artcommune proudly presents this new exhibition focussing on the landscape and figure paintings of Singapore pioneer artist, Fan Chang Tien (1907, Jieyang, China – 1987, Singapore). As a conduit between the haipai tradition in China and the burgeoning art scene in Singapore, Fan was essential in providing Singaporean artists an alternative mode of modernist ink expression in the early Singapore art scene. Amongst his notable students are Nai Swee Leng, Lim Kay Hiong, Tan Oe Pang, Henri Chen Kezhan, Lim Cher Eng, and Chua Ek Kay. The exhibition features 16 ink works that were mostly completed in the period of 1960s-1980s. Viewed together, they illuminate Fan’s cultivation of an authentic literati spirit through his practice as well as training of younger artists in Nanyang.

Artist: Fan Chang Tien

Artwork Credit: 夕阳 漫步, Scholar Strolling at Dusk