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A+ Works Of Art from Malaysia, Chang Fee Ming, Waiting For The Coming Tide, Watercolour on paper, 76 x 56 cm, 2018
art e x po malaysia 2 018 by Ooi Kok Chuen
KUALA LUMPUR: The 12th International Art Expo Malaysia (AEM) 2018 promises to be the most exciting yet with chockfull of highlights like the Special Exhibition Area of curatorial projects for selected reputable Southeast Asian galleries, besides a Japanese Pavilion housing the biggest representation of Japanese artists. The Art Expo Malaysia 2018, the 12th edition since 2007, will be held at the Matrade Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC), Kuala Lumpur, from October 12-14. Some 65 exhibitors (mainly galleries) exhibiting 1,500 pieces of quality artworks (including paintings, sculptures, installation, photography) of various style, expression and medium, representing a wide spectrum of artists from 22 countries will pack Matrade Exhibition and Convention Centre (MECC) in the biggest art event of commerce and networking. Wei-Ling Gallery will frontline the Project Room. The Southeast Asia Special Exhibition Area will also array local galleries Richard Koh Fine Art, Segaris Art Center, A+ Works Of Art; foreign galleries Gajah Gallery (Singapore), Eskinita Art Gallery (Philippines), S.A.C. Gallery Bangkok (Thailand), Kohesi Initiatives (Indonesia), Lawangwangi (Indonesia) and CUC Gallery (Vietnam). Wei-Ling Gallery’s projection of Tanah Air will feature the ‘3 Cs’ – Chong Kim Chiew, Chin Kong Yee and Chen Wei Ming. Seah Ze Lin will be the toast of Richard Koh Fine Art with his amorphous spiritual works in copper, while Segaris Art Center will array Zulkifli Yusoff, Jalaini Abu Hassan, Ramlan Abdullah and Fauzan Omar.
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2 Gallery Ishikawa from Japan, Akihiro Fujimoto, The Same Wish - Elephant, Hinoki, lacquer, colouring, 45.5 x 16 x 13 cm, 2018 Embassy of Russia, Alena Vavilina, Blue Butterflies, Mixed media, 76 x 56 cm, 2018
The upheavels of the seismic GE14 (General Election), before and after, will be springboard of Chang Fee Ming’s lusciously vibrant showcase, Malaysia: Dulu, Kini Dan… in A+ Works Of Art’s debut. One of Asia’s finest watercolour masters, Fee Ming (b.1959) is best known for his magnum opus of his landmark 10-year painting expedition of the Mekong culminating in touring solos in 2004 and 2008.
both known for their Social Realist works with an ecclesiastical edge. Its proposed participating artists are two female icons, Brenda Fajardo (b.1940) and Imelda Cajipe-Endaya (b.1949).
Malaysians Sabri Idrus (b.1971) and Kayleigh Goh (b.1993) will be in Gajah Gallery’s international cast that includes the Australian-based Singapore’s Suzann Victor (b.1959) and performance artist-ceramist Jason Lim (b.1966), Barbados’ Ashley Bickerton, Indonesia’s Yunizar (b.1971), Erizal As (b.1979), and Mangu Putra (b.1963).
Kohesi Initiatives will parade prominent art figures such as Heri Dono (b.1960) and Eddie Hara (b.1957), as well as young contemporary Indonesian artists in its specially-curated exhibition entitled Reflection that delve on the contemplative dimension in artistic manner.
Eskinita Art Gallery is run by award-winning Filipino artists Alfredo Esquillo and Renato ‘Ato’ Habulan,
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S.A.C. Gallery Bangkok will feature the installations and performance of Thidarat Chantachua, in her Bangkok Tea Project, negotiating cultural hybridity.
Works of Indonesian multimedia artist Eddy Susanto (b.1975) pushes new paradigms and truths on the subject or issue covered. He is represented by
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Lawangwangi (Indonesia), first-time participant in Art Expo Malaysia. On the heels of Prime Minister YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s Re-Looking East, the strong show of Japanese participation taking up 162 square metres of space will see some of the Next Big Names of Nipponserie. Notable contemporary Japanese artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Superflat Urban Pop superstar Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Senju and the cult post-War Gutai group have all passed through the AEM’s portals. In the Japan Pavilion, Gallery UG with uninterrupted presence since 2016, is the familiar face among the eight galleries of 40 artists, the others being Gallery Hanakagesho, Gallery Ishikawa, Gallery Seek, Gallery Suiha, Hakkendo Gallery, Smart Ship Gallery and Kinosho Kikaku. Japan last made an impact in 2016 with some 34 artists from four galleries namely gallery UG, LSD, Shinseido and Kato Art Duo. This time around, the notable players include Kunihiko Nohara, Tomoko Wada, Akihiro Fujimoto, Takeshi Harada, Yoshikazu Hiramatzu, and Yuji Takahashi. The Japan Pavilion is sponsored by Warehouse TERRADA, and the official logistic partner is TERRADA ART ASSIST Co. Ltd. Meanwhile, LSD (from Japan too) booth is located outside the Japan Pavilion.
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3 EStyle Art Gallery from Taiwan, Chen Jinqing, Busk Standing In The Peak, Stainless steel and 24k gold, 115 x 55 x 39 cm, 2018 4 The Art People Gallery from Malaysia, Lisa Wong Sook Kuan, Warrior Series - Power, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 101 cm, 2018
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4 1 Kohesi Initiatives from Indonesia, Atreyu Moniaga, Tangled, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2018 2 Mazel Galerie from Singapore, Antoine Rose, St Tropez Study 1, Photoprint on diasec, 150 x 150 cm, 2016 3 Number 1 Gallery from Thailand, Prawit Lumcharoen, Boy With Rain Suit No. 2, Oil on canvas, 150 x 125 cm, 2018 4 Art Xchange Gallery from Singapore, Antoe Budiono, PHP (Empty Promises), Acrylic on canvas, 115 x 160 cm, 2018
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The 12th edition will still see two great stalwarts who have been with AEM from Year 1 in 2007, the greatly revered Hong Kong gallery Chit Fung Art known for its authentic Chinese ink masters, and Spain’s ATR Gallery which has made the hugely talented sculptor Jesus Curia a household name in this region. Works by Francis Bacon, Spanish masters Picasso, Joan Miro etc will be showcased at ATR Gallery booth too. From Europe, there is also the Galerie Bruno Massa from France, and DC ARTE from Switzerland. Malaysia exhibitors’ lineup this year also includes the usual past exhibitors and supporters such as Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers, Masterpiece Auction, National Art Gallery Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum & Art Gallery, Artemis Art, Aureo Gallery, City Art Gallery, G13 Gallery, Gallery Des Artistes, JETH Fine Art, NN Gallery, TAKSU, The Art People Gallery, V’ Art Space etc.
Art Xchange Gallery from Singapore, Camelia Mitasari Hasibuan, Reflections Of Life, Oil on canvas, 140 x 200 cm, 2018
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In remembrance of the late Khalil Ibrahim (19342018) vast contribution to the Malaysian art scene, Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers (HBAA) presents Tribute To Khalil Ibrahim, exhibiting early works from the 1960s to 2000s of diverse medium. HBAA booth will also showcase highlight pieces of its coming art auction on October 28, 1 pm, to be held at Galeri Prima.
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Aureo Gallery presents Gold Artist Kim Il Tae, whose works are in the collection of Prince Michael of Kent, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, Oprah Winfrey, ‘Gangnam’ Psy, Chinese celebrities Tang Wei and Zhou Xun etc. Kim held a 2-week solo exhibition at London’s Saatchi gallery back in 2016. Art Porters has Artheline comprising husbandand-wife French artist Arnaud Nazare-Aga (b.1965) and Filipino artist Adeline (b.1971), whose sculptures are reminiscent of Niki St Phalle’s (1930-2002).
1 Art Xchange Gallery from Singapore Budi Asih, Fishmonger Acrylic & ink on canvas, 30 x 30 cm, 2018
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2 Kinosho Kikaku from Japan Kohei Yamada, Bridget (Border) Cotton and oil on panel, 53 x 53 cm, 2018
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4 NYICAS from New York, Hwang, Sae-jin, Delusion 1, Acrylic on canvas with fabric, 100 x 80.3 cm, 2018 V’ Art Space from Malaysia, Song Yonghua, Aethereality ll, Oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm, 2015
Meanwhile, The Secret Garden (TSG 1895) will collaborate with local artist Agnes Lau for a great presentation. Gallery Des Artistes run by Edith Ho, an advocate for niche art pieces, a close family member of eminent Hong Kong and Macanese business magnate Dato’ Sri Stanley Ho, will be featuring 5 French artists namely Jeremi Ca, Hersk, Isa K, Nicolas Desbons, and Dabid Ferreira. Number 1 Gallery from Thailand showcases contemporary pieces with stunning, eye-catching visuals painted by young emerging Thai artists Boonhlue Yangsauy, Pat Yingcharoen, Tewaporn Mhaikongkaew, etc.
Among the 23 new galleries include Trish Gallery (Myanmar), EStyle Art Gallery (Taiwan), Spence Gallery (Canada), NYICAS (United States), Mookji Art Collaboration (China), L Gallery and Space 1326 (South Korea), making up 38% of the participants. Romantique Gallery will offer mini versions in porcelain of Jeff Koon’s Balloon Dog and Animal Series, while glimpses from the collections of 2 prominent collectors will add to the visual feast. Born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania, Jeff Koons is without question one of the most important living artists. He is among the few who successfully extract the essentials from avantgardism, most notably Pop Art. In his hands, even the
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NN Gallery from Malaysia, Yeo Eng Peng, Sharing Festival #2, Oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2018
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most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons that manifest the essence of American popular culture. Yet on a broader scope, we are presented with positive messages of acceptance and humanity, themes which resonate universally.
