ISBN: PB: 9789810910914
Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore
July 2005
48 pp.
25,4x18,4 cm
PB:
14.00 GBP
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Warm Nights, Deathless Days
The Life of Georgette Chen
"Warm Nights, Deathless Days: The Life of Georgette Chen" is Eisner-nominated comic artist Sonny Liew's response to the legacy of one of Singapore's most prominent pioneer artists Georgette Chen (1906-1993). The result is a moving portrait of Chen's life, thoughts, and dreams, a charming chronicle of her days as a precocious young painter to her winning of Singapore's prestigious Cultural Medallion in 1982. Richly illustrated in a soft, milky palette, the comic captures the quiet space of art and friendship that Chen sheltered amid a turbulent backdrop of political turmoil and personal hardship.