LOT 21
NG FOO CHEONG
B. Kuala Lumpur, 1965
The Millennium, 1999
Stamped and dated “Ng Foo Cheong 99” on lower middle
Signed titled and dated on the verso by the artist
Work on canvas
46 x 46 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
RM 1,800 – RM 2,500
Ng Foo Cheong’s art acts as a metaphor for the persistent cultural significance of ancient civilizations throughout the ages, and continuing in the contemporary world. Over centuries of both destruction and development, war and political transformations great civilisations spread power throughout the world, leaving a complex and fascinating legacy of not only military and social advances, but cultural evolution. It is through this window – that of art and architecture, music and literature – that Cheong’s art examines the past.