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There will also be an art talk (Oct 13, 11 am – 7 pm) that touches on various topics such as art investment, art collecting journey, art conservation, artist sharing etc by prominent local and foreign speakers, while the Embassy Row of cultural exchange will feature works of artists selected from the Embassies of Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Italy and Russia. The 93-year-old Taiwanese Chinese ink Grandmaster Prof. Li Chi Mao will be exhibiting few contemporary pieces of recent works, while Shaanxi Artists Group led by Prof. Wang Xijing
Art Expo Malaysia is under the Royal Patronage of Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Perlis, DYTM Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Ibni Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail, and DYTM Tuanku Hajjah Lailatul Shahreen Akashah Khalil. “We, as the Royal Patron, have watched over the growth of the Art Expo Malaysia, and are proud of its achievements and progress. As year goes by, we see better quality of artworks and even masterpieces by some of the most famous names in the art world, we see increasing
A live demonstration by French artist Jeremi Ca will be conducted on Oct 12 and 13, 3 pm – 4 pm, at 3rd Floor West Wing.
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1 1 REDSEA Gallery from Singapore, Ben Young, Sheer Descent, Laminated float glass, cast concrete and stainless steel frame, 62 x 19.5 x 19.5 cm, 2017 2 Art Porters from Singapore, Wu Kuan Te, The Endless Circulation In The Everlasting Universe 4, Oil on canvas, 120 cm (diameter), 2018
visitorship and most importantly the increasing awareness towards art appreciation in the public, we see increasing media coverage on the Expo be it locally or abroad as it is worth reporting about, we see participation from more countries, we see a higher sales of artworks recorded, just to mention a few. It is achieved via the hard work and painstaking effort by the organisers, where they overcome daunting challenges and obstacles, keep on striving to improve on the quality of the Expo in every aspects to meet international expectation. This is the Malaysian fighting spirit. We hope the organisers would keep on adding new programmes and come up with interesting attractions, in order to value-add and also to make the Art Expo Malaysia something special that the art enthusiasts, whether at home or abroad, are keen to visit every year. The Art Expo Malaysia has definitely brought the visual arts industry in Malaysia a big leap forward. Syabas!�
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Co-founder and Fair Director Sim Pojinn said, “Art Expo Malaysia 2018 promotes Malaysian Art in an international art platform, promoting local galleries and artists world widely, educating the public about art appreciation, promoting arts to a wider community (via intensive marketing) thus nurturing the interest towards arts in them, bolstering Kuala Lumpur as an important art hub in Southeast Asia that is active in art commerce and art development, as well as networking within the community. Following last year’s success of recording good sales and visitorship of 30,000 people, we hope to achieve a greater success while we improve on different aspects.”
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1 Gajah Gallery from Singapore, Ashley Bickerton, T17nEXP, Mixed media, 224 x 214 x 13.5 cm, 2018 2 DC / DK Galleries from Colombia, Japan, Monaco, Federico Uribe, Palm Tree, Pennies, 91 x 61 cm, 2016 3 Taksu from Malaysia, Najib Ahmad Bamadhaj, Stranger 2, Acrylic and bitumen on jute, 153 x 153 cm, 2018
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Art Expo Malaysia 2018 runs from October 12 to 14, at MATRADE Exhibition & Convention Centre (MECC), Kuala Lumpur. Opening Hours 12-13 October: 11am-8pm 14 October: 11am-7pm For more information, visit www.artexpomalaysia.com
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4 ATR Gallery from Spain, Jesus Curia, Dance ll, Bronze, 176 x 30 x 30 cm, 2018 5 Segaris Art Center from Malaysia, Ramlan Abdullah, Wheel Of Life, Metal, 215 x 215 x 35 cm, 2017 6 Asian Art Platform from Singapore, Luo Dan, Balance Series 2, Bronze, 180 x 60 x 63 cm, 2017
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ART GALLERIES A Sneak Preview into some of the participating galleries in Art Expo Malaysia 2018!
A+ Works O f A rt M alaysia
Chang Fee Ming, Kais Pagi Makan Pagi, Watercolour on paper, 56 x 76 cm, 2017
The upheavels of the seismic GE14 (General Election), before and after, will be springboard of Chang Fee Ming’s lusciously vibrant showcase, ‘Malaysia: Dulu, Kini Dan…’ in A+ Works Of Art’s debut. Not since the Visage Series based and done on the sidelines of Tsai Ming Liang’s Face film set in Paris and unveiled in Singapore in 2010, is there such a significant and riveting body of works with trenchant socio-political thrust. Fee Ming’s gorgeous allegory with the wit of
Bangsawan belies a darker message. One of Asia’s finest watercolour masters, Fee Ming (b.1959) is best known for his magnum opus of his landmark 10-year painting expedition of the Mekong culminating in touring solos in 2004 and 2008. Founded in 2017 by Joshua Lim, A+ Works Of Art specialises in A-list new media art and strives to engage various stakeholders in discourses and collaborations.
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A sian A rt P latform S ingapore
Luo Dan, Balance Series 8, Bronze, 68 x 40 x 30 cm, 2017
Asian Art Platform is making its debut in Art Expo Malaysia this year, featuring sculptures from Chinese artist Luo Dan whose works can be seen in both public and private spaces in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Luo Dan graduated from the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Beijing, with a Master in sculpting. His figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions. He applies simple minimalist lines to create elements that adds an enigmatic and poetic quality to his work. In the
series titled Balance, he pushes boundaries overthrows the audience’s visual comfort zone by elegantly balancing symmetrically posed so called ‘heavy set’ performers on slim poles. He uses bronze as the core material to depict the spry, corpulent forms and the roundness and fullness of the statues to create a visual tension that is both heavy and light. Founded in January 2015, Asian Art Platform is a leading art gallery based in Singapore. In 2017 the gallery further extended its global footprint with opening of the Fingerprint Gallery in Beijing, China.
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Chok Yue Zan, We Used To Be Strong Together, Strong Like Stones 2, Acrylic, charcoal and oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm, 2018
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A rt P orters S ingapore
Singapore-based Art Porters proudly announces its third participation in Art Expo Malaysia. This year, the gallery curates an exhibition titled Emergence – a strong theme and presentation of eight young and emerging Southeast Asian artists, five of which exhibiting for the first time at the fair. Emergence refers both to the coming into prominence of younger artists, and to the process of becoming more visible. The five artists exhibiting for the first time at the fair are: Chok Yue Zan (Malaysia), Jamie Teo (Singapore), Naufal Abshar and Agung Santosa (Indonesia), and Wu Kuan-Te (Taiwan), while last year’s favourites Wayan Novi (Indonesia), Dennis Chiang Lup Hong (Malaysia) and Arnaud Nazare-Aga (Thailand) will complete the gallery’s showcase. Winner of the prestigious 2018 UOB Painting of the Year (Malaysia) competition, Chok Yue Zan’s art is deeply inspired by nostalgia and the theme of past and current. Zan expresses his visual language through a contemplative approach using mixed media and woodcutting technique on acrylic in his paintings. Jamie Teo’s art practice specialises in meticulously blending colours to both create and investigate its movement and serendipitous outcomes. Naufal’s works are set to induce many conversations with his signature puzzle-like satirical pieces that are based around the subjectivity of humour, politics, power-play and allow viewers to alter the trajectory of a painting’s narrative. Inspired by oriental philosophy and life experiences and observations of Mother Nature, Wu Kuan-Te’s impressive oil paintings reveal a sublime sense of tranquility. Wayan Novi implements a collection of marks and dots that creates an impression of his imaginative natural landscape. Keep an eye out for Agung Santosa’s humble yet intriguing hyper-realistic resin sculptures that highlight the importance of expressing appreciation for the simple things in life. Dennis Chiang’s colourful paper collage can be described as visual performances, intended to spark the viewers’ interest and impress upon them whimsical imagery, original compositions and intricate details. Arnaud’s uplifting and vibrant sculptures reflect his life’s philosophy and artistic beliefs. Arnaud aims to convey joy and optimism to the public with his sensual and all-time favourite animal and human sculptures.
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Joan Miro, Espriu Miro, Etching, aquatint and carborundum on paper, 104.7 x 90.1 cm, 1975
ATR Gallery first opened in Madrid in 2002, where they run art consultancy office and gallery, before founding their new art consultancy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The gallery is reputable for their timely and contemporary collections from recognised and emerging artists from Europe, with a wide spectrum of tastes and sensibilities. It is no exception on their participation in Art Expo Malaysia 2018, as Malaysian collectors have laid their reliance on them since the beginning for their exceptional services.
