Lok Ek Sem Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1956 -

Sem graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art at the now-defunct Kuala Lumpur College of Art. His first solo was at Galeri Maybank in 1994. From 1995 to 2000, he was with the Singapore-based Opera Gallery, and later his works are shown in the Artique Fine Art in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. Loh Ek Sem is known for his kampung denizens with tiny heads and disproportionately huge body frames and elongated limbs with everything crooked like the Crooked House nursery rhyme. He is especially active in solos during the 1990s, at Art Salon Kuala Lumpur in 1994 and 1996.

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        • Loh Ek Sem (b. 1956) A Relaxing Noon, 1994
          Mar. 24, 2019

          Loh Ek Sem (b. 1956) A Relaxing Noon, 1994

          Est: RM2,500 - RM4,500

          Known for his kampung scenery and unique figures with small heads, broad shoulders and stretched arms, Ek Sem never fails to highlight the hidden gems of a village life. Depicted in the scene is a couple enjoying the afternoon bliss whilst the man in kain pelikat strumming away his guitar and the girl in pink dress seems to be dancing to its beats accompanied by an ombre butterfly. Love is in the air! Life is more carefree and laidback when living in a village. Ek Sem seems to have diversified. He holds the Guinness World Record for the Largest Pin Art incorporating 3.7 million map pins with 22 different colours. The work measures 9.35m x 6.7m. He has also done larger works, like one titled Peranakan Tea Ceremony, measuring 880cm x 675cm! Ek Sem graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art at the Kuala Lumpur College of Art. His first solo was at Galeri Maybank in 1994. From 1995 to 2000, he was with the Singapore-based Opera Gallery, and later his works are shown at a gallery in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. 92 x 92cm

          Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
        • LOH EK SEM (b. 1956) QUIET MOMENTS, 1996, Acrylic on canvas
          Apr. 23, 2017

          LOH EK SEM (b. 1956) QUIET MOMENTS, 1996, Acrylic on canvas

          Est: RM7,000 - RM12,000

          Loh Ek Sem is known for his kampung denizens with tiny heads and disproportionately huge body frames and elongated limbs with everything crooked like the Crooked House nursery rhyme. He is especially active in solos during the 1990s, at Art Salon Kuala Lumpur in 1994 and 1996. There are two strands to his oeuvre, namely one in acrylic on canvas and the other more uniquely, on carved handmade cast-paper. This 1996 work is obviously from his Kampung Idyll exhibition in 1997. The work is dominated by two woman, one framed by the window casement fascinated by two birds on a fish trap put out to dry, and the other outside tending to a pot of plant, watching over a kid playing with a cat. In the Henry Butcher Nov 6 auction, a work, Back From the Sea (1996) by Sem, as he is more popularly known as, scored RM10,976.Sem seems to have diversified. He holds the Guinness World Record for the Largest Pin Art incorporating 3.7 million map pins with 22 different colours. The work measures 9.35m x 6.7m. He has also done larger works, like one titled Peranakan Tea Ceremony, measuring 880cm x 675cm! Sem graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art at the now-defunct Kuala Lumpur College of Art. His first solo was at Galeri Maybank in 1994. From 1995 to 2000, he was with the Singapore-based Opera Gallery, and later his works are shown in the Artique Fine Art in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

          Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
        • Lok Ek Sem (B. Johor, 1956) Mother & Daugther
          Mar. 12, 2017

          Lok Ek Sem (B. Johor, 1956) Mother & Daugther

          Est: RM800 - RM2,200

          Lok Ek Sem Mother & Daugther Paper casting 25 x 30 cm

          KLAS Art Auction
        • LOK EK SEM (b. 1956) Back From The Sea, 1996, Acrylic on canvas
          Nov. 06, 2016

          LOK EK SEM (b. 1956) Back From The Sea, 1996, Acrylic on canvas

          Est: RM10,000 - RM15,000

          Loh Ek Sem is known for his papercast handmade paintings and his mannered oversized or downsized figures with long necks and elongated limbs. This one on a fisherman's return and showing his small haul to his wife, is on acrylic on canvas.A graduate of the Lumpur College of Art (Fine Art diploma), Ek Sem holds the Guinness World of Record for the Largest Pin Art, which is made up of 3.7 million map pins with 22 different colours, with the work measuring 9.35m x 6.7m. He has also a work, on the Peranakan Tea Ceremony, which measures 880cm x 675cm. After his first solo at Galeri Maybank, Kuala Lumpur, in 1994, Ek Sem followed it up with another at Art Salon called Kampung Idyll in 1997. He was with the Singapore-based Opera Gallery in 1995-2000. Later exhibitions were at the Artique Fine Art in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

          Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
        • LOK EK SEM (B. Johor, 1956) 'Mother & Daugther'
          Apr. 24, 2016

          LOK EK SEM (B. Johor, 1956) 'Mother & Daugther'

          Est: RM1,200 - RM2,500

          Signed and Inscribed "11/100 Mother & Daughter Lok Ek Sem" on bottom of paper

          KLAS Art Auction
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