A PRESTIGIOUS ART FAIR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WITH 70 ART GALLERIES FROM 30 COUNTRIES
10 –13 SEPT 2015 Exhibition MECC [ Matrade & Convention Centre]
Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (formerly known as Jalan Khidmat Usaha), 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO PUBLIC.
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Li Chi Mao art museum
Li Chi Mao, Young Shepherd – Joy, Ink on rice paper, 138 x 68 cm
Prof. Li Chi Mao (born in 1925, Woyang County, Anhuei Province, China) is a great scholar, educationist, ambassador of art, and is considered a national treasure in his home base in Taiwan. He has been awarded by the then President of Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek (1973), Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence and the National Literature and Art Prize, Taiwan in 29th as ‘Li Chi Mao Day’ in the United States in 1987. located at Gao Tang district in Shandong province in north-east China, is the biggest art museum showcasing the works of the Grandmaster of Contemporary Chinese Brush Paintings, Prof. Li Chi Mao, who is based in Taiwan. by the mega junk boat of the great Chinese explorer-mariner Admiral Chi Mao Art Museum project is a special grant of the China Government to honour Grandmaster Prof. Li Chi Mao. Information provided by :
Li Chi Mao Art Museum, Malaysia 11, Lorong Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka. T: +6016 273 3628 E: lichimaoarthouse@gmail.com W: www.lichimaoarthouse.com
Also, Prof. Li is considered a honorary citizen of Malacca when the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Melaka, Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Khalil Yaakob, announced this on October 8, 2009, on occasion of the launching of Li Datuk Vincent Sim to honour Prof. Li.
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Family Gathering, Acrylic on canvas, 143 x 114 cm, 2014
Malayan Railway Building With Clocktower, China Street Ghaut, Penang Watercolour, 76 x 56 cm, 2015
CAG Contemporary has arranged 12 solo exhibitions for Zhang Yuxi, including at our own gallery City Art Gallery (June 2013) and art fairs around the world, namely Beijing Art Expo 2011, Hang Zhou Art Fair 2011 & 2013, Art Revolution Taipei 2012 & 2015, Art Canton 2012, Art Expo Malaysia 2012, 2013 & 2014, Manila Art 2014, Art Stage Singapore 2015 and Asia Contemporary Art Show Hong Kong 2015. He will be represented (solo presentation) in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015) this September.
1 Ancient 路 Current #2, Oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, 2015 2 The Sun (Year Of Goat), Oil on canvas, 110 x 139 cm, 2014 3 Our Times #2, Oil on canvas and stainless steel, 139 x 110 cm, 2015
Harmony 路 Innovative Platform, Oil on canvas and stainless steel, 139 x 110 cm, 2015
View latest artworks of Zhang Yuxi in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015)!
《梨花頌》The Eulogy of Pear Flowers | Sanzi 散子
《西湖夜话》West Lake Nocture | Sanzi 散子
| Oil on Canvas | 120 x 27 cm | 2015
| Oil on Canvas | 320 x 160 cm | 2015
Mountains | Cheng Haw-Chien 郑浩千
| Ink With Colour on Rice Paper | 2 x 4 ft | 2015
ART WEME SDN BHD
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Antoe Budiono, Awas Kesambar Pesawat! (Watch Out!), 2015, Acrylic on Canvas, 150 x 140cm
COME JOIN US AT:
Bazaar Art Jakarta 2015
Art Expo Malaysia Plus
- Booth B1
- Hall B, Booth B4 & B5
27 - 30 August 2015 The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place
10 - 13 September 2015 Matrade Exhibition & Convention Centre, KL
Founded in 2004, TJ Fine Art is an artist studio cum private gallery, showcasing exclusively works by Tajuddin Ismail. Tajuddin has been actively painting and exhibiting his works since 1968. He has held more than a hundred group and solo exhibitions in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S.A. His works are found in numerous private and corporate collections both locally and abroad. The gallery has occasionally exhibit works by established local and foreign artists by invitation. Apart from exhibition, TJFA also conduct art workshops, talks, and multi-disciplinary design consultancy services. Gallery viewing are by appointment only. For more information, please contact Pn. Khaliah Ismail T: +603 272 5727 / HP: +6019 354 2446 visit www.tjfineart.com or write to tj@tjfineart.com TJ Fine Art is located at Block A - 3 - 10, Centrio Pantai Hillpark, Jalan Pantai Murni, 59200 Kuala Lumpur.
Blue moon II 2007, 122cm in diameter, acrylic on wood panel
TJFA Gallery, Centrio Pantai Hillpark
Homage to Chillida III 2015, 126cm x 126cm, mixed media on canvas
Artist studio atTJFA Gallery, Centrio Pantai Hillpark
Grey Horizon 1993, 125cm x 125cm mixed media on canvas
Autumn Breeze 2014, 80cm x 80cm, mixed media on canvas
View latest artworks of Chen Jinqing in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015)!
798 Times Space, China China West Street, 798 Art District, No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100015. Malaysia No. 18, Jalan SS22/11, Damansara Jaya, 47400 Peataling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Contact: Sim Polenn +6016-273 3628 bluedotsart@gmail.com
CHEN JINQING
Left to Right Serve The People #11 Bronze 71 x 36 x 30 cm 2015 Buddhi #6 Bronze 92 x 25 x 21 cm 2015 Serve The People #10 Bronze 91 x 46 x 42 cm 2015 Serve The People #12 Bronze 80 x 39 x 33 cm 2015
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CONTENTS
COVER STORY Big Upgrade For Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015) 30 – 77 FEATURE Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers’ Malaysian And Southeast Asian Art Auction October 2015 78– 81 Bank Negara Malaysia Museum And Art Gallery 82 – 85
Art Expo Malaysia Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery National Visual Arts Gallery Malaysia National Gallery Singapore National Arts Council Singapore Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris Christie’s Hong Kong Core Design Gallery Montage Fine Art Gallery The Art Gallery Penang KL Lifestyle Art Space RogueArt Ooi Kok Chuen Lucien de Guise Sim Polenn Fujii Loh Tan Rei Chei
The NVAG Shows The Way 86 – 89 National Gallery Singapore 90 – 91 SEA STATE: Singapore Pavilion In Venice Biennale 2015 92 – 95 Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris 96 – 99 ZOOM IN Montage Fine Art Gallery 104 – 105 CULTURAL EXCHANGE Weaving The World In Watercolour Christie’s Hong Kong Presents Chang Fee Ming 106 – 107 READING 310 Malaysian Artists 108 – 109 Khalil Ibrahim: The Art Journey 110 – 111
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GALLERY DIRECTORIES 119 – 124
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COVER STORY
ART EXPO MALAYSIA PLUS (2015) 30 – 77
FEATURE
Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers’ Malaysian And Southeast Asian Art Auction October 2015 78 – 81
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Bank Negara Malaysia Museum And Art Gallery 82 – 85
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The NVAG Shows The Way 86 – 89
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National Gallery Singapore 90 – 91
ZOOM IN
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SEA STATE: Singapore Pavilion In Venice Biennale 2015 92 – 95
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Montage Fine Art Gallery 104 – 105
READING
Weaving The World In Watercolour 106 – 107
READING
Khalil Ibrahim: The Art Journey 110 – 111
ART WHIRL
Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris 96 – 99
READING
310 Malaysian Artists 108 – 109
FRONT COVER
Narratives In Malaysian Art 112 – 113
GALLERY DIRECTORIES
Rainer Lagemann Diving Stainless steel 247 x 38 x 51 cm
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Yue Minjun, Holding Up, Silkscreen, 107 x 80 cm, 2001. Art Seasons from Singapore 30 | MAGG #21 | August / September 2015
COVER STORY
ART EXPO MALAYSIA PLUS (2015) by Ooi Kok Chuen
SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S biggest and longest unbroken art fair is being sexed up as the Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). Not just a perfunctory buff-up but an engine tuneup on integral components to enhance its international standards in terms of presentation, credentials (featured artists and galleries / institutions / agencies), content, extent, machinery and logistics. AmBank Group is the main sponsor of Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). So what’s the PLUSes to the Art Expo Malaysia (AEM)? Basically, it is an upgrade in standards and procedures with a spruced up presentation like the bold display concept-context innovated by Core Design Gallery’s ‘Great Malaysian Contemporary Art Show’ in 2013. A new vetting system will ensure that more reputable artists, bona-fide better run galleries and artwork stipulations get priority. For freshness and immediacy, only new or never-been-shown works will be allowed for display. The only exception is for works that have historical value, of cultural importance or great artistic merit, or have gained provenance or even a certain kind of notoriety. Every artist will have a sampling work up for scrutiny but the selection process will be kept confidential. Exhibitors will have to adhere to the Booth Presentation Guidelines in order to enhance the prestige of the Art Expo as well as the marketability of works displayed. This year, the AEM organiser expects more visits by highprofile art lovers / collectors to the Art Expo, as such some finesse in presentation apart from the artworks quality is expected. Fernando Botero, Dancer II, Pencil and watercolour on canvas, 130 x 95 cm. Ode To Art from Malaysia Images courtesy of Art Expo Malaysia
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Joan Miro, Emballage, Etching and aquatint, 73 x 114 cm, 1975 ATR Gallery from Spain
Takashi Murakami, Jellyfish Eyes – Max Shimon In The Forest, Offset, 67 x 67 cm, 2004 Art Seasons from Singapore
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Marc Chagall, Captain Bryaxis’s Dream, Lithograph, 42 x 64.5 cm, 1961 ATR Gallery from Spain
Salvador Dali, Pegasus, Mixed media print incorporating heliogravure, drypoint etching and hand-coloured on Japanese paper, 57 x 77 cm, 1964 REDSEA Gallery from Singapore
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Sanzi, The Dancing Snow, Everything But Me, Oil on canvas, 95 x 95 cm, 2015 Art WeMe from Malaysia
Now in its 9 th edition, the AEM has astutely positioned itself among the increasingly busy art-fair circuit for its Asian orientation, mid-ranged priced artists, peripheral events like the Embassy Row (to embrace a wider representation), its China Pavilion (on both traditional and contemporary trends), free entrance, its judicious Traditional-Contemporary blend, free shuttle bus transport, and friendliness – forming a ‘family’ camaraderie with its stalwarts. It once provided a Tribute Pavilion for Living Artist Legends and a Grandmasters Pavilion. At great expenses to itself, it had also featured the electronic-art wizard Miao Xiaochun apart from a big Digital Art arcade and in 2011, selected important works from China’s Today Art Museum. It also bankrolled its own thematic events such as Malaysian Art Idols, Malaysian Sculpture Now, Breaking Down The Wall (for young emerging artists) and 1Malaysia Canvas Mosaic.
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To mark China’s hosting of the Olympic Games in 2008, the AEM organised a marathon painting session called 888-Feet Art Olympic Games Banner, which was handed over to the China Olympic Committee supremo H.E. He Zhenliang in Beijing. When it started as an artist’s-run fair founded by art philanthropist Datuk Vincent Sim in 2007, the visitorship was only a paltry 2,000 but the figure has registered an annual increment of 2,500-3,500 to reach the 22,500 mark last year. Not all that took part in 2007 were artists, the exceptions being Ludvig Gallery Budapest (then helmed by Zoltan, the father), City Art Gallery and Spain’s ATR Gallery – all of which are still around! From 2008, it is open only to galleries with showrooms or those in art-ancillary activities like art-insurance and investments.
The others which have stuck thick and thin since 2008 with the AEM are the Singapore-based Ode To Art and The Gallery Of Gnani Arts, Malaysia’s Yahong Art Gallery and Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art. On the sales of artworks, the RM20.1 million chalked up at last year’s fair is a far cry from the RM2.3 million registered in 2007. The figure does not take into account that some galleries are chary of revealing too much about its sales figures, but the fact that some 85% of participants are returnees is a huge thumbs-up to the Art Expo. Although Asian galleries make up some 75% of the AEM Plus (2015) list, the cosmopolitan nature of the galleries makes no distinction between nationalities, region types or geographical boundaries. In keeping with the globalised world today, there are galleries representing artists beyond their operating bases – whether Asian, American or European. Generally, the sale profiles those in the mid-range in prices but there are exceptions like a suit of Andy Warhol that reportedly sold for nearly RM2 million in 2010. Mid-range priced and smaller works of contemporary Western icons such as Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, and Rembrandt have also been shown.
As Asian artists go, the AEM has been graced by the big names such as M.F. Husain, Chen Yifei (MAD Museum of Art & Design, 2011), Yoshitomo Nara, Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, Wang Guangyi, Zhou Chunya, Feng Zhengjie, Chen Wenling, Wang Xijing (who has also become one of the sponsors of AEM), Wu Guanzhong, Liu Haisu, Pan Gongkai, Jia Youfu, Li Chi Mao, Au Ho-nien, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chen Wen Hsi, Georgette Chen, Affandi, Heri Dono, Natee Utarit, and Datuk Ibrahim Hussein. Those in the know can get good buys at the AEM. For instance, there were no takers when Japan’s Noda Contemporary ‘tested’ a few acrylic on canvas by Yayoi Kusama including her ‘Pumpkin’ and ‘Infinity Nets’ in 2009. The 86-year-old ‘Grandmother of Pop’ boasts of an auction record of US$7.1 million (RM26.7 million) at Christie’s New York in November 2014. Azad Daniel Haris, Donuts – Dragon, Mixed media, Variable, 2015 Artcube from Malaysia
Chen Ying Ru, Noah’s Ark, Mixed media, 180 x 270 cm, 2014 Artdoor Gallery from Taiwan
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(left) Maxime Lhermet, Spiderman, Mixed media, 25 x 20 x 20 cm, 2014. Damina Gallery from Hong Kong (right) Justin Lim, Riot #1, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 205 x 205 cm, 2015. Richard Koh Fine Art from Malaysia
A ‘Pumpkin’ acrylic bracketed in the 22.8cm (9in) x 15.24cm (6in) format was going for US$14,925 (RM56,131) in 2009 but a same-sized work in similar medium has shot up nearly seven times in 2014, ranging from US$104,000 (RM391,133) to US$112,000 (RM421,221)! Her ‘Infinity Nets’ had sold for US$965,000 (RM3.63mil). Retros at the Whitney New York and Tate Modern in London in 2012, among other ‘pushers’ had catapulted Kusama into the icon of the Most Expensive Living Female Artist. Two others, Zao Wou-ki (1921-2013) and Chu Teh-chun (1920-2014), whose prices have been on the uptick had also been featured, brought in by Taiwan’s William Art Salon in 2014. Artdoor Gallery of Taiwan also had Chu in its stocks last year. Zao and Chu were part of the great Parisbased ‘Three Musketeers’, the other being Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), who eventually returned to China. William Art Salon, which has been parading popular works of Duxi with his animated ancient characters, has been with the AEM since 2009. This year, the China Pavilion, back to the main building (last year, the organisers booked a separate adjacent building for works from China to celebrate the 40th year
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of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations) will feature 43 artists in five specially themed categories. Some galleries will be making their debut, such as Fine Gallery UL (Japan), La Lanta Fine Art (Thailand), Damina Gallery (Hong Kong), Kato Art Duo (Singapore), Utterly Art (Singapore), Art Seasons (Singapore), White Space Art Asia (Singapore), Montage Fine Art Gallery (Malaysia), Galeri Shah Alam (Malaysia) and TJ Fine Art (Malaysia). Kato Art Duo arrays a deceased artist Kuninori Usami (1934-2014), the youngest at 46 – Kyko Takane and wouldja-believe-it a 102-year-old female artist Toko Shinoda? Singapore-based galleries will again make up the bulk of the foreign invasion. As Singapore and Hong Kong are the twin Asian art hubs, many galleries have relocated or set up bases in Singapore. Even Kato Art Duo is based in Singapore. But the galleries except perhaps for Terence Teo’s Cape Of Good Hope Art Gallery with its array of Singapore masters like Lim Tze Peng and Koeh Sia Yong, the others are an international hive. For instances, REDSEA Gallery has Salvador Dali
Duxi, Merry-Go-Round, Oil on canvas, 100 x 160 cm, 2015 William Art Salon from Taiwan
(Spain) and Anna Berezovskaya (Russia), Y2Arts China artists besides Malaysian Tan Suz Chiang, and Gnani Arts Indian artists. Art Xchange Gallery keeps changing its cast of fast-rising Indonesian Hyper-Realist artists such as Masagoeng, Antoe Budiono, Suwandi Waeng and R. Sumantri MS (anime), and will introduce sculptor Bogel Asmuliawan. Art Front Gallery’s top-ticket is Kim Min Kyoung with the art of camouflage or grafted face apart from Indonesians such as Dani King Heriyanto, while ArtBlue Studio specialises in Vietnamese artists such as the sculptor Nguyen Hong Phong. On the local front, Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery, Richard Koh Fine Art, and A2 Gallery (in collaboration with Jeth Art Gallery) are making a comeback. Some of the best Malaysian young contemporary art will be represented by Pace Gallery (Yusof Majid), G13 Gallery (Haslin Ismail, Khairudin Zainudin), TAKSU (Fauzulyusri, Sabihis Pandi), Segaris Art Center, Artcube besides Core Design Gallery.
There is growing acceptance for Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art’s two main artists Raja Shahriman and Haron Mokhtar. Chuah Seow Keng, who inherits the batik mantle from the House of Teng, has gained in stature in Yahong Art Gallery booth. German-born Rainer Lagemann, represented by Ode To Art Kuala Lumpur, will have his welded sculptures at the entrance of the Art Expo. Ode To Art is also known for Chen Wenling’s life-sized Red Memory sculptures with the vibrant red lacquer finish. The auction houses, Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers and Masterpiece Auction, will be featuring their offerings (highlight pieces) for upcoming auctions. Hong Kong will have Damina Gallery (stable of artists include Maurizio Balducci, Maxime Lhermet and Phuong Dang), Art Futures Group which specialises in Chinese contemporary art, and the established Chit Fung Art where its strength is in Chinese ink paintings. Myint Soe’s Summit Arts Collection’s stable of Myanmar outstanding artists include Kyee Myintt Saw, Aung Thi Ha, Htet Aung Zaw and Aung Myint Oo.
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Jia Youfu, Shepherd’s Song At Dawn, Ink on rice paper, 34.5 x 102 cm Chit Fung Art from Hong Kong
Ludvig Gallery Budapest now run by Daniel is an all-in-the-family affair with father, mother and his Bulgarian girlfriend Milena Mladenova. William Art Salon and Artdoor Gallery (Liu Guo-sung) represent some of the best from Taiwan and beyond. ATR Gallery, run by the Miguel Gonzalez and Leticia Hervas tandem, has made Jesus Curia noted for his androgynous bronze / bronze-wood / bronze-marble / bronze-metal sculptures a familiar name, and has of late brought notable prints from Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Zao Wou-ki. Viviyip Artroom features Indonesian artists Soni Irawan and Agus Baqul; Puri Art Gallery will parade Indonesian Joni Ramlan and Naïve artist Erica Hestu Wahyuni. Korea’s Zoom Gallery has Kim Eun-Ok while the Osaka-based LSD is the other full-fledged Japanese outfit besides Kato Art Duo. Art Expo Malaysia is under the patronage of the genial Royal couple the Perlis Crown Prince and Princess, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra ibni Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail and Tuanku Hajjah Lailatul Shahreen Akashah Khalil, since 2008.
Visarute Angkatavanich, Wings Of The Night Photography, 90 x 60 cm, 2014. La Lanta Fine Art from Thailand
Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015) runs from September 10 to 13, at MECC (Matrade Exhibition & Convention Centre), Kuala Lumpur. Open to public, Free Admission. For more information, visit www.artexpomalaysia.com
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Chen Jinqing, Serve The People #13, Bronze, 76 x 65 x 23 cm, 2015. 798 Times Space from China
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.
You must like the work you buy. Never buy purely for investment purposes.