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ATR Gallery also takes pride in introducing Miro, Picasso, Cezanne, Kandinsky, Basquiat, Francis Bacon, and Chagall to the world. Famous pieces by Jesus Curia, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Manolo Valdes, Antoni Tapies, Jaume Plensa, and Malaysian artist Azrul Azrai Mohyi, will sure to capture our attention away this year. Jesus Curia’s sculptures arouse something beyond aesthetic pleasures. His works emphasize the quality of its texture, the roundness of its shapes, and a bold combination of materials with a play on space and movement. A special magnetism and a halo of mystery are achieved in his sculptures that attract us to our deepest soul. Joan Miro primarily painted still life and landscapes, influenced by folk art and Romanesque church frescoes, until Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism movement inspired him and his style changed radically. His artistic career may be characterized as one of persistent experimentation and a lifelong flirtation with nonobjectivity. Miro’s signature biomorphic forms, geometric shapes, and semi-abstracted objects are expressed in ceramics, engravings, and large bronze installations. Inventor of Cubism, Pablo Picasso initiated paintings with simple geometric shapes. He practiced art across disciplines, such as in oil paintings, sculpture, drawings, stage designs, tapestries, rugs, etchings, and also architecture. Some of his famous paintings include: The Old Guitarist; Asleep and Seated Woman, which portray Marie-Therese Walter, one of the women he loved; Guernica, a mural about the Spanish Civil War; and Three Musicians. Manolo Valdes, who declared himself “a consumer of art and its history,” produce witty drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures that explore history and contemporary culture, politics, and everyday life. Valdes grew up imbibing the works of Spanish masters like Diego Velazquez and Pablo Picasso, and later influenced by Pop Art. Antoni Tapies is a painter, sculptor, and theorist on Spanish art. He is also an outstanding proponent of new techniques in drawing, lithography, and collage. He stands as one of the foremost exponents of informalism. Spanish artist Jaume Plensa is both a sculptor and artist. He plays the role of an instructor and lecturer in many established institutions, and has created various outdoor commissions and projects in public places across countries. All of his sculptural masterpieces undergo various phases of design and development using bronze, copper and iron. Lately, he incorporates the use of glass, synthetic resin, alabaster, light, plastic, sound, and video. In addition, Plensa has made several huge productions on etchings and paper. Azrul Azrai Mohyi excels in the field of drawing. His risk-taking attitude makes him unique in his skills; with sharp visuals that also carry an inherent meaning captures the audience deeply.
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C UC G A L L E RY V ietnam
Do Hoang Tuong, Blue Wet Lady, Acrylic, oil and apoxy on canvas, 145 x 115 cm, 2016
CUC GALLERY of Vietnam features seven artists under the label, Surreal Realities. Of the seven, Nguyen Trung (b.1940), Do Hoang Tuong (b.1960) and Nguyen Truc (b.1969) are from Ho Chi Minh City, while the rest from Hanoi. Trung, an abstract art pioneer and founding member of the Young Artists Association in 1966, is known for his organic sculptures. Nguyen Truc plays with papier-mache, acrylic and photography to create works of timeless quality. Tuong represented Vietnam in the Asean 50th Anniversary ‘Ties Of History’ exhibition
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in the Philippines. Ly Tran Quynh Giang (b.1978) evokes ambivalent feelings with her representation of humans (androgynous figures) and animals. Tulip Duong (b.1959) is known for her art of erasure, representing a life cycle and its limits. Nguyen Son (b.1974) combines conceptual photography, film production, lacquer and paint in his works questioning life and death. Nguyen Van Phuc (b.1978) portrays youth and everyday issues with irony.
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E skinita A rt G alley P hilippines
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Panimula, Acrylic and collage of lace on canvas, 122 x 183 x 6.4 cm, 2014
Eskinita Art Gallery (the Philippines) brings together two prominent women artists, Brenda Fajardo (b.1940) and Imelda Cajipe-Endaya (b.1949) bound by the Daluyong (tidal wave) theme. In Fajardo’s Epiko ng Dragon Series, her trademark tarot cards unveil a dragon undergoing various challenges to asserting its authority, while Imelda’s triptych Panimula about the myth of how the earth began, portrays Daluyong as a powerful entity foretelling an end or a new beginning. Fajardo received
her Master degree in Art Education at the University of Wisconsin, United States, and finished her PhD at the University of the Philippines. Imelda was awarded the gold medal in printmaking by the Art Association of the Philippines (1979), the 13 Artists Award (1992), the Araw ng Maynila Award for Painting (1998), the RP Centennial Honours (1999), and the Centennial Award (2018). She co-founded the feminist organisation, Kasibulan, in 1987 and became its first president.
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Yuki Tham, Vague, Oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cm, 2018
Founded in 2010 by its Creative Director Kenny Teng, G13 Gallery is a longtimer in Art Expo Malaysia as well as other reputable art fair in the region, a strategy that is aligned with its aim of promoting Asian art domestically and internationally. It is undoubtedly the gallery’s mission to identify and collaborate with artists that show great potential, relevance and depth in their works. Look out for these names under the gallery’s umbrella this year in Art Expo Malaysia: Dato’ Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir, Lampu Kansanoh, Calvin Chua, Khairudin Zainudin, Nik Shazmie and Yuki Tham. Dato’ Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir’s latest artworks are a continuation from her previous series Garden Of The Heart which encompasses the appreciation towards
Islamic art (based on Al-Faruqi) and ancestral tradition of ‘tekat’ and ‘songket’ weaving. Lampu Kansanoh caricature artworks will primarily revolves around technology and how it has an indirect effect to the lives of people apart from simplifying their lives. Calvin Chua will be highlighting his series of watercolor artwork based on the journey which he partake in his previous travel. Other participating artists include Al Khuzairie Ali, Alexandra Hon, Amy Nazira, Anisa Abdullah, Art Sanchez, Azizul Nasir, Chayanin Kwangkaew, Dexter Sy, Faizal Suhif, Faiz ZA, Haziq Syawal, Lina Tan, Nik Mohd Hazri, Nor Tijan Firdaus, Raimi Sani, Shafiq Nordin and Trirat Sriburin.
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gajah G allery S ingapore
Ashley Bickerton, Sally, Acrylic on digital printed canvas on wood, 75 x 65 x 6 cm, 2018
Gajah Gallery (Singapore) presents six expressions exploring surfaces, real and imagined and beyond the materiality of structure and form, textures and tactility. Erizal As (Indonesia) revels in lyrical energetic lines of vivid colours for an abstruse portraiture; Yunizar (Indonesia) thrives on an enigmatic epigram of primitive, childlike markings; Sabri Idrus (Malaysia) creates overpowering organic forms of tough exteriors but with a hypnotic quality; Kayleigh Goh (Malaysia)
works with wood and cement for poetic nuances of architectural spaces; Mangu Putra (Indonesia) presents a grey and gloomy degradation of the environment; Jason Lim (Singapore) represents Singapore in the 2007 Venice Biennale; Suzann Victor (Singapore, Australia-based) conjures space-guzzling installations combining art and science; and Ashley Bickerton (Barbados, Bali-based) creates weird fantasy-world belying a sinister reality of excess and destruction.
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G allery des A rtistes M alaysia
Jeremi Ca, Vortex, Acrylic on canvas, 96 x 146 cm, 2018
Gallery Des Artistes is Malaysia’s newest and hippest art gallery founded in 2017 by Edith Ho, an avid art collector, long time art lover, diploma holder from Sotheby’s and MOMA. Gallery des Artistes’ aim is to promote Western art in Asia by providing only the most promising collection of Pop and Contemporary Art from France and beyond. For Art Expo Malaysia 2018, Gallery des Artistes is presenting a selection of French artists that showcase all the trends in contemporary art right now. Special invited guest from France for Art Expo Malaysia 2018 is the highly sought-after painter Jeremi Ca, a master of optical illusions who will be conducting an Art Talk and also a Live performance during the show, an opportunity for the public not to be missed.
A master of colour and lines, Jeremi’s very intricate technique is a full display of draftsmanship. By his use of repetition of lines, he invites the viewer to experience colour – colours that are continually changing, like a magical happening. Olivier Hersk’s incredibly happy and unique lollipop sculptures took France and Europe by storm and made him one of France’s most acclaimed street artists. A full-time artist graduated from L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Nicolas Desbons welds thin strip of metal, a technique known as “metal lacing”, to create seductive sculptures of the female body. His figurative sculptures are shown in very prestigious galleries in Paris, near the Presidential Palace and throughout Europe.
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Kohesi I nitiative I ndonesia
Heri Dono, Antara Bunga Dan Api (Amidst Flowers And Fire), Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 180 cm, 2017
Some of the leading multiple-award-winning Indonesian artists will headline Srisasanti Syndicate’s presentation called Reflections, on how their lives are affected by others or a particular event or issue. The senior duo, Heri Dono (b.1960) and Eddie Hara (b.1957), are known for their socio-political and environmental works respectively. Some of the next generations are winners of the UOB Painting and Affandi prizes, with Suroso ‘Isur’ (b.1983) capturing the Grand UOB Prize (2013) and the
Asian Prize at the Beppu Biennale, Japan. The others are Ronald Manullang (b.1954), Bob Yudhita Agung (b.1971), Roby Dwiantono (b.1990), Maxi Mo Elizondo (b. Argentina, 1983), Devald Nimrod Manullang (b.1990), and Laksamana Ryo (b.1993). Srisasanti Kohesi Initiative prodigies, Atreyu Moniaga (b.1988) and Galih Reza Suseno (b.1990), will be making their debut.
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L awangwangi I ndonesia
Eddy Susanto, Kalathida Towards Capitalism #1, Mixed media, Variable size, 2016
Works of Indonesian multimedia artist Eddy Susanto (b.1975) pushes new paradigms and truths on the subject or issue covered. On the impact of his 2012 Occidentalism Series focusing on Speculation on Monalisa, he offers the latest on ‘Asian Influences On Europe’, arguing that Europe, Asia and Africa have mutually benefited from one another in various fields of human endeavor. He
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uses text from the book, Asia In The Making Of Europe – Volume I: The Century Of Discovery (by Donald F. Lach, 1965), to “paint” the chosen images as a visual archive of the topic highlighted. The book was based on vast surveys describing Asian life and society in the 16th century, and images of Asia later appeared in European literature and art.
