饱满的市井 ，马来西亚 / Gan Chin Lee

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This painting focus on depiction a common phenomenon that happens within Malaysian Chinese teenagers. Throughout the representational  scene of “Yam Cha” (drink tea) culture, we may notice teenagers mystification towards their livelihood and prospect when living under a conservative environment which mainly dominated by partial policies. The worst part is, this policy of containment is limiting teenagers’ growth in Malaysia today. 此画中内容主要想透过马来西亚普遍流行的“喝茶文化”【1】，折射当代华裔青年在此封闭环境与保守国情下的迷失与困惑，反映他们对自己未来发展路线的生存困惑。 此组画面形式乃采取作者眼球视角而使画中主要事物均成透视短缩之状，以期表现作者对青年精神面貌的主观感受，暗喻眼下现象所引起的内在情绪，并企图唤起观者的情绪，以作呼应。同时凭借视觉优于语言的优势来传达更精确的情感波动，用拆解、重整、转化、组合等造型手段来再现画面构成元素，再以统一的视角来统驭一组三张反映不同场合空间的组画，从而表现青年们一致的集体情感特征。 注释： 【1】马来西亚年轻人普遍喜欢晚上出外享用夜宵，尤其热衷到嘛嘛档（mamak stall）/咖啡店（kopitiam）喝茶聊天，往往一坐一两个小时，更甚者三四个小时，谈话内容多为谈论八卦、诉苦、调侃、埋怨政策不公等民生问题，少有人对脚下土地持有归属感，对未来不抱有憧憬之情。大家白天学习或上班，夜晚则变成找娱乐活动，以打发无聊时间，却鲜少有人主动投入学术思想活动及创造文化价值，由此造成整体国民青春与创造力被大量浪费。其中原因也许来自于华族文化与教育受马来主权政府的刻意漠视。 古早年代，喜欢到咖啡店“开讲”、“摆龙门阵”而口沫横飞的族群多为年纪较长的退休人士，因为休闲时间较多，而且累计一定的社会工作经验，接触层面广，故话题随拈随有。如今次风气竟蔓延至对学术文化活动感觉麻木的年轻一代，课余时间极少多花时间自我进修，由于知识与经验有限，且谈吐内容较多涉及负面情绪，因而促使青年逐渐形成一种眼神迷茫、得过且过只求安居乐业过生活的时代精神面貌。     Reunion Island by Gan Chin Lee Oil and jute 152 x 213 cm each 2014 – 2015

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reunion island是我对外籍性工作者与南洋华人的关系的一次记录。’食色性也’、’饮食男女’、’饱暖思淫欲’这几句华文谚语，是华人用以描述他们对饮食与性欲这两个基本欲望的态度。根据我这几年的观察，在地居民普遍存在着排挤外籍劳工的情绪，认为外来人口带来了竞争压力，以及治安问题，影响了原来的社会结构。不过，他们在餐饮与情色这两个层面上的态度，却持着截然相反的态度。这个发现，使我较深入了解人性在面对基本欲望时的弹性准则，也刺激了我创作这幅绘画的欲望。     The Road to Wawasan 2020 by Gan Chin Lee Oil on linen 152.5 x 152.5 cm 2012

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Emotional detachment and physical fragmentation repeatedly occur across Gan Chin Lee’s work. Subtle disturbances through first person perspective and multi panelled images punctuate his narrative sequences to become a collage of painterly sensibility and social observation. Negotiated by the artist’s own personal experiences, his genre paintings reveal the frustrations and hopes of the contemporary Malaysian condition. The Road to Wawasan 2020 references the Malaysian dependence on migrant workers from all over the world to build the country’s major development projects. With the artist observing the scene in the background, he comments that the path to Malaysian progress is ironically built by the hard work of others. – Eva McGovern     . . .     /wp-content/uploads/2015/09/7856c2a83e3708df3ac7f8638419d405.jpg     /wp-content/uploads/2015/09/c83891a5721adf8f0a16733b42cc5042.jpg     /wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f34b3125ec886cfd1ba8f870b54e0488.jpg

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