A Triumphant Come Back: Cheah Yew Saik

By Ooi Kok Chuen

January 2020 PENANG PALETTE
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Cheah Yew Saik giving a speech.
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THINGS happen for a reason – a popular adage which has been variously attributed to luminaries from Albert Schweitzer to Marilyn Monroe.For art-educationist-artist-activist Cheah Yew Saik @ Chia Ah Yoke, the period around June 2002 was his darkest hour and a life-changing turning point. He reclaimed himself as an Artist with a capital “A” and the array of large works in his Retrospective at the Penang State Art Gallery reflect his accomplishments in skills, input and manifestations.Still, having to resign...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

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