Thursday, August 3, 2017
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Sunday, March 26, 2017
A Poem for March - The Observer of Self
Those who flee,
those who accept,
those who resist,
together on the road.
Quarrel is regular,
so is reconciliation,
and separation.
We hear the sun -
his sermon of truth,
and the story of Icarus.
We hear his falling call.
"Alas, I am free."
The escapee is elsewhere.
those who accept,
those who resist,
together on the road.
Quarrel is regular,
so is reconciliation,
and separation.
We hear the sun -
his sermon of truth,
and the story of Icarus.
We hear his falling call.
"Alas, I am free."
The escapee is elsewhere.
Friday, November 4, 2016
The Gridded Ghosts Series, 2016
The photographic series was first shown in my solo exhibition entitled "After-image: Living with The Ghosts in My House" in January this year. The green cutting mat serves as a space of domestication in order to counteract the visuality produced by the state machine. Cut-outs from the printed materials collected during the Malaysian 13th
General Election in May 5th, 2013 were "measured" and organized with the
help of the grids on the cutting mat.
The 10 compositions slowly took form once I managed to discern the hidden advertising strategies employed in the game. The images of the electoral candidates presented either in passport photo or persuasive posture are void of any substantial existence because they are pure image aiming at circulating in the public sphere - the democracy of the spectacle.
Thus, we are constantly reminded that we should be content with the mediocracy.
The 10 compositions slowly took form once I managed to discern the hidden advertising strategies employed in the game. The images of the electoral candidates presented either in passport photo or persuasive posture are void of any substantial existence because they are pure image aiming at circulating in the public sphere - the democracy of the spectacle.
Thus, we are constantly reminded that we should be content with the mediocracy.
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| Trickster, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Orator, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Blue Book, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Gamer, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Cabinet, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Papa, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Gurdian, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Magic Carpet, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| YB, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
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| Mother, Minstrel Kuik, 2016, 60 x 40 cm, c-print |
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Her Story 1- 5 (29.7 cm x 21 cm each), oil pastel on paper, 2015
The five paintings in diptych were done for an art exhibition entitled My Story, My Strength: Doodle for Change, which was organized by Women's Center for Change (http://wccpenang.org/) in Penang during the Georgetown Festival in 2015.
Domestic violence against women happens everyday and everywhere. We live with it but we do not know how to deal with it. It requires tremendous courage from the victim to decide to end the vicious circle of a power dynamic in a couple that is dysfunctional. At the same time, our society should provide more support for them by giving temporary shelters and counseling platform.
Her Story 1- 5, which measure 29.7 cm x 21 cm each, pair an abstract painting with a portrait of a wounded woman. Some said the diptychs were too colourful. Indeed, I see violence in all colours.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Friday, September 2, 2016
A Poem for September - A Will
black
white
yellow
three funerals
and a minstrel show
death
the instrument
sings the weather
two bridges
endless farewells
housekeeper
you go
you stay
or I go
waiting
at the station
white
yellow
three funerals
and a minstrel show
death
the instrument
sings the weather
two bridges
endless farewells
housekeeper
you go
you stay
or I go
waiting
at the station
Thursday, December 31, 2015
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