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Snippets: Q3 2014
As described in the exhibition catalogue, "Crying with Trees attempts to move beyond the confinement of introspection and examine external issues with sights way beyond the realm of human culture."...
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The City. Becoming and Decaying @ Galeri Petronas
The Goethe-Institut Malaysia continues with its great 2014 program by exhibiting city-themed pictures taken by photographers from the German agency OSTKREUZ. In a time where more people live in cities...
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Balam @ Wei-Ling Contemporary
Hamidi Hadi’s previous solo exhibition ignited my interest in the Malaysian visual arts, and each of his subsequent shows figure to be points for self-reflection. The magnificent ‘Garden of Eden’ draws...
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Dulu Kini @ Curate
Henry Butcher moves quickly to secure itself as the pioneer in Malaysian art auctioneering – establishing its own gallery space, championing collecting, and coordinating private sales. Introducing new...
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12 Years of Visual Disobedience @ Five Arts Centre
Entering the space, an OBEY Giant morphed into the prime minister’s likeness is glanced out of the corner of one’s eyes, outlining Fahmi Reza’s approach and a great teaser to this survey of political...
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Art in the Park 2014 @ Perdana Botanical Gardens
While still tackling issues like flash floods and homeless persons, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall demonstrates a recent progressive streak having initiated car-free Sunday mornings and supported the...
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Henry Butcher Malaysian & SEA Auction Preview @ Curate
Henry Butcher celebrates its fifth year as Malaysia’s art auction pioneer by offering 125 works, including 14 pieces contributed by Indonesian partner One East Larasati. 13 of its first 33 lots feature...
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Pulse: 2H 2014 Art Auctions
Traders goggle over inflated dollar values of underestimated Awang Damit Ahmad works, as market manipulation activities continue for Kuo Ju Ping and Tajuddin Ismail paintings. Early August saw KL...
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Unicolour Or Black | Katak Rasa YES, is Simple Pie
Black & white marks local art during this year end, led by Minstrel Kuik's prize-winning drawing of ladies performing the Viennese Waltz on '16 Sept 1963'. The literally negative approach is seen...
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Phenomena @ Chin Thye Hin 振泰兴一号店
Visiting the Kepong Baru wet market on a weekend morning is a phenomenal event – navigate through crowd of cars and people, taste mango slices offered by the fruit seller, step on melted ice emitting a...
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For the Imaginary Space: Selected Sculptures & Installations from the...
As the story goes, sculpture in Malaysian art developed from a local crafting practice, and its modern form synthesises eastern and western traditions more effectively than painting ever did....
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In the Flesh @ Richard Koh Fine Art
Appreciating a Yeoh Choo Kuan painting used to be an engaging experience. Underpainting is seen through layers of violent brush strokes, the smell of oil paints hang heavily in the air, thin horizontal...
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Warisan Kertas 2014 @ Badan Warisan Malaysia
Housed beside one well-restored kampung house, this selling exhibition “features a selection of antiquarian and recent books, maps and ephemera on Malaysia and Southeast Asia.” Beautiful maps and...
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Revelation of Jalan Sultan @ Lostgens’
Paper lanterns and banners with painted slogans hang side-by-side in a mid-autumn festival celebration held along Jalan Sultan, the protest in disguise documented by Gan Sze Hooi in ‘Guardian of...
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X - Experimental Life Drawing @ 無限發掘 FINDARS
Twenty Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA) students exhibit works from their second-year drawing classes, covering the entire art space with figurative illustrations of different sizes and mediums. Facial...
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The Pleasures of Odds and Ends – Landscapes, Figures and Still Lifes @ Feeka
Gan Siong King selects 23 pictures from the internet then paints a realistic copy of it. As forewarned by the exhibition title, any attempt to decode his decade-long output, has to take into account...
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Soya Cincau @ Core Design Gallery
Ali Nurazmal Yusoff curates this black & white exhibition, its wacky title depicting fun by virtue of its wide range of mediums on show. Fish designs seared onto canvas, a ‘Turning’ canopy...
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Language of the Jungle @ Richard Koh Fine Art
The neighbourhood gallery celebrates this festive season of giving, by supporting self-taught and socially-conscientious painter Tan Wei Kheng, although the artist being featured in Singapore Biennale...
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Paint & Ink: Just Add Water @ Sasana Kijang
In a year where news highlights include two airplane disasters, the Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery puts together an exhibition program that commemorates the ten years since the Indian...
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From Bandung to Berlin
Having listened to the captivatinginterviews BFM conducted with historian Peter Carey, one’s historical imagination is ignited while browsing “From Bandung to Berlin”, an online project that creates...
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