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Malaysian ArtA Special Preview

in conjunction with Gallery Weekend Kuala Lumpur

22 - 26 November 2016

Richard Koh Fine Art


Anne Samat


Artist Statement

Unlike most contemporary artists who reject traditional arts and crafts in favour of more conceptually driven works, I embrace both traditional crafts and decorative aesthetics. I use the classic songket shuttle weaving techniques and unconventional materials to create densely coloured tap-estries, which I describe as “metaphors” for identity and nationhood. My work succeeds in piecing the supposedly firm boundaries between art and textile, contemporary and traditional, abstraction and pattern mak-ing.

I am trying to elevate the art of weaving to the next level, transforming it from a two dimensional fabric to a three-dimensional art form.

Anne SamatNovember 2016


Anne SamatTribal Chief Series 5

2016Rattan sticks, yarns, beads, washers, kitchen utensils

260 x 116 x 20 cm


Anne SamatTribal Chief Series 6

2016Rattan sticks, yarns, beads, washers, kitchen utensils

260 x 116 x 20 cm


Education

1995 Bachelor Degree in Art and Design (minor in Print & Resist)

Selected Group Exhibition2016 Malaysian Art, A Special Preview, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2015 Hijrah / Migration, The Zetter Hotel, London, United Kingdom

Totem, The Space, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

Melukis Puisi: Pyanhabib, White Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Perolehan Terikini 2012-2014, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014 Malaysian Eye, START at Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Open Show Malaysia (Jurors’ Award), National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysian Eye, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013 Malaysia Eye, Nolias Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Selamat Hari Malaysia M50, White Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012 Superheroes, The Ledge, One Utama, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Open Exhibition, Shah Alam Gallery, Selangor, Malaysia

2011 Rupa dan Suara, Yayasan Seni Berdaftar Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kasihnya Ibu, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2009 Amal Palestine, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 Islamic Show, Art Case Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2007 Art for All, Art Case Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2002 A Woman’s Touch, Art Case Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1999 Miniaturization Two, Art Case Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Anne Samat (b. 1973, Melacca) is a fibre textile artist who graduated in 1995 from Mara Institute of Technology, in Malaysia. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Art and Design (textile design) with a major in Weaving and a minor in Print and Resist. Anne is the first prize winner in the PNB/ National Art Gallery of Malaysia Contemporary Young Artist competition held in 1997. She was also selected by the National Art Gallery to represent Malaysia at the International Art and Craft Fair in Bangkok in 1999. Known to inject traditional Malaysian woven techniques and decorative designs with contemporary aesthetics and conceptual ideas, Anne’s work addresses issues of identity and nationhood by pushing the boundaries of weaving techniques infused with everyday materials.

Anne Samat


Art Bazaar, Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Art Bazaar, Yayasan Seni Berdaftar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1998 Miniaturization One, Art Case Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1997 Young Contemporary Artist Competition, Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A Question of Balance, Art Case Galleries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Awards and Honors2014 Jurors’ Award Open Show Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013 Top Ten Malaysian Female Artists, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012 Incentive Award, Shah Alam Gallery, Selangor, Malaysia

1997 Young Contemporary Artist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Residencies2002 Yayasan Seri Berdaftar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Public CollectionNational Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wisma Putra, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Yayasan Tun Razak, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Bank Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malayan Banking Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Malaysia

Petronas, Malaysia

Esso, Malaysia

Park City Beverly Hotel, Bintulu, Sarawak

Yayasan Seni Berdaftar, Ampang, Malaysia


Gan Chin Lee


Artist Statement

I am constantly trying to enrich my social realist painting practice and there is no exception when I was developing these works. I have studied and absorbed the formality of Chinese wood engraving and Japanese uki-yo-e and applied them when constructing the formal structure of these paintings. I have always admired how those Eastern traditional painters and print-makers used humor to not only record social observations, but simultaneously made sarcastic comments through the visuals of the de-pictions of the everyday. In this body of work, I attempt to combine for-mal and visual elements of Chinese wood engraving and ukiyo-e togeth-er with western influenced genre of art that I have been accustomed to.

