Painting Of Starving Village Girl Retails For Forty-Five Fucking Grand

Acclaimed watercolourist Ong Kim Seng has finally decided that the "deeply personal" trauma of a bullied village girl is worth exactly $45,000.

The artist is exhibiting his private collection at a luxury hotel, ensuring that the visual representation of poverty is strictly viewed by people who haven't stepped into a hawker centre since the SARS outbreak.

High-society collectors are reportedly "deeply moved" by the brushwork, provided the shades of "impoverished green" match their bespoke Italian sofas.

“Wah lau, the lighting on that starving kid is damn aesthetic, can really feel her sadness through the high-grade paper,” said one prospective buyer.

Experts agree that there is no better way to acknowledge global suffering than by spending a fresh graduate's annual salary on a picture of it.