Babel to Abstraction

An inventive exploration of the life and work of one of Asia's pioneers of Abstract Art - George Claessen. Born into a family of Eurasian Dutch Burghers in colonial Ceylon, Claessen's life s... Read allAn inventive exploration of the life and work of one of Asia's pioneers of Abstract Art - George Claessen. Born into a family of Eurasian Dutch Burghers in colonial Ceylon, Claessen's life spanned the twentieth century and entangled with many of its most compelling themes: coloni... Read allAn inventive exploration of the life and work of one of Asia's pioneers of Abstract Art - George Claessen. Born into a family of Eurasian Dutch Burghers in colonial Ceylon, Claessen's life spanned the twentieth century and entangled with many of its most compelling themes: colonialism, decolonisation, identity, migration, Cold War politics and the Artist's quest for T... Read all