A Bridge Between Worlds: The Life and Art of Fan Chang Tien Fan Chang Tien, also known as Chua Ek Kay, was a pivotal figure in Singaporean art history, a painter who eloquently synthesized the traditions of Chinese ink painting with the principles of Western modernism. Born in Guangdong, China, in 1947, his artistic journey began not in formal academies but within the vibrant cultural milieu of his family’s migration to Singapore in t…