Art goes far beyond simple imaging

By Ooi Kok Chuen

January 2014 PENANG PALETTE
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With a long career and a low profile, C.K. Tan has left a deep imprint in the world of art through his varied and highly appreciated works, participation in art societies and teaching.Chinese New Year (acrylic on canvas, 2005).Tan Chiang Kiong, better known as C.K. Tan, is an artist with a very low profile, although his career started on the eve of Merdeka on August 30, 1957, when he left for Taipei to study Fine Arts at the National Taiwan...

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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.


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