathy has written, researched, documented, and supported contemporary visual art in Singapore and Malaysia for four decades. He has held positions at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological Institution, and National Institute of Education as a lecturer of art history. Sabapathy further established and headed pioneering art research facilities in Singapore, such as the Contemporary Asian Art Centre (2001–2004) and subsequently, Asia Contemporary (2015–). Sabapathy has written a large number of articles, books, catalogues, and artist monographs, making significant contributions to the study of art in Southeast Asia, also providing support to curatorial work at art institutions and major exhibitions.

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