"I do not search for [a style] consciously or create it deliberately...It is a way of bringing order and intelligence to what an artist is doing. It is a memory marker and also a means of connecting different ideas and emotions, fusing them into a creative force." – Cheong Soo Pieng, Singapore arts pioneer. The late Singapore arts pioneer Cheong Soo Pieng recently had his painting Balinese Dance sold for the record-setting amount of $1.4m. Find our more about life and arts journey of this first-generation Singapore visual artist and seminal pioneer of the Nanyang style of art atwww.tribute.sg. #esplanade #singapore #tributesg #pioneer #artspioneer #sgarts #sgvisualarts‬ #cheongsoopieng #nanyangstyle #artlanders #alistsg