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R ichard Koh F ine A rt M alaysia
Seah Ze Lin, Split, Mixed media on copper, 90 x 60 cm, 2018
Zelin Seah (b.1980) sees a special connection beyond the practical function in the putative god of small and big things: the energy, the spirituality and ethereal feelings lodged in the unknown environment and also religious rites. Inspired by a visit to Angkor Wat, Zelin Seah sublimates his interpretations using mixed media on copper to create an uneasy link between Man and Environment, method and the natural like oxidization.
In Awe Of Things is Richard Koh Fine Art’s presentation. Zelin Seah is the winner of the Young Guns Award Malaysia (2013) and twice won the Silver Award of the UOB Painting of the Year (2016, 2017). He was educated at The One Academy (diploma, 2002) and University of Central England, Birmingham (BFA, 2007).
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Yeo Eng Peng, Malaysian Pride #5, Oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm, 2018
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N N G allery M alaysia
NN Gallery was established in 1996 as a private commercial art gallery to promote primarily Malaysian Art. Since its inception, the gallery has forged strong ties with its artists and the art community to offer art consultancy and investment advice to private and institutional clients. In Art Expo Malaysia 2018, NN gallery is featuring 2 Malaysian artists, Yeo Eng Peng and his student Anne Koh, under the exhibition themed Duo III which marks the third exhibition of the pair since 2016. Decorative ceramic painting, which initially was pursued as a hobby, sparked Anne’s interest and passion in painting. After some years in honing her skills in decorative art, Anne enrolled in painting classes, and under the tutelage of Yeo Eng Peng, sharpened her skills and creativity. Today, Anne is a full time artist and her artworks embody her passion, determination and love of painting and music which is lovingly translated and transferred onto her canvasses. Anne’s paintings are full of emotion and depict her personal experience as she immerses herself in the music and orchestral performances to produce a creative and vibrant expression using form, space, gestures and colours to draw the viewers into the paintings; to listen to the beauty, melody and emotions of the musical score, to enjoy the music and to start a dialogue. Yeo Eng Peng is a graduate of distinction from Kuala Lumpur College of Art and is currently both a full time artist and lecturer. Well known for his photo realistic depictions and paintings of tropical fruit, Yeo Eng Peng’s canvases exude a harmonious composition with depth and attention to detail. Yeo Eng Peng is an acclaimed watercolourist and oil painter who has exhibited in many local and international exhibitions. He is currently the Treasurer for the Malaysian Watercolour Society. His pictorial images are romantic, deep and nostalgic, suggesting a deeper consensus for a responsibility to preserve whatever that possesses an intrinsic value unique to us – from the importance of harmony, mindfulness, care for the environment, to united family and culture. He imparts, though subtly, his perspective and philosophy onto his canvases and his altruistic nature, motivational, holistic form of teaching makes him a better teacher and artist. Yeo Eng Peng’s realistic paintings are a rich and vibrant sight to behold, a testament to his incredible talent and dedication.
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S . A . C . G A L L E R Y B A N G KO K T hailand
Thidarat Chantachua, View From Putrajaya, Embroidery and acrylic on fabric, 70 x 100 cm, 2017
Have a teh tarik or any other kind of tea! Right from the streets of a Muslim neighbourhood re-created in the Art Expo Malaysia. That is the Bangkok Tea Project by Bangkok-born artist Thidarat Chantachua, presented by S.A.C. Gallery Bangkok. The audience can get sensorial cues of ethnic specificity from the different types of tea leaves, brewing techniques and scent and can engage the
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artist in discussion. More than just tea, it offers insights into cultural hybridity, the question of identity and place, migration and refugees, and stereotypes. Born into a Muslim family, Chantachua finds skin colour shapes perception, and that food helps create a fusion from the various communities. Related works in paint and embroidery will also be displayed.
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S egaris A rt C enter M alaysia
Fauzan Omar, The Fragile Monument, Acrylic, gloss paint and burnt woods, Variable size, 2017
Segaris Art Center arrays the Fabulous Four of Malaysian Art who have made their mark both as artists and academicians in their respective universities. They are Fauzan Omar, Jalaini Abu Hassan, Ramlan Abdullah and Zulkifli Yusoff. Jalaini Abu Hassan, the quintessential storyteller, conjures stories from Malay folklore and traditional daily life with the raffish use of bitumen. Zulkifli Yusoff is known for his interrogation
of history, blurring the line between fact and fiction with his installations and heavy-duty works. Ramlan Abdullah is known for having the most monumental public sculptures all over the country. His ‘mantlepiece’ sculptures with its totemistic thrust delves into the relationship of tradtion and technology. Fauzan Omar creates a tattered bed of Nature to question preconceived notions of beauty with environmental concerns.
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TA K S U M alaysia
Tony Prove, Felicity, Acrylic on composite substrate, 152 x 152 cm, 2018
TAKSU Kuala Lumpur, a leading Southeast Asian contemporary art gallery and specialist, has stayed true to its contemporary theme and efforts in bringing forth Southeast Asian artists since its establishment in 1989. This year, Taksu will be sharing new works by local key artists such as Fauzulyusri, Najib Bamadhaj, Syahmi Jamaluddin, Zulkifli Lee, Fazrin Abd Rahman, Fendy Zakri, Agnes Lau, Afiq Faris, Azizi Latif, Amsyar Ramly, Isa Ishak, Sabihis Md Pandi and Ho Mei Kei. The exhibition offers a significant opportunity to engage with the artists’ yearly progression. For international artists, Anton Subiyanto from Indonesia, Singaporean artists Jamie Tan and Keith Teo, Australian artist Tony Prove, Filipino artists Pete Jimenez, Monica Delgado and Lubin Nepomuceno, Holland artist Jan Wisse, and Canadian artist Joe Fleming will all present their diversified practice. Taksu aims to highlight the local and international art trends as a platform for the advancement of the art industry. Fauzulyusri has an interesting take on abstract art where he pursues technique in intuitive psychomotor expression and unique Gestalt method. Painting for Najib is
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described as the concept of a wall, translated with paint on canvas in which he explored subjects of endangered animals with mixed media. Syahmi also employs mixed-media techniques for portraits of famous people, with repetitive and striking visual elements in the background giving a new interpretation of the portraits. Zul create works that juxtapose the beauty of relationship and paradox between human and nature, bridging Islamic aesthetic philosophies with contemporary principles and execution. Fazrin geometrical shapes and form intersects in his interesting use of spray paint on aluminum strips and other exciting approaches. Nature is at the core of Fendy Zakri’s artistic investigation in attempt to record the authenticity of the real world and to communicate the artists’ connection with landscapes. Agnes’s work lies between systematic and non-systematic processes, incorporating the conscious and unconscious mind and allowing it to take its form through drawing, painting, and printmaking. Afiq’s work draws us into the ordinary sight with a fleeting imaginary, multi-dimensional space. Azizi deals with socio-political changes in Malaysia and often recreates portraits such as Tunku Abdul Rahman in a different light. Amsyar is also drawn to portray figures using pixels, collages and other experimental approaches. Isa and Sabihis art practice are both rooted in the political and cultural scene in Malaysia. Ho Mei Kei’s paintings composed of strong repetition and notion of child play, questioning on the value of Malaysia’s educational system and our societal pressure. On the other hand, Anton’s artworks often highlight the Javanese life philosophy of tepo seliro which upholds the values of tolerance, respect for others, and empathy. Both Jamie and Keith have an interesting take on our nearest comparison of how education in the arts varies tremendously despite our identical culture. Jamie is fascinated in the relativity of colour as visual perception and subjective experience shaped by cultural preferences and interpretations, while Keith explores extensively on surface materiality in painting. Tony has a strong linkage with Malaysia for his involvement in high-profile rail transportation projects. Apart from engineering, he discovered his passion for the unique usage of industrial related methods, substrates, and mediums for paintings. Jimenez transforms hard intractable materials into sculptural statements of wit and whimsy, mirth and merriment. Monica works with acrylic paint with a sculptural approach, with dynamic colours and strong tactile quality in organic forms and shapes. Nepomuceno presents abstracted narratives from thick impasto oil paints and appropriates found objects, cementing a relationship between concepts, object and subject. Wisse’s paintings show details of the human body using everyday subjects in showing certain sensuality or elegance. Fleming adopts a structural pull to his paintings by experimenting with form, texture, materiality, perspectival confusion and possibility.
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T he A rt P eople G allery M alaysia
Ben Chong See Wai, Obsession To Tattoo, Acrylic on canvas, 137 x 274.3 cm, 2018
The Art People Gallery (TAPG) started in year 2015 as a private gallery founded by passionate art collector, Mr. Lum Peng Cheong. With an aim to foster deeper understanding, awareness, and appreciation for Malaysian art and culture, TAPG sets out to showcase Malaysian artists locally and internationally. This year marks the first year of TAPG’s participation in Art Expo Malaysia 2018, introducing to us three local artists, Azhar Kamaruddin, Ben Chong See Wai, and Lisa Wong Sook Kuan. Azhar Kamaruddin impresses us with his skilled craftsmanship in building model ships. His technical blueprints, complete mock-ups, and meticulous ships are all done by hand, with each ship taking three to five months or more. He has crafted over 80 model ships to date, and will feature a major Chinese Treasure fleet from the early 15th century, as well as a Mediterranean Galley in Art Expo Malaysia. He believes in preserving the knowledge in model ship-making for the younger
generation. Ben Chong is a contemporary artist who works across multiple disciplines, such as in advertising, interior designing, and painting. His acclaimed Autism Series displays his recent focus on human subjects with empathy and compassion, particularly for people with special needs. Being one of the most promising young figurative painters, his acrylic paintings are iconic for its great expressive force, with powerful and seemingly uncontrolled brushstrokes. Lisa Wong’s fascination lies in the elegance of the imperfect and the fleeting. Her visual imageries are rooted in beauty, emotion, and the macabre. Inspired by the complexity of the human persona, her art is an ornate, surrealistic, depiction of different emotive states. Ranging from intricate ink pieces, to brightly hued acrylic creations, they tell stories of loss, of hidden desire, and of transition.
