Equator Art Society

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rdf:langString The Equator Art Society was an artists' group founded in 1956 in Singapore, known for promoting social realist art. The Equator Art Society sought to represent the realities and struggles of the masses, depicting Singapore's working classes and the poor often through the use of portraiture painting, woodcut prints, and sculpture. Founding society members and leaders included artists such as , Lai Kui Fang, Chua Mia Tee, Ong Kim Seng and . Active during and following the period of the Malayan Emergency, the Equator Art Society was notably anti-colonial and nationalistic, with its members often critical of the colonial government and supportive of the formulation of a distinct Malayan consciousness. The Equator Art Society was de-registered on 11 January 1974, with social realist art declining in Singapore in the 1970s.