Boys will be boys, and this little ‘devil’ seems to run riot in the house, but that is all part of bringing up children, and also reflects on the economic status of the family (the richer ones will have maids fussing over their kids, who will be showered with the latest electronic toys). This dark domestic drama (DDD) is part of Gan Tee Sheng’s twin trajectories into Figuratives, the other more sober, dealing with issues of the ageing and such. Gan Tee Sheng’s stature is unique: He is the only double Malaysian winner of the highly coveted UOB Painting of the Year Award, first the Major Award (Established Artist category) in 2013 and the Gold Award in 2016. He made a breakthrough when he was selected as one of the five winners of the Malaysian Emerging Artists Award in 2011. He had taken part in the International Art Expo Malaysia from 2013 to 2016. His international (participation) “cap” is impressive: Fukuoka Asian Museum residency (2014), Art Gwangju 2015, Art Kaoshiung (2015, 2016), Art Stage Singapore and Art Busan(both 2016). And he’s only 33. He made a huge impact in his first solo, Withdrawn, at Taksu Kuala Lumpur, in 2014, on forlorn old people, and his first artist’s residency was the six-month HOM’s Adopted Artist-in-Residence (A-Res). Tee Sheng was educated at the Dasein Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur.