end of May 2009.

Star of June 2008! More exciting stuff to come!

Ok guys, have you heard of the exhibition @ Wei-Ling Gallery entitled 365 Days of 2008?

Press Release

Malaysia-365 days of 2008 is a compilation and documentation of the year 2008, as seen through the analytical mind of the important social/political Malaysian artist Paiman (Nor Azizan Rahman Paiman). Born in Malacca in 1970, Paiman received his art education in both Malaysia and the United Kingdom and attained a MA in Fine Arts from the Manchester Metropolitan University in 2001. Since 1991 he has exhibited widely both in Malaysia and on an international arena, including the ’1st Fukuoka Asian Art Trienniale 1999’, Japan, and at the ‘Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5)’ ,Queensland,Australia in 2007. A selection of Paiman’s distinctive works can also be seen in the collection of  the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) in Australia.Over the years Paiman has made a name for himself with his unique imaginary, caricatures which are juxtaposed against statements by important Malaysian figures  in a witty commentary on  Malaysian life. He has often said that he considers himself a ‘backdated reporter’ and that ‘everything changes in the world, and more often than not there are issues or incidents that we have forgotten or ignored’.In this set of works he spent the whole of 2008 going through all the major papers of the country on a daily basis in an arduous task to extract one statement that best reflected the sentiment that day. Armed with this statement, he stenciled the quote onto the corresponding page of an Islamic diary, and  then rendered his wonderful fantastical figures over them, ending up over the course of a year with a diary filled with the ‘essence’ of 2008.

The artist aptly says:”MALAYSIA 365 days of 2008 is a fragmented arrangement of a particular moment in time as the country  came face to face with many difficult situations. I played my part as a Malaysian to record everyday life in a creative way. Provocation has everything to do with perception. Perception is  controlled by a world view and world view is controlled by a counter situation.”

And reading this article, arent you feeling curious to what is the whole thing about.

So i decided to pay a visit to the gallery @ Brickfields.=)

It is located at a whole row of pre-war building. Just beside the highway towards Muzium Negara.

And that is my father. LOL.

The ground floor of the gallery houses antique stuff. Makes me wonder, is this gallery actually selling antique stuff below and exhibits artwork upstairs? LOL

Ok here is the screwed up part. When i was there, the lady in charge told me that the 365 exhibition is already over. WTF. and that the newspaper had printed the date wrongly! WTF!

What a turn off man……… but they were preparing for another exhibition. The TWO THREE SIX EXHIBITION. launching on the 3rd of June, Wednesday.

To be honest, i am not allowed to take direct pictures of the artwork. That is why i take it sideways. Not direct right? xD and that is why i put the watermark as big as possible. LOL

Ill only show you the sneak peak of the artwork on the next exhibition Two Three Six : Artist: Chen Wei Meng

It on from 3-June-2009-24-June-2009

That wooden floor on the left is actually hanging in the air. I was afraid it might drop anytime soon. xD

source: http://www.weiling-gallery.com/images

Source : http://www.weiling-gallery.com/images/

For more info on the upcoming TWO THREE SIX EXHIBITION, please visit them @ http://www.weiling-gallery.com/TwoThreeSix.htm

According to the person in charge, ART STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT!

So to all you art fellas out there, GO CRASH THE PLACE THIS WED @ 7pm for the opening!

Anyway this is the 365 thingy, that was taken down already. =( Sad

For more pictures on the 365 days of 2008, please visit their site @

http://www.weiling-gallery.com/365days.htm

Address:-

No. 8 Jalan Scott, Brickfields,

50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ofc :+ 603-22601106/7

Fax: +603-22601107

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 12pm-7pm

Sat:10am-5pm

Sun : By Appointment

So what are you waiting for art lovers, go crash their place high and low! =)

Disclaimer : All image of the artwork belongs to the artist and the artist alone. I do not have any form ownership on any of the image displayed at my blog.

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