This retrospective exhibition of paintings and cartoons between the 1950s to the 1980s includes huang yao s cartoons incorporating regional southeast asian peoples and cultures during his sojourn in the region what is also known as the nanyang subject matter , a strong reflection of the late artist s localised influence in the nanyang southeast asian region , and illustrates his varied interests in chinese folk art , landscape painting and calligraphy , and his experimentation with chinese ideogram , creating an innovative reverse writing style of chinese calligraphy and experimentation of chinese characters pictography , to product seemingly abstract art forms 专程从吉隆坡来到新加坡的黄家媳妇陈美凌博士说，黄尧逝世后家人一直没有整理他的画作。两年前，中国山东出版社为出版牛鼻子系列漫画，曾经联络黄家寻找材料。家人才开始翻出黄尧的作品， “一看才发现原来有这么多东西，就找专家来看，找美术馆馆长郭建超看是什么东西，怎么知道一看就说是好东西。 ”
