LAI LOONG SUNG
b. Selangor, 1944

NIGHT STALL, 1972

Signed, dated and inscribed (bottom)
Woodblock print on paper, edition 6 of 10
39 cm x 51.5 cm

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黎农生
生于雪兰莪，1944年

夜茶档, 1972

艺术家签名、纪年及题款（下）
纸本木刻版画，版本 6/10
39 cm x 51.5 cm

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Born 1944 in Selangor, Lai Loong Sung graduated from the Kuala Lumpur College of Art in 1970, where he taught as a lecturer for 10 years. He has become a full-time artist since 1998, with painting media ranging from woodblock print, oil painting, and Chinese ink. In particular, his woodcut prints and sketches had won in a competition organised by the National Visual Arts Gallery in Malaysia.

Lai's solo exhibition was first held in Kuala Lumpur in 1977. After that, he has held further solo exhibitions in Johor, Malacca, and Kuala Lumpur. In 2013, he was even invited twice to held solo exhibitions in China. His artworks were displayed in overseas exhibitions such as the "2015 Art Kaohsiung" Expo and other countries like Italy and Australia.

As a young news editor at that time, Lai's early artworks reflect a critical perspective towards society and dark reality. However, his trip to Europe and a profoundly painful experience during the 1980s inspired him to embrace the concept of "Surrealism" and philosophical themes of "Space, Time & Life". You can also observe a fusion of East and West in his artworks due to the artist's mastery in Chinese Calligraphy.

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黎农生于1970年从吉隆坡美术学院毕业，在该院传授艺术有十年之久。他从1998年起成为全职画家，作画媒介涵盖版画、油画以及水墨。其版画和速写曾在马来西亚国家视觉艺术画廊举办的比赛中获奖。

1977年，黎农生在吉隆坡举行了第一场个人展览，之后也持续在柔佛、马六甲、吉隆坡等地举办个展。2013年，他更是两次受邀到中国举行个展。黎农生的艺术品亦曾受邀在国外，如意大利、澳洲等国家展示，包括2015年的《高雄艺术博览会》。

或许是因本职为新闻编辑的缘故，黎农生的画作前期多为写实地描绘社会问题和残酷现实。然而，1980年代在欧洲旅游时受到流传千年的西方绘画启发，以及随后经历的挫折刺激，促使他转变画风并融合超现实主义，于作画中探索《时空 . 生命》的真谛。黎农生对中国书法的造诣亦可在其东西合璧的作品里窥见一二。

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38.6 x 51 cm