[Manthink]

煙視媚行 that's how the painting was trying to portray the sansui women. It's rather inappropriate

Mr Dunston's latest controversial art work is worst than inappropriate.
What he has done is to romantise a well-known legacy of Singapore's history while ignoring many historical FACTS why these women came to colonial SG in the 1930s when China was invaded by Japan. Basically they are not unlike many immigrants from China whom many of us are their descendants and families.

No surprisingly the American attempt to justify his work by claiming he found "sources" of pretty-looking Samsui women puffing cigarettes when these women left their family to put food on the table. Has anyone seen him proving his source to backup his claim that Samsui women have time to rest and $ to spent on Dunhill ?