The International Art Exhibition -
NEW HORIZON
Kuala Lumpur | 11th February to 28th February 2022 Main Venue : KL City Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur Organizers : KL City Art Gallery (Malaysia) & Arth Art International (India) in collaboration with MOTAC ( Ministry of Tourism, Art & Culture, Malaysia). Supporting Partner : Mr. Brajesh Kumar Verman Gold Partner : AM Enterprises Proprietary Firm • “There is nothing to fear in life, you just have to understand it. Now is the time to understand more, so we can fear less” Marie Curie. • “The Kuala Lumpur International Art Exhibition invites you to immerse and unreservedly experience the art and takes you to a New Horizon.” KL City Art Gallery Emerging from the hiatus in the art community brought about by the global covid 19 pandemic, our artists are gearing up , boosted by the creative forces and the accumulated energy for an International Art Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The hibernation for others - is for our artists, on the contrary, a period of intense creativity, bursting with energy and restless with new ideas. For our artists, the lockdown produces a new body of works which we will proudly present at the KL International Art Exhibition entitled New Horizon, February 11th to 28th , 2022. The Exhibition will showcase the works of artists from Malaysia, India, Philippines, USA and other countries.
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: The covid 19 pandemic has fractured every aspect of our lives. Think! “Cogito ergo sum” " I think, therefore I am " (Descartes). The thought of this pandemic sharpens our awareness – we exist now, alive and fragile, with the fearful realization that life and death are part of our existence. Our defences are reduced to isolation and separation. Fractured; but not broken. We are at the edge of possibilities. While our science is still cracking for the elixir, Art can give us some solace, Art can help us re- imagine. Art can reveal a NEW HORIZON. This exhibition is in many ways exceptional. Happening in the midst of the global health crisis, economic crisis, climate crisis and existential crisis. As the covid 19 pandemic is challenging many aspects of our lives and revealing the weaknesses of the foundations of our current civilization, it also forces us to think of ways to mend the fractures and create a renewal. This pandemic forces us to re- examine our hierarchy of values. It forces us to re-look at the conditions of our existence. It forces us to decide how we shall live as individuals and how we shall relate to our societies and the larger systems. New Horizon is an International Art Exhibition which signifies a revitalization of new ideas after the pandemic which will give way to a new whole meaning of life. In this Art Exhibition our artists show us how they are seeing the world. Through the artists’ insights on different subject matters, we are viewing and considering our being in the world. In this time of uncertainties and disruptions, art provides some comfort and consolidates our existence. This International Art Exhibition also present an environment for refection and thinking of ideas for humanity to survive the sea of changes brought on by the Covid 19 pandemic. This Art Exhibition is about creative renewal; after all, creativity is always seeing things from new perspectives without allowing the past to overly influence how we envision our future path. New Horizon signifies widening of vistas, re-vitalization, re-new, re -create and re- growth. The KL International Art Exhibition - New Horizon showcases arts emanating from different cultures. Artists from India, Malaysia, USA, Philippines and other countries will come on a common platform. The International Art Exhibition aims to catalyse greater cultural interactions through the arts which arise from the intermingling of our histories. It is occasion to embrace our art, to appreciate and to celebrate art as a way of deepening awareness our life as part of being in this world and the hope for a better future.
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