Nai Swee Leng
Vigilance
Ink on rice paper
69x69cm
2017
Signed and dated by artist
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This is a beautiful painting by Nai Swee Leng. With definite strokes of the Chinese ink brush, he conceived a valiant rooster. It’s confident posture, sharp eyes and flowing feathers all contribute to its fearless appearance. The flowers in the background are painted with finesse. Their bright colouration complement with vivid tones on the rooster. This creates harmony and balance within the painting.
Nai Swee Leng is one of the outstanding exponents of the emerging “new” brush painting school in Singapore whose main ambition has been to forge out a new identity for traditional Chinese painting. The artists of the school, all relatively young, strive to combine the tested strength found in the traditional form of painting with fresh elements that they have discovered. Within a discipline which has weathered hundreds of years, these artists seek individuality from their own forms of experimentation.
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Visuals from Nai Swee Leng’s solo exhibition in 2016
Nai Swee Leng’s talk and demonstration at the National Gallery Singapore in 2016
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