Author Description

Cheong Soo Pieng was a pioneer artist who created visually fresh pictures of Southeast Asia's landscapes and peoples. By integrating the artistic traditions of both the East and the West, Cheong Soo Pieng was a visionary who broke new ground in the way the tropics were portrayed. Cheong Soo Pieng: Visions of Southeast Asia pays tribute to and celebrates the life and work of a brilliant artist whose works from painting to sculpture and mixed media single him out as the most versatile and experimental artist of his generation. Never before have Cheong Soo Pieng's works been so comprehensively and beautifully reproduced in book form. Amongst the 199 illustrations, including old photographs and sketches from private collections never-before revealed to the public, this compendium contains insights into his life and art, illuminating much that is hitherto unknown about this extraordinary and influential man.