Kean Thai Yeoh Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Kean Thai Yeoh Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 19, 2023
Yeoh Kean Thai (b. 1966) Composition Series Ii, 1995
Est: RM7,000 - RM12,000
A message on decay, discardment, separation, global amalgamation and search for identity laid out in one canvas. Thai foresees the consequences of a consumerist society, often consuming at random and accumulating a deceptive numerical net worth and seeks to use his works as a sign of warning of what is to come. Presented here is an amalgamation of various corroded metal such as wheel, tin (Milo), chains, interweaved among other items. Painted in a dexterous manner, Yeoh Kean Thai captures the colours and porous surface texture of rust against a white background. A graduate of Kuala Lumpur College of Art (1989-1992), Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Philip Morris Art Award in 1997, the Freeman Fellowship in 2008, the same year he exhibited at the Beijing Olympics and the Commonwealth Award - International Art Residency. He has been creating works in relation to metal and rust ever since he won the Philip Morris award in 1997. The award-winning piece was tediously completed in less than a year. Having to research on the oxidation process and progression of rust, he patiently experimented and monitored the decomposition while cutting, sculpting and composing the metal pieces with only regular pliers and his own bare hands. He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York's Asian Art Week in 2008. His solo exhibitions included Code Red, Action to Neutralise (2011); Crossing (2008) and Links (2007). He has participated in a number of group exhibitions namely Truth & Fiction Are Not Strangers, Tribes Gallery, New York, USA (2011); Asian Overview Roma, Villa De Santis, Rome, Italy (2009); Paths Of Thought, Gallery Il Ramo d'oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005).
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Nov. 06, 2022
Yeoh Kean Thai (b. Penang, 1966) Manipulated Form #10; #11, 2000
Est: RM3,500 - RM6,000
This set of 2 works presents a lively dimensional play of lines, exploring the effects of visual perception. The artist illustrates with detail a fine depiction of still life comprised of traditional antiques and obsolete items, with a warm and nostalgic atmosphere. Hints of brown colours were used to enhance the rusty oxidised effect on the objects. Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award (Malaysia), the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and the Commonwealth Award â International Artist Residency (2009). His solo exhibitions include Code Red: Action to Neutralise, SGFA Gallery Residence, Kuala Lumpur (2011) and Links, SGFA, The Private Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2007). His group exhibitions include Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005), International Asian Art Fair, Park Avenue, New York (2008), Paths of Thought, Gallery II Ramo d'oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Vermont Studio Center Show, Vermont, USA (2008). He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York's Asian Art week in 2008.
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Oct. 03, 2021
YEOH KEAN THAI : Rearranged, 2011
Est: RM6,800 - RM9,500
Yeoh Kean Thai is internationally recognised through his prestigious awards including the Philip Morris Art Award, the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and the Commonwealth Award – International Artist Residency (2009). His works embody an artistic language to comment on environment, social identity and individual introspection. Kean Thai is a multifaceted artist who dabbles in metal sculptures, canvases and larger public art installations. His favourite subject on canvas works are metal and he intertwined his life story with his artistic expression as well as social remarks. In Rearranged, Yeoh tastefully transforms the unpleasantness of rust into a work of art. As one who appreciates the natural order and finds beauty in it.
KLAS Art Auction
Mar. 15, 2020
Yeoh Kean Thai (b. Penang, 1966) Liner Series — Eco, 2016
Est: RM2,000 - RM3,500
Liner Series — Eco presents a lively dimensional play of lines, exploring the dimension between inner and outer space. His works call to attention for the conservation of the global environment, where natural landscape is corrupted by human development and intervention. The artist illustrates with detail a fine depiction of still life comprised of a traditional oil lamp, with an environmentally themed message embedded in the work. Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award (Malaysia), the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and the Commonwealth Award - International Artist Residency (2009). His solo exhibitions include Code Red: Action to Neutralise, SGFA Gallery Residence, Kuala Lumpur (2011) and Links, SGFA, The Private Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2007). His group exhibitions include Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005), International Asian Art Fair, Park Avenue, New York (2008), Paths Of Thought, Gallery II Ramo d’oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Vermont Studio Center Show, USA (2008). He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York’s Asian Art week in 2008.
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Nov. 24, 2019
YEOH KEAN THAI : Faded Glory, 2017
Est: RM7,000 - RM12,000
Yeoh Kean Thai was born in 1966. Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award (Malaysia), the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and most recently, the Commonwealth Award - International Artist Residency (2009). His solo exhibitions include Code Red: Action to Neutralise, SGFA Gallery Residence, Kuala Lumpur (2011) and Links, SGFA, The Private Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2007). The artist was featured during New York’s Asian Art week in 2008, (making him the first artist from Malaysia to attend the event). More notable works were also exhibited back at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Thai is a multifaceted artist who dabbles in metal sculptures, canvases and larger public art installations. His favourite subject on canvas works are metal and he intertwines his life story with his artistic expression as well as social remarks. Entitled ‘Faded Glory, 2017’, this work prominently features vintage, nostalgic coal lamps – probably inherited from his ancestors. The coal lamps are as its moniker reveals, worn-out due to its quotidian use for light, way back when.
