ASEAN’s Appeal Watered and Coloured
By Ooi Kok Chuen
November 2020 PENANG PALETTE
IN THE MIDST of the Covid-19 pandemic, an international watercolour exhibition has surprisingly attracted some of the biggest names in the region.Chow Chin Chuan's (Malaysia) The Unfading Past II.Southeast Asia Watercolour Exhibition is being held at the National Art Gallery (NAG) Langkawi until November 30, 2020. Famous artists involved include Singapore’s Ong Kim Seng, Thailand’s Derek Kingnok, Myanmar’s Big 3 namely Min Wae Aung, Myint Naing, and young Indonesian Nur Ilham (pohon beringin).The show was planned before the pandemic, but...
Ooi Kok Chuen
is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.
