LOT 38
KELVIN CHAP
B. Indonesia, 1975
Celebration, 2016
Signed and dated “Chap KELVIN 2016” on lower right. Signed and dated on the reverse. Artist, title, date, medium and dimension inscribed on the reverse
Mixed media on canvas
131 x 131 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 3,500 – RM 7,000
Kelvin Chap has an an intense fascination for the Borneo tribal culture and symbolisms, which are always present in all his artworks. Even in Celebration he incorporates a clash of fluorescent colours. His works often depict a social commentary; the overlapping of tradition and culture with modernisation, of how they clash, and the portrayal of a society that is too eager to accept urbanisation, so much so that the lines are blurred and almost obscure the original culture identity.