Tang Kwong San's "Roostock" is Reviewed by Samwai Lam for MING'S November 2024 Issue.
Exerpt from the feature:
On Tang Kwong San's creative journey, the most important group of works are related to his mother. Palmistry I (2024) and Palmistry II (2024) depict a leather glove he found in his mother's closet. Due to repeated use, it has formed palm lines. "Some people say you can see a person's life through their palm lines. Another reason I draw hands is because I was born with some disfiguration in my hand. When I was young, my classmates would laugh and say they look like monster hands. My mom was the same, and I feel like she passed on something to me, even my physical attrubutes relate to her."
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MING'S November 2024 Issue
November 7, 2024
