Women's Views on Health, Peace and Development
July 2000
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Singapore Artist at Museum of Tolerance
At the opening of "Liu Kang at 90"
On May 11, an exhibition of the works of Singaporean artist Liu Kang opened at the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The exhibition, "Liu Kang at 90: A Celebration of Singapore's Treasured Artist," is hosted by the Museum of Tolerance and jointly organized by the Singapore Soka Association (SSA). Its sponsors include the Embassy of Singapore, the Singapore American Business Association and the Singapore Tourism Board.
The opening ceremony was attended by more than 500 guests, including representatives from the government offices of Los Angeles and Singapore as well as representatives of SGI-USA and SSA.
"Liu Kang at 90" showcases some 100 of the artist's finest oil and pastel paintings and pencil sketches spanning the seven decades of his career. The artist is renowned for his involvement in the founding of the Nanyang school of painting, a style that reflects the characteristic charm and cultural heritage of the tropics of the South Seas. At this first solo exhibition in the United States, Liu Kang is also showing a special collection of sketches accompanied by commentary of the atrocities the Japanese imperial army committed in Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