Art prize awards, national decorations and international recognitions, academic achievements, scholarships are important ‘credentials’ that add to the artist’s overall stature and consequently, higher prices for their works.
Trust your instincts, sometimes even when you buy on the spur of the moment.
Buy something you are comfortable with, as you will have to live with it as long as you want to keep it.
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.
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.
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.
Check up the track record of the artist. Is the artist just “main-main” (an amateur) or serious? Self-taught or art-college trained and which institution?
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.
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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ART GALLERIES
A Sneak Preview into some of the participating galleries!
TAKSU MAL AYSIA
Seah Zelin, Vase Of Flowers Version C, Bitumen oil and gold leaf on linen, 150 x 130 cm, 2015
Established in 1989, TAKSU is one of Southeast Asia’s leading galleries. Founded by Suherwan Abu, TAKSU has now opened its platform in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bali, representing top-notch selection of fine art with a distinct urban edge. TAKSU is at the forefront of the contemporary art industry in the region, from well-known, established names in the industry such as Norberto Roldan whose work is now in the permanent collection of the Guggenheim New York, to younger up-and-coming talents. Since its incorporation, TAKSU has been a key industry player in Asia, helping private collectors and companies to select exceptional works of art for their collections and interiors.
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Amongst its clienteles are some of Southeast Asia’s private collectors, corporation, top architectural firms and design agencies. TAKSU Kuala Lumpur has made its debut at Art Expo Malaysia in 2014 and is back this year with a lineup of local talents such as Fauzulyusri, Najib Bamadhaj, Seah Zelin, Gan Tee Sheng, Fadilah Karim and Hisyamuddin Abdullah to name a few. Visitors can also expect a glimpse at some of the finest Korean artworks such as Sung Chul Hong’s delicate string work and the bokeh charms of Guk Daeho’s paintings. Other artworks that will be showcased this year are Peter Panyoczki’s hypnotic light rods artwork and an array of Filipino artists to look forward to.
WHITE SPACE ART ASIA SINGAPORE
Zheng Yuan Wu, Quizzical, Chinese ink on paper, 68 x 68 cm, 2015
White Space Art Asia was created in conjunction with the Heng Artland Gallery of Singapore to discover and promote young and contemporary Chinese Ink artists. With over 30 years of experience in art, the gallery started working with artists in China before the Chinese economy opened up and prior to the existence of the Chinese art market. Over the past few years, White Space Art Asia has observed the rise of a new generation of artists endeavouring to extend the boundaries of Chinese Ink. Broadly coalescing around the eighties generation, the term Modern Ink encapsulates the aspirations of this contemporary generation. Modern Ink artists seek to reconnect to the historical continuity of Chinese Ink, but at the same time, the exuberance of youth means that there are no sacred cows. In Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), White Space Art Asia will be presenting the following Chinese Ink artists: Xie Chong, Huang Hong Tao, Zhang Wen and Zheng Yuan Wu. Xie Chong’s Paradise World series depict modern
cityscapes packed with people, yet his works retain the serenity of the great masters. His composition is reminiscent of the bird’s eye view of traditional Chinese Ink, where the viewer seems to hover high in the sky and scans across an expansive panorama. Huang Hong Tao’s Nameless Hills series captures the sentimental attachment of the artist to the rolling hills of his native Heilongjiang in northeast China, where most hills do not have the elevation to lay claim to a name. Huang’s ink wash technique reflects his brilliant understanding of ink, even as his use of colour defies tradition. Zhang Wen’s ComingOf-Age series is about remembered places and pastimes, and a celebration of puddled mud and autumn games of hide-and-seek. She reminds the viewers that the story of your childhood is inseparable from the story of who you are. Zheng Yuan Wu’s art is a boisterous riot of east meets west; his subjects are assembled in an abstracted form, yet retain an essentially Chinese character through his free and decisive ink strokes.
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ART XCHANGE GALLERY SINGAPORE
Antoe Budiono, Evil, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 180 cm, 2014
Founded in 2009 in Indonesia, Art Xchange Gallery is a space dedicated to show the diversity of modern and contemporary artists from the country. After two years of its establishment, the gallery has decided to move to Singapore in March 2011 aiming to provide artists with greater exposure to new markets. This artistic space was built on a mandate that encourages creative exchanges between regional and international artists. Its mission is to bring together artworks from different societies so that parallels and contrasts can be observed; and artists who challenge precedents can have a voice. Currently based in Singapore, the gallery represents artists from Indonesia, Germany, Canada, India and Russia. Art Xchange Gallery has been participating in many important art fairs in various countries such as New York, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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This year in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), one third of the gallery’s booth will be dedicated to showcase abstract paintings by artists Agung Santosa, Ben Wong, Febry Swandito and Ranadip. The rest of the space will feature a wide range of well-curated works from realism to surrealism and hyperrealism. There is Edi Jatmiko and Husin Hasibuan who were the finalists of Mandiri Art Award 2015, and the UOB Art Award “New Upcoming Artist” winner Camelia Hasibuan. On top of that, this exhibition also marks R. Sumantri MS’ comeback with his trademarked whimsical superhero-inspired works; Antoe Budiono brings in his seemingly quirky yet significant hyperrealist canvases.
ODE TO ART MAL AYSIA
Nemo Jantzen, Lush, Mixed media on glass and resin spheres, 150 x 150 cm
Ode To Art, founded in Singapore, has established an impressive portfolio of international established and emerging artists. A second gallery was opened in 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. This year Ode To Art will be showcasing works of Fernando Botero, Wang Lei, Park Seung Mo, Vani Hidayatur Rahman and Nemo Jantzen in order to fulfil the great expectations of Malaysia collectors. Fernando Botero’s rounded musings have made him a global figure in the contemporary art world, and the artistic ambassador of Colombian pursuit. His simple forms have reached monumental heights, and are collected by major museums, corporations and private collectors all over the world. Wang Lei’s art are made by unusual material
in a very traditional way, to a new life by absorbing all historical and social factors as a subtle culture within all layers of its time, not only in the context of his artworks but also in the process of designing and creating. Korean sculptor Park Seung Mo creates giant ephemeral portraits by cutting layer after layer of wire mesh. Park is using subtractive technique, slowly snipping away areas of mesh to get the form of each art intended. Each piece of his art is several inches thick as each plane that forms the final image is spaced apart, giving the portraits a certain depth and dimensionality. Nemo Jantzen’s latest work of glass / resin spheres is trying to tell beyond a one image story and depicting a voyeuristic look into another world and reality.
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A2 GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Khoo Sui Hoe, Call Of The Hunter, Oil on canvas, 175 x 244 cm, 2015
A2 Gallery was founded and conceptualised by two individual artists, Alfred and Jeff in 2007. The gallery, located on Penang island, concentrates on promoting talented local artists to the international art market. In Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), A2 Gallery is showcasing Malaysia’s well-known pioneer artists Khoo Sui Hoe and Azzudin Shahabudin, as well as up-and-coming artists Tan Kai Sheuan, Chow Chin Chuan etc. Khoo Sui Hoe, the gallery’s highlight, was born in Kedah. His episodic pictures have the believable and incontrovertible qualities of dream situations and characters in legends or mythology. His figures express moods and temperament which communicate directly to the viewer. We can read in their circumstances of pathos, anticipation, menace, reticence or wonder. Khoo has held many solo shows in Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Bandung, Bali, Taipei, Melbourne, Adelaide, Honolulu, New York, Washington, Houston, and Shanghai. His works were also sold through Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers. Many of his paintings had been collected by major corporate offices and private homes throughout the world.
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A2 Gallery is in collaboration with Jeth Art Gallery this year. Jeth Art Gallery has been curating and showing works of local artists who are both emerging and established, especially discovering and promoting local artists who have combined multicultural thinking with western technique. The gallery will be presenting the works of Malaysian artists Ng Hon Loong, Ng Foo Cheong and Tan Kent Keong in the coming Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). Ng Hon Loong, who has received formal art training at Ecole Nationale Superieur Des Beaux Arts, expresses surrealism and symbolism through his choice of painting style with contrasting and sharp colours; Ng Foo Cheong, an ardent world-class traveler, accumulates memoirs and transform these encounters into a melodious expression of forms, vibrant colours and emotions; Tan Kent Keong, graduated from the National Taiwan University of Art in 2004, rekindles childhood memories on canvas, transports viewers back to happier times in their youth.
ART WEME CONTEMPORARY GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Lee Sun-Don, Wonderful Clouds / On Top Of Spectacular, Acrylic on canvas, 145 x 145 cm, 2013
Founded in 2008, Art WeMe Contemporary Gallery focuses on Chinese contemporary artists in the primary and secondary market. Located at Publika Shopping Centre and within the façade of arty environment, the gallery’s 2500 square feet spacious gallery is the desirable venue for art collectors and art lovers to create a conversation through the artist’s expression. Art WeMe Contemporary Gallery also has exhibition space in Ipoh and Singapore. I n A r t E x po Ma lay sia Plu s (2 015), A r t Weme Contemporary Gallery has an extensive list of emerging, mid-career and established artists, which include Sanzi, Cheng Haw-Chien, Lee Sun-Don, Liao Ying Hsi, Fan Jia, Liu Jiahua, Chang Sao Suo, Wang Zhi-Wu, and Ma Sing Ling. Sanzi who specialises in oil painting is being reckoned among the top 100 contemporary artists from
China. Sanzi’s art is influenced by the teaching of Taoism initiated from Laozi, the content of his work is cheering and highly enlightening. His artwork also triggers the viewer’s inspiration and conveyed by the artist’s message in believing everything in heaven and on earth is best in its natural form. Cheng Haw-Chien is one of the few leading Malaysian painters known for Lingnan-style painting. Throughout the years, he photographed and sketched the myriad landscape and scenery of numerous countries and had shown in over 150 solo exhibitions. Lee Sun-Don from Taiwan is an artist who builds on his Buddhist cultivation together with his immersion of Chinese culture. By virtue of art, Lee Sun-Don hopes to awake the viewer’s mind, evoking realisation of one’s innate nature. Liao Ying Hsi, also from Taiwan, is a rare and brilliant female sculptor who has won several art awards in Taiwan.
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ATR GALLERY SPAIN
Jesus Curia, Diálogo IV, Bronze and steel, 63 x 72 x 12 cm, 2014
ATR Gallery, first opened its doors in Madrid in 2002 and currently running a new art consultancy in Kuala Lumpur, has had a strong reputation for paintings by recognised as well as emerging artists from Europe and is committed to high caliber contemporary art, with focus on abstraction. The inventory reflects the most important and timely in contemporary art and appeals to a wide spectrum of taste and sensibilities. For the past 10 years, ATR Gallery has been participating in art fairs all over Asia, exhibiting in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The gallery has participated in Art Expo Malaysia since its inception in 2007, and this year there’s no exception. Do expect these artists from ATR Gallery this year: Jesus Curia, Jacinto Moros, Joan Miro and Marc Chagall. Jesus Curia’s sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure. One can analyse his work rationally and
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emphasize the quality of its textures and its patinas, the roundness of its shapes, the bold combination of materials, the play on space, movement or hieratic attitude, and the final result is infinitely superior to the sum of its parts. Joan Miro’s (1893-1983) artistic career may be characterised as one of persistent experimentation and a lifelong flirtation with non-objectivity. His signature biomorphic forms, geometric shapes and semi-abstracted objects are expressed in multiple media, from ceramics and engravings to large bronze installations. Marc Chagall’s (1887-1985) poetic, figurative style made him one of the most popular modern artists, while his long life and varied output made him one of the most internationally recognised. Chagall’s distinction lies in his steady faith in the power of figurative art, one that he maintained despite absorbing ideas from Fauvism and Cubism.
Y2ARTS SINGAPORE
Zi Peng, Jade Prawn, Oil on canvas, 136 x 100 cm, 2015
Founded in 2008 by art scholar Ken Chang, Y2ARTS is dedicated to the promotion of national and international artists. Located at the heart of Singapore’s Art & Heritage district, Y2ARTS represents exclusively a diverse group of finest visual artists in the Asia region. The gallery’s key strength is its closeness to its artists, enabling it to act as a short but solid bridge between artist and collector. Entitled “Metaphoric Preservation”, Y2ARTS’ exhibition in Art Expo Malaysia Plus this year will be presenting the finest works of Tan Suz Chiang, Zi Peng, Ocean Wang and Denis Chai Kah Yune. Tan Suz Chiang, born in 1974 in Malaysia, has always tried to break the rules of conventional watercolour painting. He has developed an astonishingly free way of painting using a dynamic palette of colours and style. Zi Peng uses Jade, a gemstone of unique symbolic energy, as his “material-muse”. His creations lead us on a surrealistic
voyage to embrace and experience the balancing and harmonious effect of Jade. His innate ability to use oil to capture hyper-realistically the brilliance of this wondrous stone, intermingling with his exuberant imagination of incorporating traditional Chinese art into the very veins of the gemstone, challenges us to be open to new perspectives and wonderment – an art within an art. Ocean Wang’s latest series, Melting Point, illustrates the abstract fluid form integrating hyper-realistic and miniature detailing. It encourages the observer to reflect upon the demographic and social evolution of Singapore. She draws inspiration from the constantly changing architectural landscapes, the f luid form represents the abstraction of collective society, and the detailing captures the rich heritage and activity. Denis Chai’s latest series showcases his passion and love towards wood and old rustic images. The details and unique expression of his works capture the mood of the Malaysia scene.
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REDSEA GALLERY SINGAPORE
Anna Berezovskaya, The Diet, Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm, 2014
REDSEA Gallery is a leading contemporary art gallery in Singapore, representing international emerging and established artists. The gallery offers cross-cultural, multi-media platform and ex hibition programme allowing regional Asian artists to gain international exposure and offering international artists’ opportunities within the burgeoning Asian market. The gallery promotes and supports a diverse range of artists working across many mediums including painting, sculpture, print, photography and video installations. This year REDSEA Gallery will be presenting Russian artist Anna Berezovskaya and Surrealist master Salvador Dali. Inspired by Russian culture and literature, Berezovskaya uses symbolism to create timeless works, carefully selecting subjects that transcend time and space to convey her ideas and emotions and uses unique technique from abstract to surrealism thereby creating her own signature style ‘poetic realism’ to depict a world of her own, full of its own meaning and stories. Meanwhile, Salvador Dali’s works to be showcased in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015) were solely drawn from The Pierre Argillet Collection.
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This collection is a result of close collaboration between Salvador Dali and Publisher Pierre Argillet over a period of 30 years up to 1974, which consists of traditional copper plate etchings and paintings that is now presented globally. This collection is a body of work that deals with both western and eastern themes and offers a rare glimpse into the friendship between the two men, whilst presenting an incredible insight into the techniques and mastery of Dali, and offers a rare opportunity to acquire a work of impeccable provenance that have been part of a private family collection since their creation. One of the chosen works is Pegasus, part of Dali’s ‘Mythologie’ series which he illustrated by drawing very closely upon the symbolism of the ancient Greek legends. Using what he called “hazard objectif ” (the meaningful manifestation of chance) Dali would start with an abstract smudge, created in a single motion and then develop his theme from this ‘sign of fate’. Pegasus, the horse, being one of the Chinese signs of the Zodiac, also draws on Dali’s interest in eastern themes.
PELITA HATI GALLERY OF ART MAL AYSIA
Ng Kok Leong, Odeon, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120 cm, 2015
Established in 1995, Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art is housed on the ground floor of a 3 storey building at the quieter end of Kuala Lumpur’s fashionable Bangsar Baru. It predominantly promotes Malaysian art and houses an interesting collection of works range from paintings, sculpture, prints, photography and other art forms created by established, upcoming and excitingly new and serious artists. This year in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), the gallery will be presenting their household names: Raja Shahriman Aziddin, Haron Mokhtar, Ng Kok Leong, Jing Chung, and Muhammad Hafiz Azizi. A spiritual sculptor, Raja Shahriman creates three dimensional and tangible metaphysical abstractions. His works are always lingering between the essence of ‘Iman’ (faith), ‘Islam’ (submission) and ‘Ihsan’ (excellence and virtue). Twisted metal, sharp and deadly menacing figures and dark shadows are trademarks of his sculpture that unrelentingly tells his story from the artist’s perspective. Haron Mokhtar, graduated from UiTM in 1987, is still
going strong with his fascination and dedication in depicting and documenting in his artworks the traditional Malay houses and old buildings. The artist has made a big splash when he won the Major Award in the Young Contemporary Artist competition in his graduation year, with his Melayu Pop mix of traditional architecture and culture. Ng Kok Leong’s idea of painting is attributed to an unfinished documentary idea because he believes that the rapid social development in the recent years lead to the disappearance of today’s cultural heritage which is also the collective memory of a nation. Jing Chung’s exposure to traditional Chinese culture from young, especially the Taoist concept, has greatly influenced her works which integrates the movement and transformation in the universe into one entity as the two elements of “Yin” and “Yang”. Muhammad Hafiz Azizi, graduated in Fine Art from Universiti Teknologi Mara, is the 1st prize winner in the Art Competition Tengkujuh 2012 and has actively participated in the local art scene since then.
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MASTERPIECE AUCTION MAL AYSIA
Chia Yu Chian, Hup Seng Kedai Kopi Alor Star, Oil on canvas, 95 x 120 cm, 1979
Masterpiece Auction was founded in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2003. Having been established as a leader in fine art auction in Indonesia, Masterpiece then extended its reach throughout Southeast Asia by opening its offices in both Singapore (2008) and Malaysia (2013). Together with the sister company, Tiny Rose Gallery, whose job is to promote the beauty of Southeast Asian art, the auction house will be presenting Awang Damit Ahmad, Chia Yu Chian, Irsam and Teguh Ostenrik in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). Awang Damit Ahmad is the frontrunner and one of the most recognised abstract expressionists in Malaysia. He graduated with honours from Mara Institute of Technology (UiTM) in Fine Arts in 1983 and has since gone on to produce some of the most recognisable series in abstract art such as Marista (2002) and Iraga (2011). Johor born Chia Yu Chian is a colossal name himself. The first Malaysian to receive a French scholarship to
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study at the prestigious Ecoles Nationale des Beaux Arts at Paris and remains, till today, one of the few who has. Having graduated both at the Nanyang School of Fine Arts and Ecoles Nationale des Beaux Arts, Yu Chian’s ability to switch between eastern and western palette has made him one of Malaysia’s most sought after artists. Indonesia’s very own Irsam, is one of the strongest decorative painters around. Irsam is known for his rich ideas and great technical abilities, especially in decorative visualisation techniques. Teguh Ostenrik, internationally celebrated painter and sculptor, has had more than a hundred solo and group exhibitions in countries such as USA, France, Netherlands, Australia, and throughout Asia. His artworks and commissioned projects have garnered quite a following and are collected by many private collectors, museums, international institutions and major corporations.
G13 GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Calvin Chua, Treading Waves, Oil on linen, 122 x 122 cm, 2015
Since G13â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s establishment in 2010, G13 Gallery identifies and collaborates with artists that have the potential to show strong relevance and depth in their works and relevant impact that can be deemed as academic material. Appreciated and concurred by collectors and peers of its professionalism and dedication, the gallery also wants to develop a synergy among fellow artists both locally and abroad and it does this through cross border collaborations, residencies and showcases. G13 Gallery relentlessly search for unique individualistic talent, locally and abroad, and fervently commits to uncover those passionate works that evoke the soul and senses. Working with artists in the Asiatic region, G13 Gallery provides avenues for synergies amongst the artists to examine, comprehend and showcase refreshing visual interpretations that cross borders. The gallery with 4000 square feet of art space sees commission assignments
and consultancy, hosting art dialogues, forums and workshops as critical functions in promoting the artists and their works as well as implanting stronger interest and awareness in art to the community and public. The gallery will be preparing several directions and exercises crucial to its realization to be crucial component to the promotion of art in the country and region. This year in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), G13 Gallery will be featuring ten artists ranging from young and emerging artists to established artists. The artists will be showcasing their artworks in myriad of forms and art styles; surrealism, figurative, abstract expressionism, watercolour, drawing, caricature, hyperrealism, pop art. Artists lineup include Calvin Chua, Haslin Ismail, Nik Hazri, Cheong Tuck Wai, Khairudin Zainudin, Nik Shazmie, S Dwi Stya, Syafiq Nordin, Siund Tan and Suzlee Ibrahim.
