Wednesday, September 23, 2009

eric khoo is a hotel magnate




2 paintings from the series, currently up at Mulan gallery as part of the Lucky Plazas show.

Oil on canvas. 36x48 inches and 72x96 inches

13 comments:

Andrew Tan said...

good exhibition. You shld explain the title of your pieces here too.

mindflyer 小飞人 said...

Wah!! Is this some kind of social commentary??

Nice!! :)

sokkuan tye said...

OMG!! i love these!!!

Sonny Liew said...

thanks sokkuan! :) no explanation la, i'm going with 'it is what it is' :p

kuanth said...

i'm so gonna buy it if i have money. Pls print into postcards!

eeshaun said...

FANTASTIC SONNY!!!!!

adeline said...

lerffff!

Amanda said...

It's really good! Nice work! :)

pins said...

hi sonny,

i love the pieces and the painterly feel.
i was just wondering why you used
"eric khoo is a hotel magnate"
as the title.

i'm quite partial to his films tho' not a big fan
and i know he comes from a rich family.
maybe tts why he can become a film director?

Sonny Liew said...

thanks all! pin - hmm the pieces touch on issues like the gap between public and private personas of politicians; many from privileged backgrounds but having to appear men/women of the people( not just in singapore) - i thought something similar goes on with eric khoo - rich background, but always making films about heartlanders. doesn't mean its wrong/hypocritical - just seems an interesting phenomena :)

pins said...

interesting.
i never thought about that.
thanks for the insights.
i like it.

it makes me look at the paintings now again
with a different angle.

and makes me want to watch
royston tan's films again somehow
hehe.

Christine Lim said...

Love your take on politics. I hope you sell all! fantastic paintings.

Skull Leader said...

Master piece!