Time: 11am to 7pm

Venue: Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery

Synopsis


All the artists have painted for over 30 years, have forged distinctive styles and exhibited widely in Singapore and abroad.

Two have are awarded the prestigious Cultural Medallion, Ministry of the Information, Communication and the Arts. Six are graduates of Nanyang Academy of Fine Art.

The artist have gained wide-ranging artistic recognitions. Their collective artistic achievement over 3 decades is now part of the legacy of fine art in Singapore.

With 36 recent paintings, the exhibition highlights the artist's latest development in their constant artistic renewal. The exhibition spans diverse themes, approaches and media.


Individual Artists


Goh Beng Kwan
Awarded Cultural Medallion, 1989. First Prize, UOB Painting of the Year Competition, 1982. His forte: Creative abstract collages in mixed media and Asian themes.

Tan Choh Tee
Awarded Cultural Medallion, 2006. NAFA graduate. Research Fellow Beijing Central Institute (Master Class). Noted for his S.E. Asia and Asian landscapes and cityscapes painted on the spot, captivating the vibrancy of atmospheric light.

Ang Ah Tee
NAFA graduate. Dr Tan Tze Chor Award (First). Noted for his paintings of enchanting landmarks across the world - St Marco, Venice, Big Ben, London, Li Jiang Old Town, China - capturing their visual presence.

Chieu Shuey Fook
NAFA graduate. ITT World-wide advertisement Art Award, 1989. His forte: persistent single-minded innovation in creative abstract metal relief. Credited with several metal relief mural commissions.

Koeh Sia Yong
NAFA graduate. Noted for his social realism paintings of the 1960s and his later Balinese Festivals series. Will exhibit his recent Exotic Flowers series.

Low Puay Hua
NAFA graduate. National Day Art Award. Noted for his artistic versatility in spontaneous, vivid watercolours series on diverse themes - Singapore River, Chinatown, travels paintings.

Poh Siew Wah
Noted for his artistic diversity - diverse media and various themes - old Singapore scenes, abstractions images. Credited with a mural painting at Farrer Park MRT station.

Simon Wee
NAFA graduate. His forte: Unorthodox theme with an unorthodox approach characterized by simplicity and derived from his inner feelings.

Choy Weng Yang
Graduate, Hornsey College of Art, London. UNESCO Fellowship in Creative Arts: extensive USA tour 1973. Noted for his resent River Series captivating river ambience fleeting atmospheric light.