Published by Verlag für moderne Kunst. Text by Ingried Brugger, Bettina M. Busse.
In the fragmented, almost ornate paintings of Vienna-based Malaysian artist Thean Chie Chan (born 1972), skulls, hands, eyes and heads hover in space or against a hellish abyss. Gathered here, Chan’s paintings draw on the visual rhetoric of Bacon, Picasso and Piero.