Tiong stands in front of her work 'Impermanence I' (oil paint, fabric and epoxy on canvas, 2019). Photos: Suma Orientalis
Contemporary artist Tiong Chai Heing has always been fascinated with the life cycle ... of oil palm trees. It's a peculiar choice. However, the 33-year-old has a backstory behind this fascination.
She spent her childhood in an oil palm estate in Yong Peng, a small town in Johor. Her father was a plantation operator.
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