I believe this combination would accentuate the uniqueness of the visuals and allude to the hybridity of my identity as I have been actively absorb-ing multiple cultural sources growing up. Furthermore, have titled pieces in this series with Chinese idioms, Malay peribahasa and English phrases, to echo our complex daily experience living in a multilingual nation.

Gan Chin Lee 2016 Kuala Lumpur


Gan Chin LeeHybridity II

2016Oil on linen

152.4 x 213.4 cm


Education

2008 Master Degree in Fine Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2005 Advanced Studies in Mural Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

1998 Diploma in Illustration, The One Academy of Communication Design, Malaysia

Solo Exhibition2015 In-Between, Richard Koh Fine Art, Malaysia

2011 Soliloquy, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

2010 Fragment Oefragmentation, (Joint Solo Exhibition with Samsudin Wahab), Galeri Chandan


Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shared Glory with Diversified Splendor, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, China

Voice of the Voiceless, G13 Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Art Stage Singapore 2016, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore

2015 I Am Ten, Richard Koh Fine Art, Malaysia

Being Human, Figuratism of 16 Malaysian Artist, Art Stage, Singapore

Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Malaysia

Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore

2014 Alter Ego, Galeri Chandan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Flesh, Pipal Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

2013 Transit AO, MARS, HOM Art Trans, Kuala Lumpur

Opening Show, Galeri Potret Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Mukakata: Beyond Portraiture, Segaris Art Center, Kuala Lumpur

Gan Chin Lee (b. 1977, Kuala Lumpur) is an emerging painter trained at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and at the One Academy of Communication Design, Selangor. He has been awarded a number of awards since graduating such as the Platinum Award by the One Academy, KL, a winner of the MEA Award (Malaysian Emerging Artist Award) in 2009 and the Bronze award for the Graduate Creation Award, Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. He is also an art lecturer at The One Academy of Communication Design in Selangor. A disciplined and highly skilled painter, Chin Lee’s occasionally multi-paneled paintings display complex compositions and amplified perspectives, usually borrowing traditional compositional formulas. His expressive and painterly works depict a wide-array of multi· racial urban scenes and shared social spaces such as South· east Asian food stalls and coffee shops that are densely populated by characters that seem indifferent to each other. There is usually a sequential narrative in the pictures and deciphering time is expanded due to the usage of polyptychs and panoramic viewpoints. Inner-city anxiety, restlessness and hardship are captured and hyperbolized in his enigmatic and disorientating pictures.

Gan Chin Lee


Not For Sale, White Box, MAP Kuala Lumpur

2012 Transit A4, MARS, HOM Art Trans, Kuala Lumpur

Art Toronto ‘Focus Asia’, Galleria H, Canada

Wawasan 2020: The Malaysian Dream, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Singapore

2011 Manifestasi Merdeka, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

TANAH AYER: Malaysian Stories from the Land, Valentine Willie Fine Art and Selasar Surnayo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia

Headlights 2011, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur

2010 ARTIRIANGLE 111:The Grayzone Project, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

The Energy Trap - Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Valentine Willie Fine Art offside at The Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

2009 MEA Award 2009 Exhibition, Soka Gakkai Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

The 14th Oa Oun Fine Arts Exhibition, Tai Chung City, Taiwan

Awards and Honors2010 Platinum Achiever Award, The One Academy of Communication Design, Selangor

2009 Winner of 1st MEA Award, House of Matahati and Galeri Chandan

2008 Bronze Award, Gradute Creation Award, Central Acedemy of Fine Art, Beijing

2003 Finalist, Saksi Kebangsaan Malaysia 2003, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

Public CollectionNational Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

National Portrait Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Haffendi Anuar


Artist Statement

My selection of geometric painted panels displays the exuberance of ur-ban vernacular architecture in Southeast Asia. Inspired by the language of modern Western geometric abstraction and the architectural elements in my home city, Kuala Lumpur, such as grill works on doors and windows in rougher neighbourhoods and columns, I examine the motifs in rela-tion to Western art history and the culturally injected idea of modernity. The panels, which are made into certain standardized sizes, appear at first glance to be machine made, but are actually painted and sanded through a meticulous process of craftwork. The paintings’ often smooth surfaces and at times metallic or florescent colours make reference to the prev-alence of digital culture and the computer screen. They have also been multiplied and constructed into installations, along with freestanding sculptures, depicting overwhelming fictional city facades of various per-spectives.

