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 By Erna Dyanty Exhibition Review: June 2009, brought Nizam Abdullah’s first solo exhibition at the Annexe Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, entitled threesixfive ME, where he displayed new series of works with a theme that incorporates nothing but him self. [...]  By ARTERI A round up of this week’s exhibition openings and closings in KL. So many works, shows, and people to see, get yer skates on, its going to be a busy 7 days for the Art World! [...]  by ARTERI Seksualiti Merdeka invite you to collaborate with communities that you are part of, to create expressions and explorations of your rights in relation to sexuality. This can be in the form of paintings, mosaic work, graffiti, wrought plastic, sounds, words or a combination of any creative platform. [...]  by Alex Yong Sightings at the opening of Natural, a show of new paintings by Munkao and Saharil Hasrin Sanin Exhibition ongoing between 14 – 31 May 2009 @ The Annexe [...]  by ARTERI ARTERI & The Annexe Gallery are delighted to present a talk by Phoebe Wong from the Asia Art Archive (http://www.aaa.org.hk). In this informal talk, Phoebe will introduce the role that AAA plays as an archival organisation for contemporary art in Asia. Thu 28 May, 8pm; free [...]  by Sharon Chin & Zedeck Siew Messrs Fahmi Chin, Sharon Siew, and Zedeck Fadzil respectfully present Assembly Yr Own Story, a romp of Literary Genius and Artistic Magic. Mix and Match from 28 Hand-Crafted pages of Thematically Linked text and illustration to Construct Your Own Narrative! It’s got Extraterrestrial Encounters, Wildly Uninhibited Passion, and Socially Engaged Iconography! Simply [...]  by Zahirah Suhaimi In light of recent arrests under the name of ISA (Internal Security Act), the launch of Singaporean publication, Our Thoughts Are Free, could not have come at a more apt, or darker, time. The book is a collection of poems and prose written by victims who have suffered under the draconian enforcement of the Singapore Internal Security Department and/ or forced to live in exile, dragged and casted away from the country they lived for, fought for, faced internment for and willing to die [...]  by Yin Shao Loong In conjunction with last weekend’s Art for Grabs fair at the Central Market Annexe political scientist and historian Farish Noor delivered another of his occasional lectures on Southeast Asian history. This time on ‘Batik as a Trans-Cultural [...]  by Zahirah Suhaimi The Central Market area in Kuala Lumpur has always been bustling with local shoppers, artisans and curious tourists. Last weekend, this creative hotspot was especially crowded with the KL Alternative Book Festival and Art for Grabs happening at the Annexe Gallery. [...]  by Simon Soon Marion D’Cruz’s lecture performance takes a new generation of arts supporters back into the heyday of theatre/dance/visual art/literary/education collaboration, reliving the Five Arts recipe that was borne from a sincere drive towards a multidisciplinary approach in art [...]  by ARTERI ARTERI is all excited about the upcoming Arts For Grabs + KL Alternative Book Festival, running from 9 – 10 May 2009 at the Annexe [...]  by Bilqis Hijjas Most dance productions have to be seen in person. No video, no matter how accurately captured and carefully edited, can compare with the ability of the human eye to encompass the width of the stage in one instant, then hone in to focus on the swivel of an eyeball in the next. That said, there are a few occasions when watching a dance production in person is so frustrating and uncomfortable that a video comes as a welcome blessing. ”Seven Skins’ at the launch of The Light Show at the Annexe Central Market was one such [...]  by Sharon Chin Of all the openings I’ve been to (including my own), the one for The Light Show at Annexe Gallery last Thursday stands out as truly memorable. It was was the first time I’d seen so many people at an exhibition opening, ever. The energy in the air was palpable. It seemed like all the worlds of KL’s design, art, architecture and performance communities had converged in one place. It was [...] by ARTERI The Annexe Gallery is arguably the most democratic art space in the Klang Valley. In her introductory talk to contemporary art in Malaysia last month, Beverly Yong considered The Annexe as having played a vital role in allowing the arts to reach more people. With Pang’s semua pun sapu (take it all) approach to arts programming, The Annexe has become a space where punk rockers, tango dancers, conceptual artists and portrait painters (to name a few) rub shoulders with each other and various audiences in a delicious orgy of creative [...]  by Zedeck Siew Behind Australian ape-lover Lisa Roet’s recent In-Sight exhibition are worthy sentiments: generally, that the environment is in bad shape; more specifically, that our simian kin are almost all endangered because of human activity. If you see Roet’s ten orangutan portraits – each sketching a different individual ape that she worked with in the 15 years of her enthusiasm – and are then persuaded to donate to the WWF, that’s cool. Perhaps the works have served their [...] |
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