signed and dated near the base with stamp of the artist
stoneware
H50 x W31 x D25 cm
“A recurrent feature in these figures and in a great number of others is the sensation of rounded, swollen forms. Even as we dwell on the, say the trunk and the lower limbs, our eye is invariably drawn to the textured surfaces; these are rough, uneven and pock-marked. As we follow the curvature of the forms, dip down an inclined plane and make a turn upwards, we become aware of another sensation which is more than merely visual. It is as if each of these forms is the outcome of an in-dwelling breath being inhaled and held.”
-T. K. Sabapathy, “Vital Images of Life”, Vital Images of Life: Sculpture Ng Eng Teng 7th One-Man Art Exhibition, 1988
Provenance:
Acquired from Poetic Metaphors exhibition at National Museum Art Gallery
Collection of Prof. Victor Savage
Literature:
Sculpture Ng Eng Teng 6th One-Man Art Exhibition, Ng Eng Teng, 1988, p. 2
Vital Images of Life: Sculpture Ng Eng Teng 7th One-Man Art Exhibition, Ng Eng Teng, 1989, p. 2
Exhibition history:
Sculpture Ng Eng Teng 6th One-Man Art Exhibition, Gomboc Gallery, Middle Swan, Australia, 5 to 31 December 1988
Vital Images of Life: Sculpture Ng Eng Teng 7th One-Man Art Exhibition, East & West Art, Victoria, Australia, 20 November – 23 December 1989
Poetic Metaphors: Sculpture Ng Eng Teng 8th One-Person Art Exhibition, National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore, 16 to 27 January, 1991
Location: Singapore