Haffendi Anuar2016


Haffendi AnuarButtresses

2016Oil and enamel on board

180 x 480 cm


Education

2013 BA Honors (Sculpture), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK

2007 BFA (Foundation), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA

2005 International Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art, International School of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Solo Exhibitions2015 Elephant Utopia, Future Section, Art Taipei 2015, Taipei, Taiwan

M13, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Selected Group Exhibitions2016 Malaysian Art, A Special Preview, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia

B-Movie, J: Gallery, Shanghai, China

Art Central Hong Kong 2016, Hong Kong

Art Stage 2016, Singapore

2015 Eyeball Massage, Fingers Exercise, Fergana Artspace, Penang, Malaysia

Synthesis, The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

I am Ten, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Art Stage 2015, Singapore



2014 Art Taipei 2014, Taipei, Taiwan

KIAF/14 (Korea International Art Fair), Seoul, South Korea

Arts Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne , Space@Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia

Haffendi Anuar (b. 1985, Malaysia) is an artist based in Kuala Lumpur. He produces sculptures, paintings and drawings. He did his International Baccalaureate certificate in art at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, his foundation at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and his BA Honors at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. In between his studies, he worked as a model maker at T.R. Hamzah and Yeang in KL, studied Mandarin in China, worked in art galleries in London and Kuala Lumpur and assisted artists in studios in London. Haffendi is a multidisciplinary artist. Mining history of art, digital technology, nature and local contexts, he creates object-based works that recycle found images, objects and artistic styles from digital and local sources.

Haffendi Anuar


Cherry on Top(less), Topless, New York, USA

MEAA 2014 (Malaysian Emerging Artists Award), Whitebox @ Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013 METAMORPH, Hoxton Garage, London, UK

Odysseys, The Gallery @ Starhill, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Void Open 2013, Hoxton Arches, London, UK

Xhibit 2013, SU Gallery, UAL and Four Corners Gallery, London, UK

Green Week, Lower Street Gallery, London College of Communication, London, UK

2012 Show, Elthorne Road, London, UK

Magic Assemblage, Magic Assembly, Petrie Museum, London, UK

2011 Quick – in the Moment…., Nolia Gallery, London, UK

Utopia, the Architecture of Perfection, Nolia Gallery, London, UK

In-Exchange, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK

2010 VAA Exhibtion (Starhill Visual Arts Award), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Breakthrough Exhibition, The Gallery @ Starhill, KL PAC and Dasein Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Young Malaysian Artists - New Object(ion), Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Artriangle 3, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

NKOTB, Threesixty Art Development Studio, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2007 Art +- 1000, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2005 Foundation Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, USA

Public CollectionKhazanah Nasional Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Corporate collection, Singapore


Hasanul Isyraf Idris


Artist Statement

Krishna Tongue is as a continuation of my previous works, informed by personal experiences, it serves as a prelude to my Higher Order Love series (exhibited April 2016 at Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur).

Krishna, one of the most popular Hindu deity, was only a boy when his adopted mother, Yasoda, forced him to open his mouth as she was worried that Krisna might have eaten dirt from gobbling up fallen fruits dropped onto the ground by his brother. Yasoda lost equilibrium the moment she peered into the universe within his mouth. Young Krishna, the Lord who had become a human child out of sport, was not spared of Yasoda’s maternal worrying. This story reminded me of a mother’s way of affection in the instinct to feed, nurture and fuss over her child. From that point of departure, I began diving into my past, uncovering layers upon layers of my memory. These memories are rendered in these five panels of drawings, densely layered with imagery.

The first panel depicts sharp edged waves layered and repeated underneath a wild swirl of cloud.

The second panel is a story by my parents of an altar built by the sea for the sea guardian. The altar was filled with blood as an offering in exchange for a bountiful sea harvest.

The third panel, perhaps the most heavy laden and close to heart, is filled with imageries of local polit-ical scenes and current news: amongst them are non-gendered figures, an albino dragon sucking on oil, and magical beasts whom are captured and chained. These images are metaphors of my mother’s story—a Chinese origin alienated by her villagers, cursed and accused of pork consumption and idol worship. Her trauma persuaded me to list her as one of Malay ethnicity in my school records. This panel also narrates the relationship with my brother from the moment he broke news of his cancer condition. We spent time reminiscing the past as we drove along the highways, we spoke of the times we sold kuih together and of his drawing tutorials. Our conversations evolved mostly around his con-dition: the hair loss, his limited movements and the countless MRI and CT scans he had to endure.

