Failure: the mother of success

Here’s a tale for wannabe artists that tells of creative blocks, struggling, and stayingtrue to your artistic vision.

CHAN Kok Hooi spent two-and-a-half months at Beijing’s world-renowned Red Gate Gallery late last year. He was the sole recipient of the Galeri Petronas International Visual Arts Residency Award 2008, offered in a rare partnership with Red Gate.