Malaysian MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART ACADEMY: Tan Tong

TAN TONG

Born in 1942, Kajang, Selangor,

Malaysia

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ART EDUCATION

Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux - Arts (ENSBA), Paris

1974 – Diploma Superieur de Art Peinture
1974 – Diploma Superieur d'art Plastique

Profession

Artist - Painter

Awards
1964 – French Government Scholarship - ENSBA, Paris.

1975 – La Foundation Rocheron - ENSBA, Paris.
1991 – Salon Malaysia Consolation Prize (Painting) NAG, Kuala Lumpur.
1997 - Philip Morris '97 Certificate of Recognition NAG, Kuala Lumpur.

Tan Tong graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) in Paris in 1968. He was the chief registrar-cum-senior lecturer of the Malaysian Institute of Art before going full-time artist.

Tan’s special stylistics in his artworks are bright colours and clear forms.

Since the 1960s, Tan has been admiring the works of the 20^th century artist, Pablo Picasso. As such, he has been researching and copying Picasso’s works to create his own unique “simple style”.

His paintings have a mixture of feelings and logic, exuding an ambience of beauty. The colours and forms are created as such to exhibit freshness and brightness, harmony and pleasure to the eye.

Tan believes that his works not only can “please the heart and eyes” but also move people. He wants to portray the pulse of human life, not only about the daily life. As such, we see that his works display fields of activities, where the moon, the sun, human beings and animals are all in motion!

At a time of maturity, an artist’s works do not only exhibit colours and forms but also brimful with life and hope.

画家陈东，1974年巴黎国立艺专毕业，曾任马来西亚艺术学院注册主任兼高级讲师。现为专业画家。

以响亮的色彩和明确的造形在画面发挥功能，是画家陈东的一大特色。

早在60年代，陈东就非常崇拜20世纪艺术大师毕卡索，因此，数十年来都在孜孜不倦的钻研立体画派，画了许多毕卡索的作品，造就了他的“极简”绘画艺术风格。

他的绘画基于感性与理性认识的融合，有抒情的意味，有美丽的排列，就是说他的感性认知受到了理性认知的摆布，使画面效果臻于完美。在造形与色彩的配合，画家对形色的构成和旋律设计方面，永远努力不懈，因此，他的画作永远亮丽新鲜，永远和谐悦目。

陈东认为自己描述的不仅是一个“赏心悦目”的静止状态的画面，而是一个感动的人生。他要描绘人生的脉搏，而非是生活的表面形象。因此，我们可以看到了，他的作品是一个恒动的场合，在那儿，月亮、太阳、人类、动物，都在运作不息。

一位画家，在成熟时期的绘画作品，不仅只为色彩与造形而歌颂，还蕴含了生命与希望的祝福。

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