I was born in Taiping ,the first town which had a railway station in Malaya.In 1885 the British built it from Taiping to Port Weld.I lived near the station where i was brought up my grandmother. Living near by the train station we'd hear the sounds of the train and sometimes the sound of the train meant it was time to go to sleep,time to be in the house,time to stop playing outside. That is my nostalgic view of my childh
ood days. Most of those memories were my inspirations that I transform into forms of my sculpture.Journey series was a series of railway tracks/tunnel/carriages like forms.The forms represents symbols of separation, migration,obligation,direction and ambition.
"Retrospect " is a significant work that rewarded me with a prize in the Young Contemporary Art Competition.It is a wall installation which consists of little boxes or "carriages "forged from patinated copper and scrap metal.It was the continuation of my Journey series ,based on my childhood memories of living in the historical railway town of taiping.
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