COLLECTION — HAWKERS IN SINGAPORE
Capturing the day to day hawkers pushcarts.
Hawker food is an important part of Singapore culture. Beyond its utility, hawker food is also a symbol of our heritage and identity. It is fitting to reflect on its past and future. Hawkers moved from pushcarts to planned centres, and tying its evolution closely to Singapore’s urban development. Artist Ching Hing Kang has brought out the vibrancy of this trade with this collection of his paintings.

BIOGRAPHY
Ching Hing Kang, a renowned watercolourist, loves painting ordinary people at work or play in the streets. Be it a bustling town scene or a quiet backyard, labourers at work, school children, womenfolk conducting their daily activities, Hing Kang’s paintings absorb us through the curious, reflective lens of a traveler who explores the life and customs of others through the graininess of everyday life. His paintings bring out the vibrancy of each activity and location.