Lot 73 | 28 August 2022

 

 

 

LOT 73

KHOO SUI HOE

B. Kedah, 1939

Little Swimmer, 2005

Signed “Sui Hoe” on lower right

Oil on canvas

71 x 71 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM 20,000 – RM 35,000

Khoo Sui Hoe was one of the earliest and courageous people who took the plunge of becoming a full-time artist. Through his Alpha Singapore Gallery and Alpha Utara Gallery in Penang, he has played a vital role in nurturing other artists. Khoo Sui Hoe has also won various awards, among which are the First Prize for the 1965 Malaysian art competition, an Honourable Mention in Salon Malaysia 1969 and the Asian Arts Now Awards (twice) given by the Las Vegas Museum.

Little Swimmer is a sublime body of work with a small boy in the epicentre who looks as if he is carefree represented by a medley of green hues. Peace also seems to be the underlining theme with the artists use of green and his hallmark of rounded lips on the subject.