Title
Joy
Creator
Year/Period
1999
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: H105 x W73 x D84 cm
Accession No.
2007-01072
Collection of
Credit Line
Donation from family of the late Anthony Poon

Born in 1945, Anthony Poon was one of Singapore’s pioneering abstract artists. Graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in 1964, Poon pursued art studies at Bynam Shaw School of Art in London and Regional College of Art in Bradford. In 1973, Poon won the UOB Painting of the Year Competition and was bestowed the Cultural Medallion in 1991. In 2002, he won the Excellence Prize at the China International City Exhibition and Symposium in Beijing for his 2006 Olympics sculpture. He passed away at the age of 61.