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The mere ordinariness of a moment of an ordinary enough ‘action’ as sitting down half-naked and flipping through a book or a magazine, can pose multiple meanings in an Anthonie Chong post-PIA (Perak Institute of Art) canvas. There is the ennui, or a feeling of curiosity or jadedness. There’s a slouchy gesture with one hand behind the chair’s back as the evidently tall chap, even when seated down, peruse the content of the pages, which looks like images. Are they something arty, a Life magazine spread perhaps, or maybe something more salacious. But the whole painting is about the mood evoked, the action is just a distraction. It is undoubtedly one of the best pieces painted by the artist in 1990s.