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Lui Cheng Thak illustrates a section of a town in Kuala Lumpur with an emotive depiction of iconic streets filled with crowds and eateries. A sight still common today, the artist captures a place that has stood the test of time. Nostalgic renditions of life featuring interactions of people and their immediate surroundings were expressed on canvas. Cheng Thak has been a fulltime artist ever since he graduated from Kuala Lumpur College of Art in 1989. His forte is with extolling the architectural heritage as livable abodes and in his own inimitable style of lush grandeur and romance. He also paints about the disappearing trades such as the itinerant roti man or pasembur hawker. He held his first solo called As I Was Passing at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur in 1997 and among recent, Jalan-Jalan 2, was held at PinkGuy Gallery in 2022, and Festive Seasons at the same gallery in 2023. His works are held in the collection of corporations, hotels and private collectors.