Lot 76 | Auction XXXVII

 

 

LOT 76

YEOH KEAN THAI

B. Penang, 1966

Rustic Charm, 2018

Signed and dated “Thai 2018” on lower middle

Acrylic on canvas

58 x 38 cm

Provenance Private Collection Kuala Lumpur

RM 2,000 – RM 4,000

 

Yeoh Kean Thai is internationally recognised through his prestigious awards including the Phillip Moris Art Award, the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and the Commonwealth Award – International Artist Residency (2009). His works embodies an artistic language to comment on environment, social identity and individual introspection. In Rustic Charm, Yeoh tasfully transforms the unpleasantness of rust into a work of art. As one who appreciates the natural order and finds beauty in it.