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T rish G allery M yanmar
Nann Nann, Red In Color-02, Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 152.4 cm, 2015
Trish Gallery is an exhibition space that promotes Myanmar artists, and also to feature the growing art collection of its founder, Patricia Pun. Two Myanmar artists, Bogie and Nann Nann will be introduced in the gallery’s first debut in Art Expo Malaysia 2018. Bogie’s art form is reflective of his earlier studies in engineering when he first discovered his passion for modern painting. While working as an engineer, Bogie immersed himself in the company of prominent Myanmar painters. He eventually left his profession to pursue art making. His visuals are often systematic and geometrical, drawing inspiration from the sights and sounds that surround him. Both his Bo Aquarium and Leucemia pieces were experiences from his daily life. He primarily uses mixedmedia approaches, in which he calls “collaint”. He first creates paper collages on canvas, and paints over them with primary colours. The process continues for each layer, symbolical of his relentless pursuit in camaraderie
and artistry. Nann Nann is influenced by her artistic family background, and is known for her bold pieces in large-scale paintings and sculptures. She often employs geometrical shapes as representations of physical objects and biological subjects, oscillating between the extremes in proportions and colour contrast. Also reputable for creating sculptures out of found objects, she turned old coins into life size light fixtures and salvaged metals and printing press wood stamps into sculpted tables. Her subjects remain rooted in Myanmar culture, with elements of a seated monk, a waterfall of gold leaves (a common offering at pagodas), and a golden balloon (an offering to drive away evil spirits when released) included in her works. Thus making her an experimental artist of her generation who combines centuries-old cultural representation with new provoking concepts.
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Zheng Yuanwu, Composition In Green No. 1, Ink on paper, 142 x 68 cm, 2018
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W hite S pace A rt A sia S ingapore
Singapore based White Space Art Asia brings a fresh line up of contemporary artists for its fourth year at the 2018 Art Expo Malaysia, continuing its mission of presenting artists with their own unique language and insightful stories to tell. Aspiration, humor, pathos, pain, joy and wonder are some of the deeper themes explored beyond the visual language. With over thirty-five years of experience, White Space Art Asia as a second-generation gallery continues to identify artists who seek to interpret and pose critical issues in the contemporary world. Indonesian artist Irwanto Lentho will showcase his painting alongside Chinese artists Liu Peng, Han Fang, and Zheng Yuanwu with their diverse practice. Lentho treats art as a form of documentation, reflecting on his journey and issues that plague his community. Splashed in bold, vibrant colours, Lentho’s fantastical worlds are often populated with marionettes and animals that are metaphorical of his political satires. Seeing art beyond a political tool, Lentho creates scenes that reminisce one’s childhood by using colourful palette and childlike imageries to evoke a sense of playfulness and innocence. Radiantly bright, Liu Peng’s contemporary landscapes are a mix of intimacy and distance, with a lively observation and a reserved touch. His oil paintings dwell between reality and imagination, speaking what the eye sees and constructs of this world. Cool geometries outline the rippling water, silhouette of trees and fading light, inviting us into a fascinating alter universe of possibilities. Han Fang’s paintings reference the culture and imagery of the Chu kingdom in China. Set in the Spring, Autumn, and Warring States period, Chu was culturally rich in the course of Chinese history. Han Fang understands that imagination is stronger than knowledge, and myth is more potent than history. He recreates historical scenes from fables and anecdotes, while injecting humor and pathos. He brings new life to an esoteric past that is often only glimpsed through the looking glass of serious historians. Zheng’s art is a boisterous riot of East meets West; his subjects in abstract forms retain an essentially Chinese character through his free and decisive ink strokes. Landscape, animals, men and women overlapped to form a surrealistic stage play, each revealing a rich metaphor and symbolism. Water, ink, lines and colours all call for attention as Zheng demolishes the traditional Chinese ink concepts of composition and space. He adopts an intuitive, almost naïve approach to painting, where freedom is favored above traditional academic rules.
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W E I-L I N G G allery M alaysia
Wei-Ling Gallery, one of the gilt-edged Malaysian galleries, makes her debut in the Art Expo Malaysia with Project Room, under the label of ‘Tanah Air’, which means Motherland, Homeland, Country, Countryside. The thrust of the works is about Who We Are, What We Are, and Where We Are. Through cartography or topography, ‘Tanah Air’ brings together Malaysia’s 3 Cs – the equivalent perhaps of the Italian Transavantgarde 3 Cs namely Clemente, Cucchi and Chia. Wei-Ling Gallery’s trio are Chong Kim Chiew, Chin Kong Yee and Chen Wei Meng.
Chong Kim Chiew, Boundary Fluidity #15, Acrylic on tarpulin with cutting, 240 x 180 cm, 2015
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Chong Kim Chiew, Boundary Fluidity #18, Acrylic on tarpaulin with cutting, 240 x 180 cm, 2015
Chong Kim Chiew (b.1975) Chong works through the idea of ‘tracing’ encompassing history, identity, geography in the act of seeking, studying and exploring. His is about the conundrum of place: of belonging, circumstances and change. The artist’s maps on tarpaulin are made of multi-layers and erasures of paint: the memory of place is reset to ‘Zero’ on sighting of a destination. With his soft-sculpture-like painting, Kim Chiew has created a significant twist in his installation. The maps are no longer static, bounded to a place, but transformable and responsive to places where they are shown, like being sitespecific. In pushing the maps to the physical yet unidentified deserted landscapes in his video work, the artist has dissociated the map-making from the place, thus liberating the authority / ownership from each other. His artworks provoke us to think (and rethink) about our national developments and aspirations. Kim Chiew has been working on these map-making works since 2004. Kim Chiew lives and works in Kuala Lumpur. His works have been widely exhibited in China, Taiwan, France, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.
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Chin Kong Yee, Jalan Cheng Loke – Kedai Kopi Li Fong, Oil on canvas, 190 x 340 cm (diptych) or 170 x 380 cm (diptych) (4 possible arrangements), 2012
Chin Kong Yee (b.1973) Chin Kong Yee is noted for his 360-degrees paintings, including a fish-eye lens view, of places over time, of time, and in time. In his latest solo, Dancing With Shadows, the 7th at Wei-Ling Contemporary last August, he even introduced ‘mix n match’ paintings, with the diptych or quadriptych being interchangeable and rotatable without drastically undermining the core image. Each diptych can be rearranged to allow for multiple arrangements and perspectives of the same place. He combines the present, past and future through a dual perspective (realism and unrealistic), thus making the space dramatic and ambiguous, as if through a Cubist scope. Kong Yee seeks his audience to feel and see the process of his creation and what he has experienced. He has labeled his style as ‘Actuality Accorded Painting (AAP)’, whereby, in painting and portraying an object, it has to have existed, and have undergone the process of being real, in order for it to be translated onto the canvas as art. AAP is basically the act of “seeing” where the past, the present and the future is enveloped into one when one looks at an object. Once eye contact has been made through AAP, the images become the past. His image is ever changing and changeable, and evolving as you look at them. The space is not measured or fixed, and is only present in the transiency of time. His infinite canvas paintings saw the artist taking the depiction and perception of his city and landscapes to another level. Kong Yee lives and works in Kuala Lumpur. His inspiration comes from the places he visits. His works have been widely exhibited internationally in Germany, Romania, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, and collected by numerous corporate and private collectors.
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Chen Wei Meng, Sekinchan 2013 December 5, Acrylic on canvas, 165 x 295 cm, 2015
Chen Wei Meng (b.1965) Chen Wei Meng’s ‘muse’ is the landscape. His works have to be seen upclose and personal. Each blade of grass, every grain of sand… they are all painstakingly done, to bring out the beauty of the place, the purity of the land, and the pervasive sense of solitude and serenity. He captures the dramatic weather changes and mood of the place, revealing a strong emotional connection. “I have an absolute sentimental attachment to this land. I am grateful to have the ability to paint, so that I can interpret what I see and feel in my paintings. My paintings are truly my statement. Nature always gives as it only needs a little effort to be aware of it. I have an acute sense of the observation of nature and I believe once our heart is quiet and calm, everyone can see the beauty in nature. I don’t use knowledge to paint – I use my eyes to judge and my instinct to lead. The painting process involves seeing and instinct, as it is an interaction of paints to create an illusion of space on a plane surface.” Wei Meng has spent his time between Terengganu and Kuala Lumpur and a spell in Europe, but the memories of his hometown of Dungun, the beaches and the open rambling places, is indelible. But his first solo was not of Terengganu, but of Sekinchan, called Sekinchan: Land Of Fertility, at Wei-Ling Gallery, in 2007. He has become a fulltime artist since 1995, and he has not looked back.
