PORTRAIT
Contextual Pointilism
By comparison with or relation to socio-cultural and historical aspects of the 'points', component and the person of a portrait, Ng makes portraits with contextual circumstances that connect a diversity of cultures and time.
 Chairman Mao |  Queen Elizabeth II1960s’ European stickpin badges on canvas<br/>
109x162cm<br/>
2016.<br/>
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“I have to be seen to be believed.” - Queen Elizabeth II |
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 Mao ZedongVintage European stickpin badges on canvas<br/>
183x111cm<br/>
2013.<br/>
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Mao Zedong was the principal Chinese military leader, who was a part of revolutionary change in 20th-century China.
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"We are not only good at destroying the old world, we are also good at building the new." - Mao Zedong |  Audrey Hepburn1960s' Stickpin Badges on Canvas<br/>
170 x 102 cm<br/>
2012.<br/>
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Audrey Hepburn, star of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, was one of Hollywood’s greatest fashion icons and one of the world’s most successful actresses.
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"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘ I’m possible’!" - Audrey Hepburn |
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 Audrey Hepburn1960s’ European stickpin badges on canvas<br/>
104x138cm<br/>
2015.<br/>
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“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” Audrey Hepburn |  Che GuevaraWooden clothespin on frame<br/>
164x122cm<br/>
2012.<br/>
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Che Guevara was a revolutionary who aided Fidel Castro in overturning the Cuban government.
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"Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes." - Che Guevara |
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 John F. KennedyWooden Number tokens on frame<br/>
172x117cm<br/>
2014.<br/>
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John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president managed to secure Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. On November 22, 1963, he was assassinated in a motorcade in Texas and he died at the age of 46.
"Thing do not happen. Things are made to happen."
- John F. Kennedy |  Queen Elizabeth II |
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 Windshield Wiper and EinsteinMixed media on wood<br/>
123x154cm<br/>
2015.<br/>
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Mary Anderson invented her manual windshield wiper after her visit to New York City in a frosty day and she patented her design in 1903.
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In 1905, Albert Einstein brought the seemingly unrelated elements, time, space, mass and energy together, first in the concept of space-time and immediately thereafter in the world’s most famous equation, E = mc2. He completed his theory of special relativity. |  John LennonHong Kong generic stamps on frame<br/>
144x118cm<br/>
2014.<br/>
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Famed musician, John Lennon founded the Beatles, a band which had unparalleled impacts on music world.
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"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot." - John Lennon |
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 Chairman Mao |  Princess DianaOil on canvas<br/>
120x153cm<br/>
2015.<br/>
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“Only do what your heart tells you.” - Princess Diana |
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 Queen Elizabeth II |  Marilyn MonroeOil on canvas<br/>
170x102cm<br/>
2015.<br/>
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Film actress, Marilyn Monroe became one of the world’s biggest sexy symbol.
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." - Marilyn Monroe |
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 Elizabeth TaylorOil on canvas<br/>
146x182cm<br/>
2015.<br/>
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“I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.”
- Elizabeth Taylor |
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