Sunday 14 September 2014
Nanyang Style?
An illustrated 'essay' charting the founding and growth of what has become known as the 'Nanyang Style' of Art in Malaysian and Singapore.
Thursday 4 September 2014
A Nanyang Sharing
31st August 2014
Streetview Hotel
Muar, Johor
Malaysia
A Nanyang Sharing.
After a day sketching the visual delights of Muar, in the State of Johor, Malaysia, a host of kind people took time out to listen to me share what little knowledge I have accrued in regards to Nanyang, the (Singapore) Nanyang style of painting, its forebears and those who continued the style.
I was counterpointed by Dr Cheah Thien Soong, a son of Nanyang and renowned modernist ink brush painter and teacher, and Si Jie Loo. We thank all who were involved with the sharing, especially Lau Moa Seng (another son of Nanyang) and his hard working family, Yeo Eng Hin (together with his wife, both former students of Nanyang) and members of the audience who also had connections to Nanyang, for helping co-ordinate the event and MC Teo Peng Heng James, plus all who ensured this event was a great success.
It was an off-the-cuff sharing which had begun with the idea of just a few friends talking and drinking together. The idea grew and before I knew it, and as unprepared as I was, I was 'lecturing' to a hall of interested parties at the Streetview Hotel in Muar. There were no slides, only a whiteboard, but thank whatever power that may be for that whiteboard and its pens, as I slipped into 'teacher' mode, not for the first time, and dragged up what little knowledge I had. But it was all good, and we have been booked to do a second and third round, but a little bit more prepared perhaps. Below are some of the images.
Streetview Hotel
Muar, Johor
Malaysia
A Nanyang Sharing.
After a day sketching the visual delights of Muar, in the State of Johor, Malaysia, a host of kind people took time out to listen to me share what little knowledge I have accrued in regards to Nanyang, the (Singapore) Nanyang style of painting, its forebears and those who continued the style.
I was counterpointed by Dr Cheah Thien Soong, a son of Nanyang and renowned modernist ink brush painter and teacher, and Si Jie Loo. We thank all who were involved with the sharing, especially Lau Moa Seng (another son of Nanyang) and his hard working family, Yeo Eng Hin (together with his wife, both former students of Nanyang) and members of the audience who also had connections to Nanyang, for helping co-ordinate the event and MC Teo Peng Heng James, plus all who ensured this event was a great success.
It was an off-the-cuff sharing which had begun with the idea of just a few friends talking and drinking together. The idea grew and before I knew it, and as unprepared as I was, I was 'lecturing' to a hall of interested parties at the Streetview Hotel in Muar. There were no slides, only a whiteboard, but thank whatever power that may be for that whiteboard and its pens, as I slipped into 'teacher' mode, not for the first time, and dragged up what little knowledge I had. But it was all good, and we have been booked to do a second and third round, but a little bit more prepared perhaps. Below are some of the images.
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| Teo Peng Heng James |
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| A view to the audience |
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| Me |
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| Dr Cheah Thien Soong |
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| The obligatory group photo |
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