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J apan Pavilion
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Gallery Hanakagesho, Kotobukidou, Jizai-Okimono Dragon, Silver, brass and gold, 3 x 8.8 x 2.5 cm, 2018 Gallery Seek, Takeshi Harada, Dandelion And Dragonfly, Forging and engraving metal, 14 x 11 x 14 cm, 2018 Gallery UG, Kunihiko Nohara, Cappuccino R, FRP and camphor tree, 42 x 36 x 24 cm, 2018
Some of the most exciting Japanese contemporary practices will come under the Japan Pavilion in the Art Expo Malaysia (AEM) 2018 for the first time. Eight leading Japanese galleries will array some 40 of their best artists. They include gallery UG, which has been AEM stalwart since 2016. The others are Gallery Hanakagesho, Gallery Ishikawa, Gallery Seek, Gallery Suiha, Hakkendo Gallery, KINOSHO KIKAKU and Smart Ship Gallery. Since the kurofune (black ships of the West) opened up Japan in the 16th century, Japan has made an impact on world art with their unique ukiyo-e of Hiroshige, Hokusai and Sharaku, which had even influenced Vincent Van Gogh, Matisse and Monet. The biggest Japanese Post-War art movement is undoubtedly Gutai (roughly translated as ‘embodiment’ or ‘concreteness’) which propagated a new freedom of avant-garde art based on multimedia environments, performances and theatrical events. It was founded in Osaka in 1954 by Jiro Yoshihara and
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Shozo Shimamoto. Then there are the Conceptual performances of Yoko Ono and Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), who is best known for her psychedelic Infinite Mirrors installation apart from fiction and fashion. Takashi Murakami charges the SuperFlat Movement while Yoshitomo Nara has its origins in the sub-cultures of manga, anime and cosplay. With the Japanese taking up some 168 square metres of space under the ambit of the Japan Association of Contemporary Art (JACA), one can expect to find some of the Next Big Names of Nipponseries. It also coincides with the second coming of Prime Minister YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, with his Re-Looking East Policy. All eyes will be on the emerging names such as Takeshi
Harada (Gallery Seek); Kunihiko Nohara (gallery UG); Kohei Yamada (KINOSHO KIKAKU); Yasuhiro Asai (Gallery Hanakagesho); Yuji Takahashi (Hakkendo Gallery); Akihiro Fujimoto (Gallery Ishikawa); Asagi Otawa (Gallery Suiha) and Izumi Ohwada (Smart Ship Gallery). The Japan Pavilion can be deemed as microcosm of cutting-edge Japanese Contemporary Art (which absorbs flatly both Fine Art and Applied Art, subcultures such as Manga, Anime way of expression) supported by a long cultural history. This project is led by JACA (its slogan Happy Aura) that supports Positivity.
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4 Hakkendo Gallery, Yuji Takahashi, I Am A Stranger, Acrylic paint, 130 x 321 cm, 2018
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5 Gallery Ishikawa, Hiroki Yoshida, QR Hope - Lucky Cat, Gold foil and colour on paper, 46 x 46 cm, 2017
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The artists represented by the Japanese galleries: Gallery Hanakagesho: Kotobukidou, Mansei Uehara, Yasuhiro Asai, Wanausagi, Douho, Koma, Mao Kanai Gallery Ishikawa: Akihiro Fujimoto, Hiroki Yoshida Gallery Seek: Takeshi Harada, Mitsuru Koga, Kenji Tao, Takahiro Hirabayashi Gallery Suiha: Asagi Otawa, Hans Innemee (Netherlands), Guy Dessapt (France)
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Gallery UG: Kunihiko Nohara, Yoshikazu Hiramatsu, Gekko Numata, Kana Uchida Hakkendo Gallery: Yuji Takahashi, Akika Kurata, Rika Oshima, Chieko Kuroishi, Ayuko Kikuchi, Yuuki Koyano, Yuuki Sori, Takumi Suzuki
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Kinosho Kikaku: Hiroshi Mori, Kohei Yamada, Shoichi Tsurukawa, Kojiro, Noritoshi Mitsuuchi Smart Ship Gallery: Yu Uchida, Izumi Ohwada, Linmay Komine, Misao Fujii
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THE ART OF BUYING
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You buy art for its unique quality, or that it touches you spiritually or philosophically, and for interior enhancement, perceived investment value and sheer prestige.
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Anyone can buy art, to suit one’s initial budget. Yes, a salaried worker CAN collect art if he / she is willing to make a little sacrifice.
You must like the work you buy. Never buy purely for investment purposes.
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Buy something you are comfortable with, as you will have to live with it as long as you want to keep it.
Check up the track record of the artist. Is the artist just “main-main” (an amateur) or serious? Self-taught or artcollege trained and which institution?
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Art prize awards, national decorations a nd i nter nat iona l recog nit ions, academic achievements, scholarships are important ‘credentials’ that add to the artist’s overall stature and consequently, higher prices for their works.
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Who collects the art or artists is sometimes as important as the names of the artists, for instance, the artist is a favourite of Charles Saatchi or that the artist’s works are collected by the Fukuoka Art Museum or London’s Tate Museum.
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The best way to assess an artist’s price is through his / her auction records, which are available in several database providers, some even with detailed analysis, graphs and projections.
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Keep an inventory of the works in your collection – work statistics and descriptions, buy from who / where, artist’s CV, market price then and now, etc.
Trust your instincts, sometimes even when you buy on the spur of the moment.
Points extracted from < The Art Of Buying > written by Ooi Kok Chuen, published in the Art Catalogue of Art Expo Malaysia 2010.
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Golden Dragon / Mixed 24k gold and oil on canvas / 162 x 97 cm / 2013
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K I m I l Tae : T H E E T E R NA L A L LU R E OF G OL D A RT by Surinam Yusoff To find out more, visit Aureo Gallery Booth at Art Expo Malaysia 2018!
Gold has held a special place in the human imagination for millennia. Being compared to the mighty sun, the Incas called it the ‘tears of the sun’. This suncoloured metal is seen as being synonymous with power, beauty and the cultural elite. Distinct among metals for being imperishable, never tarnishing in air or in water, gold is dense, soft and ductile with an attractive yellow colour and lustre. It is not a coincidence that yellow is the royal colour in Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand. In the 1800’s, the gift of ‘Bunga Emas’ (gold flowers) was regularly presented to the King of Ayutthaya (Siam) by the northern states of the Malay peninsula namely Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu as a sign of friendship and alliance to the Thai Kingdom. Man’s fascination with gold, however, is as old as recorded history. The ancient Egyptian civilisation (circa 3,000 BC), so highly valued gold that the capstones on the Pyramids of Giza were reportedly made from solid gold. The Aztec, Greek and other civilisations used gold abundantly, including it in religious ceremonies and in important architectural designs. Gold coins were first used around 700 BC by merchants in Lydia, an area that is now part of Turkey, while paper money was first used by the Chinese during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Nevertheless, it was JP Morgan, the American banker, a man who knew what he was talking about, that said ‘Gold is money, everything else is credit’.
Gold leaf was used in the creation of illuminated manuscripts in Constantinople, Ireland and Italy from the 5th century and in the sacred painting of the Middle Ages to paint the sky in ‘gold-ground’ and put golden halos around saints and sacred figures. In modern painting, it was used to decorate various works by artists, the most notable of whom is the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), a prominent exponent of the equality between the fine and decorative arts. During his ‘golden phase’, Klimt created a series of gold leaf paintings which include his world-famous masterpieces ‘The Kiss’, an allegorical depiction of lovers locked in an intimate embrace and the ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I’ which was renamed ‘The Lady in Gold’. Klimt’s masterpieces were conceivably inspired by his passion for his work and his love for the beautiful, demonstrably his love for women. In an exciting new development, Kim Il Tae, a South Korean contemporary artist, driven by his passion for art just the same and spurred on too by the women in his life, has taken gold art to a whole new level. Unlike others who have produced gilded paintings, Kim’s work is made with 24 karat gold, the purest form, with 999 parts per thousand of gold. No other medium will do, as this artist intends to make an indelible mark and leave the world with works of art that will last forever – the kind that will not fade or crack or crumble in time – or in his own words ‘something that will last for 1,000 years’.
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Kim first caused a commotion in the Korean art scene in 2011. At his first private exhibition in Insa-dong, an arts and culture district in Seoul, a metal detector was employed to verify the purity of the gold used. Since that initial alarm, his extraordinary paintings have caught the imagination of the Korean public and garnered wider audiences, earning him worldwide critical acclaim and the distinction of being the only artist in the world who paints and sculpts pure gold on canvas. One could say that the road to his success was paved with gold, but it certainly didn’t start out that way. Born in 1956 in Gangnam, the affluent district in Seoul, Kim began painting from the age of five. His mother, Lee Jung Sook, an art teacher for 36 years, had instilled a profound appreciation for art in her son very early on. Though art was his first love, it took him a long time to come round and embrace it as a vocation. Turning to a more stable and ‘practical’ path owing to his family’s financial constraints, Kim studied agriculture at Chung Nam University and later ventured into the real estate business to make his money. Nonetheless, as soon as he felt he could afford it, in his mid 30’s he left to study fine art at an art college in San Francisco in the early 1990’s. He studied hard and spent six years in the US, returning to Korea as an aspiring artist who not only had the talent and skills to succeed but also the qualifications and ambition to match. For the first few years though, try as he did, Kim just could not make it work; the paintings he produced were largely underappreciated. He held part-time jobs to support himself and his family, pumping petrol at petrol stations and tutoring art in between painting and finding exhibition space. Finally, it dawned on Kim that he was not going anywhere with what he was doing. He was at his wits’ end, realising that something had to give. ‘My prospects looked so dismal, there were no takers for the works that I was making. I was desperate. I had to come up with something different,an original style that would make an impression in the tough art world’, he said. An important woman in his life, his mother, the art teacher then suggested that he try painting with gold, not just gold leaf. It was an intriguing idea that would continue to linger on his mind. One day, he saw Buddhist devotees putting on a golden Buddha statue some gold decorations that looked like they might peel off eventually, later if not sooner.
