Shanghai Series

Medium: Mixed media
Size: 120H 90W
Year:2007

Shanghai Series by Gary.Tan KF

created by 2007/8

A new series of paintings seeks to get under the skin of modern Shanghai, capturing not the bombastic and the cliched but instead the highly individual- a fleeting moment, a reflex action or a brief conversation. It deconstructs the constant interaction of human in this vast city, breaking the complexities of life down into mere scraps of time or fractions of memories.

Gary.Tan KF's latest series ( a small series) combines

his interest with the intimate and immediate with a playful commentary on the plethora of people inhabiting China most arresting and riotous city. Continuing his signature use of bold colours and evocative subtext, his work convey his ever-present struggle for discovery alongside new and potent explorations of sensuality and a biting sense of humour.

Medium: Mixed media

Size: 119H 90W

Year:2007

Medium: Mixed media

Size: 110H 95W

Year:2006

Medium: Mixed media

Size: 110H 80W

Year:2006

Medium: Mixed media

Size: 119H 90W

Year:2007

Medium: Mixed media

Size: 119H 90W

Year:2007

Medium: Mixed media

Size: 100H 60W

Year:2007

Article written by Scott Goodfellow

Copyright well reserved by Gary.Tan KF

Space between breaths

Space Between Breaths

Created by Gary Tan KF 2004

Exhibited in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Bangkok

An Evening of appreciation and celebration for contemporary figurative art is set for on April 29th. Entitled Space between Breaths, the concept of this art exhibition focuses mostly on figurative art expressed with distinctive textures, rhythmic flow of bold strokes, configurations, and hues.

The exhibition is about one artist's struggle to understand and translate the essential qualities of life from its color and composition to its emotional content. Gary.Tan KF does not attempt to capture recognizable images, but rather his emotional response. The resulting art pieces reveal glimpses of determination amongst desolation.

Part of the proceeds from the exhibition has been donated to Breast Cancer Woman Association Malaysia ( BCWA)

Special thanks to Marcus YK Chong

Title: Tittle- tattle

Media: Mixed Media

Size:24 inches X 36 inches

The tongue is like a sharp knife;it kills without drawing blood.-A.Sexton

Collected by Lim ( Kuala Lumpur)

Title: People 2

Media: Mixed Media

Size: 20 inches X 30 inches

We could not retard that great forward movement of humanity if we proud. But each of us may decide for himself whether to share in the glory of promoting it or incur the shame of having looked coldly and indifferently on.-H Greeley

Collected by Chuck Dunaway ( USA)

Title: Shall We Talk?

Media: Mixed Media

Canvas Size: 32 inches X 37 inches

I have learned silence from the talkative; tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.-K.Gibran

Private Collection

Title: State of Affairs

Media: Mixed media

Size: 24 inches X 36 inches

This is a land of living and of the dead, and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.-T.Wilder

Collected by John Richard ( Singapore)

Title: Inner Strength

Media: Mixed Media

Canvas size: 18.5 inches X 29 inches

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say,"i am proud of what i am and who i am, and i am just going to be myself." M.Carey

Collected by John Richard ( Singapore)

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