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| It was intended to mirror the industrial beauty. The Shaped Canvas series covers the year 1968 to 1972. The efforts represent Dr Choong's response to the call of science and technology in the nation in search of progress and development at that time. The idea to join several small canvases to form the shaped canvases is to symbolize the notion of assembly system in the then contract manufacture industry in the 1960's and 1970's in Malaysia. The hard-edged configurations also mirror the notion of precision beauty in industry. For this reason, the gestural marks and strokes were deliberately eliminated. Instead, clean surface, complimentary colours and geometric shapes were employed to create optical illusion which gave an exciting visual phenomenal. The notion of "colour is shape and shape is colour" was deftly pursued. |
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在这系列中「色彩即形态」而「形态即色彩」是工艺系統及工业美的反映。 多边形系列创作于 1968 至 1972 年间，試图以创作去表述 他对国家致力推动发展工艺的响应。以类似工厂中的组装系统手法，把小件画作拼组成多边的造型，这些以准确的的硬边画面和平塗色彩的构图，反映了工业美及系统的准確性之美。在表现手法上，刻意把画面上的笔触和色调变化予以免除，僅以干净利落的方形和长方形的几何图形及互补色，去产生视觉上可前可后的幻觉构成，並充份运用色彩的前进或后退的幻觉功能去营造模拟兩可的形态和空间关系。 把「色彩即形态」而「形态即色彩」的概念充分发挥而营造了震撼性的視觉效果。 |
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| Illusion | Display of Form | |
| 1969 | 1969 | |
| Emulsion on canvas | Emulsion on canvas | |
| 122 x 122 cm | 152 x 122 cm | |
| National Art Gallery Collection | Artist Collection | |
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| Vibration | Monumental | |
| 1969 | 1969 | |
| Emulsion on canvas | Emulsion on canvas | |
| 213 x 152 cm | 183 x 122 cm | |
| National Art Gallery Collection | Artist Collection | |
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| 3 Classified Collectors | Distorted | |
| 1970 | 1970 | |
| Emulsion on canvas | Acrylic | |
| 153 x 276 cm | 122 x 122 cm | |
| Guangdong Museum of Art, China Collection | Shah Alam Art Gallery Collection | |
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| Projection | Advancing & Receding | |
| 1970 | 1971 | |
| Emulsion on canvas | Emulsion on canvas | |
| 244 x 122 cm | 122 x 163 cm | |
| Artist Collection | Artist Collection | |
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| Mighty Projection | Integrated | |
| 1971 | 1971 | |
| Emulsion on canvas | Acrylic on canvas | |
| 155 x 122 cm | 153 x 153 x 5-10 cm (h) | |
| Artist Collection | Shah Alam Art Space Collection | |
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| Volumes in Flight | Paradox | |
| 1972 | 1972 | |
| Emulsion on canvas | Acrylic on canvas | |
| 152 x 152 cm | 183 x 183 cm (approx.) | |
| Artist Collection | Shah Alam Art Space Collection | |
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| Alternation | Volumic Display | |
| 1969 | 1982 | |
| Acrylic & emulsion on canvas | Acrylic on canvas | |
| 152.5 x 213.5 cm (approx.) | 122 x 183 cm (approx.) | |
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| Dynamic Projection | ||
| 1983 | ||
| Acrylic on canvas | ||
| 152.5 x 183 cm (approx.) | ||