The fourth and fifth panels are inspired by situations related to experiments and found specimens. De-picting respondents in their HAZMAT (Hazardous material) suits at work in a laboratory environ-ment inspired by the school lab laden with mosaic flooring similar to my childhood home. Amongst the ‘specimens’ found are Silverhawk (a cartoon character from the 80s), a cracked G-Force, trophies from my kindergarten and three Xs - my mother’s simple signature of three syllables on my school report card.

Hasanul Isyraf IdrisNovember 2016


Hasanul Isyraf IdrisKrishna Tongue

2016Pencil, ink, graphite and watercolor paper

168 x 381 cm


Education Bachelor in Fine Art, Mara University of Technology UiTM, Perak, Malaysia

Solo Exhibitions2016 HOL Chapter 1: The Fall, Richard Koh Fine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014 Back from Planet Luvox, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2011 Clash of the Pigments, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Group Exhibitions

2016 Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

AB+C Charity Arts Exhibition, Georgetown Festival, Penang, Malaysia

2015 Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore Malaysian Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Open Gate - Asian Sounds Research, with Japan Foundation, Hin Bus Depot, Georgetown, Malaysia

2014 KIAF/14, Seoul, Korea Malaysian Eye, White Box, Publika,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MEAA (Malaysian Emerging Artists Awards) Finalist Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Arts Kuala Lumpur - Melbourne 2014, Space @ Collins, Melbourne

2013 YOUNG MALAYSIAN ARTISTS: NEW OBJECT(ION) II (YMA II), Petronas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2011 Art Expo Malaysia 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010 Ringan-ringan, Map White Box, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January Showcase, Chandan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2009 International Contemporary Art Show (Imcas), Danga Bay, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Hasanul Isyraf Idris (b. 1978, Malaysia) was trained at Mara University of Technology, UiTM, in Perak. He has received a number of awards, including the Young Contemporary Arts Award in 2007 at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, the Incentive Award at the Open Show held at the Shah Alam Gallery and the Consolation Prize for the Young Talent Art Exhibition at the Penang Art Gallery. A highly elusive artist, Hasanul shuns attending openings and attempts to work anonymously in the art scene.

Hasanul Isyraf Idris produces works in a variety of media, from paintings and meticulously crafted drawings to painted oven-baked clay sculptures. Mining inspiration from within, he articulates his personal struggles as an artist by personifying them as strange characters that inhabit his invented universes. Influenced by the graphics of underground comic books, 1960s science fiction, fast food, and street art and fashion, he juggles pop -culture references with a personal viewpoint. Recurring topics in his practice are the meaning of life and death, memories and fantasies and sin and reward.

Hasanul Isyraf Idris


Our Hearts For Yours, Chandan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18@8, Weiling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 Semangat Chandan : Contemporary Artist From The Land Of Grace, Chandan Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2007 Young Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Three New Voices, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006 Pameran Titian Budaya Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam

Open Show, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tribute To Jeri Azahari, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2005 Miniature Show, Maya Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

AID For Tsunami Relief, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Below 1000, Gema Rimba Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2004 Young Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Junction, Pelita Hati Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1999 Open Show, Shah Alam Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Young Talent Art Exhibition, Penang Fest, Penang Art Gallery, Malaysia

1998 Julung, Melaka Museum, Malaysia

Senirupa, Darul Ridzuan Museum, Perak, Malaysia

Residencies2015 South East Asian Art Residency, Rimbun Dahan,

Kuang, Malaysia

Awards & Activities2007 Young Contemporary Arts Award, National Visual

Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1999 Incentive Award, Open Show, Shah Alam Gallery, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Consolation Prize, Young Talent Art Exhibition, Penang Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia


Hings Lim


Artist Statement

In collaboration with domestic workers, this body of work wields the act of cleaning as the process of art making. Domestic workers are hired to maintain a clean canvas as I execute paint onto the surface. The canvas records traces of tension resulted in the oscillation between the sense of duty embraced by the cleaners and persistence of the artist to execute his right to paint. By juxtaposing the domestic work and the experience of art making, the role of the “worker” and the “painter” is reshuffled and de-contextualized. This constant switching of roles disrupts the egocentric supremacy of an artistic expression while appropriating the open author-ship of an artwork.

