One of the most prolific and talented artists in Singapore, Ng Eng Teng produced more than 300 sculptures over a span of 40 years. These included large-scale public sculptures to life-sized and smaller sculptures. His art education started in Singapore as a painting student at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), before continuing his studies in industrial pottery in North Staffordshire College of Technology, England. He went on to study studio pottery in Farnham School of Art and subsequently became a designer in a pottery factory in Ireland for a few years. These various stints equipped him with the necessary technical vocabulary to deal with the 3-dimensional form.In the 1990s, Ng created a series of works revolving around the human head. ‘Centre Hair Parting’ is from this series. A work of whimsical nature, the hair can be interpreted as the eyes or ears, lending a flexible reading and an ambiguity that gives this sculpture a humorous twist.