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K ATO ART DUO SINGAPORE
Imai Takahiro, Hide And Seek, Oil on canvas, 197.5 x 133.5 cm, 2011
Kato Art Duo, a premium Japanese art gallery based in Singapore, aims at showcasing the finest artworks from Japan, Asia and Europe. The gallery’s key mission is to introduce Japanese Avant-Garde abstract painting and Japanese style contemporary art. In addition to that, the gallery also aims to introduce “Art In The Heat Of Asia”. During Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), the gallery will feature 10 artists; they are carefully selected and have been categorised into 3 different groups. Four selected artists namely Yayoi Kusama, Usami Kuninori, Uemae Chiyu and Shiraga Kazuo, have been categorised under “Japanese Avant-Garde: Abstract Art”, which features the creative spectrum of Japan’s most influential radicals artists whose name was synonymous with the Gutai Group and was a prominent member
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especially Shiraga Kazuo. Shiraga Kazuo created paintings using his hands and feet. His painting style was called “action painting” and his works were complete deviations from traditional Japanese art. The traditional Japanese sense of beauty abhors aggressiveness and has a preference for subtlety. For traditional Japanese art, even if colours were used in an extravagant manner, there would have been some effort to evoke a sense of tranquility. However, strangely enough, all of Shiraga’s works were aggressive. The other four artists who fall under “Japanese Style Contemporary Art” are Shinoda Toko, Chen Jian Hong, Rikizo Fukao and Kenji Nagai, where traditional Japanese elements were expressed in their modern works. The final two artists, Imai Kitagawa and Dr. Foo Yong Kong are categorised as “Art In The Heat Of Asia”.
MONTAGE FINE ART GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Peter Liew, Winter Sonata Series No. 1, Oil on canvas, 2015
Montage Fine Art Gallery is the brainchild of founders Richard Lee, Nicole Ho and Peter Liew. The gallery focuses on the promotion of high value investment grade artworks from both local and overseas artists. Participating in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), Montage Fine Art Gallery will feature artworks from four elite artists, namely Peter Liew (Malaysia), Khoo Sui Hoe (Malaysia), Gjorji Chulakovski (Macedonia), and Bahaiden (Germany). Peter Liew is a Ma laysian f ine art artist who is internationally recognised as one of the leading figures in today’s art scene. Enriched with over 40 years of experience, his medium of choice is oil on canvas and is known for his widely iconic style of using relief sculpting and thick, robust impasto application of colour on canvas which inspired and influenced the works of many artists over the years. Peter’s paintings are unique in a way that when viewed up close, his paintings are abstract; when viewed at a distance, his paintings minimise into a semirealistic piece of art with an impressionism influence. Khoo Sui Hoe is one of Malaysia’s foremost contemporary artists and has enthralled art lovers both in Malaysia and abroad for more than half a century. He specialises in painting surrealistic stylisation of masks, figures and landscapes. His works are abstract and colourful, painted mainly in oil or acrylic. From the 1960s to present, Khoo has held over 50 solo exhibitions in Asia, Australia, and
the United States, in addition to group exhibitions in India, Japan, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Khoo currently resides in the United States. Gjorji Chulakovski (Gjoto) is a painter and graphic artist from Macedonia who has been active for more than 40 years. His works are highly sought after by museums, galleries and collectors in Europe and the United States. Gjoto’s work is often described as “imagination and innovation in evoking the poetry of landscapes and childhood memories”. Highly recognised for his talents, he was elected into many important positions including President of the Fine Arts in Macedonia (1987-1990), President of the International Triennial of Graphic Art in Bitola (1999-2003), Manager Director of the Museum of City of Skopje (1999-2003) and others. Bahaiden, since 1995, this German master lives and works in Mannheim, Germany. His unique ability to conjure images of converging both random and set shapes together, forming masterpieces that depict the many manifestations of life – his one-of-a-kind interpretation of abstract. Colours are versatile, powerful and balanced. His paintings depict vibrancy, coupled with an emotionally charged vitality. According to Bahaiden, “Images are like a beautiful day in colour, rare colour, without constraints, without desire, without authority, simply revolutionary.”
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CORE DESIGN GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Haafiz Shahimi, The Fall Of Time, Pyrography print (metal rods, 90 degrees inverted burn) on canvas, 153 x 122 cm, 2015
Established in 2010, Core Design Gallery has a passion to develop contemporary Malaysian artists at various stages of their artistic journey – blue chip, mid-career or emerging artists – to eventually produce artworks of museum quality and international standard. The exclusive boutique gallery is housed in a contemporary, minimal space that challenges artists to respond to its architecture, presenting an experience that is as immersive for the viewers as for the artists themselves. In 2013, Core Design Gallery launched the Great Malaysia Contemporary Art (GMCA) project at the Art Expo Malaysia, with its second installation a year later at Art
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Expo Malaysia 2014, featuring artists like Eng Hwee Chu, Hamir Soib, Tan Chin Kuan and Zulkif li Yusoff. Conceived as a loud and clear testament to the ability of contemporary Malaysian artists to create intriguing, provocative and high quality works, GMCA and GMCA II no doubt achieved its goal, successfully capturing the interest of the art fair’s audience. This year, Core Design Gallery will take a fresh approach to the Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015) with the Reason 4 Season exhibition. On each of the four days of the exhibition, artworks shown will adhere to a specific colour palette to match a particular season, be it spring,
summer, autumn or winter. Artists participating in the Reason 4 Season exhibition include Ali Nurazmal Yusoff, Fauzin Mustafa, Haafiz Shahimi, Husin Hourmain, Husin Othman, Husni Osman, Raja Lope Rasydi Raja Rozlan, Shafarin Ghani and Suhaimi Fadzir. Internationally-acclaimed local artist Suhaimi Fadzir, who participated in the prestigious Dublin Biennale and Venice Biennale among other major solo and group shows, never fails to intrigue through his structural – at times gravitydefying even – artworks that allow glimpses of his formal architectural training. At the Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), Suhaimi will take on an exciting new challenge: to interpret these three-dimensional explorations on a more compact scale. Also contributing to Reason 4 Season is multiple awardwinning contemporary artist Fauzin Mustafa. Fauzin works with mixed media, interweaving into his rich, profound artistic perspective motifs of leaves and raised spots, a mature understanding of Malaysian culture and seductively tactile textures. Husin Hourmain is no stranger to the Malaysian art industry as well – far from it, indeed. Especially well-known for his mastery of contemporary Islamic calligraphy, the established artist’s works are stunning contemplations on topics such as self-identity, spirituality and one’s relationship with nature and the society. Mid-career artist Ali Nurazmal Yusoff continues to evolve, relentlessly fine-tuning his artistic methods and painterly skills. From his previous realist figurative works such as those in the cerebral Imitation Master series, Ali is progressing to a semi-abstract style, resulting in bolder, more expressive strokes, a less restrictive colour scheme and perception of movement within the canvas. The exhibition also brings together emerging artists like Raja Lope Rasydi Raja Rozlan, Shafarin Ghani and Husin Othman. These artists demonstrate very diverse styles, for example with Shafarin veering to abstract expressionism and Raja Lope portraying surreal, fantastical narratives in precise realism. Despite his relatively young age, the ever-reflective Husin Othman’s works reveal a considerable depth of thought and breadth of emotions, recalling his simpler village childhood. The winner of the Most Promising Artist of the Year in the 2014 UOB Painting of the Year competition, Husin utilises expressive yet minimal strokes that give the audience ample space and silence to relate to his works.
Husni Osman, fresh out of his debut “City” Boy solo at Core Design Gallery earlier in 2015, brings an unconventional energy to the Malaysian art industry. Cutting his artistic teeth as a street painter, Husni made the decision to become a full-time professional artist in 2008. Since then, he has matured as an artist in terms of technique and substance, conveying his deeply-felt principles and views on society in a quietly witty way. Haafiz Shahimi rounds out the selection of artists participating in the four-day exhibition at Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). Combining pyrographic print and painting, Haafiz’s inquisitive nature has led him to question, explore and constantly stretch the boundaries of his methods, resulting in experimental artworks such as those seen in his 2014 RAGE solo as well as subsequent shows. Reason 4 Season is inspired by the distinct character and rhythms of the seasons as well as the transitions between seasons that portray the cycle of life, from cradle to grave, all of which bring about different moods and emotions. Artworks during “Spring” express the season’s gentle yet optimistic atmosphere with a pastel colour palette. The summer season, on the other hand, represents exuberant joyfulness, with long sunlight-filled days, flowers bursting into full bloom and an abundance of outdoor activities. Likewise, “Summer” displays splashes of bright colours. Come autumn, the mood becomes more pensive and reflective, introverted even, as the earth comes ablaze with colour just before it packs up for winter. Sepia tones of the artworks during “Autumn”, evoking memories and days gone by, attempt to capture this particular mood. Winter, on the other hand, can be seen as a season of opposites. In a short span of time a serene, white-blanketed landscape can transform into a dramatic snowstorm of epic proportions. It is a time of death and rebirth, as plants and other living things drift into slumber, and yet come to life again at the end of the season. The “Winter” season’s black and white colour palette reflects these two extreme opposites, yet emphasises that neither is complete by itself. Other than providing a dynamic, changing landscape, the different season-based colour schemes based allow the audience to view various facets of the artists’ personalities. Moreover, the artists themselves will be able to explore roads less taken – or rather, techniques and colour palettes less used – making Reason 4 Season a thrilling show for the artists and audience alike.
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PACE GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Yusof Majid, Boxer And Ballerinas, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm, 2014
Founded in 2007 in Malaysia, Pace Gallery started out focusing on Malaysian art and as time goes by, the gallery concentrates on art from Indonesia and the Philippines too. Pace gallery is now dedicated to showcasing some of the best of Southeast Asian art. This is spearheaded by the gallery’s group exhibitions entitled ‘Spice Select’ which invites artists from the region to exhibit in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia during art fairs and Biennales. In Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), the gallery will feature Ahmad Shukri Mohamed, Dadi Setiadi and Yusof Majid. Ahmad Shukri’s new series of paintings will be drawn from his upcoming solo exhibition which will be held at Pace Gallery in late September. Dadi Setiadi, from Indonesia, will be showing his highly detailed tongue in cheek impressions of western art fused with Javanese references which has afforded him a strong following both in Malaysia and Singapore. Yusof Majid will be showing his naïve-surreal landscapes from the peninsular series.
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SEGARIS ART CENTER MAL AYSIA
Ahmad Zakii Anwar, Lembu, Acrylic on jute, 137 x 274 cm, 2014
Segaris Art Center, an established commercial gallery has been given a decree to provide modern local art to astute clienteles and to also assist artists on the promotion of their artworks. The gallery’s commitment is entrusted by a selection group of art professionals and academics from the Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). The gallery’s artists are well-sought-after professionals whose works are known to be innovative in the field of modern Malaysian art. This year is the fourth year that Segaris Art Center is participating in Art Expo Malaysia. Artists lineup include: Ahmad Zakii Anwar, widely admired for his still-life composition of objects, fruits, vegetables and his highly expressive paintings of human portraits and animal subjects; Jalaini Abu Hassan, an established contemporary artist who has been constantly pushing the formal and technical possibilities of both traditional and experimental media; Dato’ Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir, regarded as an important modernist artist in Malaysia and known for her highly recognisable abstract works; Dato’ Tajuddin Ismail, an abstract painter whose work has captured the essence of the spiritual mysteries of nature with its endless raw beauty and energy; Awang Damit Ahmad, who has held positions as the Curator of the art gallery and Head of Fine Arts Department in UiTM before being appointed as Associate Professor in 2000.
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LSD JAPAN
Keisuke Katsuki, Nympheas 1905, Acrylic on canvas and panel, 90 x 100 cm, 2014
LSD (Little Stone Dealers) was established in 2011 with the mission to explore what the art and culture in Japan is. It is initially collaborating with galleries and curators to re-think the culture in Japan and review the identity. As the gallery grows, it aims to bring Japanese art and culture into international art platform in the coming future. Do expect the following artists from LSD: Takuro Sugiyama, an intuitive painter creating his own fictitious forms that contradict and confuse viewers with illusions; Arata Higuchi, who uses traditional method of Japanese painting to represents “life” the motif of animal, especially chameleon; Michihiro Kawabata, who creates colourful painting with image of flowers and animals where viewers can discover “other” images from these subjects; Ryuzo Satake, who applies the method of pointillism in Japanese paintings and uses mineral pigments in order to create stillness and transparent feel which represent anonymity of the subject and fragmented memories of landscapes; Natsuki Machida, where her works that are filled to the brim with flowers as a means to carry out her internal energy to be exposed to the outside world. Other young and emerging artists represented by the gallery are Takahiro Hirabayashi, Mariko Kitajima, Kazuyuki Takishita, Fuco Ueda and Keisuke Katsuki.
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PURI ART GALLERY INDONESIA
Joni Ramlan, Building For A Better Future, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, 2015
Puri Art Gallery was the first established gallery in Malang, East Java, Indonesia in 2001, but then moved to Surabaya in 2004. Since 2001, Puri Art Gallery has been devotedly supporting the art atmosphere in the East Java district and continuing dedicatedly to establish the art in the region, nationally and internationally. Participating in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), Puri Art Gallery will present the naive works of Joni Ramlan. Joni was born in Sidoarjo, East Java, on 19 June 1970 and currently resides and works in Mojosari, East Java. His painting contains a very strong dynamic line, spontaneous, and controlled. His dynamic painting gives the viewers a deep impression about his sublimate sensitiveness through shape and space. All the elements look cohesive and effective. His recent work is more about the People series, which is very much influenced by the political and social environment that happened around him. Building For A Better Future is one of the works that shows more of his naive yet compound style. On the contrary, Malacca, another great work from his Map series, is more sophisticated and complex in every way, has very strong lines yet modest in colour and the setting.
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ART GALLERY SINGAPORE
Tung Yue Nang, KL Chinatown, Ink on rice papar, 97 x 97 cm, 2014
Cape Of Good Hope Art Gallery was established in 1989, widely recognised for presenting quality art by notable second-generation Singaporean artists, fostering artistic creation and art collection in the country. In Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), Cape Of Good Hope Art Gallery will be featuring Nanyang Classics and Singaporean artists such as Lim Tze Peng, Terence Teo, Tung Yue Nang and Lim Choon Jin. These artists on showcase exhibit strong roots in the traditional Nanyang style, a beautiful blend of eastern and western art theories with a focus on Southeast Asian subjects. Lim Tze Peng’s latest calligraphic creations with addition of colour has created a modern expression yet still preserving Chinese tradition and culture; Terence Teo challenges techniques of Chinese ink painting through the interplay of the elements of traditional Chinese and modern art; Tung Yue Nang’s interest and practice in Tao Te Ching philosophy has had a great impact and inf luence on his artistic pursuits and direction; through Lim Choon Jin’s observations and keen insight, traditional Chinese landscape paintings of “Shan Shui” (mountain-water) take on new forms and contemporary appearances.
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YAHONG ART GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Chuah Seow Keng, Roosters, Chinese ink painting, 91 x 97 cm, 2010
Yahong Art Gallery brings together a rich variety of artworks and handicrafts by both Malaysian and Asian artists. The Yahong Art Gallery is also home to Malaysia’s most celebrated batik artist, the late Dato’ Chuah Thean Teng, better known as Teng. Teng’s brilliant batik paintings, coupled with the works of his two artist sons, are on display at the gallery’s upper level. Yahong Art Gallery attractively displays the original batik paintings of Teng, the father and master of batik painting, who has transformed the ancient craft of batik into a fine art form. His works are avidly sought after by both private collectors and museums all over the world. In addition, three of Teng’s sons are fine art artists working in batik painting as well as several other mediums. Although Teng’s paintings occupy a prominent position in the gallery, Yahong Art Gallery also displays works by other notable artists in watercolour, Chinese ink and oil. Yahong Art Gallery’s engaging display of vivid artworks will tempt the casual buyer and the serious collector.
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CHELIAN ART GALLERY INDIA
Michel Anthony, Marilyn, Bronze, 38.5 x 11 x 10 cm, 2014
Chelian Art Gallery, one of the upcoming art galleries in India established in 1997, was founded by artist Chelian and is now operated by artist cum curator N. Cibi. The gallery has conducted many art awareness programs, artist camps and art exhibitions all over India and abroad. It has also collaborated with and exhibited in Sutra Art Gallery in Malaysia for many times. Chelian Art Gallery will be presenting 6 Indian artists in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), namely A.V. Ilango, Michel Anthony, Chelian, Sivarajah Natarajan, Elanchezhiyan and Reena Kochar. The artists are inspired by many inf luences and concepts such as mythology, rituals, animals and dance; their works express the abstraction of the figurative essence distilled from the core of their creative impulses.
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ART FUTURES GROUP HONG KONG
Ren Zhenyu, Audrey Hepburn, Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, 2014
Based in Hong Kong, Art Futures Group specialises in promoting mid-career Chinese artists and strive to bring them and their works to greater visibility. The gallery participates in diverse art fairs, from the well-established to the emerging one, to showcase their contemporary artists and works. On a quarterly basis, Art Futures Group will arrange solo artist exhibitions in Hong Kong and invites the featured artist to attend and meet the art community. This year in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), the gallery will be featuring Shen Jingdong, Yin Jun, Zou Cao, Lin Hairong, and Niu An.
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SUMMIT ARTS COLLECTION MYANMAR
Myint Soe, Muni Impression, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, 2013
Founded in 1995 by Myanmar artist Myint Soe, Yangon-based Summit Arts Collection has been promoting Myanmar artists in the country and abroad for years, especially exposing the artists to the international art platform. This is the 7th year the gallery is taking part in Art Expo Malaysia, featuring 4 Myanmar artists: Kyee Myintt Saw, a winner of Philip Morris Art Awards 2002 known for his Night Market Series, vibrant works of a dark night scene with brightly illuminated spots; Myint Soe, the owner of the gallery who has started his artist career since 1975, specialising in impressionist style with the use of bold knife-stroke; Tin Shwe Cho, whose work entitled The Harp Player was collected by the National Museum of Myanmar in 1972 and held solo exhibition in Germany in 2009; and others including Myoe Kyaw and Htet Aung Zaw.
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GNANI ARTS SINGAPORE
P. Gnana, Eternal Peace, Oil on canvas, 140 x 100 cm, 2013
Gnani Arts is a gallery based in Singapore and India. Founded in early 2003 by established artist P. Gnana and curator Vidhya Gnana Gouresan, Gnani Arts has been a local and regional trend-setter within its area of research, curation and collection expertise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; South Indian contemporary art by masters and international artists. Apart from curating and marketing its primary collection of art by masters and pioneer artists, the gallery continues to launch the careers of a selective number of artists from Singapore and from other parts of the globe. Clients of the gallery include the Singapore Art Museum of the National Heritage Board (Singapore), numerous corporations, collectors in Europe and Southeast Asia. The gallery will be representing multiple artists from various countries at Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), including P. Gnana, Dakshinamoorthy, Raja Segar, P. Perumal and J. Kalidass.
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VIVIYIP ARTROOM INDONESIA
Agus Baqul, New Rainbow #1, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180 cm, 2015
Viviyip Artroom is a 100 sqm art gallery in Indonesia. With 10 years of experience working at the Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auction house, the gallery is specialised in Indonesian contemporary art scene, bringing together artists, collectors, curators, critics and the art market. This year in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), Viviyip Artroom is featuring Agus Baqulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Rainbow that symbolizes pluralism and multi-cultural in life and religion; Laila Azra who studied at Nanyang University and graduated from Fine Art Department specialising in western abstract; Soni Irawan who is one of the finalists of Philip Morris Asean Award in 2001; Eric Chan, renowned Malaysian artist who has carved out a reputation for reinvigorating interest in painting as a resonant contemporary media.
