Chang working on her new mosaic piece 'Return Of The Mythical Red Auroch', featuring ceramic tiles and concrete, at the Lai Lai Art Studio in Selangor. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
There's a picture hanging on one of the walls of the L2 Art Gallery that depicts a tired elephant lying down to rest under a starry sky which immediately catches the eye.
“That’s me, ” says Alice Chang Oi Lai when asked for her interpretation of the work.
Alice Chang's mosaic art
Chang working on her new mosaic piece 'Return Of The Mythical Red Auroch', featuring ceramic tiles and concrete, at the Lai Lai Art Studio in Selangor. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
Chang working on her new CNY artwork based on the ancient auroch at Lai Lai Art Studio last month. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
Chang cleans her Chinese New Year-inspired mosaic work 'Return Of The Mythical Red Auroch', which took her six weeks to complete. Photo: L2 Art Gallery
An untitled mosaic work from Chang’s Legacy collection, which resembles a ‘gift’. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
A close-up of a work-in-progress sculpture from Chang featuring broken ceramic plate pieces. Photo: L2 Art Gallery
Chang’s wall sculpture called 'One Eyed 1' (mosaic on cement, 2019). Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
An untitled mosaic work from Chang’s Legacy collection, which resembles a ‘gift’. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
Beyond sculptures, Chang is also a keen painter and observer of wildlife art, where she has a soft spot for elephants.
An untitled landscape painting seen at Chang's L2 Art Gallery.
"I strongly believed then, and now, that as an artist you must be honest in your art, " says artist Alice Chang at Lai Lai Art Studio, Ampang. Photo: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
