Malaysian Contemporary art: Sabah CAG in Penang

Malaysian Contemporary Art: ChinaHouse Circus Art Exhibition Cracko Art Group egn

me in my carburetor dung  tee... with the tight rope man off-course.

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i'm so so happy....

Malaysian Contemporary Art: egn in Penang

Malaysian Contemporary Art: Cracko Art Group "Circus" Exhibitio, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN (6 November 2012): 

Sabah’s CrackoArtGroup exhibits for the very first time in Penang, showcasing a vibrant variety with different styles and genre of 17 different young and exciting contemporary artists from Sabah, land below the wind. 

Sabah’s CAG (CrackoArtGroup) was formed over 2 years ago, comprising artists from various backgrounds, with the same burning passion for art. Since then CAG has been known for the street art at the abandoned land and survey building in the heart of Kota Kinabalu City, which has become a tourist attraction.

CAG has always been active in bringing Sabah’s art movement to the world, especially through empowering the young people in Sabah. The Penang exhibition is part of CAG’s move to showcase the various genre of Sabah’s mixed arts, with generous support for ChinaHouse.

Aptly themed “Circus”, this exhibition portrays Sabah’s very special inclusiveness; at times seen by non-Sabahans to be surreal, voicing out the differences, but at the same time displaying unity in a multi-racial/ethnic and social environment.

In Sabah one can find a Chinese eating in a Malay restaurant, and vice versa, without being frowned upon. Worship places of different religions can  be seen being built side to side without any conflict. Such cohesive diversity has projected to outsiders a weird impression of a large community of ‘circus’ inhabitants. So come in, be part of a seemingly motley crew of circus freaks. Set aside your perceptions, put on your merry hats, and share in our great journey of self-discovery, respect and acceptance of the differences around us.

Welcome to the “CAG Circus Show.

EVENT:                 Art Exhibition

THEME:                “Circus”

VENUE:                ChinaHouse, Lebuh Pantai, Georgetown,Penang.

DATE:                    From 3^rd November to 3^rd December 2012.

ARTISTS:              Alex Fong, Anddy Romeo Dulait, April Tsen, Ashly Nandong, Aye Axe, Cracko, Flanegan Bainon, Harold “egn” Eswar, Kwan @ aks, Lybby Iliyas, Nofie J, Phey, Taco Joe, ZK Teo.

Malaysian Contemporary art: emergence,by Swee Chin Pan..and Egn missed his show

i pinched this article from Swee Chin Pan... hope you don't mind madam, it's just nice how she puts art in words....read on guys...

I enjoyed the varied style of the artworks presented by the 6 artists featured in this group exhibition. There is no theme.

 
As you enter, on the left Skinner’s pen and ink drawings greet you. Next to these, in contrast to the mainly black and white artworks of Skinner’s, are Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar’s colourful ‘tribalistic street art’. Though colourful, Egn’s artworks hold much deeper meanings. To fully appreciate both of these two artists’ artworks, they need to be viewed in the flesh. Here is Skinner with his favourite drawing - I had to force him to choose one as he loves all of them! Egn was unfortunately not around.

 Skinner with Sincerely We Citizens

Across on the other side are the remaining four artists’ works. Here they are all captured with their favourite pieces.

Azimuddin Abd Manaf with Lagenda Malaysia	Hafiz Hajeedar with What Would You Do....
Lyia Meta with Beatitude	Shyevin S'ng with Volendam

 I was hoping Azimuddin would choose the P Ramlee painting as I am a big fan. And the title Lagenda Malaysiais so apt! Don’t you agree?

Though Shyevin S’ng is captured with her oil painting of Amsterdam, her other 3 works on display are of theimpasto painting technique. And I believe a popular technique in Vietnam where she is based. Nice!  

Jamal Al-Idrus & Sharmin Parameswaran with the 5 artists present

Chally Lim & Jann Lim	Kah Mein & Mike Leong
Leila Rahman, Natasha & Delia Yahya	Matthew, Zia Zia & Jon
Nazrein Zakaria, Datin S. Majni, Dato' Hajeedar Majid & John Skelchy	Shen, Restu & Sufyan

 Shyevin, Sheryl & Pyng

In my brief chat with Lyia, I found out that her father and a sister are painters. And so is Hafiz’s father. I am convinced - talent is definitely in the genes and runs in the family! Not only is Hafiz’s father, Dato’ Hajeedar Majid, a painter, he was part of the Wednesday Art group! He was the child artist in the group! Artemis Art fortunately had a copy of Peter Harris: Founder of the Wednesday Art Group, published by The Art Gallery Penang, in the gallery. We flicked through it and there were photographs of him as a lad in it. What a lovely piece of history to discover that evening! But the art world was not the path Dato’ Hajeedar chose to take, he trained as an architect instead.
 
Apart from, Lyia and Skinner, the artists are fulltime. Lyia is an active singer-songwriter, whilst Skinner is an IT manager in an ad agency. And he specially created the token gift for the guest of honour, Ms Sharmin Parameswaran of interper8 art space, who officially opened the exhibition. Don’t you love the colour?

 
This exhibition is not on for long, so head on down to the Publika to view this lovely variety of works.
 

here's a link for a better read...: http://artmalaysia.com.my/arttalk/detail/96/emergence

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