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BANK NEGARA MAL AYSIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Dato’ Chuah Thean Teng, Durian Sellers, Batik, 123.5 x 123.5 cm, 1990
Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery is housed in Sasana Kijang building. The gallery provides rotating display of the Central Bank of Malaysia’s art collection. Selected paintings and sculptures which chart the nation’s milestones and highlight the Central Bank’s support for the arts include works by early masters such as Dato’ Mohd. Hoessein Enas and Yong Mun Sen, continuing up to the present day. The gallery will be showcasing some of its finest artworks in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015). The collection on display explores Malaysia’s long and illustrious textile tradition through the media of painting and drawing. There are countless representations in Malaysian art, some aiming for more realism than others. All provide an insight into how local artists perceive textiles, the most significant decorative-art form of Southeast Asia. From works that are inspired by the designs of fabrics to those that are created entirely using fabric-making techniques, it is a rich record encompassing five themes: Livelihood, Togetherness, Ways Of Life, Harmony, and Design. In addition to the exhibition, a shuttle service will be provided to visitors of Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015) to the museum and art gallery for a short guided tour and to allow visitors to sign up for upcoming free-of-charge hands-on art classes and workshops.
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UTTERLY ART SINGAPORE
Lok Kerk Hwang, Symphony Of Rust No. 10, Watercolour, 56 x 76 cm, 2015
Since its inception in 2001, Singapore-based Utterly Art has organised over 350 art exhibitions in the country as well as participated in various international art fairs. In Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), the gallery aims to showcase some of the most popular Southeast Asian artists, and simultaneously introduces the works of three Malaysian artists namely Lok Kerk Hwang, an award-winning watercolourist from Batu Pahat; Tilen Ti from Pahang, who depicts Singapore in flamboyant and vivid colour that turn familiar places into stranger; William Sim who blends nature and mechanical objects that depict dreamscapes where positivity reigns. Other featured artists include Aaron Gan, Andre Tan, KY Huang, Huang Wei and Tran Quoc Tuan. Half of the participating artists from Utterly Art are watercolourists, highlighting the recent strength of the gallery, while the chosen media for the remaining artists include acrylic, oil and sculpture in aluminium, resin and bronze.
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CIT Y ART GALLERY MAL AYSIA
Jansen Chow, City Impression â&#x20AC;&#x201C; KL In Red, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 180 cm, 2014
City Art Gallery has 40 years of experience in the art business. It is founded by Datuk Vincent Sim Tiak Choo and Datin Mary Tang. The gallery started off selling Chinese brush paintings from China and Malaysia before expanding to modern paintings by Malaysian and foreign artists. Many dedicated local artists have had their first solos here. City Art Gallery has taken part in numerous international art fairs such as Art Revolution Taipei (2015, 2012, 2011), Asia Contemporary Art Showcase Hong Kong (2015), Art Stage Singapore (2015), Art Expo Malaysia (2007 to present), ManilART (2014, 2009), Art Canton (2012), Hangzhou Art Fair (2009), Art Taipei (2009) and International Guangzhou Art Fair (2008). In Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015), City Art Gallery will be featuring Abdul Rasid Yusof, Alex Leong Yim Kuan, Dr. Cheah Thien Soong, Cheah Yew Saik, Choh Kiat Siong, Chow Chin Chuan, Datin Catherine Wong, Goh Lye Hock, Heng Eow Lin, Jansen Chow, Keng Seng Choo, Loo Hooi Nam, Mazuki Muhammad, Tan Hong Lee, Tan Sik Yaw, Tean Wei Gin, Ting Cho Chien, Wenchi Lucas, and Zaharuddin Sarbini.
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EVENTS ARCADIA
COLLECTOR’S SHOW:
THE CoCA COLLECTION The CoCA collection started 3 years ago to identify and collect museum standard or seminal works of Malaysian contemporary art. It is selected, researched and collected based on curated thesis of within the 3 important framework of understanding to seek for art not only contains the critical value but also the commercial value. The first framework is to understand the importance of “nusantara” the Malay Archipelago. Malaysia although part of the Southeast Asian region is one of the few countries that carries the nusantara identity which the indigenous Malays are known for their art and craft since hundred of centuries. A relevant art collection must be able to recognise the importance of this. Malaysian contemporary art is even more unique within the Southeast Asian region due to the multi-ethnicity the intercultural exchange and the assimilation that gave rise to the variety of styles and approaches in the art. The second framework is to understand the growth and progression of the Malaysian “rakyat”. With globalisation and technology, the society no longer stays in the post-colonial circle. Rather the geosphere, sociaopolitics down to the individualistic identity has grown beyond the times of modernity into what is known as a post post-colonialisation era. The era of modernist art is an important part of the history that it forms the study on the development of art of today. In the process of collecting contemporary art, one must consider the relevance of the art to the present contemporary society. The third framework is to understand the quality of work of art and having seminal pieces in the collection. Contemporary art is a complex world and it is not easy to make an intelligent acquisition especially to have a major work or seminal piece. Certain criteria shold be taken into consideration past, present and personal factor (PPP test reference from Biddington’s test). An artwork that is too involved in the past tends to be derivative and decorative. It is not a work of art but just a pretty picture. However, an artwork that is ignorant of visual history will tend to be naive in its concept. One also needs to question does the art piece explain the present. An artwork too much of its time will lack the universal aspect of ageing with time. On contrary, artwork that is
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not in tune with its time will fail in the mission of time – to be predictive and interpretive tool of the future. Last but not least, one should take note if the artwork reflects the artist’s personal vision. Artwork should not be too self involved nor should it be present with no personal reflections to the point of lacking in originality and vision. CoCA collection is a substantiated, documented and critically reviewed collection. The Seminal Pieces An adept museum class piece, Demonstration is part of internationally renowned Zulkifli Yusoff ’s Tun Razak Speech Series that specifically addresses the student demonstrations in 1974. In a true Malaysian contemporary artistic approach, Zulkifli Yusoff, through detailed research, turns to the past to understand the effects of colonialism in Malaysia and aptly draws parallels between the 1974 incident (better known as Baling incident) leading to the recent General Elections 2013. As the top foremost installation artist in Malaysia since the 1980s, Zulkifli Yusoff successfully incorporates vivid cultural iconography and symbolism in his works, internationally recognised having participated in important international exhibitions such as Venice Biennale 1997, Fukuoka Asian Art Exhibition in Japan, First Asia-Pacific Triennale in Australia amongst others. Black and white collage strips containing the late Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak’s 1974 speech and old photographs of the said incident, make up the composition of Demonstration. Consequently Demonstration is undoubtedly in a class of its own, fulfilling the critical acclaim of a seminal contemporary art. Mid-career figurative artist Ali Nurazmal Yusoff is renowned for his realism works such as Imitation Master: After Caravaggio. In his pursuit for his ‘ultimate painting’, Ali Nurazmal exhibits technical mastery with his colours and continual experimentation of painting techniques from abstract to expressionist to realist. His works are always perfectly rendered canvases bursting forth with wit, sarcasm and personality through his painterly skills and talented mastery of realism, chiaroscuro and co-extensive space. Carrying with him
Haafiz Shahimi, Self-Fish Pyrography print, charcoal, spray paint and oil on canvas finished with 2K matte paint, 210 x 183 cm, 2014
the formalistic fine art techniques and understanding of colour theories, he too is renowned for his use of light and space within a single canvas. With Ali Nurazmal, it is his commitment to his craft and quest for ‘the ultimate painting’ that makes him an important artist within the competitive Malaysian contemporary art industry. Notably so in his latest semi-abstract painting, his artistic progression is ever more apparent as he now instinctively and masterfully works random colours into an explosion of artistic techniques within a single canvas. A rare and masterly combination of semi-realist, abstract and chiaroscuro, this painting is undoubtedly a seminal work within the artistic career of Ali Nurazmal representing a key turning point of his artistic career.
Revolutionising the art of printmaking, emerging artist Haafiz Shahimi introduces a never-beforeheard-of pyrography printmaking technique into his art. Stemming from his correlation between the formalistic principles of printmaking and the laws of thermodynamics, Haafiz’s innovative prints are a testament to his commitment of his skill and innate understanding of contemporising local craft traditions to enable connections between his work and audience. Self-Fish is a major pyrography print of the artist’s self portrait that was undoubtedly the main centrepiece of his first solo exhibition, RAGE – Raising Awareness Toward Greater Existence 2014. The much talkedabout piece represents a turning point in his career,
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his maturing confidence to his defined path in life. For his innovative art, Haafiz self-moulds his metal blocks of choice of fishes and heats them to varying degrees to create the varying burn marks on his canvases. In Self-Fish, the school of fishes enshrines him, reflecting the glow of his confidence and thus duly marking SelfFish as a seminal work of art. Clearly passionate of his art, young artist Haafiz Shahimi consistently strives to create and innovate fresh works of art, thereby marking him out as the artist to look out for within our local contemporary art industry. Being the secular society of Malaysia, the CoCA collection would not be complete without works from top contemporary Islamic calligraphy artist Husin Hourmain and his visually appealing The Cube that addresses the holistic ritual of every Muslim, the Hajj pilgrimage. Adopting a cool and natural yet very culturally acceptable hue of green, The Cube also encompasses the five pillars of Islam within a single artwork. Artist Husin Hourmain unravels the rituals connecting all Muslims in their faith, despite differences in race, culture or language may otherwise exist, effectively supports his work as an artist beyond the barriers of culture, traditions and race.
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A notable mixed media artist, Fauzin Mustafa, is no stranger to the local art industry since the 1980s. Drawing on his formalistic fine art understanding, Fauzin Mustafa successfully adopts mixed media of nature and manmade elements with recognisable Malay iconography and traditional motifs into visually pleasing aesthetic while addressing contemporary issues of the day. A multiple award winning artist with works collected both privately and publicly within major local corporates, Cerita Ceriti I: Whose Artist Is This? is heavily textured, a signature Fauzin Mustafa, and carries the traditional Malay cultural batik coupled with a Malay poem in its surrounding text. Unquestionably with the true Malaysian identity, the artist initiates a social dialogue through this work as he shares his personal reservations of the hopes and expectations of contemporary artists in Malaysia today. Renowned for his Inderaputera series, Anuar Rashid unveils his exquisite painterly skills like no other, or in the words of Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal, the then director of National Art Gallery Malaysia 1970s, ‘the new sensation of the Malaysian art scene, perhaps its brightest star yet’. Following his successful retrospective Mih(raj) – I Am Just A Storyteller at
1 Zulkifli Yusoff Demonstration Resin and collaged typographical canvas strips with printing and painting 213 x 184 cm 2014 2 Suhaimi Fadzir I Will Walk With You (#illwalkwithyou) Mixed media assemblage 285 x 185 x 57 cm 2012-2014 3 Anuar Rashid Mih(raj): Home Sweet Home North Star Constellation Of Galaxies Oil on canvas 285 x 233 cm
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National Visual Arts Gallery Malaysia in 2014, the renowned Anuar Rashid still commands the audience with his immaculate and spiritually inspired paintings. Mih(raj): Home Sweet Home North Star Constellation Of Galaxies proves to be the centrepiece of his Mih(raj) series, the final piece and the climatic work of the series envisioning the mythical phoenix and winged horse in a mid-flight grandeur. Making its debut in the acclaimed Great Malaysia Contemporary Art (GMCA) show in 2013, the artist drew in crowds naturally with his matte touch to his primary medium of oil on canvas. In true contemporary art form, installation art is gaining much attention in the local art scene. Completing this collection is the rustic and illuminating installation I Will Walk With You (#illwalkwithyou) from artist Suhaimi Fadzir. An architect by profession, Suhaimi Fadzir turned to pursue his passion for art fervently and actively participates in international art exhibitions such as Venice Biennale and Dublin Biennale. Working between his studio in Malaysia and America, Suhaimi establishes a distinct visual identity known as archipainting, which forms the intellectual and visual base for the creation of his artworks. Essentially the mergence of fine art principles with structural and
spatial architecture, artist Suhaimi Fadzir works his 2-year-long-effort installation I Will Walk With You (#illwalkwithyou) to life with a variety of found items of distorted shapes in a gravity-defying installation. Drawing inspiration from the Sydney siege 2014, he successfully marries his Islamic religious values in a foremost contemporary manner, marking this as a testament to his ability to construct and deconstruct whilst engaging his audiences in a captivating discourse. Critically acclaimed artist Shooshie Sulaiman that is currently garnering much attention internationally, is a top Malaysian installation artist and produces very expressive and strong portraits which addresses the local Malaysian cultural and political scene. The CoCA collection is a series of critically acclaimed works that is collected from a curatorial viewpoint, of mixed media, installations and paintings.
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THE EMBASSY ROW
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The Embassy Row has become a much watched feature of the International Art Expo Malaysia (AEM) series since 2010 and now in its sixth year. It is one of the AEM’s projects with the aim of opening up new territories and realms of art not normally accessible, profiled or appreciated in South-east Asia as well as to afford a broader spectrum of the diversity of expressions in the increasingly significant regional art showcase. The artists chosen may not be representative of the temperament or styles prevalent in the countries, or the ongoing trends, but are revelatory of certain facets of expressions reflecting on the socio-political economic life. It started in the AEM’s fourth year in 2010 with the ACE countries of Argentina, Cuba and Ecuador. While Cuba and Ecuador were retained the next year in 2011, Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Switzerland were added. In 2012, Argentina returned to participate with newcomers Belgium and Colombia, joining Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, and Switzerland in the Embassy’s list. The following year, the list expanded to 10 countries with Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Switzerland with the debutantes being Iran, Italy, and Philippines, represented by an indigenous art commune called MASA (Free Exponents of the Arts and Cultural). The year 2014 saw a record 13 countries represented under this Events Arcadia sidewinder with the newcomers being Austria, Holland, Mexico, Mongolia, and Romania. They joined Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Iran, Italy, and Philippines. This year, newcomers France and Venezuela make up the 12 countries arrayed, the others being Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Mongolia, Philippines, and Romania. All the featured artists are new except for Brazil’s André Mendes, Mexico’s Armando Romero, and Mongolia’s Batmunkh Darmaa who impressed with his matchstick ‘musculature’ anatomy last year. With globalisation and the nomadic movement of artists today, geological territorial lines are getting blurred and nationalities problematic with artists preferring the tag ‘world artist’ instead of being identified by the country of birth or choice. Brazil’s André Mendes, who is no stranger to Malaysia or the AEM, has lived in Brazil, Spain, France and Australia. He was trained in graphic design in Brazil and furthered his art studies in Barcelona. Iran which has been parading its exponents of Islamic based calligraphy, has turned to an artist known for his contemporary miniature-Persian art. He is Arash Groyan but his themes are still couched in folklore and tradition like the legend of Siavash In Fire, based on the Ferdowsi epic about a prince who braved a fireball in his black stallion to prove his innocence that he had seduced his amorous step-mom. Past representatives were Fathollah Marzban, Hojatolah Ranjbar and Neda Zoghi.
Cuba has paraded some of its most outstanding contemporary artists and has opted for the veteran Ever Fonseca (born in 1938) who had won major awards like the Monte Carlo Contemporary Award Grand Prize and the Joan Miro International Prize for Drawing, had taken part in biennales in Ecuador, Poland and Spain. His works are naïve-like playing on Caribbean myths and folkloric symbols. Nelson Dominguez, Enrique Wong Diaz, Angel A. Alfonso, Agustin Villafana, Alexis Puig, and others were represented in the past editions. The French offering is Naïma Carbonare, fresh from his November 2014 Malaysian solo with his conceptual works using bark of the birch while Argentina has Azul De Monte with lyrical compositions of flotsams against a ghostly phalanx of totems. Not all the artists featured are painters. Some are sculptors like Romania’s Serban Vrabiescu, and last year Timo Kreeft (Holland). 1 Embassy Of Iran Arash Groyan, Siavash In Fire Miniature, 90 x 70 cm, 2012 2 Embassy Of Mongolia Batmunkh Darmaa, Blue Horses Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm, 2015 3 Embassy Of Romania Serban Vrabiescu, Desire I Bronze, 52 cm (L), 2014 4 Embassy Of Argentina Azul De Monte, So Tired To Count, Everytime It’s A Different Number Acrylic on canvas, 210 x 150 cm, 2013 5 Embassy Of Venezuela Sebastian Guzman, The Drunk Piano Of Tom Waits: Leticia Oil on canvas, 61 x 45.7 cm, 2015 6 Embassy Of France Naïma Carbonare, Le Souffle Acrylic, birch tree’s bark, stones, charcoal and sand on canvas 80 x 80 cm, 2014 7 Embassy Of Brazil André Mendes, Between Paint between acrylic, 33 x 26 cm, 2014 8 Embassy Of Cuba Ever Fonseca, El Jigüe Pescador (The Jigue Fisherman) Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 130 cm, 1986
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Huo Boyang
EVENTS ARCADIA
CHINA PAVILION
A Glimpse Into China Pavilion
Liu Lin
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Ran Qiquan Wang Xijing
Guo Xiaoguang
Li Dongjiang
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FEATURE
Lee Cheng Yong, Self Portrait, Oil on canvas laid on board, 49 x 34 cm
HENRY BUTCHER ART AUCTIONEERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MALAYSIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AUCTION OCTOBER 2015 The highly anticipated year-end fine art auction by Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers featuring a stellar line-up of artworks by remarkable artists is set to go under the hammer on Sunday 4 October 2015 at Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Highlighting seminal works of prime significance and excellent provenance by important Nanyang masters, established artists, batik art maestros, and Southeast Asian superstars, the Malaysian and Southeast Asian Art Auction also offers a variety of media by young and emerging talents from oil and acrylic on canvas and board, watercolour and ink on paper, to etchings, photographs and sculptures.
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Khaw Sia, Still Life With Kicap, Watercolour on paper, 32.5 x 32.5 cm, c. 1940s
NANYANG ST YLE
Nanyang art connoisseurs will be thrilled by the rare and exquisite works on offer. The ‘Father of Malaysian Art’ Yong Mun Sen is represented with an elegantly painted Beauty Queen dated 1946, featuring an oil painting of a solitary woman draped in sarong which covers her head and exposing her right shoulder and arm, her hand holding a delicate hibiscus flower. Also on offer are two watercolour pieces – an undated General Post Office, Kuala Lumpur and Rushing Water In Jagged Rocks dated 1951 – all of which are illustrated in the artist’s posthumous exhibition catalogue Yong Mun Sen Retrospective 1999.
– capturing the essence of the artist’s characteristics as he was known to be an introvert and a reserved man in his lifetime. A museum quality landscape oil painting depicting kampong houses is also on offer.
Works by versatile Nanyang master Lee Cheng Yong has been in great demand since he was first introduced to the market in Henry Butcher’s April 2013 auction. In this sale, collectors will have the opportunity to acquire the artist’s self-portrait – painted in eloquent Realism that radiates an aura of solitude and solemnity
Kuo Ju Ping is represented in this sale with a landscape painting in watercolour illustrating rocks and cliff by the beach and two figures seen in shallow waters in a distance. The setting is perhaps located at Batu Ferringhi in Penang where the artist often set up his easel to paint en plein air.
Images courtesy of Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers
Another exciting work on offer is a still-life painting by Khaw Sia whose last appearance at Henry Butcher Art Auction was in April 2014. His composition of fruits – pineapple, oranges, lime and an aubergine with a bottle of soy sauce labelled ‘Kicap’ and a clay vessel in the background – demonstrates his ability to portray vibrant still-life objects.
