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Afterthought, comment and memories on my second solo

Afterthought, comment and memories on my second solo

I HAVE NOT started in earnest to sell what I have produced; I am still figuring out what this art ecosystem is all about; its stakeholders, and their roles and interests – as lover and appreciator of artforms, as investor and auctioneer, as critic and student, and as people who cooperate

Our Legacy: Landmark Memories of Penang Free School

Our Legacy: Landmark Memories of Penang Free School

MY MEMORIES of Free School would ebb over time, I had thought. They might indeed have, but for a chance occurrence in 2015 that brought a lot, and more, gushing back. After that year, with events of the Bicentenary flaring for a couple of years, I got more and more

Warhol-inspired durian prints: From experiment to exhibition

Warhol-inspired durian prints: From experiment to exhibition

FOR my first solo in October 2022, I had to make a last-minute decision to place “Not for sale” tags on three 3ft x 4ft pieces. It was an expensive but neccesary move. I had made a series incorporating the works of Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso and Klee, thinking that

Self-portrait in fragments in the midst of 20 ‘naked faces’

Self-portrait in fragments in the midst of 20 ‘naked faces’

WHEN I was approached to do a self-portrait for an exhibition called “The Naked Face” (see details in the caption below), I was a bit alarmed. It has been ages since I did anything about myself. I finally decided to bring out two pieces from the past, one from 1975

‘Watchful amidst hope’ in Lahore

‘Watchful amidst hope’ in Lahore

AFTER my first solo in 2022, I decided I would produce a set of prints on my alma mater Penang Free School based on the concept of Exaggerated Stills (read here). To show that the school and its buildings are rich in heritage, I wanted to use abstract eyes as