Kean Onn See Crimson Screen
Artwork Details
2024
Acrylic on carved woodblock
80 x 40cm
About The Artwork
Created for Sarah Birtles Art + Advice, for the 2024 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, these carved and painted wood blocks by the artist, Kean Onn See, were inspired during a visit to Penang, Malaysia.
Drawn, carved and painted on woodblock, the Central Courtyard Series is based on and around the central courtyards of UNESCO World Heritage buildings Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion and Pinang Peranakan Mansion.
Both mansions were built around the 1890s. They were laid out using architectural styles of the Imperial Period, with European features such as louvred windows, Scottish cast iron balustrades, and Stoke-on-Trent (England) ceramic floor tiles, incorporating Chinese elements such as carved wooden panels and screens.
The three panels were created together as a whole. Each panel stands alone also, to reflect the characteristics of Peranakan architecture of the late 19th century
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Kean Onn See
Hailing from Sydney, Kean Onn See is an artist dedicated to the time-consuming practice of painting on carved woodblocks. Heavily inspired by Australian artist, Cressida Campbell and Japanese woodblock prints his work exhibits meticulous attention to detail and uplifting compositions of domestic scenes.
He is an artist who appreciates life’s minutiae - paint brushes and spray bottles, the form of...