Hings LimNovember 2016


Hings LimUntitled ( With Mohamad Nor)

2016Acrylic on canvas

173 x 236 cm


Hings LimUntitled ( With Thilaga & Aravinthan)


173 x 236 cm


Education

2012 Degree of Bachelor of Applied Arts with Honours (Fine Arts), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Solo Exhibitions

2016 Reciprocity, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Group Exhibitions

2016 Malaysian Art, A Special Preview, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016, Richard Koh Fine Art, Jakarta, Indonesia

2014 Portraits of the World, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2013 Portraits of the World: Life Drawing of 60 Queens by 60 Artists, National Visual Arts Gallery,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2012 i-Arts, FACA Gallery, Sarawak, Malaysia

2011 Pra-CIPTA, FACA Gallery, Sarawak, Malaysia

Awards

2012 Petronas - P.Ramlee Chair’s Award, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Collaborative Projects

2015 Communication Through Arts: Let’s Create To Communicate, Lattalilat, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2014 Visual Day: Art Fun Day, Lattalilat, National Visual Arts Gallery,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2013 Rearview Forward, Lattalilat, MIA College Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2013 Hari Visual:Xpressionisme, National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2011 Visual Ethnography in Kampung Awat-awat, Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia

2011 X-media, FACA Gallery, Sarawak, Malaysia

Hings Lim (b. 1989, Malaysia) studied Fine Arts at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. In 2012, he was awarded the chair of P. Ramlee from Petronas Award. He is a multidisciplinary artist based in Kuala Lumpur and works in a wide range of materials. He is interested in demands the fusion of social experience between art and life while attempts to challenge the conventions of art and explore its social, cultural and political functions.

Hings Lim


Liew Kwai Fei


Artist Statement

The idea behind A Day (with White) was to produce a painting of rain-bow colours using noncolours. In my attempt to quantify light in a rain-bow, I loaded the readymade colours of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet with the maximum amount of Titanium White—which is not considered as a colour pigment in colour theory.

The use of white in this work represents light, the colour that is considered as a blending of all colours—the stimulation agent to make things visible. Hence, a rainbow is the colour of light that exists without the body. This painting of the rainbow colours is opaque and the light of a colour body.

The work was intended to be shown alongside A Week (with Black), 2008, a 7-panel work of rainbow colours in black—which in colour the-ory, represents the absence of light.

Liew Kwai Fei2016


Liew Kwai FeiA Day (With White)


100 x 390 cm


Education

1999 Diploma in Chinese ink painting, Malaysian Institute of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Siapa dia Tong Sam Pah? 我的名字哈苏丹. You Look F**king Funny-lah!, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013 Kami Bukan Hantu, Ah Pull & Ah Door, Run Amok Gallery, Penang, Malaysia

2012 Painted Words & Written Paintings, for the Refined and for the Masses, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2010 Color, Shape, Quantity and Scale, Jalan Mesui, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2009 Paintings for All Ages/Paintings with Extended Space, No. 19 Jalan Berangan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 The Rhythm of Doing, Project Room @ Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2003 Fei: A Solo Exhibition by Liew Kwai Fei, Rumah Air Panas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Selected Group Exhibitions2016 Art Stage Singapore 2016, Singapore

2015 I Am Ten, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



2014 Fall into the sea to become an island, Run Amok Gallery, Penang, Malaysia

2013 Eating Wind Group Show, Run Amok Gallery, Penang, Malaysia and VT Artsalon, Taipei

2011 Melaka Art and Performance Festival, Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre, Malacca, Malaysia

2010 Al-Kesah/Once Upon a Time in Malaysia, Map @ Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Liew Kwai Fei (b. 1979) is an artist trained at the Malaysian Institute of Art (MIA) graduating with a diploma in Chinese ink painting. A well-exhibited artist, he has contributed works in many exhibitions locally and abroad as well as participated in various residencies in Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia and India. His works, which exude a DIY aesthetic include paintings, drawings, multimedia pieces and sculptural installations and explore the construction of meaning through cultural symbols along with mono and multilingual textual references. He lives and works in Selangor, Malaysia.

