The solo exhibition Equilibrium, will be held simultaneously in ART SEASONS Gallery and Richard Koh Fine Art Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Moving away from evident figuration, Perng Fey’s new abstract works are informed by his experience of living in Beijing. The ancient metropolis’s urban landscape and inner-city exterior structures and features such as rough walls, corroded cement constructions and graffiti marks that are created slowly over time by natural forces and human intervention are some of the main inspirations.

These tactile, richly coloured works are created through the acts of image erasure and layering and visually echo the façades of the urban built environment as well as the process of palimpsest. The building-up of surfaces and layers of paint as well as their gradual subtraction allude to the historical development of cities and to the passing of time. Composed of reflective enamel and oil paint on linen, these gestural works, apart from being richly coloured reflect the colours and light of their surroundings thus their formal appearance are slightly altered when placed in different environments.

Image: © Wong Perng Fey
Courtesy of the artist and Richard Koh Fine Art