sat in her grandfather’s old workshop on the edge of Geylang. While the rest of the world raced toward glass skyscrapers and digital horizons, Si Yee lived in a world of silk, silver needles, and the steady of a 1950s sewing machine.
Speculation also surrounds a potential retrospective at the National Art Gallery of Malaysia (now known as the National Visual Arts Gallery). While no official announcement has been made, sources close to the gallery have confirmed that curators have visited her studio multiple times over the last six months. lin si yee