Balance: A Year in Reflection

Liew Mei Toong

 

 

October 26 — November 9, 2023
Artist Reception
October 26 | 5 PM
Galerie Stephanie
Unit 4021 East Wing, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA cor. Shaw Boulevard, 1552 Mandaluyong, Philippines

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For Liew Mei Toong, 2023 has been a balancing act. As she returns to Galerie Stephanie, “Balance: A Year in Reflection” returns inwards as it revisits the past year.

 

Peace
23 x 20 inches
Gouache, acrylic, crayon on watercolor paper
2023

 

This much is revealed in her artistic expressions, which we find now articulated with greater degrees of symmetry and contrast. For Mei Toong, repetition provides a form of art therapy, offering an outlet for her uninhibited subconscious, free of overthinking. And with each brushstroke and crayon mark, she pours out total abandon, just as she has and continues to let both painful and beautiful memories course through her and shape her.

 

Peace
23 x 20 inches
Gouache, acrylic, crayon on watercolor paper
2023

 

Whisper
20 x 28 inches
Gouache and acrylic on paper
2023