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Eternal Love / Mixed 24k gold and oil on canvas / 62 x 35 cm / 2013
Kim thought hard about his mother’s suggestion, but how do you make it stick and lasting? Melted gold would peel right off when laid on canvas, how do you hold it firmly in its place? By late 1998, Kim decided to sell a building he owned in order to buy the gold he needed to smear on canvas and try to make it stick. While this made perfect sense to him, to others it looked like a sure sign of lunacy. ‘You are crazy!’ said the other important woman in his life at the time, his wife. On that note, she left with their two children. But Mrs Kim wasn’t the only one to think that her husband had gone mad, it was an opinion shared by most
everybody, the entire community in fact, including the art critics. Their ‘opposition’, though, only made his resolve stronger. ‘I was called crazy by society, but all I wanted to do was to rise to the challenge and explore an uncharted territory’, explained Kim. Only his mother stood by him saying ‘You can do it’, while his father was indifferent, unaligned to any opinion. Arguably, both women, his mother and his wife, had played an instrumental role in spurring him on. And fortunately for the late Lee Jung Sook, who passed away five years ago (God bless her soul), she would live long enough to see her son’s efforts starting to bear fruit. There is a method to his madness after all.
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Eight Golden Horses / Mixed 24k gold and oil on canvas / 97 x 162 cm / 2013
After seven years of research and experiments, Kim Il Tae finally succeeded in finding a unique formula and technique of painting, sculpting and etching 24 carat gold on canvas. His formula is a blend of gold, natural oils from trees and a special glue that would allow the gold to stick to the canvas and not crack or change colour. A layer of gold is first applied to a canvas and left to dry for two weeks. With a two-week interval between each layer, the process is repeated seven or eight times in order to yield a deep and rich field ready for sculpting. Sometimes, a chunk of gold would be plastered on the canvas to be baked at 80 degrees Celsius for two days until it turns into a form of jelly which would then be moulded and carved into the intended shapes with a chisel, fork, spoon or brush. When asked about the special glue used, Kim decided to reveal it here for the first time ever, after a little hesitation. He pointed to a 3’ x 5’ painting hung on the wall behind us and said, ‘To make a painting that size, one whole big cow is needed to provide the bones for the glue, and the bones have to be boiled for a week’. One whole big cow’s bones boiled for a week for a painting that size, as well as a number of exotic tree oils and 24-karat gold of course. Interestingly, when people used to ask him about the gold weight in each painting, he’d say that if it was gold that they
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HRH Prince Michael of Kent and Kim Il Tae holding ‘The Golden Horse’ now in the prince’s collection. (Photo: Aureo Gallery)
wanted, they really should get a gold bar instead. Rightly so, anything involving gold is a grand affair to begin with, without even considering the novelty and the great skill behind a work of this kind. There is truth to the saying ‘If you have to ask, you can’t afford it’. His unusual paintings are an impressive sight to behold, imparting as they do a gleaming three-dimensional quality in both natural and exhibition settings. To say that they should not be appraised on just the value of the gold is only stating the obvious. Gold and art are two precious things to hold and behold, each with its own individual merit. Needless to say, gold as an art form is in a class by itself.
A small packet of pure gold powder unveiled by the artist during the interview session. A hint at immortality: Gold is malleable and imperishable; you can shape it in any way you like but you cannot make it disappear. (Photo: Malaysia Art Gallery Guide /Rei Chei)
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Most of Kim’s paintings feature powerful totems both mythical and real such as dragons and horses, flowers like roses and sunflowers, as well as figures and motifs from mostly Oriental culture. They symbolise love, luck, fortune, faith, strength and vitality, the qualities which have great universal appeal. The choice of what to paint comes from his innate understanding of the world around him, including sudden inspiration that appears out of the blue. Understandably as an artist, Kim is not closed to new ideas. The possibilities are virtually endless. There have already been enquiries from the oil and gold rich kingdoms in the Middle East to get this Korean artist to burnish their holdings. It would certainly be quite interesting to see how the quintessential in Middle Eastern aesthetics – Islamic calligraphy and geometric patterns – would be treated by this Far Eastern native. To date, Kim Il Tae has held over 20 exhibitions in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon and Los Angeles with more planned in the near future at other venues. The highlight of his career includes a two-week solo exhibition in 2016 at London’s Saatchi, a gallery renowned for exhibiting only the finest in contemporary art. Among the collectors of his works are Prince Michael of Kent, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, Chinese celebrities Tang Wei and Zhou Xun, Oprah Winfrey and fellow Gangnam-born singer Psy of the ‘Gangnam Style’ fame. He writes poetry in his spare time and teaches art a couple of days a week at the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies and a few other universities in the Korean capital. From time to time, he’d travel to different cities around the world to show his work, essentially bringing a message of love and envisioning that people will instantly connect with it no matter where they come from. This was his first visit to Malaysia, but he said that he could naturally feel the history and beauty of this multiracial country. Looking at his paintings and listening to this mild-mannered man articulate his thoughts in his mother tongue, you’d get a sense that here is an individual who is consciously striving to touch ‘immortality’ by building a bridge across forever with his art of gold. Not one to rest on his laurels, the artist has been secretly experimenting with his latest medium, gold on clay. It turned out to be a very difficult firing process that took him five years
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Kim Il Tae’s Solo Exhibition on 9 December 2017 at the Shangri La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo: Aureo Gallery)
to perfect. With only two or three successes out of every 100 attempts, the project has left him with a mountain of broken clay. Kim jokingly said or perhaps not jokingly, that the leftover clay would be used to build a house for himself, not wanting to let it go to waste. According to him, ‘This procedure produces ceramic of very high quality, the kind that lasts for a very long time, like Chinese pottery made 5,000 years ago’. It was in October last year that his gold art was first shown to the public in this country through Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2017) at Matrade, but Kuala Lumpur looks set to play host to Kim Il Tae again in ‘autumn’ this year when he returns to present yet another groundbreaking effort – a glowing tribute to the Far East’s enduring love affair with pottery – gold on clay paintings.
From left: Ms Serena Chiam, Mr Kim Il Tae, Guest of Honour, Y.M. Tengku Dato’ Hishammuddin Zaizi bin Y.A.M. Tengku Azman Shah Alhaj and Mr Michael Teh at Kim Il Tae’s Solo Exhibition in Malaysia. (Photo: Aureo Gallery)
*** The interview with Mr Kim Il Tae was held on 10 December 2017 at the Shangri La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur with the assistance of his interpreter Ms Cho Eun Seon, together with Ms Serena Chiam and Mr Michael Teh who jointly represent the artist to promote and distribute his artworks. For more information or any enquiries about Kim Il Tae’s gold art, please contact Aureo Gallery at +603 6419 1815 or visit https://aureo.co
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G a l l e ry di r e c tor i e s The information here is correct to the best of our knowledge. While we continueto update existing listings and expand the directory, Malaysia Art Gallery Guide cannot be held responsible for information that is no longer current.
