Lecture by Dr. Boey Teik Soon in the third talk of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series"
The 4th session of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series," organized by the Institute of International Education, New Era University College (IIE, NEUC) and the Tan Lark Sye Institute, was held on 16th February 2022. The lecture featured famous Malaysian artist Dr. Boey Teik Soon as the keynote speaker. It was attended by more than 170 people.
Dr. Boey Teik Soon is a postdoctoral researcher in art studies at Southeast University, China. His main research areas include the history of Chinese and foreign art, art education, and the cultural and artistic development of China and Southeast Asia under the Belt and Road Initiative. He currently serves as a master's and doctoral supervisor at New Era University College and is a distinguished professor at Fujian Preschool Normal College in China. He has also held positions as the director of the Center for Eastern Cultural and Artistic Studies at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and as a visiting professor at Chongqing Technology and Business University in China.
This lecture was titled " A Century of Development in Malaysian Chinese Ink Painting." It primarily discusses the evolution of ink painting from British Malaya to post-independence Malaysia, sharing the contributions of artists over the past century to the development of local ink painting. Finally, Dr. Boey Teik Soon shared his latest work, "One Hundred Years of Ink Traces: Research on the Development of Malaysian Ink Painting Art and Its Figures," which he has been studying for the past ten years, with the audience. The event was moderated by Assistant Professor Dr. Lew Siew Boon from NEUC. It received enthusiastic feedback, with the audience actively participating in the Q&A session and eagerly engaging in discussions.
