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.