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Gallery director Warwick Brown says Chen is painting Auckland, not in a cliched manner, but with wit and imagination, “[Chen’s] chosen subject matter, well-known Auckland landmarks, could have been tedious and predictable, but it was not. Buildings were wonky, perspectives were skewed, colours were odd, compositions were unusual, but there was yet more. 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