‘Who are those you reach to hold
It is no wonder they call her the ‘belly of the carp’
’ - "Postcards from Chinatown"
To her light
Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
Chinatown, 1965 MG Kumar ‘Who are those you reachMG Kumar, Chinatown, 1965, 2020, Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 in Racks of clothes along racks of clocks, as if ticking away the fashion of the eras. Fortune telling weight machine, I never stepped on one before. "Postcards from Chinatown", Terence Heng West of the river bank, the Teochew folk begin to set up their shops alongside their Hokkien speaking neighbours. Soon enough, they are joined by businessmen, traders, craftsmen, hawkers and peddlers. The