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ESTABLISHED ARTISTS Pioneer artist Abdullah Ariff depicts a charming rustic landscape whose palette is golden and green to accentuate nature’s wealth – bright sun rays and green pastures in a rural setting. This appearance marks the rarity of his works in the market as his last presence at Henry Butcher Art Auction was in April 2013. Khalil Ibrahim’s iconic East Coast series dated 1992 is on offer featuring women in colourful sarong at work by the beach. Women’s participation in fishing is evident in the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, and they fish mainly from
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the shore or in shallow protected waters using simple hand-operated gears such as hooks and lines, scoop nets or traps. Championing abstract expressionism, the late Datuk Ibrahim Hussein is epitomised with his seminal line painting in acrylic on paper. Dated 1994, this solid piece displays an explosion of colours and lines representing the artist at best. Featuring at Henry Butcher Art Auction for the first time is established artist Mamoor Jantan who is known for his Cakcibor (Dragonfly) series. Deriving from his iconic series, Laman Cakcibor was executed in 1986 and is offered in very good condition.
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BATIK ART
Batik as a medium in fine art was pioneered by the late Datuk Chuah Thean Teng whose ‘Mother and Child’ theme has etched a mark of its own in Malaysian art. Another batik maestro whose intricate details that call for attention is Ismail Mat Hussin. On offer is an impressive illustration of a fish market scene dated 2006 measuring 117 x 117 cm. Known for his musculoskeletal patterns of his figures, this piece demonstrates all the qualities recognised by the artist. The Malaysian art scene has lost a great talent since the news of his recent demise in July.
3 Ismail Mat Hussin Untitled Batik 117 x 117 cm 4 Anthonie Chong Untitled Oil on canvas 122 x 92.5 cm
CONTEMPORARY ART Representing contemporary art is Anthonie Chong with an expressive figurative painting stylistically painted in dark and obscure palette. This piece signifies the various styles that the artist is able to execute in portraying figures.
5 Yong Mun Sen General Post Office, Kuala Lumpur Watercolour on paper 42 x 60 cm
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A vibrant piece by Jalaini Abu Hassan titled Pisang Emas Di Bawa Belayar dated 1999 depicting a comb of bananas, sailboats, bird cage, and lotus pod among other objects in the artist’s signature style is also on offer. The title derived from the Malay folk song ‘Rasa Sayang’ popular in the Southeast Asian region. The full viewing will be held at Curate, SENI Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur from 24 September until 3 October 2015 and the auction is on Sunday, 4 October, 1pm at Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. For more information, kindly contact Kimberly Leong at +6012 683 7808 / +603 2691 3089 or email kimberly@hbart.com.my or visit www.hbart.com.my 4
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Highlight pieces of this coming auction will be exhibited at the Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers booth (main entrance booth, Hall B of Matrade Exhibition & Convention Centre, KL) in Art Expo Malysia Plus (2015), September 10 to 13.
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FEATURE
BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY by Lucien de Guise
Raphael Scott Ahbeng, Limestone Network, Oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm, 2014
The Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery has, as the name suggests, a focus on Malaysia. The emphasis isn’t always on central banking though. Instead, the collection and the temporary exhibitions tend to look at the development of Malaysian society and the economy, along with the country’s place in the world. Later in the year, there will be an exhibition that puts the spotlight on ASEAN, but in the meantime all eyes are on Malaysia. Malaysia received more than the usual international attention last December when nature struck back, again. The landscape on the East Coast of the peninsula has still not returned to normal. The message of preserving Malaysian environmental diversity is more usually aimed at tourists rather than residents. With the exception of desert, tundra and snow-capped peaks,
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the local landscape covers just about everything. It is a land blessed by God, but not always by artists. Eventually we all become oblivious to the wonders that we are most accustomed to. “From Sea To Summit” is the work of four artists whose fascination with their environment is exceptional and enduring. Each one has a different focus, forming a complete picture of surroundings that have shaped the way people live. In the case of the late Joseph Tan and the very lively Ajis Mohamad, these are environments in which humans are, at the most, occasional visitors. Generally they are entirely absent from rockscapes and sub-marine activity. These are the wild extremes of Malaysia. For Raphael Scott Ahbeng and Yeong Seak Ling, mankind is a partner in the landscape.
These four artists, between them, cover the widest possible range of landscapes. None of them represents the genre in the conventional sense of the word. They are not just a lifeless record of topographical features. Each of the four is immersed in different worlds. The sum of these parts is Malaysia. So diverse are these ecospheres, it is easy to forget that one small country can accommodate such variety. All of these landscapes have something in common: fragility. Whether it is the underwater world of the turtle or the equally watery world of the East Coast resident dealing with floods, their futures are in the balance. Whatever the cause, numerous habitats are changing. Cities grow, almost uncontrollably, while more remote idylls become less idyllic. Mankind at harmony with nature is not a feature of modern life, except in property developments so exclusive, they form an entirely new and sanitised environment. The only work that artists do on this type of view is impressions for marketing brochures. More inspiring for most painters are settings that have taken longer to evolve than a short trip from the 2
drawing board to the VIP launch. These locations might be as primeval as a granite mountains or a timeless underwater coral kingdom. Nature has worked on these landscapes for eons; mankind can undo it in days. Where humans have been part of the landscape for longer, they tend to show more respect. Rural communities may not be the supreme guardians of aesthetics, but they are more concerned with the future of their surroundings than a post-launch property developer. Centuries of living close to nature gave rural and littoral communities a sense of mutual benefit with their surroundings. Trees were cut down to satisfy their own needs for shelter and the satisfaction of everyday items crafted from the finest timber. This was done with discernment and an eye to spirituality, rather than being a strategic strike by loggers. The earliest exports from what is now Malaysia were jungle products. This harvesting did not despoil the rainforest. 1 Ajis Mohamad Turtle Family Oil on canvas 106.5 x 137 cm 2011 2 Joseph Tan Impressions Of Endau Rompin 2 Acrylic on canvas 56 x 38 cm 1986
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1 Yeong Seak Ling Kampung Life – Four Season Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cm 2009 2 Yeong Seak Ling Kampung Life – Kelantan Beauty Oil on canvas 142 x 102 cm 2007
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Artists exist to provide a record, not necessarily of what they see but what they feel. They try to form the sort of harmony that those who do not look so closely might fail to observe. The four artists in this exhibition are masters specialising in different niches that build up to a collage of all that makes Malaysia if not ‘truly Asia’ then ‘truly ASEAN’. This region still has a huge percentage of essential ecological resources; economic development is both a risk to this heritage and its potential saviour. As the region becomes richer, it is possible that more respect will be shown to what is, in highly developed nations, viewed as a recreational resource. For the original occupants of these habitats, it is already too late in many cases. As the habitats shrink, the number of endangered species keeps growing. The artists in “From Sea To Summit” take a variety of approaches to habitats and inhabitants. Ajis Mohamad focuses on living creatures with minimal intervention from mankind. His paintings are usually devoid of divers in the pursuit of selfies to be taken with lamentably slow representatives of a species facing extinction. His settings are generally empty, with blue light providing a discreet backdrop to colours of otherworldly intensity.
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Raphael Scott Ahbeng, Bequest To The Nation, Watercolour on paper, 52 x 69 cm, 1991
Similarly, Joseph Tan keeps his distance from his own intrepid species, preferring the silent immutability of rocks. These unhewn relics of ages past are given a glimmer of life with mist moving around them. Just like Ajis’ ocean, these barren landscapes are not for human intervention. At the other end of the biosphere is Yeong Seak Ling, an artist who conceives landscapes as a backdrop to human activity. Even at his most natural, a melancholic scene of a rubber plantation with fallen leaves and a feeling of desolation, a kampung house sits in the distance, almost invisible among the ghostly trees. This is an old work from the Bank Negara Malaysia collection; his more recent paintings create a quite different impression. Nature is now in the background, with people dominating the foreground. A baby’s foot steals the scene, or cheerful village folk bringing their lifestyle into the picture. Birdcages without birds feature prominently, perhaps as a metaphor. Somewhere in the middle of the extremes of mankind’s place in the environment is Raphael Scott Ahbeng. Being
a Sarawakian, he has an enormous expanse of nature to work from. There is also a long history of human presence in the landscape, mostly well integrated. His homeland’s longhouses provide a setting that is as much a compromise between man and nature as has existed for millennia. Sustainable forestry used to be the only way in this part of the world, unlike Europe, which ravaged its forests long before the age of industrial-scale destruction of recent decades. Respect for nature is so much a tradition in Sarawak that it should be leading the way throughout the nation. Unfortunately this has not been the direction. Just as on the East Coast of the peninsula, there is a level of abuse that only becomes apparent when a flooding catastrophe strikes. Artists have a part to play in ensuring that the balance is maintained, and that people can enjoy these marvels, at least secondhand. “From Sea To Summit” is a reminder of what Malaysia has, at the moment, and offers some hope that it might be preserved for a little longer. For more information, visit www.museumbnm.gov.my
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1 Dr. Choong Kam Kow Retrospective 2 Liu Kang, Double Portrait From Muar Kopitiam Sketching on paper, 23.5 x 30 cm 3 Chen Jen Hao, Pursuit Of Knowledge Oil on canvas, 65 x 49 cm 4 Chen Jen Hao, Mending Nets Under A Makeshift Canopy Oil on canvas, 44 x 54.5 cm, 1961
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The show must go on, as it does, swimmingly well. The National Visual Arts Gallery (NVAG) Malaysia, hit by a double whammy of major renovations and drastic budget cutbacks this year, has mustered an impressive list of exhibitions so far. The spillover Dr. Choong Kam Kow Retrospective from last year and which was extended because of the overwhelming response was just over. The equally popular Unpack-Repack: Archiving & Staging Ismail Hashim (1940-2013) exhibition with its innovative standards in archival research and presentation was also extended until June 30. Curated by Wong Hoy Cheong, it was first shown in a smaller format at the Fergana Art Gallery in Whiteways Arcade in Penang last year. The momentum keeps going despite the NVAG main exhibition building undergoing major renovations starting in October for six months. After all, the year 2015 has been declared the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Year of Festivals.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The repair work will be done in stages, level by level in order not to bring the long-planned exhibition machinery to a standstill.
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THE NVAG SHOWS THE WAY
The NVAG is still firing from all cylinders despite the double drawbacks. Of course, the renovations are to enhance and upgrade the infrastructural and aesthetic presentation as well as to repair inherent faults to bring the galleries more up to international standards. The work will be done in such a way as to minimize inconvenience to visitors and the overall operations. It has also opened a new flank on the left side of the ground floor of the Administrative Building to complement the space on the right, adding room for two small-scale exhibitions or just one with displays on both sides. The main buzzword for the second half of the year will be the 1MCAT Festival which was a roaring success when the NVAG was handed the responsibility and the cudgel by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture last year. Suddenly, there was a rash of art activities in all the States spread over a six-month period! But with a slash in the budget this year, the 1MCAT, still under the baton of the NVAG, will be back to a
three-month celebration with only an event organised for each State. The 1MCAT is also rebranded as the ‘1Malaysia Community Art Trail’ Festival, with the ‘C’ standing for ‘Community’ instead of the previous ‘Contemporary.’ This is more in keeping to the tenor and substance of the festival as some of the works shown previously could not be deemed ‘contemporary’ in the modern trending term. The programmes and logistics are still being worked out, and it should be another eventful event despite the financial throttle. The 1MCAT was started in 2010 by then Minister of Tourism Tan Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen to boost art tourism and the creative industry. It was then held over a three-month period. The major exhibitions in the immediate second half are the Haremeyn Mecca & Medina: A Photograph Collection from the Ottoman Period (June 12 to September 30), and the French ConneXion exhibition (July 7 to August 30). The Haremeyn exhibition, coordinated by Prof. Dato’ Mohamed Najib Ahmad Dawa, former NVAG director and current board member of the National Visual Arts Development Board (NVADB) is a collaboration with the Research Centre for Islamic History Art and Culture in Istanbul. It coincides with the Ramadan fasting month and will showcase 70 photo reproductions from when the Ottoman Turks ruled from 1299 to 1923. It is held at the Reka Gallery.
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The French ConneXion exhibition, curated by Ooi Kok Chuen, is a comprehensive monograph tracing Malaysian (and Singaporean) artists trained, and exposed to the arts and culture, in France – their dreams and struggles, their achievements and impact, from the 1910’s and at one time in the 1960’s and early 1970’s through the vehicle of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in Singapore. A compelling saga of Art, Politics and Strife (War). It will be held from July 7 to August 30. 4
The exhibition brings together some works by collectors and some 90 significant works from the collection of the NVAG, some of which will be shown in its entirety as per artist for the first time: Georgette Chen (five works), O. Don Peris (two works), Lai Foong Moi (six works) and Chia Yu Chian (17 works) besides works by Chen Jen Hao and Liu Kang from the collection of Art Expo Malaysia founder Datuk Vincent Sim Tiak Choo. Also ‘dusted’ from the storeroom will be Singaporean Lim Hak Tai’s Berhala Cina, a print by the great Atelier 17 maestro Sir William Hayter, and three rare painted-on plates by Singaporean pioneer Cheong Soo Pieng.
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1 Director General of National Visual Arts Gallery Malaysia Haned Masjak (most left) and Chairman of National Visual Arts Development Board of Malaysia Dato’ Mahadzir Lokman (second from left) at the opening ceremony of Haremeyn exhibition. 2 Al-Haram Al-Sharif And Al-KaGÇÖba Al-Muazzama Under Flood 3 Al-Haram Al-Sharif, Al-KaGÇÖba Al-Muazzama And The Surrounding Houses As Seen From Abu Qubais Mountain
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To mark the exhibition, the NVAG has also collaborated with the French Embassy, Kuala Lumpur, to start the French-Malaysia Young Artists Award, for artists aged 30 on Jan 1, 2015. The prize is a return ticket to Paris, two-weeks accommodation and tour of museums and art institutions in November-December. The competition proper will begin in September with a two-week exhibition slated for October at the NVAG’s Administration Block. The earliest artist to have studied in Paris was the pioneer O. Don Peris but the Paris ‘pilgrimage’ really started with the first group including Lai Foong Moi, Chia Yu Chian, Tan Tong, Tew Nai Tong, Yeo Hoe Koon and Long Thien Shih. The ‘School of Paris’ flavour is part of the ingredient that added to the ‘Nanyang Style’ recipe. The exhibition traces several generations of Paristrained artists, including those on an informal basis, right up to the time of Chong Siew Ying and Ken Yang. They trained at a host of institutions notably L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris; L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Versailles; L’Atelier 63; Atelier 17, Paris; Universitie de Paris, and Universite Bordeaux, under prominent teachers such as Professor Chapelain MID, Professor Brianchon, Professor J.M. Souverbie and Sir William Hayter.
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The Jelitawan exhibition at the Portrait Gallery will be replaced by an exhibition of 44 portraits that were hung at Parliament House, which is under renovations. The Parliament works are scheduled for September until December. A selection of works from the Jelitawan exhibition will travel to Malacca. The Recent Acquisitions (of the NVAG) exhibition will be shown until the end of the year. The works include those by Tan Tong, Tan Chiang Kiong, Tan Wei Kheng, Haslin Ismail, Yee I-Lann, Fadilah Karim, Raja Lope Rasydi and Abdul Fatah Ngah. Solos are also slated for comedian-artist Imuda a.k.a. A. Rahim (40 portraits) from June 2 to July 31, and photographer Nirmala Karuppiah, from September 8 to October 25, called ‘Fluid Lucidity: Embracing The Charisma Of Dance.’ Two major solo exhibitions will also take centre-stage, those of ‘Peranakan Intisme Queen’ Sylvia Lee Goh (July 29 to September 27) and ‘Neo-Nanyang’ Chinese brush master Cheah Thien Soong (August 11 to October 14). Self-taught Sylvia Lee Goh, 75, is known for her works on the rich ornate Peranakan (Baba-Nyonya) heritage, the lush ‘Secret Garden’ and her intimate tapestry of women’s things, space and friendship revolving around
memories, loss and closure. Her first major exhibitions were in 1998-99 entitled ‘Two Decades Of Art 1978-98: From The Heart’ at the National Art Gallery’s Creative Centre and then the Penang State Art Gallery. Born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, she made headway when she joined the Arts & Crafts Guild, KL, in 1985, and the Malaysian Artists Association the next year. As a person, she is meticulous, neat, methodical, and these qualities are well reflected in her works, and it’s no surprise that her process is slow. Her themes are simple: identity (cultural heritage), self (silence and introspection) and remembrance (relationships and bonding, mostly with friends) and beauty (ostentatious Nyonya-ware and Nature). Cheah Thien Soong, 73, is one of the most innovative artists working in the Chinese brush tradition. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (196062), he had quadruple Retrospectives in Singapore, Johor and Kuala Lumpur (Oriental Art and Cultural Centre and Wisma Kebudayaan Soka Gakkai Malaysia), which was marked by two commemorative hard-cover books, one a monograph and the other a sketchbook. When he retired from the Malaysian Institute of Art in 2003 after serving as Head of the Ink-Painting Department from 1990 to 2002, he started the Cao Tang Men Eastern Arts Society. In 1987, he set up the Seremban Art Institute. He is also known for his painting on Jindezhen clay in 19981999 and also on the famous Yi Xing tea-ware besides on Chinese fans. His stringy quivering lines, tea-stained splatters, dull pink veneer and colour chips reminiscent of Mondrian and Wu Guan-zhong have compared him with the inventive Chen Wen-hsi, his mentor at NAFA. The carefree but industrious little padi-bird or water-hen (Rallus aquaticus or yang ji) has become his alter ego.