Liew Kwai Fei


Contemporary Rhetoric, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2008 Cabinet, Valentine Willie Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2007 Not That Balai Art Festival, Lostgens Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2005 Dream, Delirium + Face Exhibition, Reka Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2004 Youqing – A Showcase of Ink Painting & Drawings, Rumah Air Panas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2003 3 Instalasi + 3@RAP – A Preview Installation Art & Drawings, Rumah Air Panas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Space(s) Dialogue + Exhibition, Rumah Air Panas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Residencies2011 The Australia-Malaysia Institute (AMI) Visual Arts Residency Program, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2010 The Khazanah Artist Commissioning Program, Mumbai, India

2003 International Artist Residency in Karachi, Pakistan

Public CollectionKhazanah Nasional Berhad, Mumbai, India

National Visual Arts Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Yeoh Choo Kuan


Artist Statement

Referencing the footage of violent events from around the world found on the Internet such as from the website Liveleak.com, this series of paintings explores the encounter and exposure of violence that occurred through mass media.

Continuing from my previous interest and exploration on “Fleshing Ab-straction”- a term I coined to describe the manipulation of layered paint which is executed in violent painterly gestures, this series was inspired by the dramatic visual approach of purely aestheticized violence found in movies and the cinema and moving on to the depiction of the harsh re-ality of incidents in real life that filtered through the media. Materially, I have further developed the series in which I have prepared the box frames through spray-painting its internal and external surfaces to provide an at-mospheric element to the paintings that are installed within. This also serves as a context to suggest the simultaneous distance and connection between the digital evidence and the viewer while providing a vulnerable metaphorical space on and off screen.

To contrast on the romantic and realist approach on the portrayal of vio-lence in works in my previous solo exhibition and recent paintings, both series of work consistently reveal the autonomy of violence as a relevant subject that has been widely engaged within the modern media and pub-lic communication of our time.

Yeoh Choo KuanNovember 2016


Yeoh Choo Kuan01:482016

Oil on canvas and lacquer spray on custom wooden frame140 x 118 cm


Yeoh Choo Kuan00:272016

Oil on canvas and lacquer spray on custom wooden frame140 x 118 cm


Education

2010 Diploma in Fine Arts, Dasein Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Solo Exhibitions2014 In the Flesh, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012 Private Sentiment, House of Matahati, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Selected Group Exhibitions2016 Malaysian Art, A Special Preview, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



Art Stage Singapore 2016, Singapore

2015 China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE) 2015, Beijing, China

Synthesis, The Art Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

I am Ten, Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Art Stage Singapore 2015, Singapore


Malaysia Art, A New Perspective, Richard Koh Fine Art, Singapore

2014 Art Taipei 2014, Taipei, Taiwan

KIAF/14, Seoul, Korea

Arts Kuala Lumpur – Melbourne, Space@Collins Street Melbourne, Australia

Configuration, G13 Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MEAA, White Box, Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013 50/50 (two man show with artist Zelin Seah), TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

SAGER III (touring exhibition in 3 countries), HOM Gallery (Malaysia), Perahu Art Connection(Indonesia), Orange Gallery (Philippines)

Yeoh Choo Kuan (b. 1988, Malaysia) is a young artist working in painterly abstraction though he installs narratives and hints of figuration to the formal language of his paintings. He graduated from Dasein Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur with a Diploma in Fine Arts in 2010. He lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Yeoh Choo Kuan


Frame of Mind II, Orange Gallery, Bacolod City, Philippines

No Random Nonsense, Boston Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines

X Individuals- The Explorations, Art Accent Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Figuration Trajectory , G13 Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Up, Group Exhibition, TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Locals Only, TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012 Young & NEW Part IV, House of Matahati, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A Meter Diameter, House of Matahati, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2011 MEAA, Soka Gakkai Cultural Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Malaysian Rice Plate Project, KL Convention Center, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

INSPIRATION OF TOMORROW, Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2010 NOW! , Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Breakthrough, Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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