MALAYSIA A A2 Gallery 27, Bangkok Lane, 10250 Penang W: www.a2artgallery.com A+ Works Of Art D6-G-8, D6 Trade Centre, 801 Jalan Sentul, 51000 Kuala Lumpur T: 018-333 3399 A.P. Art Gallery 9169A, Jalan Negara, 53100 Taman Melawati, Selangor T: 03-4105 8386 Aku Café & Gallery 8, 1st floor, Jalan Panggong, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2857 6887 Alliance Française KL 15, Lorong Gurney, 54100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2694 7880 W: www.kl.alliancefrancaise.org.my Artcube 3-10 & 3-13, Level 3, Intermark Mall, The Intermark, 348, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2181 1787 W: www.artcube.com.my Artemis Art Lot 21 & 22, Level G4, Publika, Block C5, Solaris Dutamas, 1 Jalan Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6211 1891 W: www.artemisartgallery.com Artseni Gallery B-G-02, Gateway Kiaramas (Corporate Suites) 1, Jalan Desa Kiara, Mont’Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2144 0782
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Art Accent 2, Jalan Telawi 1, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2287 1908 Art Case Galleries 8, Jalan Kelab Ukay 2, Bukit Antarabangsa, 68000 Ampang, Selangor Art House Gallery Lot 2.38-2.42, 2nd Floor, Wisma Cosway, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2148 2283 W: www.arthousegallery.com.my Art WeMe Contemporary Gallery Lot 2.100 & 2.101, Elite Pavilion, 166, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6211 1269 W: www.artweme.com B Badan Warisan Malaysia 2, Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2144 9273 W: www.badanwarisan.org.my Balai Seni Lukis Pulau Pinang 57, Macalister Road, 10400 George Town, Penang T: 04-226 1462 W: www.penangmuseum.gov.my/artgallery/ms Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery Sasana Kijang, 2, Jalan Dato’ Onn, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-9179 2784 W: www.museum.bnm.gov.my C City Art Gallery 6, Jalan 26/117A, Taman Mulia, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur T: 012-299 8641 W: www.cityartgallerymalaysia.com Core Design Gallery 87, Jalan SS15/2A, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor T: 03-5612 1168 W: www.coredesigngallery.com D Daiichi Art Space 25, Jalan Argyll, 10050 Georgetown, Penang
G a l l e ry di r e c tor i e s Galeri Shah Alam Persiaran Tasik, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor T: 03-5510 5344
Daiichi Modern Art Gallery Malaysia 155A, Jalan Masjid 1, Taman Pekan Baru, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah W: www.e-gallery.org/en
Galeri Z 2, Jalan 203B, 20 Trees, Taman Melawati Indah, 53100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2698 4407
G G13 Gallery GL13, Block B, Ground Floor, Kelana Square, Jalan SS7/26, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7880 0991 W: www.g13gallery.com
Galeria Sri Perdana Jalan Terengganu, Federal Hill, 59000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2072 0033
Galeri Perupa 28-1-1, Diamond Square, Jalan Semarak Api 3, Off Jalan Gombak, Setapak, 53000 Kuala Lumpur W: www.perupamalaysia.blogspot.com Galeri Petronas 341-43, Suria KLCC Petronas Twin Towers, Persiaran Petronas, 50088 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2051 7770 W: www.galeripetronas.com.my Galeri Prima 31, Jalan Riong, Balai Berita Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2724 8300 Galeri Seni Johor Lot 888, Jalan Sungai Chat, 80100 Johor Bahru T: 07-226 3266 Galeri Seni Lukis Negeri Perlis Perpustakaan Cawangan Simpang Empat Perlis, Jalan Kangar-Alor Setar, 02700 Perlis
Gallery Des Artistes Tropicana Golf and Country Resort, TR 3/1, Villa Shalimar, 47410 Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur T: 012-2099198 W: www.gallerydesartistes.com H Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers 25, Jalan Yap Ah Shak, 50300 Kuala Lumpur T: 016-273 3628 W: www.hbart.com.my HOM Art Trans 6A, Jalan Cempaka 16, Taman Cempaka, 68000 Ampang, Selangor T: 03- 9286 7004 W: www.homarttrans.com I
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Jalan Lembah Perdana, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2274 2020 W: www.iamm.org.my
Galeri Seni Muar 1-2A, Tingkat Atas, Jalan Enggang, Taman Marin, Sungai Abong, 84000 Muar, Johor Galeri Seni Mutiara 118, Armenian Street, 10200 Penang T: 04-262 0167 W: www.galerisenimutiara.com Galeri Serdang Fakulti Rekabentuk Dan Senibina, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor T: 03-8946 4090
Ilham Gallery Levels 3 & 5, Ilham Tower, 8, Jalan Binjai, 50450 Kuala Lumpur T: 03- 2181 3003 W: www.ilhamgallery.com
Island Gallery 4, Phuah Hin Leong Road, 10050 George Town, Penang T: 04-228 8898 J
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G a l l e ry di r e c tor i e s Jeth Art Gallery 1.3-1.5, 1st Floor, Selangor Complex, Jalan Sultan, 50000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2022 2886 W: www.jethartgallery.com K Kedah State Art Gallery Medan Bandar, Jalan Raja, 05100 Alor Setar, Kedah T: 04-732 5752 W: www.kedahmuseum.gov.my Kelantan Art Gallery Jalan Sultan Ibrahim, 15150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan T: 09-748 2266 W: www.muzium.kelantan.gov.my Ken Gallery Level M, Menara Ken TTDI, 37, Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7733 1060 KL Lifestyle Art Space 31, Jalan Utara, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7932 0668 W: www.kl-lifestyle.com.my L Lux Art Gallery 51-1, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 016-950 3168 W: www.luxart.gallery M M Art Space Arcade (MASA Gallery) M Suites Hotel Johor Bahru, 16, Jalan Skudai Straits View, 80200 Johor Bahru T: 07-2211 0000 Maestro Fine Art Gallery 5 & 7, Jalan Daya 11, Taman Daya, Kepong, 52100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6276 3142 Masterpiece Fine Art Auction / Tiny Rose Gallery 151, Jalan 5/42, Off Jalan Gasing, 46100 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7772 6193 W: www.masterpiece-auction.com
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MaTiC Gallery 109, Jalan Ampang, 55000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-9235 4800 / 03-9235 4900 W: www.matic.gov.my Museum Of Asian Art University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7967 3936 W: www.museum.um.edu.my N Nadine Fine Art 64, Jalan Kemajuan, Section 12/18, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7931 5069 National Art Gallery Malaysia 2, Jalan Temerloh, Off Jalan Tun Razak, 53200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4026 7000 W: www.artgallery.gov.my NN Gallery Suite 33-01-71, 33rd Floor, Menara Keck Seng, 203, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, T: 03 2116 5615 W: www.nngallery.my O One East Museum & Art 7, Jalan Dunlop, Georgetown, Penang T: 04-228 2390 Oriental Art & Cultural Center 10 & 12, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Yayasan Elken, Jalan 1/137C, Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama, 58000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7785 6363 W: www.oacc.my/ Our Art Projects @ The Zhongshan Building 80, Jalan Rotan, Off Jalan Kampung Attap, 50460 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2276 2624 W: www.ourartprojects.com P Pantau Iraga Art Space 921, Jalan Tanjung, Sijangkang, 42500 Kuala Langat, Selangor Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art 317, Lorong Maarof, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2092 3380 W: www.pelitahati.com.my
G a l l e ry di r e c tor i e s Penang Artists Corner 70-1-145B Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Piazza Mall, Jalan Mahsuri, Bayan Baru, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang Pin Wei Zhai Art Gallery 2B, Jalan Anggerik Aranda D31/D, Seksyen 31, Kota Kemuning, 40460 Shah Alam, Selangor T: 03-5122 1135 Pinkguy Flagship L4-26, Melawati Mall, Jalan Sabah, Taman Melawati, 53100 Ampang, Selangor T: 03-4161 7269 Pinkguy Gallery A-G-02, Marc Service Residence, 3, Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2166 2166 W: www.pinkguy.com.my Pipal Fine Art Lot 9, Level G4, Publika Solaris Dutamas, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, Off Jalan Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6206 5111 W: www.pipalfineart.com Project Room Fine Art 10B, Lorong Kolam Lama Air 1, Ampang Jaya, 68000 Ampang, Selangor T: 03-4820 5323 R R A Fine Arts 11, Jalan Kampung Pandan, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia T: 03-9201 2124 W: www.ra-finearts.blogspot.com Richard Koh Fine Art 229, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2095 3300 W: www.rkfineart.com Rimbun Dahan Km. 27, Jalan Kuang, Kuang, 48050 Selangor T: 03-6038 3690 W: www.rimbundahan.org S
Sabah Art Gallery Mile 2, Jalan Penampang, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah T: 088-268 806 W: www.sabahartgallery.com
Segaris Art Center Lot 8, Level G4, Block C4, Publika Shopping Gallery, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, Solaris Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6243 1108 W: www.segaris-artcenter.blogspot.com Shalini Ganendra Fine Art @ Gallery Residence 8, Lorong 16/7B, Section 16, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7960 4740 W: www.shaliniganendra.com Soka Gakkai Malaysia 243, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2144 8686 W: www.sgm.org.my Suma Orientalis 11, Lorong 11/4F, Seksyen 11, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7955 7111 W: www.sumaorientalis.com Sutra Foundation @ Sutra Gallery 12, Persiaran Titiwangsa 3, 53200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4021 1092 W: www.sutrafoundation.org.my Syed Thajudeen | The Bauhaus Gallery 14, Jalan 3/64, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7784 7810 W: www.thebauhausgallery.com T TAKSU 17, Jalan Pawang, 54000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4251 4396 W: www.taksu.com Tapak Gallery 1, Jalan Tanjong 8/28, Seksyen 8, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor The Art Gallery Penang 368-4-8, Burma Road, Level 4, Bellisa Row, Pulau Tikus, 10350 Penang W: www.theartgallerypg.com The Art People Gallery (TAPG) 30, 1st & 2nd Floor, Jalan Makyong, 5C/KU5, Bandar Bukit Raja, 41050 Klang T: 012- 555 7540 W: www.theartpeoplegallery.com
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G a l l e ry di r e c tor i e s The Edge Galerie G5-G6 Mont’ Kiara Meridin 19, Jalan Duta Kiara, Mont’ Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6419 0102 W: www.theedgegalerie.com The Gallery @ Starhill S12, Pamper Floor, Starhill Gallery, 181, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur W: www.thegalleryatstarhill.com The Hulo Hotel + Gallery 196, Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah, 55100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-9226 3999 TJ Fine Art Block A, Level 3, Unit 10 & 16, Centrio Pantai Hillpark, Jalan Pantai Murni, 59200 Kuala Lumpur W: www.tjfineart.com U University Malaya Art Gallery Level 5 Bangunan Chanselor, Lingkungan Budi, 50603 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7967 3780 V V’ Art Space Lot 204, 2nd Floor, Podium Block, Faber Towers, Jalan Desa Bahagia, Taman Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7971 2155 W: www.vartspacekl.com W Wei-Ling Contemporary RT01, 6th Floor, The Gardens Mall, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2282 8323 W: www.weiling-gallery.com/contemporary.com Wei-Ling Gallery 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2260 1106 W: www.weiling-gallery.com/gallery/
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Yahong Art Gallery 58D, Batu Ferringhi, 11100 Penang T: 04-881 1251 W: www.yahongart.com