The NVAG also plans a precursor exhibition cum symposium in the run-up to the Kuala Lumpur Biennale slated for 2017 to mark the 60th year of Merdeka. The long saga of S. Amin Shahab’s 1-kilometer painting of the history of the world looks set to be over after 12 years. He is busy at the NVAG to complete the last 200 metres of canvas of his record feat, using a slightly different-coloured Artliner pen. He must have used more than 20,000 such pens, working on it at several places including his home in Selayang Baru, Selangor. With a visitorship of 400,000 last year, the NVAG hopes to improve on the attendance despite the renovations. Some exhibitions will be shown at the Matic Gallery, like that of Khadijah Hashim, slated for August 1 to 30. Khadijah, the wife of former Angkatan Pelukis SeMalaysia president Mazeli Mat Som, is a pioneer woman portrait artist. For more information, visit www.artgallery.gov.my
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The architecture exhibition by PAM (Architect Association of Malaysia) will be held at the Reka Gallery from October 27 to December, while efforts are being made to bring ‘The Future Is Now’ exhibition, comprising New Media collection (33 artists) from the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea. 4
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1 Facade of former Supreme Court 2 Cheong Soo Pieng, Drying Salted Fish Chinese ink and colour on cloth, 70 x 103 cm, 1978 (Gift of Trans Island Bus Services Ltd, Collection of National Gallery Singapore) 3 Supreme Court Historical Lobby
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NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE National Gallery Singapore scheduled to opens its doors to the public in October 2015, aims to be a leading visual arts institution that engages, excites and inspires with the art of Singapore, Southeast Asia and the world. The Gallery will help position Singapore as an international hub for Southeast Asian visual arts, and contribute to Singapore’s ambition of becoming a global city for the arts. Occupying two important heritage buildings symbolic of Singapore’s nationhood, City Hall and the former Supreme Court buildings, the Gallery will be leading civic and cultural destination. At a total gross floor area of approximately 64,000 square metres, it will be the largest visual arts institution in Singapore, matching established museums such as Musee d’Orsay (France) and Tate Modern (United Kingdom) in size. Reflecting Singapore’s unique heritage and geographical location, the Gallery will feature Southeast Asian art from the National Collection, providing a comprehensive survey of the region’s artistic development. The Gallery will also feature international exhibitions, which will provide the Gallery with the opportunity to present Southeast Asian visual arts in the gloabal context, thereby creating a dialogue between the region and the rest of the world. The Gallery’s National Collection is one of the world’s largest public collections of Southeast Asian artworks. Through careful nurturing over the years, the Gallery’s collection now numbers approximately 8000 pieces. Apart from displays within Singapore, this collection has also travelled to international museums and exhibition venues in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The collection’s strength also lies in its comprehensive representation of Singapore art and its unparalleled holdings of works by major Singapore artists such as Cheong Soo Pieng, Liu Kang, Chua Mia Tee, Georgette Chen, Chen Chong Swee, Chen Wen Hsi, and Tang Da Wu. The collection also holds significant pieces from Southeast Asian artists of international standing, such as Raden Saleh (Indonesia), Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Philippines), Imelda Cajipe-Endaya (Philippines), U Ba
Images courtesy of National Gallery Singapore and Darren Soh
Nyan (Myanmar), Nguyen Gia Tri (Vietnam), Latiff Mohidin (Malaysia), Montien Boonma (Thailand) and Svay Ken (Cambodia). The heart of the Gallery’s research efforts lies in its two core galleries, featuring long-term displays of the National Collections of Singapore and Southeast Asian art. Both the DBS Singapore Gallery and UOB Southeast Asia Gallery will complement each other. The former will provide a deep and comprehensive overview of Singapore art from the 19 th century to present day, whilst the latter will offer a transnational and thematic approach to Southeast Asian art of the same period, through regional commonalities. Collectively, these Galleries explore the interconnections between Singapore and Southeast Asian art within international context. Besides enjoying permanent and special exhibitions, visitors will be able to participate in talks and seminars on art-related topics, workshops, art demonstrations, film screenings, art appreciation classes, and many more exciting activities. For those interested in a slice of Singapore’s history, they can embark on a building history trail which celebrates the rich histories behind the iconic buildings. Its narrative will involve various key architectural and building features throughout the complex, and recount the many significant functions and events over the decades. Younger visitors can look forward to unique offerings at the Keppel Centre for Art Education, the first dedicated art education facility of its kind in Singapore and the region. Specially designed and programmed for school children and families, it will provide fun, multi-sensory learning opportunites for children of all ages, house playgrounds for toddlers and young children, wet/dry activity workshops, interactive media rooms, as well as learning spaces for secondary and tertiary students. For more information, visit www.nationalgallery.sg
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SEA STATE:
SINGAPORE PAVILION IN VENICE BIENNALE 2015 Singapore has made their presence felt in the prestigious Venice Biennale, with the dedicated Pavilion housed in a newly restored space in the Sale d’Armi building at the Arsenale, Venice, Italy. This is the first time that the Singapore Pavilion is situated in the historic Arsenale on a long term lease for twenty years. Singapore artist Charles Lim and curator Shabbir Hussain Mustafa is appointed by Singapore National Arts Council to represent the country in Venice Biennale, with their project entitled SEA STATE. SEA STATE is a project initiated in 2005 by Charles Lim, an artist and former Olympic sailor, that examines Singapore’s relationship with the sea through filmic, photographic and archival material, which for Singapore’s 50th year of independence in 2015, carries special resonance. The project’s structure is inspired by the World Meteorological Organisation’s code for measuring sea conditions, which numbers the varying states ranging from calm, to moderate, to the phenomenal. SEA STATE seeks to question and re-define Singapore’s understanding of its land and sea borders, and the country’s drive to reclaim control over its environment. SEA STATE is presented in Venice as an interdisciplinary installation comprising four newly commissioned digital video works, altered marine charts, and a maritime buoy. The buoy is fondly named SAJAHAT, after an island that disappeared from the world’s nautical charts in 2002 due to Singapore’s land reclamation efforts. Compelled to discover the meaning and the gravity of this disappearance, the artist has reconstructed the buoy that once marked the island for navigational purposes.
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Singapore has long defined itself by an ability to overcome environmental constraints, with its often bold solutions – from land reclamation to the vast undersea caverns recently constructed beneath its southern coastline. Since 1965, it has grown by more than 50 square miles, with sand brought from elsewhere in Southeast Asia. As the nation continually reclaims and recreates itself, SEA STATE frames these debates within the transnational spaces of the sea. Artist Charles Lim says: “When we think of a nation as a physical thing we imagine a land mass. Yet the true border of any country touching the sea is not the edge of the land, but out in the water. The actual border and the imagined border are quite different, especially for
an island like Singapore. SEA STATE makes that border visible. It brings to the fore what is ordinary kept in the background, the real depths of the sea and our uneasy maritime unconscious.” The Pavilion’s curator, Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, notes: “Charles Lim’s practice stems from an intimate engagement with the natural world, mediated and informed by field research and experimentation, performance, drawing, photography and video. His works make visible a dynamic coastal ecology, showing how the infrastructures of global capitalism do not replace the maritime environment, but inhabit and transform it. In an era of rapid global exchange, the complex, transnational spaces of the sea play host to a dynamic interplay between nature and culture, framing many of the key anxieties of our time. Embracing a range of media and disciplines, the Singapore Pavilion takes us to places that were until recently only a thing of oneiric theory.” SEA STATE will return to Singapore for a presentation at the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in 2016, providing Singaporeans the opportunity to view the work that represented the nation at the Venice Biennale 2015. The Singapore Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2015 is commissioned by the National Arts Council, Singapore, and supported by the Singapore Tourism Board and Lee Foundation. For more information, visit www.seastate.sg
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About the Artist, Charles Lim Charles Lim Yi Yong (born in 1973, Singapore; lives and works in Singapore) studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London, graduated in 2001. In 2002, he participated in Documenta11 in Kassel, Germany as a member of the net-art collective tsunammii.net. A former professional and Olympic sailor, Lim’s practice stems from an intimate, bodily engagement with the natural world, mediated and informed by field research and experimentation, performance, drawing, photography and video. Since 2005, he has developed a body of work entitled SEA STATE that explores Singapore’s political biophysical and psychic contours through the visible and invisible lenses of the sea.
About the Curator, Shabbir Hussain Mustafa Shabbir Hussain Mustafa is curator at the National Gallery Singapore, where he researches art from Singapore and Southeast Asia, and leads the curatorial team overseeing the Singapore Gallery, a permanent exhibition space that surveys art in Singapore from the 19 th century to the present. He was formerly a curator at the National University of Singapore Museum (NUS Museum), where his curatorial practice centred on the deployment of archival materials to engage different modes of thinking and writing, whilst opening the archive to the varied struggles of perception and reading.
Recalling the excursions of the Land Art movement of the 1970s, SEA STATE scrutinizes both natural and man-made systems, opening new perspectives on our everyday surroundings, from unseen landscapes and disappearing islands to the imaginary boundaries of a future landmass. Recent iterations of SEA STATE have been exhibited at Manifesta 7 (2008), the Institut d’Art Contemporain Villeurbanne, France (2013) and at art biennales in Shanghai (2008), Singapore (2011) and Osaka (2013). Various stages of the project have been presented at all of Singapore’s major exhibiting institutions, including the National Museum, National Library, Singapore Art Museum and National University of Singapore Museum. Charles Lim’s moving image works have been screened in international film festivals at Rotterdam, Tribeca and Edinburgh. His short film “All The Lines Flow Out” premiered at the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011 and won a Special Mention award, making him the first Singaporean to win an award at the festival.
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Fort Canning Arts Centre
SINGAPORE PINACOTHÈQUE DE PARIS Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris (SPdP), the international museum with a global focus, officially opens its doors to the public on 30 May 2015. House in the rejuvenated Fort Canning Arts Centre (FCAC), the museum is the fi rst global expansion of the internationally renowned Pinacothèque de Paris and aims to bring extraordinary art and cultural content to the public. “The opening of Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris is a magnificent milestone in the realisation of my personal dream – to share the artworks of brilliant artists with the masses globally. I laid the fi rst foundation in Paris in 2007. Today, Singapore, the Prometheus of arts and cultural entertainment in this region, will take a twin role alongside Paris to promote an everyday appreciation of art and culture for the masses. I think Fort Canning Arts Centre, located in the heart of the city, atop the history-steeped Fort Canning Park, is the perfect vantage point from which to cascade this mission throughout Singapore, the region and globally,” said Marc Restellini, Founder of Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris and Chairman of Art Heritage Singapore Pte Ltd.
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The Singapore scion of the famed Pinacothèque de Paris aims to make exceptional art history content exciting and accessible to the public through expertlycurated exhibitions and art programmes organised by its educational nexus, Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris Art Academy, as well as a suite of community-focused art and cultural initiatives conducted in Fort Canning Arts Centre. The museum houses three main gallery spaces – The Collections Gallery features a permanent collection of over 40 rare masterpieces; The Feature Gallery showcases blockbuster temporary exhibitions and opens with The Myth Of Cleopatra; The Heritage Gallery traces the important history and civilisation of Southeast Asia and Singapore through significant Southeast Asian artefacts. Adopting Marc Restellini’s signature ‘Transversality’ approach to curating exhibitions based on thematic connections, artworks and artefacts defy the traditional boundaries of chronology, genres and geographies to meet one another in the three main exhibition spaces. The curatorial direction Marc Restellini has taken in Singapore is further inspired by a personal view of the historical relationship between Singapore, Southeast Asian, African and Western art. Th is fresh perspective is evident in The Collections Gallery, where he presents western masterpieces in dialogue with Southeast Asian tribal art sculptures, brought together in a conversation fuelled by a common interest in Primitivism.
“Inspired by the similarities between the artworks of the Batak people of Sumatra and those of East Africa, I questioned if there is a bridge between these two farflung geographies. I discovered that there are historical indications that the Austronesians, the ancestors of the Malays and Indonesians, sailed thousands of years ago to Madagascar, Africa. Their aesthetics and art forms influenced that of Africa and thence travelled to Europe, and eventually inspired modern artists in the early 20 th century. Such realisations are important because they shed light on Primitivism and its profound impact on artists and movements. It shows us how universal connections transcend boundaries to live in the language of art and culture. This is exactly what Singapore Pinacothèque demonstrates by being the first to exhibit Southeast Asian tribal art together with western art masterpieces,” said Marc Restellini. Visitors to The Collections Gallery will encounter Western artists such as Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine, Georges Rouault, Constantin Brancusi and Jackson Pollock side by side with the art of the Batak and tribal peoples of Vietnam, Mentawai, Nias and Timor. Curated by Giovanni Gentili, curator specialist of antiques and Italian art, the inaugural temporary exhibition in The Features Gallery, The Myth Of Cleopatra is a large-scale blockbuster exhibition which runs from 30 May to 11 October 2015. An exceptional retrospective inspired by mystical Cleopatra, it presents close to 200 artefacts and artworks spanning a diverse range of exhibits, from archaeology to paintings, theatre, cinema, opera and the decorative arts, offering something of interest to everyone. The Myth Of Cleopatra exhibition is made possible with the support of Pinacotheque de Paris exhibition production partner – Arthemisia.
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Located on the ground floor as the doorway to the other galleries, the free-access Heritage Gallery tells the story of Singapore’s legacy as the confluence of diverse cultures and civilisation throughout centuries. The exhibition is expertly curated by the worldwide specialist on Indonesian antique arts, Bruce W. Carpenter. Through historical relics and artefacts gathered from collectors all around the world, the exhibition offers an inspiring historical journey and celebrates Fort Canning Arts Centre’s location on Fort Canning Park – Singapore’s oldest heritage site which witnessed numerous landmark events throughout the history of the nation. 1 Soutine Chaïm (Smilovitchi, 1893/1894 - Paris, 1943) The Bellboy Oil on canvas c. 1927-1928 Private Collection 2 Marc Restellini, Founder of Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris
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Museum Of The Future – Immersive Technologies With Art Content Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris is guided by its mission of making art and cultural content fun, engaging and relevant to the public. This required a new way of imparting content that may otherwise elude the masses who may find the traditional museum environment intellectually and emotionally daunting. While there is an expanding interest in the Arts, majority of the population in Asia still perceive the arts as an experience limited to the scholarly and privileged few. On the other hand, Singaporeans in particular, and the region’s communities are amongst the most tech-savvy people, consuming digital content voraciously and communicating through the viral means of social media. “Fast-forward and our Museum Of The Future (MOTF) platform was born – inspired by the singular purpose of making the individual’s experience the focal point of the visit to the museum in a fun, immersive and personalised way,” said Suguna Madhavan, CEO of Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris. Working hand-in-hand with the curation style that unite artists and their artworks emotionally to the audience, the MOTF model customises art content into the best of breed technology platforms to achieve lively interaction between audiences and artworks. The key elements include two Interactive Walls on two different levels, the integration of mobile application and integration of indoor positioning via wi-fi sensors. The entire model provides entertaining and interesting facts to the audience to enrich visitor experience, and comes alive with its own 3D digital mascot, “Pinacoto’, an artsavvy chameleon who is ever-present as everyone’s best friend, on the Interactive Wall and in the SPdP mobile application. Elaborating on the marriage between technology and art, Suguna Madhavan added: “Advanced technologies are then leveraged as a friendly viral proxy, embracing the visitor in a personalised relationship that can begin before the actual museum visit, be an inspiring companion during the visit, and act as a great source of evolving information post visit.”
1 Minangkabau Kris (Sumatra) Gold, wood, ivory, 51cm (Length), circa 19 th Century CE Private American Collection 2 Anonymous pupil of Rembrandt A Painter In His Studio Oil on panel, c. 1630 The Kremer Collection 3 Jacopo Cestaro (Bagnoli Irpino, 1718 - Naples, 1778) Cleopatra With The Asp Oil on canvas, 44 x 34 cm Altomani Collection, Milan-Pesaro 4 Chandrasa Axe Bronze, 58 x 88 cm, circa 200 BCE - 200 CE 5 Sebastiano Mazzoni (Florence, 1611 - Venice, 1678) Cleopatra’s Death Oil on canvas, 75 x 110.5 cm, c. 1660 Accademia dei Concordi and Palazzo Roverella Gallery, Rovigo 6 Suguna Madhavan, CEO of Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris
Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris Art Academy Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris Art Academy, the museum’s educational nexus, is positioned to be an inspiring centre of learning, hosting a diverse suite of courses based on the museum’s own content as well as courses designed collaboratively with a network of experts in the educational field. With a special aim to engage local audiences across all walks of life, the Art Academy’s progressive modules range from practical arts studio sessions to insightful studies of art history, to the business of art. The Art Academy also offers customised art courses and corporate retreats. Engaging The Community Through Diverse Offerings The museum aims to engage the local community through a kaleidoscope of school-based and community outreach programmes which are designed to create meaningful and engaging art experiences for all ages. Fort Canning Arts Centre also features two Artists’ Corridors – Garden Walk and Graffiti Walk, free access and casual spaces for visitors and the community to relax and enjoy art that is creatively integrated into the structure of the building itself. For more information, visit www.pinacotheque.com.sg
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Awang Damit, Mix media on canvas, 170 x 170 cm
Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Mixed media on canvas, 148.5 x 100 cm
Fang Xiang 方向, Chinese ink on rice paper, 68.5 x 68.5 cm
Yusof Ghani, Oil on Canvas, 183 x 238 cm
OPEN FOR CONSIGNMENT We are currently accepting consigments for our coming sale. Masterpiece Auction Sdn Bhd 151, Jalan 5/42 Off Jalan Gasing 46100 Petaling Jaya Malaysia Tel: (+603) 7772 6193 malaysia@masterpiece-auction.com www.masterpiece-auction.com
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MONTAGE FINE ART GALLERY No. 129, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +6012-919 8566
In conversation with Richard Lee, Director of Montage Fine Art Gallery
Please tell us a bit about your background. I graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from University of Western Australia in 1995 and currently head Malaysia’s top firm in the infrared thermography industry. Since graduation, I have been actively involved in various engineering related businesses, real estate investments, stock market investments and others. I pride myself for having the ability to accurately analyse investment trends and opportunities.
Richard Lee and spouse
What is your favourite artistic style? In general, my favourite artistic style is abstract contemporary art. I spent five years learning art under Peter Liew and I appreciate Peter’s painting expression style very much. Whenever I marvel at his masterpieces, I love the bold strokes in his art because it reflects my character. I believe in taking bold, decisive and well-calculated actions to achieve good results. I love Peter’s rhythmic strokes, almost like a musician playing music using a palette knife with paint on canvas. I can see the “Yin” and “Yang” in Peter’s paintings, often reflections of the challenges and achievements in one’s life. Very soothing to look at yet very thought provoking. What prompted you to start a gallery? During an encounter with Peter on board a flight home from Hong Kong in April 2015, Peter suggested that I invoke my passion for art and utilize my corporate expertise to elevate the standard of art in Malaysia. I then spent the subsequent two weeks researching the opportunities and challenges in the local art industry. I concluded that art can be a lucrative business with a big international market if properly pursued. Starting a gallery offers me the opportunity to generate generous returns, nurture my passion for fine art and contribute to the fine art industry. What kind of challenges did you face? Many people were sceptical that we will go far in this business due to my limited understanding and experience in the fine art business. On top of the scepticism, the major challenge was that we had only 38 days to transform “zero” to having a top-
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notch art gallery in an affluent location, secure the support of fifteen renowned artists for our inaugural exhibition, attract maximum attention from the art community, organise a special premiere for invited guests, achieve good sales revenue and many more. What’s your approach to running the gallery? For any business to succeed, customers must see the value in the products or services they purchase. In my opinion, it is good to purchase a piece of artwork if you like it from an artistic perspective. However, the purchase would be great if it can be coupled with the artwork having the potential to achieve genuine high capital gains. We wish to seamlessly couple good investing with passion. Where do you see your gallery evolving to over the next three years? I see our gallery evolving into a gallery recognised to be on par with other top international galleries. To achieve this, we need to offer a variety of “blue chip” masterpieces from internationally renowned artists of the past and present. Our gallery will also host between six to ten elite resident artists. To qualify to become our gallery’s elite resident artist, the artist must have decades of strong track record in producing high quality art, having participated in many art events, having high demand for their artworks, and having good character. What highlights are expected to be seen in the coming months? Currently, we are in the midst of planning a major exhibition showcasing masterpieces from Modern Masters such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Antoni Tapies and others. Our aim is to consistently bring in high value artworks that have proven interest on an international level. After the Modern Masters exhibition, we will have an exhibition showcasing artworks from our three elite resident artists. We are also participating in Art Expo Malaysia Plus (2015).
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WEAVING THE WORLD IN WATERCOLOUR CHRISTIE’S HONG KONG PRESENTS CHANG FEE MING 1
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Putri Sa’dong, Arriving In Kuala Kemasin
Chang Fee Ming, our homegrown prominent artist, has been presented by Christie’s Hong Kong. Featuring a range of Chang Fee Ming’s older and more recent works, this Christie’s Private Sales exhibition demonstrates the artist’s ability to present the seemingly familiar yet foreign cultures around us in a new light, reinforcing the importance of cultural understanding. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The exhibition brings together more than 70 individual artworks, including over a dozen recent large-format watercolour paintings; a broad selection of iconic older works; and rare drawings, sketches and mail art from the artist’s personal collection that spans his extensive travels. Born in 1959 in a coastal town in Terengganu, Malaysia, Chang Fee Ming is one of Asia’s foremost artists working in the medium of watercolour. Richly detailed and vibrantly coloured paintings of life in idyllic rural scenes have established his reputation as a sensitive observer of culture and watercolourist extraordinaire. Over the last two decades, he has developed an impressive body of work depicting the stories of the rural people, culture and landscape of countless places such as Indonesia, Nepal, Africa, the Indo-China communities along the Mekong right up to its source in Tibet in his signature realist style.
