Galloping full speed into the Year of the Ox, art collectors Saniza Othman and Michael Yong-Haron hosted a private viewing of
Nature as Teacher and Model, an exhibition dedicated to Yong Mun Sen, a renowned Malaysian artist and Yong-Haron’s grandfather.
The February 19 event was a collaboration between the Singaporean and Malaysian chambers of commerce, the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre, M+ museum and the Michael & Saniza Collection, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting contemporary Chinese ink artists and furthering the development of female artists in Asia.
Held at the penthouse suite of Malaysia Building on Gloucester Road in Wan Chai, the exhibition showcased 26 works by Yong, including charcoal drawings, and watercolour and Chinese brush paintings. The highlight of the evening was Yong’s masterwork oil-on-canvas painting of two fisherman mending nets, evoking Gauguin in its colour and structure.