Dr Foo Yong Kong - Artist Info

About Dr Foo Yong Kong

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Foo Yong Kong, Kong Dr Yong Foo, Foo Yong Kong
  • Biography

    Dr. Foo Yong Kong’s artworks exhibit strong life force, freedom and an indomitable spirit. He stresses on the saturation of colours and deftness within the brush strokes. His artistic practice is a conflation of Chinese calligraphy and western abstract expressionism. In his work 'Grand Mountain', sumptuous overlapping colours and textures are interwoven through meandering brushstrokes, forming a unified and expressive composition.

    Dr. Foo Yong Kong graduated from the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA) in 1970, and received the doctorate of Art Philosophy from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in 2003. He had acquired multiple awards while studying in the MIA, including the Grand Prize of All Malaysian Art...

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