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He achieved a personal record when his iconic Mandalay, a 1993 painting set a Malaysia-Singapore record for watercolour, fetching a premium of over RM250,000 at an auction in Singapore. His array of awards include the Malaysian Watercolour Society Award (1984 and 1985), the Sime Darby Art Asia Gold Award (1985) and the PNB Malaysian Art Award (1985). He also won the Minor Awards in the Young Contemporary Artists competition in 1986 and 1987. He won distinction awards in the Rockport Publishers USA in 1997 and the Dom Perignon Portrait of A Perfectionist Award (Malaysia) in 1999. He was a co-winner (Malaysia) of the Winsor & Newton World Millennium Painting Competition in 1999. In 2009, he was selected for the Singapore Tyler Print Institute project which resulted in his solo exhibition Imprinted Thoughts. 1 2 3 4 5
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1 <310 Malaysian Artists> Book Cover 2 Datuk Ibrahim Hussein, Pastoral Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 90 cm, 1995
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Preceded by <200 Malaysian Artists> written by Dato’ Dr. Tan Chee Khuan and published by The Penang Art Gallery in 2002, <310 Malaysian Artists> will be launched in August this year at Curate (SENI Mont Kiara) Henry Butcher, as the previous version was out of date and nearly out of stock, according to the author. “This book is also responsible for my gallery receiving the ‘Publisher of the Year 2012/2013’ award from the National Visual Arts Gallery Malaysia. I felt it was necessary to expand it to 310 Malaysian Artists, which is a more challenging project,” said Dato’ Dr. Tan. The new publication project has fully occupied the Tan Family, who is also running The Penang Art Gallery and actively participating in the local art scene, from the research of artists’ biodata, coordination with selected artists and relevant parties, to capturing a good number of high quality photos of artworks to be included in the book.
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Selection criteria of artists for this book can be concluded as below: The artist must be wellestablished or hold important position in the local art scene, especially the chairman of an art society. Exhibiting regularly is one of the considerable factor as well, preferably with one or more solo exhibitions. If the artist is included in any of the auctions, the chances of being selected is further increased. “I have thus included the auction records of the artists in the book,” said Dato’ Dr. Tan. All auction records listed in this book originated from the catalogues of the local art auction houses, namely Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers (since August 2010), KLAS Art Auction (since September 2012), Masterpiece Auction House Malaysia and The Edge Auction (since June 2013). Auction records are updated till April 2015 only, as this is the date of completion of this book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The artists include all pioneer artists (first generation born before 1925), most of the second and third generation artists and young emerging artists. “All the well-known or popular artists are likely to be included. However, I have included some excellent but seldom heard artists, for example, Azzudin Shahabudin based in Germany and Ken Yang based in France,” emphasized Dato’ Dr. Tan.
As a passionate and enthusiastic art lover, Dato’ Dr. Tan Chee Khuan, a practising psychiatrist in Penang started his own art gallery in 1989 and delved into art writing for more than 20 years. With 40 over publications on Malaysian art and artists, his writings focused on the pioneers of Malaysian art, and <310 Malaysian Artists> is his definitive tome.
Other than the catalogues published by the auction houses, the other sources of information for this book are the internet, newspaper, and exhibition invitation cards. However, the author believes that he may have left out some important artists which are out of his radar. Such artists are urged to contact the author as soon as possible, before December 2019, so that the situation could be rectified when the next edition <350 Malaysian Artists> is published in 2020. “I shall be grateful if people are able to provide me with photographs of artists which are left blank at the moment,” said Dato’ Dr. Tan.
He received the Art Publisher Award 2002/2003 and 2012/2013, presented by National Visual Arts Gallery Malaysia. In 2009, despite being colour blind, he became an artist with his first solo exhibition held at City Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur and published his own art book <Living With Colour Blindness (and other matters of interest)>. His retrospective (5th solo exhibition) was held at The Art Gallery Penang in 2014. One of his paintings, Lotus In The Rain, was accepted for auction in June 2013. Later, more paintings were accepted for auction by both Masterpiece Fine Art Auction and KLAS Art Auction.
The 332-page hardcover book featuring 310 Malaysian artists will be available in late July 2015. It is priced at RM 150 per copy for 1 to 4 copies. For 5 to 9 copies, each copy is sold at RM 120. For 10 or more copies, each copy is sold at RM 100 only. Packaging service is available at the rate of RM 5 per copy. For more information, please contact Datin Ivy Lee at 017-2266228 / ivyplee@gmail.com or Tan Ee Lene at 012-6041434 / eelenetan@gmail.com
As Vice Chairman of Penang State Art Gallery (PSAG) since 2008, he donated 428 paintings to PSAG and was conferred DPSN (Dato’) from Penang State for services to promote Malaysian art, especially art by Penang artists. He is also an advisor to several auction houses, on Malaysian art with the focus on the pioneers.
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KHALIL IBRAHIM The Art Journey
Khalil Ibrahim: The Art Journey explores the artist’s work over almost 60 years to the present, bringing together batik pieces, watercolour pieces, drawings, prints and photographs. Khalil Ibrahim is widely regarded as one of the important, influential and famous artists in Malaysia. Throughout his career, he has pioneered new approaches, challenged the limits and transformed the boundaries and relationships of artists with the Malaysian modern and contemporary art scene. Surveying the full scope of his career, a retrospective exhibition along with the launch of the Khalil Ibrahim: The Art Journey book will be the most comprehensive effort ever devoted to the artist’s groundbreaking oeuvre. By reconstituting all of his most iconic works and significant series in a linear narrative, the retrospective will allow avid collectors and art aficionados to understand Khalil’s remarkable output. An impressive amount of 700 images of Khalil’s works will be published in the 300-page book, chronicling his career from the 1950s to 2014. The book serves as a window for readers to delve into Khalil’s journey as an artist, from the moment he began his artistic career to his sojourn in London and his early wishes to become a teacher. Readers will be provided into Khalil’s treasured record of the first ever works such as the first batik sketch, the first portrait and so on and so forth. The biography is an instructive, enlightening and interesting tale of one of the greatest forerunners of art in Malaysia.
1 Khalil Ibrahim Kuala Besut Oil on canvas 49 x 91.5 cm 1955 2 Khalil Ibrahim Portrait Temerloh Girl Acrylic on board 73 x 44 cm 1966 3 Khalil Ibrahim Self Potrait Acrylic on canvas 35 x 30 cm 1965
Organised by KL Lifestyle Art Space (KLAS), the exhibition and book launch will also be the first event to take place at KLAS’s new gallery at 31, Jalan Utara, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia from July 30 to August 31, 2015. Khalil Ibrahim: The Art Journey will be available for sale from July 30 onwards at the new gallery.
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VOLUME 1
Imagining Identities (eds Nur Hanim Khairuddin & Beverly Yong, with T.K. Sabapathy, Kuala Lumpur: RogueArt 2012) considers the intellectual, philosophical and thematic preoccupations that have shaped art practices in Malaysia since their beginnings, and how Ma laysian artists have contributed to a picture of our experience, negotiating issues of modernity, tradition, nationhood, and identity. A revised English edition, with a new index, will be available from August/September 2015. BM Edition, recommended retail price: RM 35
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VOLUME 2
Reactions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; New Critical Strategies (eds Nur Hanim Khairuddin & Beverly Yong, with T.K. Sabapathy, Kuala Lumpur: RogueArt 2013) examines the development of artistic strategies from the late 1960s to today, taking into consideration changes in sociopolitical contexts, technological developments and the emergence of new methodologies in art practice and thinking. Recommended retail price: RM 40
Narratives In
Malaysian Art Narratives in Malaysian Art is a four-volume publication project, which attempts to gather knowledge and perspectives on the history, practice and infrastructure of visual art in Malaysia. Bringing together existing and commissioned essays and papers by academics, artists, curators, writers on culture, journalists, and art workers from Malaysia and beyond, this project hopes to begin a larger exploration of our artistic heritage for todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generation and for generations to come.
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Infrastructures assesses the development of the Malaysian art scene â&#x20AC;&#x201C; its history, current situation and future prospects, looking at art education, art institutions, the art market and other supporting initiatives, as well as the role and perception of artists and artist groups.
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Perspectives presents diverse viewpoints on key issues in reading and discussing visual art in the Malaysian context, hoping to stimulate further discourse in this growing field. Scheduled for publication in 2015.
Coming soon! Scheduled for publication in August/ September 2015.
For more information, visit www.narrativesinmalaysianart.blogspot.com
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ART WHIRL
A SNIPPET Compilation Of The Buzz And Pulses In ART All Over The World Condom art installation in Germany The Milwaukee Art Museum is getting complaints from the Milwaukee archbishop, members of the public, and even some of its donors over its plans to display a huge portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. “This piece is made out of 17,000 non-lubricated condoms,” artist Niki Johnson recently told WITI television in Milwaukee. “What I did was interstuffed them and folded them in order to create this tonal range.” The portrait, titled Eggs Benedict, measures almost seven feet high and five feet wide, and it can be viewed from both the front and the back: “When you come to the back, you see the condoms themselves,” Johnson noted. Source: CNS News
Ai Weiwei show at Royal Academy of Arts in London to house heaviest sculpture A monumental work by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei will be the heaviest sculpture ever shown at the Royal Academy of Arts. The 90-tonne installation, entitled Straight, is made from steel rods from buildings damaged in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. It forms part of a major retrospective of Ai’s work opening at the Academy in London in September. The show is being mounted in Ai’s absence, since he cannot leave China. Following the Sichuan quake, Ai collected some 200 tonnes of twisted steel rods destined for recycling. They were straightened by hand in his studio in Beijing and returned to the form they would have been in before they were bent by the earthquake. Source: BBC
Herzog & de Meuron to redevelop Berlin’s iconic Tacheles Artist Squat The building that once housed Berlin’s famous Kunsthaus Tacheles Artist Squat is to be redeveloped by Swiss star architects Herzog & de Meuron. In September 2014, the large house was purchased by New York-based financial services firm Parella Weinberg & Partners for an impressive €150 million ($190 million). At the time, the firm pledged to redevelop the near-derelict former department store for a cultural purpose. According to information obtained by Der Tagesspiegel, the renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron have been hired to redesign the site. The plans include the reconstruction of previously demolished parts of the complex, as well as the addition of courtyards and extra buildings. Source: Artnet News
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Nazi-looted painting sold for £1.9 million at Sotheby’s A Nazi-looted painting that was hidden for decades smashed expectations at a rare sale in London as investigators work painstakingly to identify the origins of hundreds of other works from the same haul. Max Liebermann’s Two Riders On A Beach was found among more than 1,200 works of art in the Munich apartment of German recluse Cornelius Gurlitt when police raided it in 2012, capturing global attention. The 1901 oil painting went under the hammer at Sotheby’s for £1.865 million – more than three times the pre-sale upper estimate of £550,000. Source: The Telegraph
3D art in China’s rice paddy fields Farmers in the north-eastern Liaoning province, made use of different colours and varieties of rice saplings in order to mimic the 3D effect. The fields are housed as part of a theme park in Shenyang city, which also caters to weddings and camping trips for tourists. The Xibo farmers, an ethnic Chinese group, have an annual tradition of creating patterns on their rice paddy fields. Creating art on their rice fields also serves as a way of praying for blessings. Last year, they produced 13 images featuring different themes of places, animals, and people. Source: BBC
Nissan Art Award 2015 finalists announced Nissan has announced the list of 7 finalists for the 2nd edition of the Nissan Art Award. They are Sayaka Akiyama, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Takashi Ishida, Takahiro Iwasaki, Futoshi Miyagi, Yuko Mohri, and Tomoko Yoneda. The 7 artists will be given the opportunity to work on new artworks with the support of Nissan. These new pieces will be shown at an exhibition hosted by BankART Studio NYK in Yokohama this November. The jury for the award consists of Mori Art Museum director Fumio Nanjo, Palais de Tokyo president Jean de Loisy, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki director Rhana Devenport, Camden Arts Center director Jenni Lomax, and National Gallery Singapore director Eugene Tan. These five jury members will reconvene this November 24 to determine the winner of the Grand Prix. Source: Blouin Artinfo
Dior collaborates with Korean artists in Esprit Dior
Venice Art Biennale transforms city into a giant party
The door to Christian Dior’s townhouse at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris has been opened in the heart of Seoul. The French fashion house’s Esprit Dior exhibition at Dongdaemun Design Plaza invites visitors to begin by walking through the legendary designer’s home, which has been recreated in fabric by Korean artist Do Ho Suh. “Visitors will be able to discover very important Korean artists as they discover the exhibition, and it is to say that Esprit Dior is really trying to link art, culture, history, the art of living and everything that helped to build and create fashion and haute couture,” said Florence Muller, fashion historian and the exhibition’s curator.
Squeezing between a person in a neon-yellow chador and a group of actors restaging a Renaissance painting, one joins the snaking queue to enter the main grounds of the Venice Art Biennale. From May to November this year, the island city’s 70,000 residents will be outnumbered almost daily by backpackers and art lovers trooping towards the most important showcase of contemporary art in the world. Now 120 years old, the Biennale this year features 89 countries, from first-timers such as Mongolia and Mauritius to stalwarts France and Britain.
Source: Korea Joongang Daily
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Two new museums set to boost contemporary art in Thailand
Nando’s hunts more than just chickens, they hunt for talented artists too. After a great journey of 3 months searching for young and fresh talents in the art realm, the Nando’s Art Initiative 2015 finally made its final stroke as Nando’s announced the winner of the art contestants for all 3 categories – Fine Art, Digital Art, and Graffiti Art. Hug Yin Wan from Dasein Academy Of Art from the fine art category emerged as the grand prize winner with his masterpiece titled Relationship while Tan Yong Lin from Multimedia University came forth as the grand prize winner in the Digital Art sphere with the blooming gem entitled Irreversible.
In the next few years, though, Thailand will welcome two new contemporary art museums – much-needed additions as Thai art struggles to engage local audiences and manifest itself internationally. Last May, a number of people in the Thai art scene gathered to discuss the new Mai Iam Contemporary Art Museum. Said to open in 2016, the project by collectors Patsri Bunnag and Jean-Michel Beurdeley will transform an old warehouse in San Kanphaeng, Chiang Mai into a two-storey art center. In addition, art collector and patron Petch Osathanugrah has unofficially announced a plan for O Museum, a new contemporary art museum that will house works by Thai contemporary artists alongside the art world’s big names such as Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami.
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Annual Nando’s Art Initiative crowns its new creative champions
Chinese billionaire collector partners with Institute of Contemporary Arts in London The K11 Art Foundation, founded by the Chinese billionaire Adrian Cheng, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London are collaborating on a series of exhibitions in a bid to foster cultural exchange between the UK capital and China. The shows will focus on emerging Chinese artists. Cheng, who founded the non-profit K11 Art Foundation in Hong Kong in 2010, has in the past collaborated with several European institutions including the Palais de Tokyo and the Musée Marmottan Monet, both in Paris. The Foundation recently announced it is working with the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Spain. The ICA partnership is Cheng’s first in the United Kingdom. Source: The Art Newspaper
National Gallery Singapore collaborates with Centre Pompidou for modern art show in 2016 Next year, visitors to the National Gallery Singapore can expect to see works of modern art masters such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky and Marc Chagall rubbing shoulders with those of their Southeast Asian counterparts such as Georgette Chen and Galo Ocampo in a new landmark exhibition. Scheduled to open in April next year, it will be co-curated by the museum and France’s prestigious Centre Pompidou. It will comprise more than 200 artworks, with half of these on loan from the latter. The collaboration agreement between the two institutions was signed in Paris. Source: Today Online
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GALLERY DIRECTORIES
GALLERY DIRECTORIES The information here is correct to the best of our knowledge. While we continue to update existing listings and expand the directory, Malaysia Art Gallery Guide cannot be held responsible for information that is no longer current.
