Lot 093
Chang Yoong Chia
b. Kuala Lumpur, 1975
Pari-Pari, 2011
signed and dated (top left)
oil on handkerchief and linen
85 x 66cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Selangor
EXHIBITED
Kembara Jiwa: Conception In Reconciliation
(Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta), 2012
ESTIMATE RM 15,000 – 23,000
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Meanings in a globalised world can be elusive, effusive and transformative, yet can be anything but definitive. Things are rarely what it seems, what we see or what others see and perceive. The Malay word, pari, conjures an image of the stingray but is manifested here as a diamond-shaped form as a painted handkerchief, it also attains Godlike status with the plethora of smoke / clouds all around. What it all boils down to, from the interpretations of images to the combination of painting materials and unconventional surface, and how it may well impact meaning, is for both viewer and even artist to find out. It’s been said that the eyes are windows to the soul, and the ikan pari are a unique species, breathing through holes just behind the eyes called spiracles. This work was shown in the contemporary art exhibition by 21 Malaysian artists organised by HOM Art Trans at Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, on Nov 14-23, 2012.
Fresh from his Leipzig, Germany, artist’s residency smack in the coronavirus pandemic, Chang Yoong Chia is one of the busiest globe-trotting artists having residencies and exhibitions. The Leipzig award was part of Goethe-Institut’s LIA Programme Spinnerei Open Studio, his second German stint since his Deutsch learning stint in Berlin in 2007. His AIRs include Uyman (Tobiu Art Festival, Japan, 2019), Sapporo (2017, 2008), 1 Shanti Road (Bangalore, India), Pinyao, China (2010), Tembi Yogyakarta / Valentine Willie Fine Art (2010), Wanakio, Meijima Art Centre, Okinawa, Japan (2008), Chiayi, Taiwan (2007), Ujiae Art Studio, Gwangju, Korea (2007), Rimbun Dahan, Kuang (2006), C21, Blackburn, UK (2006), and KHOJ, Mysore, India (2002). He has been invited for prestigious exhibitions such as the 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2005, World Social Forum Porto Alegre Brazil 2005, Bangladesh Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka (2010), 2nd Chongqing Youth Biennale (2011), Welcome To The Jungle, Japan (2013), Start Art Fair, London (2014), Journey, Jerusalem (2014), Open Sea, Lyon, France (2015), Asia Young 36, Jeonju, South Korea (2016), and in Malaysia, the KL Biennale (2017-2018). Yoong Chia was a finalist in the APB Signature Art Prize in Singapore (2011) and had 12 solos since 2004, including a mid-career survey show, Second Life, at the National Art Gallery, in 2018-2019. He was educated at the Malaysian Institute of Art, Kuala Lumpur. |