KLAS Art Auction
Sep. 29, 2019
YEOH KEAN THAI Rustic Charm, 2018
Est: RM2,000 - RM4,000
"Yeoh Kean Thai is internationally recognised through his prestigious awards including the Phillip Moris Art Award, the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and the Commonwealth Award - International Artist Residency (2009). His works embodies an artistic language to comment on environment, social identity and individual introspection."
KLAS Art Auction
Mar. 24, 2019
Yeoh Kean Thai (b. 1966) Untitled, 2001
Est: RM12,000 - RM20,000
The unique aesthetics of corroded and oxidized metal is seen as a hallmark feature in Yeoh Kean Thaiâs work. The portrayal of rust calls to attention for the conservation of the global environment, where natural landscape is corrupted by human development and intervention. The artist depicts with astonishing detail a fine selection of still life comprised of discarded coal irons and traditional oil lamps, with polished treatment of layers to enhance the texture of rust. Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award (Malaysia), the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and most recently, the Commonwealth Award - International Artist Residency (2009). His solo exhibitions include Code Red: Action to Neutralise, SGFA Gallery Residence, Kuala Lumpur (2011) and Links, SGFA, The Private Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2007). His group exhibitions include Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005), International Asian Art Fair, Park Avenue, New York (2008), Paths of Thought, Gallery II Ramo dâoro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Vermont Studio Center Show, Vermont, USA (2008). He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New Yorkâs Asian Art week in 2008. 34 x 186cm; 91.5 x 91.5cm; 91.5 x 91.5cm
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Oct. 28, 2018
YEOH KEAN THAI (b. 1966) Untitled, 1998
Est: RM3,000 - RM5,000
Yeoh Kean Thai has a knack of simulating antiquated and rusty objects in his art through studies on metal rust decomposition and the oxidation process. Educated in art at the Kuala Lumpur College of Art (1989-1992), Kean Thai was awarded the Vermont Studio Centre residency in the United States in 2008 and took part in the Tashkent Biennale in Uzbekistan in 2005. He was featured in the Asian Art Week in New York in 2008 and 2009. He was also the winner of the Commonwealth Art Prize. His solos included Links (2007), Crossing (2008) and Code Red: Action To Neutralise (2011).
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Jan. 28, 2018
Yeoh Kean Thai (B. Penang, Malaysia, 1966) Ambience, 2017
Est: RM7,500 - RM12,000
Yeoh Kean Thai, Ambience, 2017 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 80 cm
KLAS Art Auction
Mar. 05, 2017
SAVIOUR OF DISASTER
Est: RM3,000 - RM5,000
Painting with frame
The Edge Auction
Nov. 06, 2016
YEOH KEAN THAI (b. 1966) Untitled, 1999, Oil on canvas
Est: RM6,000 - RM10,000
Yeoh Kean Thai has a knack of simulating antiquated and rusty objects in his art through studies on metal rust decomposition and the oxidation process.Educated in art at the Kuala Lumpur College of Art (1989-92), Kean Thai was awarded the Vermont Studio Centre residency in the United States in 2008 and took part in the Tashkent Biennale in Uzbekistan in 2005. He was featured in the Asian Art Week in New York in 2008 and 2009. He was also the winner of the Commonwealth Art Prize. His solos included Links (2007), Crossing (2008) and Code Red: Action to Neutralise (2011).
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Apr. 17, 2016
YEOH KEAN THAI (b. 1966) Untitled, 1997, Oil on canvas
Est: RM4,000 - RM6,000
The unique aesthetics of corroded and oxidized metal is seen as a hallmark feature in Yeoh Kean Thai’s work. The portrayal of rust calls to attention for the conservation of the global environment, where natural landscape is corrupted by human development and intervention. Here, the artist depicts an old pressing iron with great detail and precision, executed with treatment of layers to enhance the texture of rust. A graduate of Kuala Lumpur College of Art (1989 – 1992), Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award in 1997, the Freeman Fellowship in 2008, the same year he exhibited at the Beijing Olympics and the Commonwealth Award - International Art Residency. He has been creating works in relation to metal and rust ever since he won the Phillip Morris award in 1997. The award-winning piece was industriously completed in less than a year. Having to research on the oxidation process and progression of rust, he patiently experimented and monitored the decomposition while cutting, sculpting and composing the metal pieces with only regular pliers and his own bare hands. He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York’s Asian Art Week in 2008. His solo exhibitions included Code Red, Action to Neutralise (2011), Crossing (2008) and Links (2007). He has participated in a number of group exhibitions namely Truth & Fiction Are Not Strangers, Tribes Gallery, New York, United States of America (2011); Asian Overview Roma, Villa De Santis, Rome, Italy (2009); Paths of Thought, Gallery Il Ramo d’oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005). REFERENCE Profile: Yeoh Kean Thai, Asian Art Newspaper (UK), December 2008.
