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Facets of Lee Eng Beng

Facets of Lee Eng Beng

Facets of LEB follows the artistic journey of Lee Eng Beng, a Penang artist who has always been fascinated by people, places, and the rhythms of daily life. Early on, watercolour masters like Tan Choon Ghee, Koay Shao Peng, and Dong Kingman influenced him. He also found unexpected inspiration in

Stephen Menon’s journey into cryptic symbolism

Stephen Menon: From artist to mentor

Twists and turns along Love Lane

Twists and turns along Love Lane

Talking Evolution with The Edge

Talking Evolution with The Edge

Trilogy of storytelling

Trilogy of storytelling

Wan Tan Mee at abstraKK

Wan Tan Mee at abstraKK

Exhibition

Twists and turns along Love Lane

Twists and turns along Love Lane

I HAD NO COMPUNCTIONS about joining ArtVoice’s Love Lane exhibition, held in conjunction with Malaysia’s 69th Independence Day, although I suspected curator Stephen Menon had given considerably more thought to the title than I had. At its most obvious, Love Lane is a metaphor: a nation emerging from

Talking Evolution with The Edge

Talking Evolution with The Edge

Wan Tan Mee at abstraKK

Wan Tan Mee at abstraKK

Lanna 2026: Honoured and grateful

Lanna 2026: Honoured and grateful

Of art, an 85th birthday and Chiangmai

Of art, an 85th birthday and Chiangmai

The Tale of the Horse

The Tale of the Horse

rupa: Quiet negotiation where layered humanity emerges

rupa: Quiet negotiation where layered humanity emerges

Art

Trilogy of storytelling

Trilogy of storytelling

A COUPLE of years ago, I shared my thoughts on storytelling with a few ArtVoice members, based on the ideas of John Berger, Walter Benjamin and, more recently, Teju Cole. Revisiting Berger and Benjamin after many years, and discovering Cole’s Blind Spot, prompted me to rethink how art and

Wattana Wattanapun reflects on his “Women in Art”

Wattana Wattanapun reflects on his “Women in Art”

Of art, an 85th birthday and Chiangmai

Of art, an 85th birthday and Chiangmai

The Tale of the Horse

The Tale of the Horse

The Stoic, the Absurd and the Whimsy

The Stoic, the Absurd and the Whimsy

Sharini's 'We need to Talk' underscores art as language

Sharini's 'We need to Talk' underscores art as language

Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia

Storytelling

Stephen Menon’s journey into cryptic symbolism

By Anansa Jacob and Kenneth Ang FOR STEPHEN MENON, art has never been simply about reproducing what he sees. His early fascination with drawing and portraiture began with close observation – watching artists work at Taman Kerang in Kuantan and later studying the human figure in art college. Over time, however,

Stephen Menon: From artist to mentor

Trilogy of storytelling

Trilogy of storytelling

Green Prospects Asia: Recollections and reflections

Green Prospects Asia: Recollections and reflections

Wattana Wattanapun reflects on his “Women in Art”

Wattana Wattanapun reflects on his “Women in Art”

My memories of the 1950s

My memories of the 1950s

‘Lanna’ opens officially with the launch of 134-page e-Catalogue

‘Lanna’ opens officially with the launch of 134-page e-Catalogue

Photography

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Lanna 2026: Honoured and grateful

rupa: Quiet negotiation where layered humanity emerges

The Garden of Love: Ling Nan Ley’s ode to romance

‘Lanna’ opens officially with the launch of 134-page e-Catalogue

‘Lanna’ the online show: View and read all the 20 parts

History

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Twists and turns along Love Lane

Green Prospects Asia: Recollections and reflections

My memories of the 1950s

Three Passages to Lanna

Verse

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1989, 2018, 2023 and beyond: My art journey on ‘Aftermath’ continues

Scions of Bacchus