Around 20 years after he left Singapore to pursue art abroad, Singaporean native Lee Teck Suan will be returning to the country to display some of his new artworks.
Lee has been working on large canvases with Chinese ink and acrylic paint, creating enormous works with vibrant colors and energy. The artworks are exciting to look at. The vivid acrylic paints provide the exhilarating background to impulsive and bold lines of Chinese ink, splattered and stroked across the expanses of the canvas. Almost overwhelming in their size and energy, the pieces are a part of a tour Lee is embarking on throughout the Southeastern Asian region. The Singapore show will take place likely some time in June.
Lee hasn’t stopped his creative work since leaving Singapore a couple of decades ago. His masterpieces have been on display throughout the world, reflecting an appreciation from the global art community for his talented works.
Lee’s interest in visual art ignited when he was a small child. He was taught by many important first generation Singaporean artists, placing him in an important role historically for the art scene in the country. He took away much knowledge and wisdom from these foremost artistic minds, who remain highly influential in the creative scene in Singapore.
The title of Lee’s new exhibition is a musing on the biblical Tower of Babel. As the story goes, the civilization of Babel was growing so advanced that its members decided they were as mighty as gods. They decided to design and build a tower so high that it pierced the veil between the worlds of men and gods. However, in doing so, God punished their egoism by making it so that all of the people of Babel spoke different languages and become unable to understand one another. Lee seeks to defy lingual and cultural differences by using a universal language — abstract art — to convey his exuberance at life and art. Even if a viewer doesn’t speak the same language that Lee does, they will still be able to interpret what he is seeing, saying, and feeling by experiencing the bold lines of his Chinese ink and acrylic masterpieces.
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For more on the upcoming show and the artist, go to http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/modern-chinese-ink-painter-to-show-works.