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A point of view. Reality is an enigma, even simplified and graphic without shadows. Here, the real and the reflected images of the double faces form a conundrum made more perplexing by a strip of land and calcified water, looking amusingly like a Mexican sombrero. So, what does this lark of surrealism amount to? The serenity, the silence, the poetry and the complexity of it all… A reflection on the relationship between human and nature, the past and present. This is a rare masterpiece of absolute quality. Khoo Sui Hoe will always be known as the spiritual leader of the Alpha Group (1977) whose influence spans across the causeway. His high point was when he was given a Retrospective in 2007 by the Penang State Art Gallery. Called The Painted World of Khoo Sui Hoe, it cemented his professional career since he graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1961. He followed it up with a mini-retrospective at The Art Gallery Penang (2013) and Wisma Kebudayaan Soka Gakkai Malaysia (2017). He furthered his studies at Pratt in New York under the John D. Rockefeller III Fund award. He helmed the Alpha Gallery in Singapore (1972) and then again in Penang (2004), under Alpha Utara. Many of his early works are currently on display at the prestigious National Gallery Singapore at prominent positions.