Barking Up the Right Tree
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In the finest example of Nature in painting, Datuk Sharifah Fatimah Syed Zubir has “bud-grafted” the bark of the eucalyptus onto her canvas, with it...
A Nourishing Canvas
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Food sustains body and soul. In art, especially in the depiction of fruits, it is as resplendent as still-life with all the stylistic métiers, and is use...
Painting for Peace
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During end November-early December 2017, Myanmar’s International Watercolor Society (IWS) set about a trial run for its 2019 fully international programme of a global watercolour phenomenon which saw the biggest gathering of artists practising watercolour in the name of peace and art.
Between Worlds, Contemplating Impressionism
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Good things come in twos, as a “2-in-1”, in what is the National Gallery Singapore (NGS)’s current art-peritif, under the banner of Century of...
Getah Colour Heralds a Revolution in Painting
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Goh Beng Kwan – Tropical Summer.Smith Sein Lynn – Peacock Dreams.Azman Hilmi – Earth Dancing Series 3....
OBITUARY: KHALIL IBRAHIM (1934-2018) Rustic and Enduring
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Khalil Ibrahim and his East Coast Fishermen Series in acrylic.IN THE SULTRY New Delhi heat, the ceaseless traffic of humanity below was a cacophony of pro...
Artists Never Retire
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Cheah Yew Saik.Chung Chen Sun.Eng Tay.Artists, like some politicians, don’t really retire. So who are the notable ones in Ma...
A Hard Climb to Success
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My Home Town - Padang River, Tapah, Perak, Malaysia 霹雳州打巴，我的家乡 (61x76cm, 1976).Chinese Temple Malacca 马六甲神庙 (61x92cm, 1979)....
Murder on Display...Lest We Forget
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The 110 painted portraits in acrylic and charcoal on canvas in mock aged-photography sepia-tones at Wei-Ling Gallery are poignant reminders of the 1965 Indonesi...
Asian Art Dominates at Malaysia Expo
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Held on October 12-14 (VIP Nite on October 11), AEM+12 ignited more engagement for ostensibly edgier visual-intellectual propulsion beyond the semantics of lucre. Art fairs in Malaysia are still not a money-making enterprise though.
Sireh Pinang Leaves Us A Rich Art Legacy
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Once popular among royalty and later among commoners in Asia as a social custom and a stimulant, the pernicious habit of betel-nut chewing is remembered in Malaysia for its paraphernalia, which are celebrated as nostalgic keepsakes.
A Glorious Age Passes in the World of Comics, Cartoons and Caricatures
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DEATH, to artists of some repute, is an immortality, the proverbial life-after-death, with the legacy of the largesse of works by the deceased defining the age,...