After five decades in art, Malaysian-born artist Tay Eng Chye is sharing works that have remained private for years. (Dinesh Kumar Maganathan @ FMT Lifestyle)PETALING JAYA: “Everybody has desires. It is simply part of being human,” said Tay Eng Chye, rather matter-of-factly.
For an artist whose paintings have long celebrated the tenderness of family life, friendship and human connection, this might seem an unexpected admission. But the 79-year-old is not particularly interested in drawing distinctions between the subjects artists are expected to explore and those they are not.
His latest exhibition, "Unseen / Ob:seen" at AweGallery here, offers a glimpse into this less familiar side of his artistic practice, bringing together more than 30 paintings and etchings from his private archives, some of which have remained unseen for decades.
