LOT 27
SEAH KIM JOO
B. Singapore, 1939
Abstract, 1963
Signed “Seah Kim Joo” on lower right
Batik
63 x 89 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Canada
RM2,000 – RM5,000
Known as one of the first few advocates of traditional batik-painting, Seah Kim Joo illustrates a soft dreamy canvas this time. Set against a background that suggests at the cross between fantasy and reality, the crackling lines of the batik with haphazard dots and scatterings of faint whites provide the illusion of petals, and the entire piece simply speaks quiescence. Born in Singapore in the year 1939, Seah Kim Joo was raised in Terengganu, during which he was exposed to the process of traditional batik-making.