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SINGAPORE: To commemorate the Republic's 50th year of independence, United Overseas Bank (UOB) Group Deputy Chairman and CEO Wee Ee Cheong, as well as artist Gong Yao Ming have put ink to paper, to raise funds through art.
UOB announced in a press release on Sunday (Feb 22) that it will be auctioning a painting by Mr Wee and Mr Gong, which features contemporary Chinese brush ink on a canvas of traditional rice paper, and juxtaposes Singapore’s present with its past. The piece depicts Singapore River and Boat Quay – a historically significant site where the country’s economic growth took root.
Mr Gong, who is a two-time winner of the UOB Painting of the Year competition, wanted to portray the rise of Singapore from a small trading port to one of the world’s largest and most influential financial centres. He drew inspiration from the country's cityscape such as the iconic buildings of National Gallery Singapore, Fullerton Hotel and the two UOB Plazas.
The 1.5 metre by 1 metre painting will be revealed to 500 of UOB’s Commercial Banking customers at an auction to be held at the Bank’s annual Lunar New Year dinner on Tuesday evening. The SAGE Counselling Centre, which integrates expressive art therapy into its intervention work with the elderly, will be among the beneficiaries of the auction's proceeds, said UOB.
The bank will begin the evening’s auction with a S$250,000, and it hopes to raise another S$250,000 from the auction, bringing the total amount raised to at least S$500,000, the press release said.
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