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Seeing An Artist’s Point Of View During MCO
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t’s common knowledge that during the Movement Control Order (MCO), most of us have been stuck at home. The same goes for artists and all the creative types out there. With their spare time and creativity, some managed to fill a whole year’s worth of portfolio. But what good does it do when you can’t share your art to the world?
a suitable platform for everyone to share their emotions and thoughts through art to the world. We all understand how the MCO had impacted us, so art is one way of expressing it.” She continued, “the artists were very excited when we announced the exhibition and we were surprised by the amount of submissions we received.”
This is where Sabah Art Gallery (SAG) comes in. Jennifer P. Linggi, the Deputy General Manager of the Sabah Cultural Board and curator of SAG many artworks done during MCO posted in social media by various artists. That’s when Jennifer and her team decided to hold MCO Artworks Exhibition 2020, an exhibition to showcase the artwork of artists made during the MCO.
Usually, artists need to give a set percentage of commission from the sale of the artwork to art collectors. However, the SAG have decided not to charge the artists any percentage of commission
Her team asked all interested artists, both established and new, to submit their artwork for the exhibition. In a short amount of time, the gallery received great reception from artists. Since our interview with Jennifer, a total of 390 pieces of art were submitted from 50 talented artists. Among them, 20 are newcomers that are going to have their art exhibited for the first time in SAG. Jennifer said, “apart from wanting to showcase what our artists have been creating these past few months, we want to provide
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