Dr. Choong Kam Kow Gallery

Introduction About - Dragon Series

 The Dragon Series is the continuation of Festival Series, The year 2000 happened to be the year of dragon, As an artist, Choong greeted to new millennium with excitement and positive hope. So he used dragon as the motif in his work to greet the new century. He borrowed and reinterpreted the traditional paper cut dragon shape, then incorporate it with a background printed with test taken from a page of the old traditional almanac calendar.  He combined silk-screen test and hand-painted images to express symbolism of dynamic and forwardness manifested by the image of the dragon.

Through the re-interpretation of almanac texts, the shape of legendary  dragon and the application of vibrant colours to manifest the notion that traditional custom still formed an integral part of our (Malaysian Chinese) cultural practice today and the different meanings the dragon symbolized.

 

龙的传统 龙的精神

跨地域 跨时代
中华民族的驱动力

通过通书文字及龙的造型的再处理，再敷以鲜红色调，以表达传统习俗仍是今日文化生活中、所不能或缺的一部分。

 

The Dragon Tradition
The Dragon Spirit

The Region, Cross Era
The Dynamic Force of MAN

Through the re-interpretation of almanac texts, the legendary shape of dragon and the application of vibrant colours to manifest the notion that traditional custom still formed an integral part of our (Malaysian Chinese) cultural practice today.

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