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The Painting Speaks: Paintings by Tong Chin Sye and Poems by Tan Chee Lay

Tong Chin Sye, Chinatown Trengganu Street, 1963, Oil on canvas, 94 x 137 cm

Featuring 18 sets of ekphrastic Chinese poetry (accompanied by English translated text) by award-winning scholar, poet and educator Dr. Tan Chee Lay and over 20 paintings by veteran painter Tong Chin Sye, this exhibition brings together the creative outputs of 2 important local talents and provides new angles through which audience can connect meaningfully with both the visual and literary art forms.

Venue: The Arts House

When: 4 - 15 Apr 2018,

By: artcommune gallery

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