LOT 93
LEE LONG LOOI
(B. Kedah, 1942)
Talk Not Series – Awake Asleep, 1999
Signed and dated “Lee 99” on middle bottom
Watercolour on paper
57 x 81 cm
Talk Not Series – Three Faces, 1999
Signed and dated “Lee 99” on middle bottom
Watercolour on paper
57 x 81 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Canada
SOLD – RM 4,032
This endearing and quirky triptych is filled with Lee Long Looi’s personality, and he is telling a story – the drawn-out features of the subjects, the simplicity that is the palette and the techniques and the entire piece put together is effortlessly aesthetic. Lee Long Looi only incorporates limited colours in this canvas, choosing instead to keep it simple with yellows, reds and oranges. The entire piece is modest yet effective.
Born in 1942 in Kedah, Lee Long Looi graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and moved to New York to further his studies at the Art Students League and thsen at the Pratt Institute. He combines both elements of his Asian heritage and Western techniques in his paintings, and his works are displayed in Citibank, ABC Television, the Gulf Bank of Miami and many more.