This year’s Art Expo Malaysia concluded over the last weekend. If you think you recognize these pieces from the art fair, you’d be absolutely right. Artemis Art is happy to announce that for a limited time, these Indonesian artworks will be hosted at the gallery, and...
That idea that humans are pattern seeking creatures is not a new one. How we make sense of what we see around us will differ from one individual to the next, and depends on many factors, such as the person's cumulative life experiences, his or her emotional state, in other words, building blocks of a person's internal cognitive mechanism.
The answer to the questions posed above will vary from one individual to the next, depending on how each person’s cognitive mechanism ticks.
The Born In Malaysia Unity Exhibition, a collaboration between Artemis Art and photographer Kenny Loh, is currently on at The Boulevard, Level G2 Publika Shopping Gallery, in Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur.
One of the interesting components of the exhibition is the Unity Wall, where visitors to the exhibition can scribble or draw their thoughts on Unity, and what it means to them. What we asked was a very simple:
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The simple question we asked on the Unity Wall[/caption]
When photographer Kenny Loh published Born In Malaysia last year, it was a culmination of three years' worth of work documenting what is arguably a superb chronicle of the vast cultural diversity that has made this nation the envy of many. The attention and traction the book...
The word spontaneous has a few meanings, depending on context. One of these definitions is the idea of a natural inclination or impulse, and the absence of external stimuli.
SPONTANEOUS #1 is the first project by CONJOIN, the fledgling art collective recently formed, and brings together four artists with very varied styles. In its current configuration, the collective consists of C.C. Kua, Celine Wong, Nicholas Choong, and founder T.W. Chang, more popularly known as Skinner.
His works in pen and ink are distinctive, with a lot of attention paid to detail. Introducing Skinner, a young Malaysian artist whose works will definitely mesmerize...
BORN: 1991 in Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia Click on image thumbnails below to enlarge [BMo_scrollLightboxGallery id=53 slG_vertical=0] Some have described the works of young artist Kua Chia Chi, better known as C.C. Kua, as doodles, and not necessarily proper paintings or drawings. We disagree. Looking at her body...
BORN: 1977 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Click on image thumbnails below to enlarge [BMo_scrollLightboxGallery id=52 slG_vertical=0] Adept at drawing at an early age, Nicholas was fortunate to have studied with several art teachers during his formative years. It was during this period he learnt the fine arts of...
HYPERTEXT is Dedy Sufriadi's first solo exhibition in Malaysia, and his 10th overall. It features works from a few of his ongoing series of works, building upon his well-known text-based abstract expressionist art...
When a particular talent is in one's blood, it's just a matter of time that it manifests itself. Such is the case with Lyia Meta, a self-taught artist who is also a full-time singer, and occasional songwriter. Art has been an important part of Lyia’s...
