so here’s what happened in art class today:
SE spent abt an 1 1/2 hr pointing out the various Telok Kurau artists (from an old poster hanging on her wall) and showing me samples of their work… interesting!
she gave me a few brochures (2000-2002) of their past works + a book on sg artists. i wrote down as many names as she could recall. here they are and their primary mediums, in no particular order of importance.
Amanda Heng (installation)
Baet Yeok Kuan (sculpture)
Chieu Shuey Fook (mixed media, metal)
Chew Piak San (watercolour)
Chua Ek Kay (Chinese painting)
Chua Say Hua (Abstract oil/Chinese/contemporary art)
Goh Beng Kwan (collage – recent exhibition at the Tyler Print Inst)
Goo Chuen Hang (Oil/Pastels – realist)
Hong Sek Chern, HOD at NAFA, wife of Chua Say Hua (chinese ink)
Lee Boon Wang (Oil/watercolour)
Lim Leong Seng (sculpture/oil/acrylic)
Lim Poh Teck (won Young Artist award)
Lim Yew Kuan, son of Lim Hak Tai – founder of NAFA – is this cool or what?! (Oil/Acrylic/Sculpture/ realist)
Loy Chye Chuan (watercolour)
Ong Kim Seng (watercolour)
Ng Siew Eng (Oil/specialises in the human body, actual interest in landscapes)
Tan Swie Hian (Oil/Chinese paintings)
Raymond Lau (Oil/Acrylic)
San See Piau (Pottery/Ceramics/Chinese ink)
Sim Lian Huat (Sculpture/installation/Oil)
Tan Kian Por (Chinese painting)
Tang Mun Kit (installation)
Teng Nee Cheong (Oil/Acrylic/human bodies/installation/peranakan culture)
Teo Eng Seng (installation/paper mache/acrylic/sculpture/mixed media)
Victor Tan Wee Tar (sculpture)
Vincent Leow (installation)
Chng Seok Tin (printmaking/sculpture)
Ho Yue Weng (digital art/multimedia)
Leong Kee Tong (oil/acrylic/abstract worked in community club)
Chern Lian San (sculpture)
there are several cultural medallion winners in this group, check out www.answers.com/topic/cultural-medallion for the full list (inaugurated since 1979). as you can see, the artists listed above are probably some of the best in sg…
SE’s teacher is Choo Keng Kwang, another illustrious name in sg art. her next door neighbours are cultural medallion winner Tan Kian Por and NAFA founder’s son, Lim Yew Kuan… and today, i saw Swie Hian walking to his car in the carpark! Vincent Tan and Seok Tin are blind, so they work with their hands (sculpture) now. Raymond Lau suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome, so we can usually hear him when he’s around. i wonder how he manages to paint… i feel humbled and inspired when i go there, there are sgs who create despite many formidable obstacles.
i really have a lot to do and read up on these artists… 24 hrs a day is not enuf!
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