Exploring Southeast Asia with Chuah Thean Teng

DISCOVER THE WONDERS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA THROUGH ART Exploring Southeast Asia with Chuah Thean Teng takes the reader through the Malaysian batik painters life in Penang, Malaysia, where Chuah opened a batik factory following WWII. Focusing on his life after the closure of his batik factory, we see how Chuah persevered to make art with batik, becoming the father of batik painting. Through Chuahs paintings, readers will learn about the importance of batik in Malaysia's art world as well as the techniques of batik and batik painting. Chuah's artworks were featured in UNESCOs greeting cards in 1989. Readers will also get a glimpse of a Malaysian kampung and a Malaysian way of life.