KUCHING: Hoan Gallery will launch its 2024 season with an art show featuring the works of the late founder of the Sarawak Fine Arts School, Chong Liew Syn.
About 60 art pieces, many never seen before, will be showcased at the gallery for an eight-week long show, which promises to be a highlight of Sarawak’s cultural calendar this year.
The show, titled “Hidden Gems: The Life Works of Chong Liew Syn”, starts Jan 19 at the gallery at LaPromenade Mall here.
Chong, who passed away in 1999 at age 50, set up the first government accredited art school in Sarawak.
Hoan Gallery’s director Hoan Kee Huang described the upcoming show as significant and ‘likely an emotional reunion for Chong’s loved ones and students’.
“The gallery, with the aid of HSL has been working on Chong’s show for almost a decade.
“Chong’s son, Ken Loh, has opened up the family archives and allowed us the privilege to sift through important, never-seen-before, works. There are real gems, historical and significant to Sarawak’s art scene, that we have recovered,” Hoan said in a press statement by HSL today.
“We cherry picked the most beautiful works, which also reveal the transformation of her artistic style over her lifetime,” he said.
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian is expected to open the show.
The majority of artworks from the show will be for sale ranging from around RM3,000 to over RM10,000, depending on medium, size and age.
Hoan Gallery’s 2024 season opener is to be followed by an abstract art show by David Chewandartist Joanne Lau’s showcase.
For more info, visit, hoangallery.com or search @HoanArtGallery. Updates also available at lapromenademall.com.my and @LaPromenadeMall.