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Oct. 04, 2015
YEOH KEAN THAI (b. 1966) Untitled, 2001, Mixed media on canvas
Est: RM15,000 - RM20,000
The unique aesthetics of corroded and oxidized metal is seen as a hallmark feature in Yeoh Kean Thai’s work. The portrayal of rust calls to attention for the conservation of the global environment, where natural landscape is corrupted by human development and intervention. The artist depicts with astonishing detail a fine selection of still life comprised of discarded coal irons and traditional oil lamps, with polished treatment of layers to enhance the texture of rust. Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award (Malaysia), the Freeman Fellowship, 2008 and most recently, the Commonwealth Award - International Artist Residency (2009). His solo exhibitions include Code Red: Action to Neutralise, SGFA Gallery Residence, Kuala Lumpur (2011) and Links, SGFA, The Private Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (2007). His group exhibitions include Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005), International Asian Art Fair, Park Avenue, New York (2008), Paths of Thought, Gallery II Ramo d’oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Vermont Studio Center Show, Vermont, USA (2008). He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York's Asian Art week in 2008.
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Mar. 29, 2015
YEOH KEAN THAI (b. 1978), Untitled, 1996, Oil on canvas
Est: RM8,000 - RM12,000
A message on decay, discardment, separation, global amalgamation and search for identity laid out in one canvas. Having sparked interest in addressing environmental issues in 1992 when it was not the 'trend' then, Thai finds that metal is the perfect symbol for him to call for worldwide attention to environmental issues as it is "nature's response to mankind's habit and culture", as quoted from an interview with the artist. The subject matter allows him to look beyond the materialism and consider how one should live, to avoid the rusting and corroding of personal, social and environmental lives. Thai foresees the consequences of a consumerist society, often consuming at random and accumulating a deceptive numerical net worth and seeks to use his works as a sign of warning of what is to come. Presented here is an amalgamation of various corroded metal such as kettle, water pipe, car wheel, gas cylinder, chain, interweaved among other items. Painted in a dexterous manner, Yeoh Kean Thai captures the colours and porous surface texture of red and green rust against a white background. A graduate of Kuala Lumpur College of Art (1989 - 1992), Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award in 1997, the Freeman Fellowship in 2008, the same year he exhibited at the Beijing Olympics and the Commonwealth Award - International Art Residency. He has been creating works in relation to metal and rust ever since he won the Phillip Morris award in 1997. The award-winning piece was tediously completed in less than a year. Having to research on the oxidation process and progression of rust, he patiently experimented and monitored the decomposition while cutting, sculpting and composing the metal pieces with only regular pliers and his own bare hands. He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York's Asian Art Week in 2008. His solo exhibitions included Code Red, Action to Neutralise (2011); Crossing (2008) and Links (2007). He has participated in a number of group exhibitions namely Truth & Fiction Are Not Strangers, Tribes Gallery, New York, United States of America (2011); Asian Overview Roma, Villa De Santis, Rome, Italy (2009); Paths of Thought, Gallery Il Ramo d'oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005). REFERENCE Profile: Yeoh Kean Thai , Asian Art Newspaper (UK), December 2008.
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Nov. 09, 2014
YEOH KEAN THAI (b. 1996), Natural Transformation?, 1996, mixed media on gesso board
Est: RM5,000 - RM8,000
YEOH KEAN THAI b. Penang, 1966 NATURAL TRANSFORMATION, 1996 Signed and dated 'THAI 96' (lower right) Mixed media on gesso board 61cm x 92cm A message on decay, discardment, separation, global amalgamation and search for identity laid out in one canvas. Having sparked interest in addressing environmental issues in 1992 when it was not the 'trend' then, Thai finds that metal is the perfect symbol for him to call for worldwide attention to environmental issues as it is "nature's response to mankind's habit and culture", as quoted from an interview with the artist. The subject matter allows him to look beyond the materialism and consider how one should live, to avoid the rusting and corroding of personal, social and environmental lives. Thai foresees the consequences of a consumerist society, often consuming at random and accumulating a deceptive numerical net worth and seeks to use his works as a sign of warning of what is to come. A graduate of Kuala Lumpur College of Art (1989 - 1992), Yeoh Kean Thai has garnered international recognition through prestigious awards, including the Phillip Morris Art Award in 1997, the Freeman Fellowship in 2008, the same year he exhibited at the Beijing Olympics and the Commonwealth Award - International Art Residency. He has been creating works in relation to metal and rust ever since he won the Phillip Morris award in 1997. The award-winning piece was tediously completed in less than a year. Having to research on the oxidation process and progression of rust, he patiently experimented and monitored the decomposition while cutting, sculpting and composing the metal pieces with only regular pliers and his own bare hands. He was also the first artist from Malaysia to have work featured during New York's Asian Art Week in 2008. His solo exhibitions included Code Red, Action to Neutralise(2011); Crossing (2008) and Links (2007). He has participated in a number of group exhibitions namely Truth & Fiction Are Not Strangers, Tribes Gallery, New York, United States of America (2011); Asian Overview Roma, Villa De Santis, Rome, Italy (2009);Paths of Thought, Gallery Il Ramo d'oro, Naples, Italy (2008) and Tashkent Biennale International Exhibition, Uzbekistan (2005). REFERENCE Profile: Yeoh Kean Thai, Asian Art Newspaper (UK), December 2008.
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