Lot 80 | 27 October 2024

 

 

LOT 80

TAI SUK HIAN

B. Melaka, 1968

Three Sisters, 1996

Oil on canvas

120 x 140 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

Signed and dated “Suk Hian Tai 1996” on lower center

RM 8,000 – 16,000

Tai Suk Hian was born in Malaysia and studied fine art at the College of Art & Design in Chelsea. Her subject matter and style are influenced by the place where she was born, Melaka. It is a colonial melting pot in which Portuguese, Chinese, Indian, Baba-Nyonya and Malay cultural strands intertwine, creating an intensely rich and colourful background. The colour she uses and the scenes she portrays are all derived from the way she lived and the surroundings she was brought up in as a child.