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PRIMITIVE @ A+ Works of Art
Centuries ago, what did visual art illustrate? Reverential icon? Metaphorical lessons? Decaying reminders? Can an artwork be defined as, a material object representing subjective truths? Standing...
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Merata Suara @ Projek Dialog
In this age of political correctness and woke-ness, a six-months project which commissions five artworks to “represent marginalised voices”, sounds like an inadequate premise for an art exhibition. In...
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Unreal GRUP (I): Dealing with Abstracts @ ILHAM
Two large institution exhibitions showcase abstract art within the context of Malaysian art history, which overlapping choice of artists and modern aesthetic offer much to see, but little to reflect...
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Unreal GRUP (II): Dealing with Abstracts @ Sasana Kijang
At his exhibition of recent works in White Box, Publika, Jolly Koh proclaims, that “Modern Art in Malaysia is 100% foreign influence.” In the subsequent radio interview, the artist says that “this is...
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How Are You? I Am Well @ A+ Works of Art
In the exhibition statement, Chang Yoong Chia reveals that “…I feel the ideas and beliefs I have held about art are unravelling.” Utilizing his “childhood memory of looking into a well” as a point of...
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KL Biennale (III): Cracks in the Wall
Among art projects that memorialize the now-demolished Razak Mansion, both Dhavinder Singh’s “Recollēctus”, and the collaborative display “Framing the Common”, sustained my interest more than Leon...
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Snippets: Accelerated Intimacy @ Yeo Workshop, Singapore
The lack of electronic security, feels like an aberration, in this city-state. Having stayed in different hotel rooms for four consecutive nights, turning a door knob becomes an unfamiliar act, before...
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KL Biennale (IV): Belas Kerohanian
The cavernous Galeri 3A houses a collection of artworks, that purports to be an exhibition titled “Malaysian Geometric Abstracts, and a couple pieces that don’t fit into the other Biennale galleries”....
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KL Biennale (V): Cerita BELAS (AHistoric) Stories of Love
When the inaugural KL Biennale’s theme "Belas/ Be Loved” was revealed, cynics deride it as fatuously sanguine and bereft of ideology, as compared to other international biennales. Curator Faizal Sidek...
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While KL Biennale organizers were lackadaisical in managing its website and social media platforms – the person responsible for reviewing (not posting) each post should be held accountable – the web...
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KL Biennale (VII): Belas Alam
Cerita Belas‘Kanou Moung Hilo Bawang’ greets the visitor into Galeri Tun Razak, which exhibits the biennale sub-theme Belas Alam. I wrote in an older post, “(c)urator Tan Hui Koon also maximized the...
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KL Biennale (VIII): Second Floor Galleries
For the interested visitor, the second floor KL Biennale exhibition area in the National Art Gallery, presents an incoherent and challenging display. The immersive “Cracks in the Wall” presentation by...
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KL Biennale (IX): First, and Last, Impressions
I visited the National Art Gallery 3 times in 3 months, during the inaugural KL Biennale. Among offsite exhibition locations, I was at Piyadasa Gallery twice – once to visit Niranjan Rajah’s...
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arkologi: gelap @ Artemis Art
“Ajim Juxta’s fourth solo exhibition arkologi: gelap, is an on-going and progressive questioning of the world we live in, and more importantly a reflection of an artist’s questioning of humanity and...
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A New Post-Election (Art) World
How much Malaysian art created up till 9th May 2018, will be put aside/thrashed/repurposed by artists? Should all commercial galleries stage a "pre-GE14" show, for displaying works created before 9th...
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Gallery Partnerships, and a Pago-Pago @ National Art Gallery
Upon conclusion of the inaugural KL Biennale, the National Art Gallery proceeds to hosts several exhibitions, that collaborates with commercial galleries. Happening at the same time, questions abound...
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Forgotten Beauty @ Richard Koh Fine Art
“When I went to tribal villages in the interior long ago, everyone was so warm. They invited me to their homes even though they did not know me. They cooked for me. These are the old folks I want to...
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Light & Space 得意忘形 @ OUR ArtProjects
A century ago, Piet Mondrian wrote in his essay Natural Reality and Abstract Reality, that “(t)he new plastic idea cannot, therefore, take the form of a natural or concrete representation, although the...
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Google Street View @ Galeri Titikmerah
At Publika's Art Row, the papu x titikmerah pop-up store provides a lengthy distraction, as its wonderful wall of prints and swag merchandise offer much to see. Mei Kei Ho's sterile take of "Pendidikan...
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A-Ha Moments @ Sutra Gallery
With works created across 35 years on display, Sutra Gallery presents a retrospective of sorts for Renee Kraal, a former member of the famed Wednesday Art Group. A number of pieces capture my attention...
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