THE FIRST SCULPTURE YOU ARE GOING FIND OUT ABOUT IS

JOYOUS RIVERS ( 1987 )
DR ELSIE YU

THE CLEAN RIVERS PROJECT

For more than 150 years, the river continued to be an important centre for trade. However, the river became increasingly choked with filth. In 1977, the Clean River Project was carried out involving many different government agencies to clean up six rivers, including the Singapore River and the Kallang Basin. 10 years and $200 million later, the project was successfully completed and many festivities were carried out to celebrate the achievement.

JOYOUS RIVER by DR ElSIE YU is a sculpture that commemorates the success of the project. ( year 1989 )

THE ARTIST

Dr Elsie Yu was born in Shanghai, China but grew up in Hong Kong. She now lives in Singapore. She is a famous artist who is known for her large scale public sculptures. Yu was commissioned in 1995 to create a series of 11 sculptural plaques to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII,