Cultural Practice & Heritage 文化传承与习俗 - Online Art Gallery



Dr Choong was born and educated in Malaysia, and furthered his studies in Taiwan and USA. As such, he has been fully exposed to Malay, Chinese and Western cultures in his pursuit of life. In the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society of Malaysia, he treasured and enjoyed in preserving his ancestral heritage and cultural practice. His interpretation of cultural practice and values through the visual means may be seen in his Dragon and Kungfu series of works. The Dragon series conveyed the message that "THE DRAGON TRADITION AND SPIRIT HAS BEEN TRANVERSING REGIONS AND CROSSING ERA TO REMAIN AS THE DYNAMIC FORCE OF MAN". On the hand, the portrayal of body movements and postures of manipulating the qi or energy during kungfu practices together with the incorporation of the kungfu manual texts (either in static form or running calligraphy) is to express a kind of visual dynamics and the associated meanings, the Oriental thought and spirit, in his Kungfu.
锺博士在马来西亚土生土长，在本国接受教育后到台湾和美国深造。对马来西亚，西方文化和中华文化均有深入的认知和承传。在马来西亚多元族群，多元文化的社会里仍然可以承传本身的文化和习俗，至为珍惜和感到欣慰。他对文化传承和习俗的视觉阐释和表述，充分的体現在（1）龙的系列和（2）功夫系列中。龙的系列所表达的是 “龙的传统 , 龙的精神 , 跨地域 , 跨时代 , 是中华民族的驱动力”。功夫系列对各种少林和太极运气动作与姿态的表述，并加入随意书法和印刷文字，是要表现一种深邃的文化象征和内涵。把少林和太极运气技法转变为活力冲动的视觉形态，让少林和太极精神在画面流露，以表达东方思维与精神。