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.Ng’s rigorous explorations into the 3-dimensional form often perplexed many. ‘Waiting’ is such an example where a figure is depicted in a somewhat surrealistic manner, leaving it open to various interpretations. This reinforces Ng’s commitment to experimentation and fluid understanding of the human body.
