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SG60 and the visual arts: Rare LKY bust at heart of Artist’s Proof show exploring Singapore identity
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Culture Story founder Chong Huai Seng (right) and curator Kwok Kian Chow, in front of Sydney Harpley's bust of Lee Kuan Yew and Ming Wong's Merdeka Dream (No. 1).
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SINGAPORE – It begins, like so many Singapore stories, with former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. In 2014, a phone call came from London for art space The Culture Story’s co-founder Chong Huai Seng.
The widow of British sculptor Sydney Harpley was housekeeping. Would he be interested in acquiring the artist’s proof – an artist prototype – of a rare bust of Mr Lee, made with his permission in 1982?
