Chang Yoong Chia's 'How Are You?' shows him as a fantastical thinker

Chang's 'The Crab's Claw (For Capturing Artists)' (oil on canvas, 2018). Photos: A+ Works of Art

Chang Yoong Chia says there is always an autobiographical element in his work. So it should come as no surprise that this is present in How Are You? I Am Well, his ninth solo, currently on at the A+ Works of Art gallery in Kuala Lumpur.

Although this series of work is autobiographical in nature, he adds that it is not entirely factual. Instead, what strikes you about these black and white series is its celebration of a fantastical world. It beckons at you from an open door, an invitation into the great unknown where adventure awaits you and anything is possible.