ARTWORK #1

Lee Pheng Guan | Embalming A Tree

2021

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Embalming A Tree is Lee Pheng Guan’s attempts to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable. In a year marked by a tragic pandemic that has led to the death of millions, the artist meditates on the idea of mourning through working with the tembusu- not in its mere physicality but in his endeavour to return the felled trees and fallen branches to their grandeur.

Similar to an embalmer, Lee trims, cuts and assiduously joins tembusu tree parts to make them ‘whole’ again- a gesture that while significant to some, reflects the superficial nature and  impermanence of attempts on preserving certain conditions in our island-state.

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