The first thing visitors see upon entering National Gallery Singapore's latest exhibition is a small red painting, 31 by 21cm, a portrait of the artist as a young man staring intensely straight at the viewer.
The self-portrait from the 1950s by Malaysian batik artist Chuah Thean Teng was the very first artwork to be registered in Singapore's National Collection of visual art.
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