{"product_id":"may-oon-portrait-of-lee-kuan-yew-2009","title":"May Oon, Portrait of Lee Kuan Yew, 2009","description":"\u003cdiv data-controllers-bound=\"ProductItemVariants,ProductCartButton\" class=\"ProductItem-details-checkout\" data-controller=\"ProductItemVariants,ProductCartButton\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1738811141045_129\" data-animation-role=\"content\" class=\"ProductItem-product-price preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1738811141045_128\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" class=\"ProductItem-details-excerpt ProductItem-details-excerpt-below-price\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-controllers-bound=\"ProductCartButton,ProductItemVariants\" class=\"ProductItem-details-checkout\" data-controller=\"ProductItemVariants,ProductCartButton\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1738811760315_129\" data-animation-role=\"content\" class=\"ProductItem-product-price preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-mark sold-out\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-controller=\"ProductItemVariants,ProductCartButton\" class=\"ProductItem-details-checkout\" data-controllers-bound=\"ProductItemVariants,ProductCartButton\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductItem-product-price preFade fadeIn\" data-animation-role=\"content\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1738812356691_129\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-price\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCharcoal on paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e84 x 59 cm, 114 x 89 x 4 cm (framed)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductItem-details-excerpt ProductItem-details-excerpt-below-price\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1738812356691_128\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExhibited: “Father of Modern Singapore”, Evil Empires, Singapore, November 2010.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMay Oon was a journalist in Singapore and in Hong Kong. She started painting at 40, and exclusively works with oil and charcoal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I often use photographs as the source or object of my paintings. Transforming photographs into paintings seems to allow me to create tension and ambiguity, as well as to suggest a whole range of meanings and narratives.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eNostalgia can also be said to underlie Oon’s works, as seen by her first show which featured Peranakan culture in the past, or her paintings of the Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in the 60s to the 70s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Photographed October 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Art Again","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779858792813,"sku":null,"price":9000.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/4159\/2941\/files\/DSC08444.jpg?v=1738812416","url":"https:\/\/artagain.co\/products\/may-oon-portrait-of-lee-kuan-yew-2009","provider":"Art Again","version":"1.0","type":"link"}