LOT 73
SIEW HOCK MENG
B. Johor, 1942
Muse, 2019
Oil on board
76 x 56 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
Illustrated in KLAS Inaugural Singapore Exhibition – A Journey of Art catalogue in October 2023 on page 52
RM 50,000 – 90,000
Siew Hock Meng was born on April 3, 1942, in Johor. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore in 1961 and has been painting ever since. The artist is based in Singapore and he was awarded the National Day Medal for Fine Arts in 1971 and the award for Visual Arts Creation, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Alumni Association Singapore in 1981 and 1984. In November 2024, Siew Hock Meng was presented with the prestigious Cultural Medallion Award by the National Art Council of Singapore. This great master of super-realist figurative painting is also the first mentor of Malaysian watercolourist Chang Fee Ming, who spent a fair amount of his time in his early years painting with him. Apart from his fascination for human forms, vibrant tropical colours and artistic and cultural diversity of the region, Siew often shows a deeper concern for the social, cultural and environmental realities that people in the region must face.