Art Case Galleries 8, Jalan Kelab Ukay 2, Bukit Antarabangsa, 68000 Ampang, Selangor 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
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12 Art Space 12, Jalan Gombak, Off Jalan Pahang, Setapak, 53000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4023 4128 W: www.12as12.com
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
Akademi Seni Budaya Dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA) 464, Jalan Tun Ismail, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2697 1777 W: www.aswara.edu.my
Lot 3.04 & 3.05, Level 2, Annexe Building, Central Market, 10, Jalan Hang Kasturi, 50050 Kuala Lumpur W: www.ahgmuseum.com.my
Aku Cafe & Gallery 8, 1st Floor, Jalan Panggong, 50000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2857 6887
Artisan Fine Art D3-G4-09, Publika Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Alliance Française KL 15, Lorong Gurney, 54100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2694 7880 W: www.kl.alliancefrancaise.org.my
Artseni Gallery B-G-02, Gateway Kiaramas (Corporate Suites), 1, Jalan Desa Kiara, Mont’ Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur W: www.artseni.com
Alpha Utara Gallery 83, China Street, 10200 Penang T: 04-262 6840 W: www.alpha-utara.com Alyssa Galeri 346, Penang Road, 10000 Georgeotown, Penang W: www.alyssagaleri.com Art Accent 2F-9&10, 2nd Floor, Bangsar Village II, Jalan Telawi Satu, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2287 1908 W: www.artaccent.com.my
Cube Gallery 63-B, Jalan Mamanda 9, Ampang Point, Taman Dato’ Ahmad Razali, 68000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4257 3490 W: www.iartcube.com
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
A2 Gallery 27, Bangkok Lane, 10250 Penang T: 04-227 4985 W: www.a2artgallery.com
Art WeMe Lot 3A & 5, Level G4, Publika, Block D2, Solaris Dutamas, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6203 3832 W: www.artweme.com B
Badan Warisan Malaysia 2, Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2144 9273 W: www.badanwarisan.org.my 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
City Art Gallery G-08A, Ground Floor, The AmpWalk, 218, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2775 3933 / 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
Artelier Gallery KL A4-UG1-3, Publika Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6206 4703
67 Tempinis Gallery (Seksan Design) 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2282 4611 W: www.seksan.com/67gal.html A
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EDi. A Contemporary Fine Art Lot 245C, 2nd Floor, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 013-328 4999 W: www.ediaart.com
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Fergana Art Space Lot 14A & 16A, The Whiteaways Arcade, 1st Floor, Beach St. 10300 George Town, Penang T: 04-261 3002 W: www.fergana-art.com
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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 Galeri Chandan Lot 24 & 25 (G4), Publika Shopping Gallery, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6201 5360 W: www.galerichandan.com 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 341-343, Level 3, Suria KLCC, Petronas Twin Towers, 50088 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2051 7770 W: www.galeripetronas.com.my
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Galeri Seni Mutiara 118, Lebuh Armenian, Georgetown, Penang T: 04-262 0167 W: www.galerisenimutiara.com
“June” Art Space 4th Floor, 21, Jalan SS2/64, Petaling Jaya, 47300 Selangor T: 03-7876 9363 Jeth Art Gallery 1.3 - 1.5, 1st Floor, Selangor Complex, Jalan Sultan, 50000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2022 2886 W: www.jethartgallery.com
Galeri Serdang Fakulti Rekabentuk Dan Senibina, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor T: 03-8946 4090 K Galeri Shah Alam Persiaran Tasik, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor T: 03-5510 5344 W: www.galerisa.com Galeria Sri Perdana Jalan Terengganu, Federal Hill, 59000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2072 0033 Gallery Archana F1-1, Taman Tunku, Jalan Langgak Tunku, Bukit Tunku, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2691 5833 W: www.archanagallery.com
Masterpiece Auction 151, Jalan 5/42, Off Jalan Gasing, 46100 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7972 2306 W: www.masterpiece-auction.com MaTiC Gallery 109, Jalan Ampang, 55000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-9235 4848 W: www.mtc.gov.my
H Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers 25, Jalan Yap Ah Shak, 50300 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2691 3089 W: www.hbart.com.my
Montage Fine Art Gallery 129, Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur T: 012-919 8566
HOM Art Trans 6A, Jalan Cempaka 16, Taman Cempaka, 68000 Ampang, Selangor T: 03-9285 6004 W: www.homarttrans.blogspot.com I
Morne Art Gallery 9th Floor, Menara Mara, 232, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, 50100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2691 9000 W: www.morneart.blogspot.com
Interpr8 Art Space Lot 20, Level G4, Publika Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Solaris Dutamas 1, 50450 Kuala Lumpur W: www.interpr8artspace.com
MozaKlasik Art Gallery B-05-05, Prima Duta Kondo, Jalan Dutamas, North Kiara, Off Jalan Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6250 6616 W: www.mozaklasik.com
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia Jalan Lembah Perdana, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2274 2020 W: www.iamm.org.my Island Gallery 6, Phuah Hin Leong Road, 10050 George Town, Penang T: 04-228 8898 / 016-437 6687 J
Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur 18th Floor, Northpoint, Block B, Mid Valley City, 1, Medan Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2284 6228 W: www.jfkl.org.my
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Museum Of Asian Art University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7967 3936 W: www.um.edu.my/museum N
One East Museum & Art 7, Jalan Dunlop, Georgetown, Penang T: 04-228 2390 W: www.chng-art.com
KL Lifestyle Art Space 31, Jalan Utara, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-2093 2668 W: www.kl-lifestyle.com.my
M MAP @ Publika Level G2-01, Block A5, Dutamas 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, Off Jalan Duta, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6207 9732 W: www.mapkl.org
Georgetown Gallery 14, Carnarvon Lane, 10100 Georgetown, Penang
O Ode To Art #06-13/14, The Pavilion, 168, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2148 9816 W: www.odetoart.com
National Visual Arts Gallery Malaysia (Balai Seni Visual Negara) 2, Jalan Temerloh, Off Jalan Tun Razak, 53200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4025 4990 W: www.artgallery.gov.my
Oriental Art & Cultural Center 10 & 12, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Pusat Elken, Jalan 1/137C, Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama, 58000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7785 6363 W: www.efoacc.org P
Pace Gallery 64, Jalan Kemajuan 12/18, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7954 6069 W: www.pacegallery.net PantauIraga Art Space 921, Jalan Tanjung, Sijangkang, 42500 Kuala Langat, Selangor Pelita Hati Gallery Of Art 1st Floor, 8, Jalan Abdullah, Off Jalan Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2092 3380 W: www.pelitahati.com.my Penang Artists Corner 70-1-145B D’Plaza Mall, Jalan Mahsuri, Bandar Bayan Baru, 11900 Penang T: 04-641 3882 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: 03-6211 2339 W: www.pipalfineart.com Project Room Fine Art Lot 7, Level 4, Great Eastern Mall, 303, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4257 4007 W: www.projectroom.com.my Pucuk Rebung Lot 339, Level 3, Ampang Mall Suria KLCC, 50088 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2382 0769
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R A Fine Arts – The Gallery A4-1-3A, Block A4, Solaris Dutamas, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6211 1061 W: www.ra-finearts.blogspot.com RBS – MALIHOM (Artists-in-Residence Program) (Residence) Kiri N/t 16, Bkt Penara Mkm 6, Balik Pulau, 11000 Penang (Office) 51 - 23 Menara BHL, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, 10050 Penang T: 04-226 4466 W: www.malihom-air.org Richard Koh Fine Art 2F-3, Level 2, Bangsar Village II, Jalan Telawi 1, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2283 3677 W: www.rkfineart.com 229, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur. T: 03-2095 3300
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W Wei-Ling Contemporary G212 & 213A, Ground Floor, The Gardens Mall, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 Kuala Lumpur
The Art Gallery Penang 368-4-8, Burma Road, Level 4, Bellisa Row, Pulau Tikus, 10250 Penang T: 017-226 6228 W: www.theartgallerypg.com The Chilli Boutique G Tower Hotel, G-01, 199, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2181 1717 W: www.thechilliboutique.com 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
Sabah Art Gallery Jalan Muzium, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah T: 08-826 8798 W: www.sabah.gov.my/artgallery
The Gallery @ Starhill S12, Pamper Floor, Starhill Gallery, 181, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur W: www.thegallerystarhill.blogspot.com
Segaris Art Center Lot 8, Level G4, Publika Shopping Gallery, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, Solaris Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-6243 1108 W: www.segaris-artcenter.blogspot.com
The Imaginarium / Kaffa Espresso Bar 22, Green Hall, 10200 Georgetown, Penang T: 04-262 2822
Soka Gakkai Malaysia 243, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2141 2003 W: www.sgm.org.my Sutra Gallery 12, Persiaran Titiwangsa 3, 53200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4021 1092 W: www.sutrafoundation.org.my
University Malaya Art Gallery 5th Floor, Chancellory Building, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-7967 1061
TAKSU 17, Jalan Pawang, 54000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4251 4396 W: www.taksu.com
Rimbun Dahan Km. 27, Jalan Kuang, Kuang, 48050 Selangor T: 03-6038 3690 W: www.rimbundahan.org
Shalini Ganendra Fine Art @ Gallery Residence 8, Lorong 16/7B, Section 16, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7932 4740 W: www.shaliniganendra.com
TMS Art 333, Persiaran Ritchie, Off Jalan Ritchie, 55000 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-4251 5154 W: www.tmsart.com.my
Syed Thajudeen | The Bauhaus Gallery 14, Jalan 3/64, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-7784 7810 W: www.thebauhausgallery.com
Wei-Ling Gallery 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-2260 1106 W: www.weiling-gallery.com Wei-Ling Gallery (Penang) Ground Floor, Unit No. 1, Victory Annexe, E&O Hotel, Penang X
Xin Art Space 2-1, 1st Floor, Jalan Jelatek 1, Pusat Perniagaan Jelatek, 54200 Kuala Lumpur
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The Li Chi Mao Art Museum 11, Lorong Hang Jebat, 75200 Melaka T: 016-273 3628 W: www.lichimaoarthouse.com The Malaysian Art Centre 38, Jalan PJU 5/21, The Strand @ Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor T: 03-6142 9633 TJ Fine Art Block A-3-10, Jalan Pantai Murni, 59200 Kuala Lumpur T: 03-272 0527 W: www.tjfineart.com
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Art Forum 82 Cairnhill Road, Singapore 229684 T: +65 6737 3448 W: www.artforum.com.sg
33 Auction 27A Loewen Road, Singapore 248839 T: +65 6747 4555 W: www.33auction.com
Art Front Gallery 176 Orchard Road, The Centrepoint, #04-17/18, Singapore 238843 T: +65 6733 5694 W: www.artfront.com.sg
2902 Gallery 120A Prinsep Street, Singapore 187937 T: +65 6734 6578 W: www.2902gallery.com A
Art Galleries at NAFA 80 Bencoolen Street, Singapore 189655 T: +65 6512 4000 W: www.nafa.edu.sg
ADM Gallery Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design & Media 81 Nanyang Drive, Level 3, Singapore 637458 T: +65 6790 4828 W: www.adm.ntu.edu.sg
Art Glass Solutions 39 Kuo Chuan Ave, Singapore 426935 T: +65 9827 4760 W: www.artglasssolutions.com
AndrewShire Gallery 63 Hillview Avenue #10-12, Lam Soon Industrial Building, Singapore 669569 T: +65 9836 4960 W: www.andrewshiregallery.com
Art Plural Gallery 38 Armenian Street, Singapore 179942 T: +65 6636 8360 W: www.artpluralgallery.comllery.com
Aratong Galleries 26 Mount Pleasant Drive, Singapore 298352 T: +65 9736 4666 W: www.aratonggalleries.com
Art Trove 51 Waterloo Street #02-01 to 03, Singapore 187969 T: +65 6336 0915 W: www.art-trove.com
ArtBlue Studio 23 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru, Singapore 168652 T: +65 9752 5458 W: www.artbluestudio.com
Art Facet 10 Anson Road, #19-08 International Plaza, Singapore 079903 T: +65 9857 4070 W: www.artfacet.com
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DLR Gallery 22 Marshall Road, Singapore 424858 T: +65 6466 3765 W: www.dlrgallery.com D’Peak Art Space 7 Kaki Bukit Rd 1, Singapore 415937 T: +65 6848 9267 W: www.dpeakartsg.weebly.com Dynasties Antique & Art Gallery 18 Boon Lay Way, TradeHub 21, #08-124. Singapore 609966 T: +65 9846 2098 W: www.dynastiesart.com E
Art Xchange Gallery 46 Kim Yam Road, The Herencia, #01-13, Singapore 239351 T: +65 6384 0536 W: www.artxchangegallery.com
Artcommune Gallery Block 231, Bain Street, # 02-43, Bras Basah Complex, Singapore 180231 T: +65 6336 4240 W: www.artcommune.com.sg
Artfolio Raffles Hotel Arcade #02-25, 328 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188719 T: +65 6334 4677
Collectors Contemporary 21 Orchard Boulevard, #01-21 Park House, Singapore 248645 T: +65 6878 0103 W: www.collectors.com.sg D Dahlia Gallery 69 Pagoda St, Singapore 059228 T: +65 9450 7749 W: www.dahliagallerysg.com
Art Seasons BIG Hotel, 200 Middle Road, #01-02, Singapore 188980 T: +65 6741 6366 W: www.artseasonsgallery.com
Art-2 Gallery 140 Hill Street #01-03, Old Hill Street Police Station Building, Singapore 179369 T: +65 6338 8713 W: www.art2.com.sg
Eight Art Gallery 278 Ocean Drive #06-07, Singapore 098450 T: +65 6338 0228 W: www.eightartgallery.com Element Art Space 328 North Bridge Road, Raffles Hotel Arcade #02-13, Singapore 188719 T: +65 6883 2001 W: www.sbinartplus.com
Black Earth Auction House 352 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore 427599 T: +65 6346 3767 Borobudur Fine Art Auction Pte. Ltd. 60 Ubi Crescent, #01-02, Ubi Techpark, Singapore 408569 T: +65 6745 6066 W: www.borobudurauction.com
Eagle’s Eye Art Gallery 15 Stamford Road #01-60, Capitol Piazza, Singapore 178906 T: +65 6339 8297 W: www.eagles-eye.com.sg EDITIONS by Collectors Contemporary 21 Orchard Boulevard #01-21 Park House, Singapore 248645 T: +65 6235 2110 W: www.editions.com.sg
Asia Art Collective Pte Ltd 19 Tanglin Road, #03-42 Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore 247909 T: +65 6733 2155 W: www.asiaartcollective.com B
Cape Of Good Hope Art Gallery 140 Hill Street, #01-06, Old Hill Street Police Station Building, Singapore 179369 T: +65 6733 3822 W: www.capeofgoodhope.com.sg Chan Hampe Galleries 328 North Bridge Road, #01-21 Raffles Hotel Arcade, Singapore 188719 T: +65 6338 1962 W: www.chanhampegalleries.com
Art Retreat Museum & Wu Guanzhong Museum 10 Ubi Crescent, Lobby C, #01-45/47, Ubi Techpark, Singapore 408564 T: +65 6749 0880 W: www.artretreatmuseum.com
ARNDT Singapore 9 Lock Road #03-21, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108937 T: +65 6734 0775 W: www.arndtberlin.com
Artesan Gallery + Studio T: +65 6338 5818 W: www.theartesan.com
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FOST Private Limited 1 Lock Road, #01-02, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108932 T: +65 6694 3080 W: www.fostgallery.com Frame Society 46A Lorong Mambong, Holland Village, Singapore 277698 T: +65 6466 1147 W: www.theframesociety.com
Galerie Belvedere 140 Hill Street, Old Hill Street Police Station, #01-10/11/12, Singapore 179369 T: +65 6423 1233 W: www.galerie-belvedere.com Galerie Steph Artspace@Helutrans, 39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark #01-05, Singapore 089065 T: +65 9176 8641 W: www.galeriesteph.com Gallery Nawei 435 Orchard Road, #18-02 Wisma Atria, Singapore 238877 T: +65 6733 2842 W: www.gallerynawei.com Gallery Reis Palais Renaissance, 390 Orchard Road, #03- 01/02, Singapore 238871 T: +65 6836 0370 W: www.galleryreis.com Gnani Arts 41 Kallang Pudding Road, Golden Wheel, #02-02A, Singapore 349316 T: +65 6735 3550 W: www.gnaniarts.com
H Hakaren Art Gallery 19 Tanglin Road #02-43, Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore 247909 T: +65 6733 3382 W: www.hakaren.com Heng Artland 290 Orchard Road, #04-08 Paragon, Singapore 238859 T: +65 6738 4380 W: www.hengartland.com I
impress Galleries 429 E Coast Rd, Singapore 429016 T: +65 6440 4533 W: www.impressgalleries.com Indigo Blue Art 52B Temple Street, Singapore 058597 T: +65 6372 1719 W: www.indigoblueart.com
Masterpiece 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1 #02-16 Enterprise One, Singapore 415934 T: +65 6747 8151 W: www.masterpiece-auction.com
Ion Art Gallery 2 Orchard Turn, Singapore 238801 T: +65 6238 8228 W: www.ionorchard.com
Michael Janssen Gallery Gillman Barracks, 9 Lock Road, #02-21, Singapore 108937 T: +65 6734 8948 W: www.galeriemichaeljanssen.de
iPRECIATION 50 Cuscaden Road, HPL House #01-01, Singapore 249724 T: +65 6339 0678 W: www.ipreciation.com
Future Perfect 47 Malan Road #01-22, Singapore 109444 T: +65 9835 8271 W: www.futureperfect.asia G
INSTINC SOHO 12 Eu Tong Sen Street, #04-163 soho2@central, Singapore 059819 T: +65 6227 9487 W: www.instinc.com
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Mizuma Gallery 22 Lock Road, #01-34, Singapore 108939 W: www.mizuma.sg Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA @ Loewen) 27A Loewen Road, Singapore 248839 T: +65 6479 6622 W: www.mocaloewen.sg
JENDELA (Visual Arts Space) The Esplanade Co Ltd, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981 T: +65 6828 8377 Jeremy Ramsey Fine Art 16 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089830 T: +65 6227 1198 W: www.artjeremyramsey.com
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Mulan Gallery 36 Armenian Street, #01-07 Singapore 179934 T: +65 6738 0810 W: www.mulangallery.com.sg
Kato Art Duo Raffles Hotel Arcade, 328 North Bridge Road #02-28, Singapore 188719 T: +65 6338 9073 W: www.katoartduo.com
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Larasati Auctioneers 15 Scotts Road, #09-03, Thong Teck Building, Singapore 228218 T: +65 6737 2130 W: www.larasati.com
Nanman Art 19 Tanglin Road, #02-56 & 65 Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore 247909 T: +65 6737 9168 W: www.nanmanart.com NUS Museum University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119279 T: +65 6516 8817 W: www.nus.edu.sg/museum
Linda Gallery Blk 15 Dempsey Road, #01-08, Singapore 249675 T: +65 6476 7000 W: www.lindagallery.com
O Objectifs Gallery 155 Middle Road, Singapore 188977 T: +65 6336 2957 W: www.objectifs.com.sg
Lukisan Art Gallery 26 Smith St, Singapore 058940 T: +65 6410 9663
Ode To Art 252 North Bridge Road, #01-36E/F, Raffles City Shopping Centre, Singapore T: +65 6250 1901 W: www.odetoart.com
Luxe Art Museum, The 6 Handy Road #02-01, Singapore 229234 T: +65 6338 2234 W: www.thelam.com.sg
OCBC Art Space OCBC Main Banking Hall, 65 Chulia Street, OCBC Centre, Singapore 049513
M M Gallery 39 Jalan Pemimpin #06-03, Singapore 577182 T: +65 9649 4282 W: www.mgallery.com.sg MAD Museum of Art & DesignOrchard Road 10 Tanglin Road, #01-01/#02-01, Singapore 247908 T: +65 6734 5688 W: www.madmuseumsingapore.com
One East Artspace 15 Scotts Road, #09-03, Thong Teck Building, Singapore 228218 T: +65 6737 1819 W: www.oneeastasia.org
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Opera Gallery 2 Orchard Turn, #04-15 ION Orchard, Singapore 238801 T: +65 6735 2618 W: www.operagallery.com
Singapore Art Museum (SAM) 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555 T: +65 6332 3222 W: www.singaporeartmuseum.sg
Ota Fine Arts 7 Lock Road, #02-13 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108935 T: +65 6694 3071 W: www.otafinearts.com
Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236 T: +65 6336 3663 W: www.stpi.com.sg
Ovas Art Gallery 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1, #01-11 Enterprise One, Singapore 415934 T: +65 6749 9232 W: www.ovas-home.com
Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute of Art W: www.sothebysinstitute.com Sundaram Tagore Gallery Singapore 5 Lock Road 01-05, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108933 T: +65 6694 3378 W: www.sundaramtagore.com
Partners & Mucciaccia Blk 6 Lock Road #02-10, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108934 T: +65 6694 3777 W: www.partnersandmucciaccia.net Pearl Lam Galleries Singapore 9 Lock Road #03-22, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108937 T: +65 6570 2284 W: www.pearllam.com
Sunjin Galleries 43 Jalan Merah Saga, #03-62, Work Loft @ Chip Bee, Singapore 278115 T: +65 6738 2317 W: www.sunjingalleries.com.sg T
Pop and Contemporary Fine Art 350 Orchard Road, Shaw House # 11-08, Singapore 238868 T: +65 6735 0959 W: www.popandcontemporaryart.com R
Tembusu Art Gallery 140 Hill Street #01-05, Old Hill Street Police Station Building, Singapore 179369 T: +65 6337 1027 W: www.tembusu-art.com.sg
REDSEA Gallery Block 9 Dempsey Road, #01-10 Dempsey Hill, Singapore 247697 T: +65 6732 6711 W: www.redseagallery.com
The Private Museum 51 Waterloo Street, #02-06, Singapore 187969 T: +65 6738 2872 W: www.theprivatemuseum.org
Richard Koh Fine Art 10 Ubi Crescent, 04-99 Ubi Techpark, Lobby E, Singapore 408564 W: www.rkfineart.com S
The Substation 45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936 T: +65 6337 7535 W: www.substation.org
School Of The Arts (SOTA) Gallery, Level 2, 1 Zubir Said Drive, Singapore 227968 T: +65 6338 9663 W: www.sota.edu.sg Sculpture Square 155 Middle Road, Singapore 188977 T: +65 6333 1055 ShanghART Gallery 9 Lock Road, #02-22, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108937 T: +65 6734 9537 W: www.shanghartsingapore.com
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TAKSU 43 Jalan Merah Saga #01-72 Workloft @ Chip Bee Singapore 278115 T: +65 6476 4788 W: www.taksu.com
Third Floor - Hermes 541 Orchard Road, Liat Towers Level One, #01-02A, Singapore 238881 T: +65 67389807 U
Utterly Art 20B Mosque Street (Level 3) Singapore 059500 T: +65 6226 2605 W: www.utterlyart.com.sg
W White Canvas Gallery 57 Eng Hoon Street, #01-82 Tiong Bahru, Singapore 160057 T: +65 6220 8723 W: www.whitecanvas-gallery.com White Space Art Asia 79 Chay Yan Street, #01-26 Tiong Bahru Estate, Singapore 160079 T: +65 6685 7664 W: www.wsartasia.com X
Xuanhua Art Gallery 70 Bussorah Street, Singapore 199483 T: +65 6392 2556
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Y2ARTS 140 Hill Street, # 01-02, Old Hill Street Police Station Building, Singapore 179 369 T: +65 6336 8683 W: www.y2arts.com Yang Gallery Tanglin Shopping Centre #02-41, 19 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247909 T: +65 6721 8888 W: www.yanggallery.com.sg Yavuz Gallery 9 Lock Road #02-23, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108937 T: +65 6734 3262 W: www.yavuzgallery.com Yunlore Art Gallery 328 North Bridge Road, #01-25, Raffles Hotel Arcade, Singapore 188719 T: +65 6338 7038 W: www.yunlorearts.com
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