Lot 15
Chua Ek Kay (Singaporean, 1947-2008) The Best Time (Shophouse Series)
29 March 2018, 16:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceSold for HK$162,500 inc. premium
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Chua Ek Kay (Singaporean, 1947-2008)
The Best Time (Shophouse Series)
Ink and colour on paper, framed
With a seal of the artist
Painted circa 2006
66 x 69 cm (26 x 27⅛ in).
Ink and colour on paper, framed
With a seal of the artist
Painted circa 2006
66 x 69 cm (26 x 27⅛ in).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Private Collection, Singapore
蔡逸溪 最好的時光（店屋系列） 設色紙本 鏡框 約二〇〇六年作
鈐印：蔡逸溪
來源：
新加坡私人收藏
A fast changing urban morphology meant that many artists in Southeast Asia view their artistic raison d'être in documenting disappearing heritage. Chua Ek Kay, one of Singapore's leading ink artists, is well known for his extensive body of work painting old shophouses in Singapore. His mastery of the ink and brush is evident in the present lot, as is the use of the distinctive light blue pigment. As Chua Ek Kay's painting immortalises and commits a disappearing landscape to history, it also expresses a shared sense of nostalgia with viewers of the painting.