*Image above shows 50ft (1500cm) x 15foot (450cm) billboard of Ivan's show at Wei Ling Gallery http://www.weiling-gallery.com/panorama.htm
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FINE STROKES OD REALISM
In The Star, written by ANDREW SIA, Sunday August 16, 2009
"Artist Ivan Lam uses layers of paint and subtle textures to reveal a carefully crafted bigger picture.IT’S like doing Shaolin kung fu training without learning any fancy moves ... just sweeping the floor or washing dishes,” says artist Ivan Lam about his latest show, Panorama.
“It’s been five years of exploration, sweat, elation, rejection and fulfilment. Only to realise that my master, who is myself, didn’t make me do it for the sake of torturing me. It was to lay a foundation ... I learnt how to become a better painter and person.”
Judging by the packed opening of Panorama on Wednesday at Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, the chic party afterwards, and the RM40,000 pricetags, Lam’s star in the local arts scene is rising fast. There was even a full-sized highway billboard in the city advertising the show!"
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