THE STRAITS TIMES I Solamalay Namasivayam: 5 things to see at ArtScience Museum's Flesh & Bones EXHIBITION

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Clement Yong, The Straits Times, March 18, 2026

 

By Clement Yong

SINGAPORE – The ArtScience Museum’s new exhibition features 160 artefacts and artworks to do with the body, from historical anatomical drawings to a preserved head.

Flesh And Bones: The Art Of Anatomy opens on March 21. Here are five things not to miss.

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2. Singapore artists 

The Getty loans’ more flashy counterparts in the exhibition are contemporary artworks from all over the world, including those by five Singaporeans. Look out for the tightly cropped figures in the late Solamalay Namasivayam’s charcoal drawings. He was one of the pioneers of life drawing at a time when it was still taboo.

 
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