The conceptual reading and contextual imagination of Choy Chun Wei's works are a reflection of his training in graphic design. As he immerses himself in the textures of materials, he incorporates variety in his works in his pictorial dialogue, carefully formulating compositions that provide fresh openings to discuss the mediums, significance and their pertinent connotations. When Choy moved to the city after spending his formative years in the countryside, it greatly changed the way he perceived the world, which in turn, changed the way he made art. His works discuss themes close to his heart – topics on material culture, urbanisation and technological advancements.

Desiring Green Pasture is one of the series of works shown in his 2021 exhibition “Encountering Mass Man” held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The green expanse on the canvas is dotted with blue ovals over a careful layer of colours, words, numbers and logos that reference his memories of rural Taiping, Perak where he lived in his youth, before he moved to Kuala Lumpur to study and live. An established artist in the Malaysian art scene, Choy’s approach in his practice is methodical and purposeful in creating his own pictorial language and meaning-making. Using collage as a methodology, Choy’s choice of materials and visual correlations between words, textures, colours and materials allow viewers to project their own narratives and anecdotes within a dense and intricate collage work. The collage is an example of contextual and conceptual work that reflects a sensibility and strong balance of aesthetics, visual narrative in the genre of abstract art.