Tan Chin-Kuan
Malaysia—“Stage-art of Tragedy”
Exhibition

Tan Chin-Kuan was born in 1966 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and held his first solo exhibition in Japan at the age of 24. At the time the artist stated, “I [employ] a large picture plane, a sense of three-dimensionality and the colors of the solid earth, and try to make people attracted to the painting and reduce the distance between the audience and the picture.” (As cited in Shibata Katsunori’s contribution to the exhibition catalogue.) The exhibition featured 16 artworks, and the installation combining two- and three-dimensional elements entranced visitors through a formal apparatus/device that evoked stage design. This was the fourth traveling exhibition in the “Asian Artist Today—Fukuoka Annual” series.
Dates & Venue (Fukuoka) |
December 11, 1990–February 11, 1991 |
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Fukuoka Art Museum | |
(Tokyo) | March 7–21, 1991 |
The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center Gallery | |
Curators | Shibata Katsunori (Assistant Curator, Fukuoka Art Museum) Nakamura Hideki (Art Critic) |
Artists | Tan Chin-Kuan |
Organizers | Fukuoka Art Museum; The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center |
Support | Fukuoka Fukuoka Art Foundation |
Notes | Series Title: Asian Artist Today—Fukuoka Annual Ⅳ (Fukuoka Art Museum) |
Catalogue

Tan Chin-Kuan: Malaysia—“Stage-art of Tragedy”
Edited by Fukuoka Art Museum
- Publisher:
Fukuoka: Fukuoka Art Museum
- Year:
1990
- Total Number of Pages:
32
- Size:
27 cm
- Series Title
Asian Artist Today—Fukuoka Annual; 4
- Language:
Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
- NCID:
BA62095407
[Contents]
p. 5 | Foreword |
p. 7 | A Successful Painting Must Be One Which Is Shockingly Impressive |
p. 9 | Plates: 1987–1988 |
p. 16 | Plates: 1989–1990 |
p. 27 | Stage-Art of Tragedy |
p. 30 | Biography |
p. 31 | Selected Bibliography / List of Works |
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